Course: English 102--Introduction to Literature
Instructor: Ann Warren
E-mail: annw708@gmail.com
To talk to me, email me and we will arrange a Zoom meeting.
Course Schedule: Week 1--Introduction and The Short Story Course Schedule: Week 2--The Novel Course Schedule: Week 3--The Drama Course Schedule: Week 4--Poetry
Course Schedule: Week 5--The Final Exam Writing Assignments Lectures Discussion Questions

COURSE SCHEDULE

The short stories, poems, and plays are in the "Files" section on Canvas, unless a link is provided.
Almost, Maine, Proof, and Station Eleven are not provided and must be purchased separately or borrowed from a library.

Week 1 January 3 INTRODUCTION
What is "Literature"?
Interpreting and Evaluating Literature
Writing About Literature
FICTION
Plot
Character
Go to Discussion Questions 1		 Reading: Lecture 1
Valenzuela, "All About Suicide"
Week 1 January 4 FICTION
Understanding Fiction
Setting
Point of View
No Discussion Questions for today		 Reading: Lecture 2
Poe, "The Tell-tale Heart"
Faulkner, "A Rose For Emily"
Hemingway, "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
WEEK 1 January 5 FICTION
Style, Tone, Language
Symbol and Allegory
No Discussion Questions for today		 Reading: Lecture 3
Chopin, "The Storm"
Alexie, "This is What it Means to Say..."
O'Brien, "The Things They Carried"
WEEK 2 January 9 FICTION
Graphic Fiction
Theme
Go to Discussion Questions 2		 Reading: Lecture 4
Spiegelman, "Maus"
Satrapi, "Persepolis"
Barry, "Two Questions"
WEEK 2 January 10 NOVEL
Understanding the Novel
Novel vs. Short Story
No new Discussion Questions today
Writing Assignment 1 due		 Reading: Lecture 5
Mandel, Station Eleven
WEEK 2 January 11 NOVEL
Plot
Point of View
Style
No new Discussion Questions today
No new Lecture today 		Reading: Mandel, Station Eleven
WEEK 2 January 12 NOVEL
Theme
No new Discussion Questions today
No new Lecture today		 Reading: Mandel, Station Eleven
WEEK 3 January 17 NOVEL
Theme
Go to Discussion Questions 3
No new Lecture today		 Reading: Mandel, Station Eleven
WEEK 3 January 18 DRAMA
Understanding Drama
Reading Drama
Writing About Drama
Plot
No new Discussion Question today
Museum Visit and Proposal due		 Reading: Lecture 6
Cariani, Almost, Maine
WEEK 3 January 19 DRAMA
Character
No new Discussion Question today		 Reading: Lecture 7
Cariani, Almost, Maine
WEEK 4 January 23 DRAMA
Staging
No new Discussion Question today
Reading: Lecture 8
Auburn, Proof
WEEK 4 January 24 DRAMA
Staging
No new Lecture today
No new Discussion Question today
Reading: Auburn, Proof
WEEK 4 January 25 DRAMA
Theme
Go to Discussion Questions 4 		Reading: Lecture 9
Rivera, Tape
 Hwang, Trying to Find Chinatown
Feldman, Asteroid Belt
Dooley and Holzman, Post-its
All of these plays are very short; you should read all of them. They can be found in the "Files" section on Canvas.
WEEK 4 January 26 POETRY
Understanding Poetry
Reading Poetry
Writing About Poetry
Themes in Poetry
Voice
No new Discussion Question due today
Museum Research Paper due		 Reading: Lecture 10
cummings, "l/a"
Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz"
Hayden, "Those Winter Sundays"
Heaney, "Digging"
Coleman, "Dear Mama"
Sexton, "Cinderella"
Gluck, "Gretel in Darkness"
Mirikitani, "Suicide Note"
Dorfman, "Hope"
Randall, "Ballad of Birmingham"
WEEK 5 January 30 POETRY

Word Choice, Word Order
Imagery
Figures of Speech
Symbols, Allegory, Allusion, Myth
No new Discussion Questions today		 Reading: Lecture 11
Rich, "Living in Sin"
Sagel, "Baca Grande"
Brooks, "We Real Cool"
Brooke, "The Soldier"
Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est"
Williams, "Red Wheelbarrow"
Pound, "In a Station of the Metro"
Hughes, "Harlem"
Plath, "Daddy"
Atwood, "You Fit Into Me"
WEEK 5 January 31 POETRY
Sound
Form
Go to Discussion Questions 5
 Reading: Lecture 12
Sound and Form (read all text and poems)
WEEK 5 February 1 CATCH YOUR BREATH DAY
Use this time to work on your Project.		 No new reading for today.
WEEK 5 February 2 CATCH YOUR BREATH DAY
Use this time to work on your Project.		 No new reading for today.
WEEK 5 February 3 MUSEUM PROJECT
Museum Project due

Museum Project due Friday, Feb. 3, by midnight.

No late projects will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately.