New and (hopefully) final Syllabus Revision

Week 1

Wednesday August 27 Introduction


Week 2

Monday September 1 No Class


Wednesday September 3 Introduction – pp. xxiii - liv



Week 3

Monday September 8 No Class due to emergency



Wednesday September 10 Charles Lamb – “A Chapter on Ears” –
p. 165
Montaigne – “On Some Verses of Virgil” – p. 58
Blog


Week 4

Monday September 15 Annie Dillard – “Seeing” – pp. 693-706
Blog

Wednesday September 17 No Class


Week 5

Monday September 22 Junichiro Tanizaki – “In Praise of Shadows” –
pp. 335- 361


Wednesday September 24 Blog: paragraphs detailing analytic essay
plan

Week 6

Monday September 29 No Class - First Draft of Analytic Essay Due by
Email

Wednesday October 1 No Class


Week 7

Monday October 6 Peer Review


Wednesday October 8 No Class

Week 8

Tuesday October 14 Stylistic Devices – (handout)


Wednesday October 15 Richard Selzer – “The Knife” – pp. 707-714
Blog


Week 9

Monday October 20 “Why Do I Fast” – pp. 422-430
Blog

Wednesday October 22 Second Draft of Analytic Essay Due
“He and I” – pp. 453-457
Blog

Week 10

Monday October 27 – “Meatless Days” – pp. 458 – 475
Blog


Wednesday October 29 First Draft of Stylistic Essay Due
Peer Review




Week 11

Monday November 3 Conferences




Wednesday November 5 Louise Gluck - “On Impoverishment
(handout)



Week 12

Monday November 10 F. Scott Fitzgerald – “The Crack-Up”
Blog

Wednesday November 12 E. B. White – “Ring of Time” – pp. 538-539
Second Draft of Stylistic Essay Due


Week 13

Monday November 17 Virginia Woolf – “A Room of One’s Own” (handout)

Wednesday November 19 Edward Hoagland – “The Courage of
Turtles”
Blog


Week 14

Monday November 24 Jorge Luis Borges – “Blindness”

Wednesday November 26 Outline for Personal Essay Due
Personal Essay Conferences


Week 15

Monday December 1 First Draft of Personal Essay Due
Peer Review
Blog

Wednesday December 10 Second Draft of Personal Essay Due included in Final Portfolio

Week 16

Monday December 15 Portfolio Conferences
Final Portfolio Due