Introduction 2/26-3/3
Vision vs. Reality
1. Washington Irving, ¡§Rip Van Winkle¡¨
2/26-3/3
2. Ambrose Bierce, ¡§An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge¡¨ 3/5-3/10 (meeting)
3. John Cheever, ¡§The Swimmer¡¨ 3/12-3/17
4. Raymond Carver, ¡§Cathedral¡¨ 3/19-3/24
(meeting)
Nature vs. Civilization
5.
Jack
London, ¡§To Build a Fire¡¨ 3/26-3/31 (begin Spring Break)
6.
Sarah
Orne Jewett, ¡§A White Heron¡¨ 4/2-4/7 (Easter weekend)
7.
Stephen
Crane, ¡§The Open Boat¡¨ 4/9-4/14 (no class 4/13)
8.
Ernest
Hemingway, ¡§Big Two-Hearted River¡¨ 4/16-4/21
(meeting)
9. Midterm Exam 4/23-4/28
Doubles
10. Edgar Allan Poe, ¡§William Wilson. A Tale¡¨
4/30-5/5
Herman Melville,
¡§Bartleby, the Scrivener¡¨ 4/30-5/5 (meeting)
11. Flannery O¡¦Connor, ¡§A Good Man Is Hard to
Find¡¨ 5/7-5/12
12. Toni Morrison, ¡§Recitatif¡¨ 5/14-5/19
Family Conflicts
13. Nathaniel Hawthorne, ¡§Rappaccini¡¦s Daughter¡¨
5/21-5/26 (meeting)
14. Willa Cather, ¡§Neighbour Rosicky¡¨ 5/28-6/2
15. William Faulkner, ¡§Barn Burning¡¨ 6/4-6/9
(meeting)
16. John Updike, ¡§Separating¡¨ 6/11-6/16
17. Final Exam 6/18-6/22
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***Note***
Class meetings will take place
on the following Saturday afternoons (1:40-4:30 p.m.):
March 10
March 24 April 21 May 5
May 26 June 9
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