Schedule of Readings and Assignments ENGL 2328 Spring, 2014 Reading assignments are due by the time you

u come to class on the day they are listed below. Always read the introductions to the authors / works found in your text. You will find valuable information in them and I often take quiz questions from them, too! Daily (homework) assignments are not included in this schedule. Remember, quizzes are not announced ahead of time! Week / Date 20 Jan. 27 Jan. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (chapters 1 24) Twain film Huckleberry Finn discussion Monday Writing Sample (in-class) Introduction of Major Projects Wednesday Class Intro Realism Davis: Life in the Iron Mills (pg. 1219) Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (chapters 25 end) Twain: Discuss Twain film and Huckleberry Finn Charles Waddell Chesnutt: The Goophered Grapevine and The Wife of His Youth (pg. 1641) Paul Laurence Dunbar: all selections (begin pg. 1805)

17 Feb.

24 Feb.

3 Mar.

10 Mar. 17 Mar.

Topics for timelines approved by 2:00 p.m. Local color and women writers Kate Chopin: The Awakening (read complete book by Edith Wharton: The Other Two and Roman Fever (1682) today!) Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: A New England Nun (1621) Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wall-Paper (1668) Research paper topic must be approved by 2:00 pm Kate Chopin: At the Cadian Ball, and The Storm (1604 - 1605 and 1611 (by email) 1621) Modernism: Carl Sandburg: all selections (begin pg. 1947) Robert Frost: all selections (begin pg. 1911) Modernism film Spring Break no classes this week! Individual timeline presentations Individual timeline presentations Timelines due by 2:00 p.m. The Harlem Renaissance Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God (read complete book by today!)

24 Mar.

*** Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God Midterm Exam due by 2:00 today

31 March

Richard Wright: Native Son (read complete book by today!)

7 April

The Southern Renaissance William Faulkner: A Rose for Emily (begin pg. 2178) Film: Writings of William Faulkner, C-SPAN / American Writers Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire Film Contemporary Writers: Alice Walker: Everyday Use (2714) Julia Alvarez: selections from Yo! (2753) Group Presentations Group Presentations

Richard Wright: Native Son Langston Hughes: all selections (begin pg. 2221) Research paper thesis statements due by 2:00 pm Eudora Welty: Why I Live at the PO Flannery OConnor: Everything that Rises Must Converge (posted in eCampus) Confessional Poets: Ginsberg: Howl (2538) Plath: Lady Lazarus and Daddy (2600) Group Presentations

14 April

21 April

28 April 5 May 12 May

Group Presentations Group Presentations Research Papers due by 2:00 p.m.

Final exam week class meeting TBA