Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Week 1: Narrator
1	Theme General introduction; basic vocabulary; course structure
Week 2: Narrator cont.
2-3	Close Reading	A Love Letter assignment due Session 2 The Great Gatsby assignment due Session 3
Week 3: Character
4	Plot	Waitress Pie Recipe assignment due Session 4 Waitress (the musical at A.R.T.) Draft of Essay 1 due five days after Session 4
Week 4: Character cont.
5-6	The Great Gatsby and Waitress
Week 5: Autobiographical
7-8	Graphic Novels	Final version of Essay 1 due Session 8
Week 6: Autobiographical cont.
9	Fun Home	Fun Home assignment due Session 9
Week 7: The Archive
10-11	Historical	Beloved assignment due Session 10 Draft of Essay 2 due Session 11
Week 8: The Archive cont.
12-13	Beloved	Library Research Workshop in Hayden Library
Week 9: The Archive cont.
14-15	Beloved cont.	Final version of Essay 2 due Session 15
Week 10: New Historicism
16	Benito Cereno
Week 11: New Historicisms cont.
17-18	“The Counterpane” & “The Monkey-Rope”	Benito Cereno assignment due Session 17
Week 12: Feminist Analysis
19-20	Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories	Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories assignment due Session 19
Week 13: Cultural Analysis
21-22	Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories cont. & This Is How You Lose Her	Draft of Essay 3 due Session 22
Week 14: Cultural Analysis cont.
23-24	This Is How You Lose Her cont.	Final version of Essay 3 due Session 24

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