LIT 127: Introduction to Fiction
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Schedule

The following is a tentative schedule of assignments.  Please get into the habit of checking the schedule several times a week.  I will announce any major changes both to the WebBoard and through email.

 
   

Schedule Key

Brown Underlined: Story/Section to be read that week, and Link to Discussion Questions
Black: Weekly Deadlines for Discussion Posts

Dark Purple: Major Paper Due
Dark Blue: Exam

Orange: College Deadline/Date

 
 
 
 
Week One

Week Two

Week Three Week Four
Week Five Week Six Week Seven Week Eight
Week Nine Week Ten Week Eleven Week Twelve
Week Thirteen Week Fourteen Week Fifteen Week Sixteen
Week Seventeen Week Eighteen
 
 
 
 

Other Schedule Notes:

  • Deadlines for submission of papers and exams are posted both in the schedule and on the assignment sheets.
  • I have not posted a deadline for the reading assignments.  I think you can take it for granted that they have to be read by the time you answer the discussion questions.
  • Assignment sheets for papers can be found on the paper page. Assignment sheets for exams can be found on the exam page.
  • Please note the difference between Week One deadlines and requirements and Week Two-Sixteen deadlines and requirements.  I'm allowing for some time for everyone to get books and learn the system, but we'll need to move ahead quickly.  
 
 
Week One: August 22 - August 28
Send Policies Email (see home page) to instructor
11:59 PM Friday
Getting Started/Introductions
11:59 PM Thursday

Readings:
What We Talk About When We Talk About Fiction Must Read!
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, p326

Respond to  one discussion prompt for "Story of an Hour"
11:59 PM Thursday
Respond to one of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Sunday
Last day to drop with 100% refund  January 16
 
     
 
Week Two: August 29 - September 4

Readings:
Introduction to Literary Analysis Must Read!
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, p693 (supplemental reading: "The Morning of June 28, 1948 and 'The Lottery" p1506)
"The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence p889
"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe p1188

Respond to  one discussion prompt for each story. 
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Three: September 5 - September 11

Readings: 
"Snow, Glass, and Apples" by Neil Gaiman (story found here)
"Fall of the House of Usher" by E.A. Poe p1193 (supplemental reading "A New Critical Reading of the Fall of the House of Usher" p1698)
"The Tell Tale Heart" by E.A. Poe p1206 

Respond to  one discussion prompt for each story. 
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Four: September 12 - September 18

Readings:
"The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne p622
"The Dead" by James Joyce p766 
"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" by Sherman Alexie p14

Respond to  one discussion prompt for each story. 
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Five: September 19 - September 25

Reading: 
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Usrula LeGuin p902
(Supplemental reading: "The Scapegoat in Omelas" p1524)
"The Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka p797
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut p1354

Respond to  one discussion prompt for each story. 
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
Paper One Due 11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Six: September 26 - October 2

Reading:   
"Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
"Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat" by Russell Banks p115
 "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker p 1360

Respond to  one discussion prompt for each story. 
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Seven: October 3 - October 9

Reading: 
"Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald p505
"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien p1102 (supplemental reading: "Alpha Company" p1551)
"River of Names" by Dorothy Allison p39

Respond to  one discussion prompt for each story. 
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Eight: October 10 - October 16
Readings:
"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman p576 (supplemental readings: "Undergoing the Cure for Nervous Prostration" and "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper" (pp 1496-1499)
Respond to  one discussion prompt for each story
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to two of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
Midterm Exam 11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Nine: October 17 - October 23
Reading:
Cat's Eye pp 1-102
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Ten: October 24 - October 30
Cat's Eye pp 103-191
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Eleven: October 31 - November 6
Paper Two Due 11:59 PM Monday
Cat's Eye pp195-298
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Twelve: November 7 - November 13
Cat's Eye pp299- 393
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Thirteen: November 14 - November 20
Cat's Eye pp397-462
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Fourteen: November 21 - November 27
Reading:
Carrie pp 1-102
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
 
     
 
Week Fifteen: November 27 - December 4
Reading:
Carrie pp 102 - 197
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
Last Day to Withdraw with a W May 5
 
     
 
Week Sixteen: December 5 - December 11
Reading:
Carrie pp 197- End
Respond to three discussion prompts.
Be sure to make three different posts.
11:59PM Tuesday
Respond to three of your group members' posts.
11:59 PM Friday
Paper Three Due
11:59 PM Wednesday
 
     
 
Week Seventeen: December 12
 
Final Due
11:59 PM Monday
 


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