1/14
INTRODUCTIONS

1/16
ETHAN FROME
PROLOGUE, CHAPTERS 1-5 (pp 1-41)

1/18
ETHAN FROME
CHAPTERS 6-9, AFTERWORD (pp 42-77)

"American Literature 1865-1914" (HO)
Review of Resisting Regionalism (HO)

WEEK 2

1/21
MLK DAY - NO CLASS

1/23
WINESBURG, OHIO
"GROTESQUE" through "THE TEACHER" (pp 5-91)

PAPER #1 ASSIGNED

1/25
WINESBURG, OHIO
"LONELINESS" through "DEPARTURE" (92-138)

1/30
AS I LAY DYING
CH 24 - CH 33 (100-140)

PAPER #1 DUE

2/1
AS I LAY DYING
CH 34 - CH 41 (141-179)


WEEK 4

2/4
AS I LAY DYING
CH 42 - CH 59 (180-261)

COLLECTIVE NOVEL / MODERNISM HANDOUT

2/6
THE 42ND PARALLEL
"Foreword" - E.L. Doctorow (vii-xi)
"U.S.A." - (xiii-xiv)
NEWSREEL I through CAMERA EYE 4 (1-21)

2/8
THE 42ND PARALLEL
MAC 3 through NEWSREEL VI (22-64)

WEEK 5

2/11
THE 42ND PARALLEL
CAMERA EYE 7 through NEWSREEL XIII (64-165)

2/13
THE 42ND PARALLEL
STODDARD 1 through CAMERA EYE 21 (165-205)

PAPER #2 ASSIGNED

2/15
THE 42ND PARALLEL
NEWSREEL XV through CAMERA EYE 25 (206-236)

WEEK 6

2/18
THE 42ND PARALLEL
NEWSREEL XVII through END OF NOVEL (237-323)

2/20
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
CH 1 through CH 5 (21-46)

PAPER #2 DUE

2/22
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
CH 6 through CH 13 (47-93)

WEEK 7

2/25
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
CH 14 through END OF NOVEL (94-202)

2/27
MIDTERM PREP

ANNOTATION #1 ASSIGNED

3/1
MIDTERM EXAM

3/4
LOLITA
FOREWORD - PT I, CH 11 (3-55)

"False Documents" - E.L. Doctorow (HO)

3/6
LOLITA
PT I, CH 12 - PT I, CH 22 (55-97)

ANNOTATION #1 DUE

3/8
LOLITA
PT I, CH 23 - PT I, CH 33 (97-142)

WEEK 9

3/11
NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

3/13
NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

3/15
NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

WEEK 10

3/18
LOLITA
PT II, CH 1 - PT II, CH 13 (145-202)

3/20
LOLITA
PT II, CH 14 - PT II, CH 25 (202-258)

3/22
LOLITA
PT II, CH 26 - PT II, CH 36 (258-309)

ANNOTATION #2 ASSIGNED

WEEK 11

3/25
THE CRYING OF LOT 49
CH 1 - CH 3 (1-63)

"The Death of the Author" - Roland Barthes (HO)

CLICK TO ENLARGE

REMEDIOS VARO - BORDANDO EL MANTO TERRESTRE (1961) - PAGE 21

3/27
THE CRYING OF LOT 49
CH 4 - CH 5 (64-119)

OPTIONAL READINGS:
1966 REVIEW OF LOT 49 FROM TIME MAGAZINE
"SAN JOSE SEMAPHORE" - ADOBE.COM
"DECODING THE SAN JOSE SEMAPHORE" - BAYAREANEWS
"SAN JOSE SEMAPHORE: THE SOLUTION" - BAYAREANEWS

3/29
THE CRYING OF LOT 49
CH 6 (120-152)

ANNOTATION #2 DUE

WEEK 12

4/1
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
ONE - THREE (1-71)

"The Literature of Exhaustion" - John Barth (HO)

4/3
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
FOUR - SIX (72-153)

4/5
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
SEVEN - TEN (154-215)

OPTIONAL READING:
"COLD TURKEY" - KURT VONNEGUT (2004)

WEEK 13

4/8
CHRONIC CITY
ONE - FIVE (1-95)

GEYH - "ASSEMBLING POSTMODERNISM"

4/10
CHRONIC CITY
SIX - NINE (96-172)

4/12
CHRONIC CITY
TEN - FOURTEEN (173-230)

WEEK 14

4/15
CHRONIC CITY
FIFTEEN - NINETEEN (231-322)

TOMASULA - "AN APOLOGY FOR POSTMODERN PROSE"

4/17
CHRONIC CITY
TWENTY - TWENTY-TWO (323-395)

4/19
CHRONIC CITY
TWENTY-THREE - TWENTY-NINE (396-467)

WEEK 15

4/22
THE FLAME ALPHABET
ONE - TWENTY-ONE (3-138)

MARCUS - "EXPERIMENTAL FICTION: A CORRCTION" (HO)

4/24
THE FLAME ALPHABET
TWENTY-TWO - THIRTY-ONE (141-175)

4/26
THE FLAME ALPHABET
THIRTY-TWO - THIRTY-SEVEN (176-206)

WEEK 16

4/29
THE FLAME ALPHABET
THIRTY-EIGHT - FORTY-FIVE (207-252)

5/1
THE FLAME ALPHABET
FORTY-SIX - FIFTY-SEVEN (255-289)

5/3
WRAP-UP / FINAL PREP

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (1969)
KURT VONNEGUT
half.com | amazon.com

CHRONIC CITY (2009)
JONATHAN LETHEM
half.com | amazon.com

THE FLAME ALPHABET (2012)
BEN MARCUS
half.com | amazon.com