Week 1
Tues, 8.27– Introductions and Questionnaire/Essay
Fri, 8.30 – John Donne, “The Flea” and “Womens Constancy”; homework due
Week 2
Tues, 9.3 –Shakespeare. As You Like It, Act 1; homework due
Fri, 9.6 – Shakespeare. As You Like It, Act 2; homework due
Week 3
Tues, 9.10 – Shakespeare. As You Like It, Act 3; homework due
Fri, 9.13 – Shakespeare. As You Like It, Act 4; homework due
Week 4
Tues, 9.17 – Shakespeare. As You Like It, Act 5; homework due
Fri, 9.20 – Beckman, Margaret B., “The Figure of Rosalind In As You Like It“; homework due
Week 5
Tues, 9.24 – Writing Day; Sample Close Reading Essay: working thesis and quotes due
Fri, 9.27 – Writing Day; typed draft of close-reading paper due in class
Week 6
Tues, 10.1 – NO CLASS
Wednesday, 10.2 – close reading paper due online
Fri, 10.4 – CLASS CANCELLED — teacher is sick
Week 7
Tues, 10.8 – NO CLASS
Fri, 10.11 – Field, “Antiope” from Sight and Song; homework due
Week 8
Tues, 10.15 – Woolf, Virginia. Orlando, chapter 1; homework due
Fri, 10.18 – Woolf. Orlando, chapter 2; homework due
Week 9
Tues, 10.22 – Woolf. Orlando, chapter 3; annotation paper 1 due online
Fri, 10.25 – Woolf. Orlando, chapter 4; homework due
Week 10
Tues, 10.29 – Woolf. Orlando, chapter 5; homework due
Fri 11.1 – Woolf. Orlando, chapter 6;
Sun 11.3 – annotation paper 2 due online
Week 11
Tues, 11.5 – secondary sources; homework due
- Micir, Melanie. “Queer Timing of Orlando: A Biography”;
- Channing, Jill. – “Magical Realism and Gender Variability in Orlando”
Fri, 11.8 – Writing Day: Research Papers, in-class outlines; proposal for research paper due in class
Week 12
Tues, 11.12 – Junot Diaz, “Alma” from This Is How You Lose Her; research paper outline due in class
Fri, 11.15 – Writing Day: Peer Review; first draft of research paper due in class
Week 13
Tues, 11.19 – Writing Day: “Shitty First Drafts” & Sample Essay 1: homework due
Fri, 11.22 – Junot Diaz, “Miss Lora” from This Is How You Lose Her; homework due
Week 14
Tues, 11.26 – Writing Day; Close Reading & Organization: bring Reverse Outline to class
Fri, 11. 29 – NO CLASS, THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 15
Tues, 12.3 – Kristen Roupenian, “Cat Person“; Style & Secondary Sources: second draft of research paper due on Googledocs
Fri, 12.6– Writing Day; Peer Review online
Week 16
Tues, 12.10 – Review Day for Final Exam;
Friday, 12.13 – final research paper due online by midnight
