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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Foster City, CA: Cliff Notes, 2001. ISBN: 9780764587269.
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Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose." In Poems, Prose, and Letters. Edited by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. New York, NY: Library of America, 2008. ISBN: 9781598530179.
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Joyce, James. "Araby." In The Dubliners. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1996, pp. 29-35. ISBN: 9780140247749.
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Tolstoy, Leo. Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth. New York, NY: Penguin Classics, 1964. ISBN: 9780140441390.
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Mann, Thomas, and Nicole Taubes. Tonio Kröger. Paris, France: Gallimard, 1993. ISBN: 9782070386178.
Baldwin, James. Giovanni's Room. Peaslake, Surrey GU5 9SW: Delta, 2000. ISBN: 9780385334587.
O'Connor, Flannery. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1992. ISBN: 9780151365043.
Schwartz, Delmore. In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories. New York, NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1978, pp. 1-10. ISBN: 9780811206808.
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
Introduction
Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose."
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| 2 |
Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose." (cont.) |
| 3 |
Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose." (cont.)
Welty, Eudora. "Finding A Voice." In One Writer's Beginnings. New York, NY: Warner Books, 1985, pp. 71-105. ISBN: 9780446329835.
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| 4 |
Joyce, James. "Araby." |
| 5 |
Joyce, James. "Araby." (cont.) |
| 6 |
Tolstoy, Leo. "Boyhood." |
| 7 |
Tolstoy, Leo. "Boyhood." (cont.) |
| 8 |
Tolstoy, Leo. "Youth." |
| 9 |
Tolstoy, Leo. "Youth." (cont.) |
| 10 |
Mann, Thomas, and Nicole Taubes. "Tonio Kröger." |
| 11 |
Mann, Thomas, and Nicole Taubes. "Tonio Kröger." (cont.) |
| 12 |
Baldwin, James. "Giovanni's Room." Chapters 1-3. |
| 13 |
Baldwin, James. "Giovanni's Room." Chapters 3-5. |
| 14 |
Baldwin, James. "Giovanni's Room." (cont.) |
| 15 |
Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. I |
| 16 |
Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. II |
| 17 |
Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. III |
| 18 |
Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. III (cont.) |
| 19 |
O'Connor, Flannery. "A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories." |
| 20 |
O'Connor, Flannery. "A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories." (cont.) |
| 21 |
Joyce, James. "The Dead." |
| 22 |
Joyce, James. "The Dead." (cont.) |
| 23 |
Schwartz, Delmore. "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories." |
| 24 |
Schwartz, Delmore. "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories." (cont.) |
| 25 |
Last class |