English 2235 Schedule - Spring 2008

Anoka-Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 2235: American Literature Since 1865
Spring 2008 / Section 1

Tentative Schedule -- Revision #2

NOTE: All readings are due on the date listed; have the selections read before class and expect quizzes at any time.

American Literature since 1945

NOTE: Sometime during this first week, skim American Literature since 1945 (1129-1142) and take notes on these terms: Realism, Modernism, Post-Modernism, Confessional Poetry, Protest Poetry, Beat Generation, Deconstruction, Cultural Diversity -- especially as they all relate to literature -- NOTES DUE: Monday 4/28/08

M 4/21 -- Angela Shannon: Poems (handouts)

W 4/23 -- Meet in room B 235 at 11:00 a.m. for a presentation by Angela Shannon -- REQUIRED

F 4/25 -- Gwendolyn Brooks (1361): Introduction and all 6 poems

M 4/28 -- Ralph Ellison (1253): Introduction and Chapter I ("Battle Royal") from Invisible Man

W 4/30 -- Sylvia Plath (1475): Introduction, Morning Song, Child, Daddy, Lady Lazarus

F 5/2 -- Jack Kerouac (1366): Introduction and Chapters 12, 13, and 14 from Big Sur

M 5/5 -- Elizabeth Bishop (1222): Introduction, The Armadillo, In the Waiting Room, One Art, Sestina, The Fish

W 5/7 -- James Wright (1435): Introduction and all 3 poems

F 5/9 -- Julia Alvarez (1615): Introduction and "The Mother" from Yo!

M 5/12 -- EXAM #3 / Final Exam Period / 11:50 a.m. - 1:50 p.m. / H 121