Unit One:“Things Fall Apart”. . .  Modern and Post Modern" (6 UNIT POINTS)

1. W, Aug 23: Intro to Class-- Lecture on Modernism, Existentialism, and Post-Modernism.

New Version of Notes and Links on Modernism, Existentialism, and Post-Modernism 
  Breeze Presentation on Modernism and Post-Modernism in Art and Arhitecture.
ASSIGNMENTS for Monday:

• Read Notes and Links on Modernism and Postmodernism, paying particular attention to list of characteristics of literary modernism and list of core ideas of postmodenism (New Version ABOVE)
• Watch and listen to Breeze Presentation on modernism and postmodernism in art and architecture (ABOVE)
• Look at  Intital Study Questions on SH5 (BELOW)  
• Read pp. 1-23 of the novel (1st chapter and 1st page of second chapter) thinking about issues raised in questions
• Think about ways in which SH5 is a modernist and/or a postmodernist novel

Initial Study Questions on SH5
Links on Vonnegut

Plot Outline of SH5 | New Plot Outline 2006
Characters in SH5 |

Themes in SH5 2006 | Passages from SH5 2006

Notes on Reading Drama
Initial Study Questions for Cat

CAT on a Hot Tin Roof at WAREHOUSE theater in Greenville Sept 8,9, 15,16,22,23. 

Free Preview Weds, Sept 6 : Meet in Hendrix Center parking Lot 6:30 PM

DIRECTIONS TO WAREHOUSE THEATER

6. M, Sep 11: Cont. Play: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF --Discuss with director. Meet in M205 Martin

        Plot Outline of Cat

Themes in Cat

Unit Two:  “Mere Anarchy is Loosed” .  . . War"(5 UNIT POINTS)

7. W, Sept 13:  Finish play (Cat) ; begin poetry: War Poetry Jarrell, “Ball Turret Gunner” 

8. M, Sep 18: War Poetry: Dickey, “The Performance” “The Firebombing”

Text of the "Performance" by Dickey (also in Blackboard)
Text of "The Firebombing" by Dickey (only in Blackboard)

9. W, Sep 20: Begin Play STICKS AND BONES by David Rabe  (1972)

Initial Study Questions on Sticks and Bones

The Other | The Ozzie and Harriet Show http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/adventuresof/adventuresof.htm

10. M, Sep 25: Finish play: STICKS & BONES

Gliederung/Plot of Sticks and Bones

Characters in Sticks and Bones

Themes in Sticks and Bones

Unit Three: “Falcon and Falconer”. . . Beats and Heroes (6 UNIT POINTS)

11. W, Sep 27  Beats: Ferlingetti, [’In goya’s greatest scenes”];  Corso, “Marriage”

• Beat Study Questions

• Lawrence Ferlingetti, [’In Goya’s greatest scenes. . ."] ;
  • Goya's Etchings "The Disasters of War"
• Gregory Corso , "Marriage";:
  Some Comments on "Marriage
• Beat Links from old 209 class
• The Beat Page at Rooknet (has lots of poems)
• Wikipedia on the Beats

   

12. M, Oct 2: Ginsberg “Sunflower Sutra,” “ America ,”  “Howl”

Allen Ginsberg "Sunflower Sutra", "America" "Howl"

Ginsberg Reading Howl (Starts at 41:00 min)

Ginsberg's List of Influential Beat Ideas | Wikipedia on Historical Context of Beats

The Night Ginsberg first read "Howl "

Some Comments on "Howl"

ASSIGN: Write at least 250 words about themes brought up in the film that you also see in "America" and or "Sunflower Sutra" (Up to 3 unit points depending on length, intelligence of connections) DUE IN CLASS WEDNESDAY

13. W, Oct 4: Begin Novel:  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey (1962) Read first 100 pages of Cuckoo's Nest

Study Guide for Cuckoo's Nest
Plot Outline of Cuckoo's Nest
Characters in Cuckoo's Nest
Themes in Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey Links

14.M, Oct 9: Campbell and The Hero’s Journey  Read Cuckoo's Nest thru p. 173

Read Whomsley article on Campbell (posted on Blackboard in Course Documents)

EKS-- Notes on Myth Criticism

EKS-- Hero's Journey | Female Hero's Journey

EKS -- Campbell Charts (Dorothy and Luke)
Someone Else's Comparison of Star Wars and the Matrix
Our Chart of the Hero's Journey in Harry Potter, Slaughterhouse Five, Cockooo's Nest and Woman on the Edge of Time
MS-Word Template for Making your Own Hero Chart 

15. W, Oct 11: Work on Cuckoo's Nest

Extra Credit:

• Write 2-4 pp. page explaining how a work of literature or filmj shows the various stages of the hero's quest, according to Campbell. (Worth 1-3 extra credit points)
• Fill in the Campbell chart for Cuckoo's nest for both Mac and the Chief (worth one point if you bring it to class on Monday

16. M, Oct 16: Finish Cuckoo's Nest

Unit 4:  “Passionate Intensity” . . . Love and Need"(6 UNIT POINTS)

 17. W, Oct 18: How to Write a Literary Analysis Paper: do’s and don’ts. Explanation of both Poetry and Lit Analysis assignments

• Paper Assignment
  • Things to Remember When Writing a Literary Analysis Paper 
  • Some Don'ts on Quotes
  Abbreviations I Use When Grading (explanations of common grammar problems)
  • Quote FAQ
  • How to Prove Your Paper Isn't Plagiarized
  • Turnitin.com Directions
• Poetry Assignment
  • Cary Nelson Contemporary American Poetry Site
  • Engl 88 at U Penn

18. M, Oct 23: Poetry about Relationships:

• Carson McCullers—from The Ballad of the Sad Café
• William Carlos Williams "The Ivy Crown"
• William Stafford, "A Ritual to Read to One Another"
• Marge Piercy, "Song of the Fucked Duck," |Student Comments on SFD
• Two Poems About Love by Archibald MacLeish
  Class Notes on Love Poems

  19. W, Oct 25: Begin Play:WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?  by Edward Albee (1962)

EKS--Reading Questions for Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Who is Viriginia Woolf and What Does She Have to Do with Albee's Play?

Draft of Lit Analysis Paper Due: if you want feedback, hard copy due to teacher by 4:30, Friday, Oct. 27

20. M, Oct 30: Finish play WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Plot of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Characters in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Themes in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?