English 150 Introduction to Literature - Spring 2000

 

1/25 - T - Introductions; What is Literature?  Why Study Literature?

Poetry: Metaphor

1/27 - R - Pound, “Station,” 772;  Blake, “Rose,” 807;  Plath, “Metaphors,” 115

Critical Strategies, 2021-2043

 

2/01 - T - Keats, “Urn,” 741;  Shakespeare, “Compare,” 881;  Millay, “Chaos,” 882;  Plath, “Mirror,” 276; 

Thomas, re “Urn,” 2053

2/03 - R - Shakespeare, “Time of Year,” 1117;  Blake, “Tyger,” 868; Blake, “Lamb,” 868

 

Sound/Sense

2/08 - T - Dickinson, “Fly,” 946; Donne, “Batter,” 1089; Owen, “Dulce,” 763

Hawkins, 2058

2/10 - R - Piercy, “Barbie,” 1112; Larkin, “This,” 1105; Soyinka, “Telephone,” 681

Kolodny, 2050

2/11 - Friday - Paper #1 Due

 

In Depth with One Poem

2/15 - T - Eliot, “Prufrock,” 1045

2/17 - R - “Prufrock” crit. 1049-1060

More Poetry

2/22 - T - Cullen, “Yet,” 1086; Coleridge, “Kubla Khan,” 1083

2/24 - R - Hardy, “Ruined Maid,” 1093; Marvell, “Coy Mistress,” 729

 

Short Stories

2/29 - T - Bambera, “Lesson,” 179; Mukherjee, “Tenant,” 102

3/02 - R - Melville, “Bartleby,” 113

 

3/07 - T - Cisneros, “Barbie-Q,” 218; Collette, “Hand,” 220; Ng, “Red Sweater,” 235

3/09 - R - MIDTERM

 

In Depth with One Story

3/14 - T - Poe, “The Purloined Letter,” 564

3/16 - R - Poe, “The Purloined Letter,” 564

 

3/20-3/24 - SPRING BREAK

3/28 - T - Joyce, “Eveline,” 512; Gilb, “Love in L.A.,” 265

3/30 - R - Chopin, “Story,” 10; Atwood, “There was Once,” 247

 

4/03 - Monday - Paper #2 Due

4/04 - T - Kafka, “Hunger Artist,” 528; Updike, “A&P,” 576

4/06 - Stirm’s away - no class