English 4420 schedule, fall 2017
Updated 11/10/17
Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative. I will make
additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on
the web when making changes in the schedule.
Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
Tuesday, August 15 | Introduction to course Simple Stuff |
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Thursday, August 17 | Student info form |
Golden rules On plagiarism The Sorrows of Young Werther v-vii, 1-39 |
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Tuesday, August 22 | Nuggets The Sorrows of Young Werther 40-88 |
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Thursday, August 24 | Quotations Flaubert overview Madame Bovary 1-60 |
Authorial intrusion | |
Tuesday, August 29 | Word problems Madame Bovary 60-122 |
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Thursday, August 31 | Madame Bovary 122-80 | ||
Tuesday, Sept. 5 | Madame Bovary 180-247 | ||
Thursday, Sept. 7 |
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Tolstoy introduction vii-xviii Family Happiness 3-81 |
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Tuesday, Sept. 12 | Class canceled | MGA closed for Irma | Class canceled |
Thursday, Sept. 14 | The Cossacks 85-166 | ||
Tuesday, Sept. 19 | The Cossacks 166-243 | ||
Thursday, Sept. 21 | The Death of Ivan Ilych 245-302 | ||
Tuesday, Sept. 26 | Ibsen introduction vii-xiv A Doll House 1-88 |
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Thursday, Sept. 28 | Hedda Gabler 165-264 | Paper
1 assigned Discuss midterm |
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Tuesday, October 3 | Paper proposals due | Midterm exam | |
Thursday, October 5 | Dostoyevsky introduction vii-xxiii The Brothers Karamazov 1-84 |
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Tuesday, October 10 | Paper 1 | The Brothers Karamazov 85-171 | |
Wednesday, Oct. 11 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
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Thursday, October 12 |
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The Brothers Karamazov 171-243 | |
Tuesday, October 17 | The Brothers Karamazov 245-325 | ||
Thursday, October 19 | The Brothers Karamazov 326-400 | ||
Tuesday, October 24 | The Brothers Karamazov 400-74 | ||
Thursday, October 26 | The Brothers Karamazov 475-551 | ||
Tuesday, October 31 | The Brothers Karamazov 553-646 | ||
Thursday, November 2 | Kafka overview "The Judgment" 1-10 "In the Penal Colony" 53-75 "A Country Doctor" 76-80 |
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Tuesday, November 7 | Paper 1 corrections | "The Metamorphosis" 11-52 | Paper 2 assigned |
Thursday, November 9 | All Quiet on the Western Front 1-102 | ||
Tuesday, November 14 | Paper proposals due | All Quiet on the Western Front 103-215 | |
Thursday, November 16 | The Plague 1-99 | ||
Monday-Saturday, November 20-25 |
Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday |
Tuesday, November 28 | Paper 2 | The Plague 100-201 | |
Thursday, November 30 | The Plague 202-308 | Discuss exam | |
Final exam Thursday, Dec. 7 10:30-12:30 |
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Paper rewrites |
Submit rewrites in D2L Rewrites dropbox | Noon is the hard deadline. . . . |