Reading Schedule for 1102. Section 10:

Wednesday,

Jan. 6

Syllabus, Reading Schedule

Reading Critically

Monday,

Jan. 11

Class cancelled

Wednesday,

Jan. 13

Andrew Hudgins’ After the Lost War:  A Narrative:  The Macon Volunteers & After the Lost War  & Flauto Primo(pages ix-100)

Step-by-Step Method of Thoroughly Explicating a Poem

How to Annotate a Poem                    

Monday,

Jan. 18

MLK Day:  No Class

Wednesday,

Jan. 20

Andrew Hudgins’ After the Lost War:  A Narrative:  Under Canvas (pages 101-133)     

Monday,

Jan. 25

Andrew Hudgins’ After the Lost War:  A Narrative

Literary Terms

Essay 1

Wednesday,

Jan. 27

Natasha Trethewey's Native Guard:  (pages 1-34)

Annotate "Theories of Time and Space" and be prepared to write on it.

Trethewey Links:

http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu./faculty/trethewey.html

http://www.blueflowerarts.com/natasha-trethewey

http://www2.netdoor.com/~jgh/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/magazine/13wwln-Q4-t.html?_r=2

http://www.southernspaces.org/contents/2005/trethewey/2.htm

Monday,

Feb. 1

Natasha Trethewey's Native Guard:  (pages 35-46) 

Wednesday,

Feb. 3

In-Class Essay:  Bring both books of poetry and your class notes.

Write one-page single-spaced about your experience for a daily replacement grade: Wednesday, February 3^rd, 2010, Kathy Cashen Hall, 7:30-9:00pm, Adrian Matejka (MFA, Southern Illinois-Carbondale) is a Cave Canem fellow whose poems have appeared in many publications, including Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast,  and Indiana Review. The Devil’s Garden won the 2002 New York/New England Award from Alice James Books; Mixology (Penguin, 2009), is a National Poetry Series winner.

Monday,

Feb. 8

Trethewey & Hudgins

Writing About Poetry

Wednesday,

Feb. 10

Trethewey & Hudgins

Spring10/TretheweyInterview.pdf

Spring10/NativeDaughter.pdf

Monday,

Feb. 15

Trethewey & Hudgins

Wednesday,

Feb. 17

Introduction and Thesis Statement Workshop:  Bring introduction to class (printed and digital versions) 

Monday,

Feb. 22

Midterm:  Literary Terms Test

Wednesday,

Feb. 24

Quote and Paragraph Workshop (bring full rough draft to class) 

Wednesday, February 24^th, 2010, Z-6 Bottom Floor, 7:30-9:00pm, Sandra Meek (MFA, Colorado State; PhD, University of Denver) teaches creative writing at Berry College. Her poems have appeared on the website Poetry Daily and in many journals, including The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, and Prairie Schooner. Her chapbooks include The Circumference of Arrival (Elixir, 2001) and Nomadic Foundations (Elixir, 2002), a collection of poems about her Peace Corps experience.

Monday,

March 1

Last Day to Withdraw with Grade of W

Essay 1 Due

Marjane Satrapi's The Complete Persepolis:  Introduction-

GraphicNovels/1102-terms.pdf

Research on the Graphic Novel & The Complete Persepolis

Wednesday,

March 3

Marjane Satrapi's The Complete Persepolis

GraphicNovels/ComicVSMemoir.pdf

Thursday, March 4^th, 2010, Z-6 Bottom Floor, 7:30-9:00pm,  Lauren Watel (PhD, Emory [Women’s Studies]) received the 2005 Poets and Writers’ Exchange Award in fiction, as well as work-study scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. Her work has been published in Ploughshares, Five Points, Triquarterly, and Poetry International and is forthcoming in the anthology One for the Road.

Monday,

March 8

Bring in five critical questions (discussion questions) about the text.  Must be typed and printed.

Marjane Satrapi's The Complete Persepolis

Wednesday,

March 10

Thursday, March 11^th, 2010, Campus Center Ballroom, 5:00pm, Natasha Tretheway

Monday,

March 15

Marjane Satrapi's The Complete Persepolis

Bring in research, typewritten summary and be prepared to share with class

Wednesday,

March 17

Proposals due:  Bring proposals to class (printed and digital versions)Wednesday, March 17^th, 2010, Z-6 Bottom Floor, 7:30-9:00pm, Kathy Fagan’s most recent collection of poetry is The Charm (Zoo, 2002). She teaches at Ohio State University and edits The Journal. Work from LIP, forthcoming this spring, has appeared in Slate, Field, Pool, Kenyon Review, and Laurel Review.  Angie Estes has written four books: Tryst (Oberlin, 2009), Chez Nous (Oberlin 2005), Voice-Over (Oberlin 2002:  

Monday,

March 29

Workshop:  Bring full rough draft to class (printed and digital versions)

Monday, March 29^th, 2010, Campus Center Ballroom, 5:00pm. Randall Kenan & Jillian Weise

Wednesday,

March 31

Essay 2 Due

Honors Day

Scanned documents/FilmGuide.pdf

Monday,

April 5

Literary Criticism Projects--Instructions and Sign up

Gran Torino

Literary Criticism/LiteraryTheory0001.pdf

Film Society:  2nd Annual Film & Music Festival.  Free.  Student Films and Musical Performance by Treehouse Talk and Baby Baby.   

    Tuesday, April 6, 5:00 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom

    Wednesday, April 7, 6:30 p.m., TLC 1200

Wednesday,

April 7

Literary Theory

Thursday, April 8:  Undergrad Conference.  Attend and write up your experience to add up to 10 points to your lit terms test.

Monday,

April 12

Literary Criticism Presentations:  all groups must be ready to present today.  You must turn in printed powerpoint (6 slides per page).  I will draw names to determine order of presentations. 

Wednesday,

April 14

Literary Criticism Presentations continued

Gran Torino

Wednesday, April 14^th, 2010, Kathy Cashen Hall, 7:30-9:00pm, Brigitte Byrd (PhD, Florida State University) is a native of France where she was trained as a dancer, and is the author of Song of a Living Room (Ahsahta, forthcoming fall 2009), The Dazzling Land (Black Zinnias, 2008), and Fence above the Sea (Ahsahta, 2005).

Monday,

April 19

Wednesday,

April 21

Introduction and Thesis Statement Workshop:  Bring introduction to class (printed and digital versions)

Monday,

April 26

Workshop:  Bring full rough draft to class (printed and digital versions) 

Teacher Evaluation

Review

Wednesday,

April 28

Essay 3 Due

Final Literary Criticism & Terms Test--open book test