English 3700 schedule, spring 2011
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Thursday, January 6 |
Course syllabus |
Introduction to course Simple Stuff Golden rules 1-5 |
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| Monday, January 10 | Student
info form (online) |
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| Tuesday, January 11 | Snow day: class canceled | Snow day: class canceled | Snow day: class canceled |
| Thursday, January 13 | Golden rules 6-10 Daniel Defoe overview Moll Flanders v-viii, 1-80 |
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| Tuesday, January 18 |
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Nuggets 1-10 Moll Flanders 80-160 |
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| Thursday, January 20 |
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Quotes
and documentation 1-3 |
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| Tuesday, January 25 | Quotes
and documentation 5 Jane Austen overview Pride and Prejudice 1-61 (chaps. 1-17) |
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| Thursday, January 27 |
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Pride and Prejudice 61-132 (chs. 18-34) (Vol. 1, ch. 18-Vol. 2, ch. 11) |
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| Tuesday, February 1 | Word problems Pride and Prejudice 132-96 (chs. 35-47) (Vol. 2, ch. 12-Vol. 3, ch. 5) Bleak House 3-45 (chs. 1-4) |
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| Thursday, February 3 |
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On
plagiarism Pride and Prejudice 196-262 (chs. 48-61) (Vol. 3, chs. 6-19) |
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| Tuesday, February 8 |
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Charles Dickens overview Bleak House 45-150 (chs. 5-12) |
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| Thursday, February 10 | Winter weather: class canceled | Winter weather: class canceled | Class canceled |
| Tuesday, February 15 | Bleak House 150-364 (chs. 13-29) | ||
| Thursday, February 17 |
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Bleak House 365-472 (chs. 30-37) | Paper 1 assigned |
| Tuesday, February 22 | Paper proposals due | Bleak House 472-636 (chs. 38-53) | |
| Thursday, February 24 | Bleak House 636-770 (chs. 54-the last) | Discuss midterm | |
| Tuesday, March 1 | Midterm | ||
| Wednesday, March 2 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
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| Thursday, March 3 |
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Gustave Flaubert overview Madame Bovary 1-77 (chs. 1.1-2.5) |
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| Friday, March 4 | Paper 1 | ||
| Monday,
March 7- Saturday, March 12 |
Spring break | Spring break | Spring break |
| Tuesday, March 15 | Madame Bovary 77-162 (chs. 2.7.-2.15) | ||
| Thursday, March 17 | Madame Bovary 163-247 (chs. 3.1-3.11) | ||
| Tuesday, March 22 | Fyodor Dostoyevsky overview Crime and Punishment 1-71 (chs. 1.1-1.7) |
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| Thursday, March 24 | Crime and Punishment 72-166 (chs. 2.1-3.1) | ||
| Tuesday, March 29 | Crime and Punishment 167-249 (3.2-4.3) |
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| Thursday, March 31 | Crime and Punishment 249-343 (4.4-5.5) | Paper 2 assigned | |
| Tuesday, April 5 | Paper 1 corrections | Crime and Punishment 344-430 (chs. 6.1-Epilogue 2) | |
| Thursday, April 7 | Paper proposals due | Leo Tolstoy overview Death of Ivan Ilych 15-63 (chs. 1-12) |
On research |
| Tuesday, April 12 | Mark Twain overview Huck Finn 1-72 (chs. 1-16) |
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| Thursday, April 14 | Huck Finn 72-155 (chs. 17-29) | ||
| Tuesday, April 19 | Paper 2 | Huck Finn 155-220 (chs. 30-the last) | |
| Thursday, April 21 | Joseph Conrad overview Heart of Darkness 1-72 |
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| Tuesday, April 26 | Franz Kafka overview The Metamorphosis 11-52 |
Discuss exam | |
| Final exam Thursday, April 28 10:30-12:30 |
Paper 2 corrections |
Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative. I will make additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the schedule.