English 2235 Schedule

Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 2235: American Literature II: 1865 to the Present
Spring 2005 / Section 1
Tentative Schedule

M 1/10 -- Syllabus / Schedule / Questionnaire / A Brief Overview of American History and Literature

American Literature 1865-1914 (Volume C)

W 1/12 -- Sarah Orne Jewett: Introduction (595-597); A White Heron (597-604)

F 1/14 -- Charles W. Chesnutt: Introduction (780-781); The Wife of His Youth (789-797)

M 1/17 -- NO CLASSES -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

W 1/19 -- Henry James: Introduction (465-468); Daisy Miller: A Study, Parts I and II (468-486)

F 1/21 -- Henry James: Daisy Miller: A Study, Parts III and IV (486-506)

M 1/24 -- Kate Chopin: Introduction (620-622); The Awakening, Chapters I-XIII (633-663)

W 1/26 -- Kate Chopin: The Awakening, Chapters XIV-XXV (663-694)

F 1/28 -- Kate Chopin: The Awakening, Chapters XXVI-XXXIX (694-723)

M 1/31 -- John M. Oskison: Introduction (965); The Problem of Old Harjo (966-970)

W 2/2 -- Jack London: Introduction (971-972); The Law of Life (972-976); To Build a Fire (977-987)

F 2/4 -- MIDTERM EXAM #1

American Literature 1914-1945 (Volume D)

M 2/7 -- Willa Cather: Introduction (1111-1113); The Sculptor's Funeral (1113-1122)

W 2/9 -- Robert Frost: Introduction (1174-1175); Mending Wall (1177-1178); The Road Not Taken (1187); Birches (1189-1190); Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening (1191)

F 2/11 -- William Faulkner: Introduction (1693-1695); Barn Burning (1790-1803)

M 2/14 -- William Carlos Williams: Introduction (1263-1265); The Young Housewife (1265); Spring and All (1268); The Red Wheelbarrow (1271); This Is Just to Say (1274)

W 2/16 -- Katherine Anne Porter: Introduction (1462-1463); Flowering Judas (1464-1472)

F 2/18 -- Muriel Rukeyser: Introduction (1946-1947); Effort at Speech Between Two People (1947-1948); Movie (1948-1949); Suicide Blues (1950); Long Enough (1950-1951)

M 2/21 -- NO CLASSES -- Presidents’ Day

W 2/23 -- Zora Neale Hurston: Introduction (1506-1507); The Eatonville Anthology (1507-1515); How It Feels to Be Colored Me (1516-1518); The Gilded Six-Bits (1518-1527)

F 2/25 -- Langston Hughes: Introduction (1891-1892); Mother to Son (1893); I, Too (1894); Silhouette (1899); Visitors to the Black Belt (1899); Note on Commercial Theatre (1900)

M 2/28 -- D'Arcy McNickle: Introduction (1919); Hard Riding (1920-1925)

W 3/2 -- MIDTERM EXAM #2

F 3/4 -- NO CLASSES -- Metro Alliance Faculty Development Day

M 3/7 -- NO CLASSES -- Spring Break

W 3/9 -- NO CLASSES -- Spring Break

F 3/11 -- NO CLASSES -- Spring Break

American Literature 1945-Present (Volume E)

M 3/14 -- Discuss Volume E Selections and Rationale / Determine Schedule for Part Two of the Course

W 3/16 -- PEER REVIEW DAY -- Bring four (4) copies of a complete rough draft of your essay.

F 3/18 -- ____________________

M 3/21 -- ____________________

W 3/23 -- ____________________ / Final Draft of Essay Due

F 3/25 -- ____________________

M 3/28 -- ____________________

W 3/30 -- ____________________

F 4/1 -- ____________________

M 4/4 -- ____________________

W 4/6 -- ____________________

F 4/8 -- MIDTERM EXAM #3 (Tentative Date)

M 4/11 -- ____________________

W 4/13 -- ____________________

F 4/15 -- NO CLASS -- Professor at a Conference

M 4/18 -- ____________________

W 4/20 -- ____________________

F 4/22 -- ____________________

M 4/25 -- ____________________

W 4/27 -- ____________________

F 4/29 -- ____________________

M 5/2 -- ____________________

W 5/4 -- ____________________

F 5/6 -- ____________________

T 5/10 -- FINAL EXAM / Final Exam Period: 11:50 a.m. - 1:50 p.m. / H 221