I. Home Ground

Week 1

Tuesday	July 17	Lecture: Course introduction
Wednesday	July 18	Precept: Elizabeth Bishop, "In the Waiting Room" (handout)
Thursday	July 19	Lecture: Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street
Friday	July 20	Precept: The House on Mango Street

Week 2

Monday	July 23	Lecture: Yusef Komunyakaa, Magic City
Tuesday	July 24	Precept: Magic City
Wednesday	July 25	Precept: Magic City

II. Promised Land
 

Thursday	July 26	Lecture: Willa Cather, My Ántonia (read pp. 1-116)
Friday	July 27	Lecture: Willa Cather, My Ántonia (read pp. 117-end)

Week 3

Monday	July 30	Precept: My Ántonia
Tuesday	July 31	Lecture: F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Wednesday	Aug 1	Lecture: F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Thursday	Aug 2	Precept: The Great Gatsby
Friday	Aug 3	Lecture: Mid-course review & look ahead Paper #1 due

 

Week 4

Monday	Aug 6	Mid-term break (no class)
Tuesday	Aug 7	Lecture: Gish Jen, Typical American
Wednesday	Aug 8	Precept: Typical American
Thursday	Aug 9	Lecture: Adrienne Rich, Dark Fields of the Republic
Friday	Aug 10	Precept: Dark Fields of the Republic

Week 5

Monday

Aug 13

Precept: Dark Fields of the Republic

III. Crossings
 

Tuesday	Aug 14	Lecture: Charles Johnson, Middle Passage Paper #2 due
Wednesday	Aug 15	Lecture: Charles Johnson, Middle Passage
Thursday	Aug 16	Precept: Middle Passage
Friday	Aug 17	Screening, part I: John Sayles, Lone Star

Week 6 -- REVISED

Monday	Aug 20	Screening, part II, followed by lecture: Lone Star
Tuesday	Aug 21	Precept: Lone Star 1:30 - 3:00 -- Individual (optional) writing consultations w/ Jamison & Gleason
Wednesday	Aug 22	Lecture: Bharati Mukherjee, The Middleman and Other Stories
Thursday	Aug 23	Precept: The Middleman and Other Stories
Friday	Aug 24	Lecture: Course wrap-up; final exam review Paper #3 due

 

Tuesday

Aug 28

Final examination (1:30 p.m.)