M JAN 8 Introduction to the course and to each other
 

W JAN 10 Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark 1-17
 

F JAN 12 Morrison, Playing in the Dark 44-59

10:30 a.m.: deadline for sending an e-mail message to Dr. Engles; describe yourself in whatever ways you choose, and also write a statement to the effect that you have read and agree with the above course policies and procedures.
 

M JAN 15 KING'S BIRTHDAY-NO CLASSES
 

W JAN 17 HEATH: 8-18, "Publishing and Writing" and "The Situation of Women"
 

F JAN 19 Kate Chopin, The Awakening 1-30
 

M JAN 22 The Awakening 30-62
 

W JAN 24 The Awakening 62-87
 

F JAN 26 The Awakening 87-109
 

M JAN 29 Edith Maud Eaton (Sui Sin Far), "Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian," and "In the Land of the Free,"
834-49
 

W JAN 31 Gertrude Bonin (Zitkala-Sa), from Impressions of an Indian Childhood, from The School Days of an Indian Girl, and "Why I am a Pagan," 859-72
 

F FEB 2 Six Students' Presentations on Three Authors
 

M FEB 5 James Weldon Johnson, Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
 

W FEB 7 Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
 

F FEB 9 Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
 

M FEB 12 Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
 

W FEB 14 Exam One
 

F FEB 16 LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY-NO CLASSES
 

M FEB 19 Robert Frost, 1146-63: "Mending Wall," "The Road Not Taken," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Design," and "Directive"; also, chose one other Frost poem from these pages that you find significant or especially effective, and write a brief explanation of why you think so
 

W FEB 21 William Carlos Williams, 1267-87: "Danse Russe," "The Young Housewife," "The Great Figure," "Spring and All," "The Red Wheelbarrow," and "The Poor"; also, chose one other Williams poem from these pages that you find significant or especially effective, and write a brief explanation of why you think so
 

F FEB 23 Six Students' Presentations on Three Authors
 

M FEB 26 Go to this website: "PETALS ON A WET BLACK BOUGH: American Modernist Writers and the Orient"; read the first section, then read each of the links under "The Twentieth Century: American Modernists" (In-class handout on Monday: Ezra Pound's "The River Merchant's Wife")
 

W FEB 28 Ezra Pound, 1215-20, "The Centers of the [White?] Modern," 884-97; also, be prepared for a quiz on these readings, AND, for this historical essay, briefly summarize in writing two main points made on one page of it (pages will be assigned on Monday)
 

(T March 1-Semester midpoint)
 

F MCH 2 T.S. Eliot, 1396-98, "The Wasteland," 1411-25
 

M MCH 5 Marianne Moore, author's biography and all poems, 1501-11
 

W MCH 7 Six Students' Presentations on Three Authors
 

F MCH 9 "The New Negro Renaissance," 1578-81, and Countee Cullen, author's biography and all poems, 1642-50
 

M MCH 12-F MCH 16 SPRING BREAK-NO CLASSES

M MCH 19 Langston Hughes, 1611-17, "Freedom Train," and "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," and "Blues Lyrics," 1721-28
 

W MCH 21 Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time: "The Battler," and "Soldier's Home"
 

F MCH 23 F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1432-34, "Babylon Revisited," 1470-83
 

M MCH 26 Zora Neal Hurston, 1670-72, "The Gilded Six-Bits," 1680-88
 

W MCH 28 William Faulkner, 1544-47, "A Rose for Emily," 1548-54
 

F MCH 30 Six Students' Presentations on Three Authors
 

M APR 2 Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust
 

W APR 4 The Day of the Locust
 

F APR 6 The Day of the Locust
 

M APR 9 The Day of the Locust
 

W APR 11 Karl Shapiro, selected poems (class handout)
 

F APR 13 In-class discussion of final paper
 

M APR 16 -- F APR 20 NO CLASSES-individual conferences on final essay; bring a full rough draft of your essay to your
conference; penalty if you don't: a ten-point deduction from the final grade
 

M APR 23 Elizabeth Bishop, 2319-27, all poems, plus other poems handed out in class
 

W APR 25 Ann Petry, 2110-11, "The Witness," 2112-23
 

F APR 27 Last day of classes
Final paper due
Tearful, heartfelt farewells

Final Exam: Thursday, May 3rd, 10:15 a..m. to 12:15 p.m.

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