Course Schedule
Schedule of Readings and Assignments
Jan. 9: Introduction
Jan. 11: Rita Felski’s After Suspicion, Henry James, “The Art of Fiction”
Jan. 14: Joshua Landy’s How to Do things with Fictions-Introduction
Jan. 16: Persuasion, Ch 1-5
Jan. 18: Persuasion, Ch 6-11
Jan. 21: No Class MLK Day
Jan. 23: Persuasion, Ch 12-19
Jan. 25: Persuasion, Ch 20-end: CLASS CANCELED! SNOW DAY!
Jan. 28: Finish discussing Persuasion
Persuasion Ekphrasis blogs due!
Jan 30: watch film clips of Persuasion. Discuss visual translations of a text.
Feb 1: Selected Short Stories, Poe: Ligeia
Feb. 4: Selected Short Stories, Poe: Berenice
Feb. 6: Jane Eyre (Preface-Ch 8)
Feb. 8: Jane Eyre (Ch 9-16)
Feb. 11: Jane Eyre (Ch 17-24)
Feb. 13: Jane Eyre (Ch 25-33)
Feb. 15: Jane Eyre (34-39)
Jane Eyre Ekphrasis blogs due!
Feb. 18: Literary analysis drafting workshop (Draft of Close Reading Paper (Paper 1))
Feb. 20: Jane Eyre film clips screening and Paper 1 DUE in Class!
Feb: 22: The Morgesons (Preface – Ch 8)
Feb. 25: The Morgesons (Ch 9-17)
Feb. 27: The Morgesons (Ch 18-24)
March 1: The Morgesons (Ch 25-32)
March 4: The Morgesons (Ch 33-41)
The Morgesons Ekphrasis blogs due!
March 6: Midterm prep day and choose our next book!
March 8: ENGL123 midterm spring 2013. DUE via email to sblythe@email.unc.edu by 12PM eastern standard time, Saturday, March 9.
March 11: Spring Break
March 13: Spring Break
March 15: Spring Break
March 18: Brave New World Chapters 1-4
March 20: Brave New World Chapters 5-9
March 22: Brave New World Chapters 10-14
March 25: Brave New World 13-18
March 27: Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (film to be viewed in class)
March 29: Good Friday: no class
Brave New World Ekphrasis blogs due!
April 1: The Great Gatsby (Chapters 1-4)
April 3: The Great Gatsby (Chapters 5-9)
Great Gatsby Ekphrasis blogs due!
April 5: Joshua Landy “Corruption by Literature”
April 8: The Ballad of the Sad Café, pages 1-71 (entire story)
April 10: Marilynne Robinson “What Holds Us Together”
April 12: Paper 2 Drafting Workshop
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Ekphrasis blogs due!
April 15: Paper 2 due Bel Canto, chapters 1-2
April 17: Bel Canto, chapters 3-4
April 19: Bel Canto, chapters 5-6
April 22: Bel Canto, chapters 7-8
April 24: Bel Canto, chapters 9-10
April 26: Final Prep Day
Bel Canto Ekphrasis blogs due!
FINAL: 12PM on May 1 (Wednesday)