English 529 Calendar Spring 2009

Spring 2009 Course Calendar

English 529
*I reserve the right to make changes to this calendar at any time. Changes will be posted on the website.

Note on paper deadlines: For the short papers, I am going to allow you to select your works.
Undergraduates must complete 3 short papers, and graduate students must complete 2.
HOWEVER, you must do one on either Cather, Wharton, OR Hemingway.

M Jan 12	Course Introduction
W Jan 14	Cather, My Antonia Book I, Chapters 1-8
F Jan 16	Last day to ADD or DROP classes via Wingspan or IN PERSON for the spring semester. Last day for students to elect to Audit courses
M Jan 19	Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Offices closed; no classes.
W Jan 21	Cather, My Antonia – finish
M Jan 26	Last day for undergraduate students to select the S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) option for a course or to change a course from S/U to a letter grade. Wharton, The Age of Innocence—Book One Papers on Cather Due
W Jan 28	Wharton, The Age of Innocence—Book Two
M Feb 2	Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises—all Papers on Wharton Due
W Feb 4	Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Discussion Leader: Will Review Papers and Critical Essay Assignment
M Feb 9	Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom – Chapters 1-3 Papers on Hemingway Due
W Feb 11	Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom- Chapters 4-5
M Feb 16	Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom—Chapters 6-7
W Feb 18	Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom—Chapters 8-9 Discussion Leader: Leanna
M Feb 23	Warren, All The King’s Men—Chapters 1-5 Papers on Faulkner Due
W Feb 25	Warren, All The King’s Men—Chapters 6-7
M Mar 2	CLASS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF SNOW
W Mar 4	MIDTERM
M Mar 9	Finish All the King's Men--Caley as Discussion Leader Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (all) Papers on Warren Due
W Mar 11	Last day to withdraw from a spring semester course. (Automatic N grade is issued.) Students may not withdraw from a course after this date without documented extenuating circumstances. Last day to rescind elected S/U option. A rescinded S/U will still count toward the maximum of four allowed. Finish Williams and Start Death of a Salesman Papers on Williams Due
M Mar 17	Spring Break
W Mar 19	Spring Break
M Mar 23	Finish Miller and Start Ellison’s Invisible Man Chapters 1-9 Papers on Miller Due
W Mar 25	Advising for Fall 2009 begins Ellison’s Invisible Man Chapters 10-17
M Mar 30	Ellison’s Invisible Man Chapters 18-Epilogue Discussion Leader: Alicia Graduate Students: Paper on additional text due by this day
W April 1	O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night Act I Papers on Ellison Due
Sometime between April 6 and April 15, you need to set up a 30 minute rough draft conference with me.
M April 6	O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night --Discussion Leader: Stephen
W April 8	No Class
M April 13	-Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? —Discussion Leader: Ramona -Papers on O’Neill Due
W April 15	Morrison's Song of Solomon, Chapters 1-3
M April 20	Morrison’s Song of Solomon Chapters 4-9 -Papers on Albee due
W April 22	Morrison’s Song of Solomon Chapters 10-15
M April 27	Last Day of Classes Papers on Morrison Due MAJOR CRITICAL ESSAY DUE Course Evaluations Review for Exam
T April 28	Study Day
	EXAM SCHEDULED FOR Monday MAY 4 at 6:30 Winthrop university policy does not accept travel plans or work schedules as reasons to reschedule a final examination.