Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 2235: American Literature II: 1865 to the Present
Spring 2006 / Section 01

Tentative Schedule #3

American Literature 1945-Present (Volume E)

F 4/7 -- No Class -- English Department Meeting

M 4/10 -- No Class -- Professor Personal Leave Day

W 4/12 -- Due: "American Prose Since 1945" (pp. 1953-1965) / We will discuss the introductions and choose the play for this unit

F 4/14 -- Tennessee Williams: Introduction (1976-1979); A Streetcar Named Desire, Scenes 1-4 (1979-2007)

M 4/17 -- Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire, Scenes 5-11 (2008-2041)

W 4/19 -- ESSAY DUE -- The Simpsons and Tennessee Williams; The Crash Test Dummies and T.S. Eliot

F 4/21 -- Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones): Introduction (2299-2300); Dutchman (2301-2314)

M 4/24 -- Baraka (continued)

W 4/26 -- Read Both:

• Kurt Vonnegut: Introduction (2181-2183); "Fates Worse Than Death" (2183-2190)
• Ursula K. LeGuin: Introduction (2225-2226); "Schrödinger's Cat" (2226-2232); "She Unnames Them" (2232-2233)

F 4/28 -- Louise Erdrich: Introduction (2561-2562); Fleur (2562-2571)

M 5/1 -- Gwendolyn Brooks: Introduction (2778-2779); "kitchenette building" (2779); "the mother" (2780); "a song in the front yard" (2780-2781); "The White Troops Had Their Orders But the Negroes Looked Like Men" (2781); "We Real Cool" (2782); "The Bean Eaters" (2782); "The Blackstone Rangers" (2786-2788)

W 5/3-- Allen Ginsberg: Introduction (2863-2865); "Howl" (2865-2872); "A Supermarket in California" (2872-2873)

F 5/5 -- Sylvia Plath: Introduction (2967-2968); Morning Song (2968-2969); Lady Lazarus (2969-2971); Daddy (2972-2974); The Applicant (2978)

F 5/12 -- EXAM #3 on Volume E Writers / Final Exam Period: 11:50 a.m. - 1:50 p.m. / H 221

Note: Yep. I miscounted the days. I thought we had another week. Oops. Here are the other writers I had in mind for this unit:

• John Cheever -- pages 2041-2051 -- Read the Introduction and "The Swimmer"
• Toni Morrison -- pages 2252-2266 -- Read the Introduction and "Recitatif"
• Alberto Rios -- pages 3072-3078 -- Read the Introduction, "Madre Sofia," "Wet Camp," "Taking Away the Name of a Nephew," "Advice to a First Cousin," and "Seniors"
• Cathy Song -- pages 3084-3093 -- Read the Introduction, "The White Porch," "Beauty and Sadness," "Lost Sister," "Chinatown," and "Heaven"

Other Prose Writers I'd Recommend:

• Ralph Ellison: "Cadillac Flambe"
• James Baldwin: "Going to Meet the Man"
• Flannery O'Connor: "Good Country People"
• John Updike: "Separating"
• Raymond Carver: "Cathedral"
• Alice Walker: "Everday Use"

Other Poets I'd Recommend:

• Theodore Roethke -- esp. "My Papa's Waltz"
• Elizabeth Bishop -- esp. "The Armadillo," "In the Waiting Room," and "One Art"
• Robert Lowell -- esp. "Memories of West Street and Lepke" and "Skunk Hour"
• James Wright -- esp. "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" and "A Blessing"
• Anne Sexton -- esp. "The Starry Night" and "Sylvia's Death"
• Adrienne Rich -- esp. "Storm Warnings" and "I Am in Danger--Sir--"
• Audre Lorde
• Joy Harjo
• Rita Dove