1. Wee
k
In
Class
Homework
1
April
7-­‐10
Class
1
Syllabus,
Green
sheet,
Website,
Books,
Assignments,
QHQ,
Class
2
Teams
Introduction
to
American
Literature
1914-­‐1945
Class
3
Modernist
Manifestos
Class
4
Modernist
Manifestos
American
Modernism
Author
Introduction:
F
Scott
Fitzgerald
Establish
your
username,
and
explore
the
class
webpage
Buy
Your
books
Read
The
Norton
introduction:
pp.
3-­‐22
(also
on
website)
Post
#1:
QHQ
introduction:
For
example,
you
might
ask,
“What
does
WWI
have
to
do
with
American
Literature?”
or
“Why
are
we
discussing
Science
and
Technology
in
a
literature
class?”
Read
“Modernist
Manifestos”
pp.
335-­‐350
Post
#2
QHQ
from
one
of
the
sections/authors
listed:
Intro
Marinetti
Loy
Read
“Modernist
Manifestos”
pp.
335-­‐350
Post
#3
QHQ
from
one
of
the
sections/authors
listed:
Pound
Cather
Williams
Hughes
Read
The
Great
Gatsby
:
All
Post
#4
Write
a
character
sketch
of
Daisy
or
Tom
or
Jordan,
focusing
on
the
recurring
“tag”
used
to
describe
them.
Daisy
leans
forward
and
talks
in
a
low
voice;
Tom
is
restless
and
hulking;
Jordan
balances
something
on
her
chin
almost
in
an
athletic
stance.
What
is
Fitzgerald’s
purpose
in
thus
describing
them?
OR
Discuss
how
the
reunion
of
Daisy
and
Gatsby
signals
both
the
beginning
and
the
end
of
Gatsby’s
dream
and
of
his
success.
OR
Trace
the
recurring
image
of
eyes,
and
ascertain
the
purposes
of
those
images.
Consider
blindness
on
any
level
as
well
as
sight.
OR
Your
own
QHQ

2. 2
April
14-­‐
17
Class
5
Lecture
Historical
Context
Discussion
The
Great
Gatsby
Class
6
Introduction
to
Critical
Theory.
Class
7
Lecture:
New
Criticism
Discussion:
The
Great
Gatsby
QHQ:
New
Criticism
Class
8
Lecture:
Feminist
Criticism
Discussion:
The
Great
Gatsby
Read:
Critical
Theory
Today:
Chapter
1
Introduction
Pp
1-­‐10
Post
#5:
QHQ:
Critical
Theory
Read:
Critical
Theory
Today:
Chapter
5
New
Criticism
Pp.
135-­‐164
Post
#6:
QHQ:
New
Criticism
Read:
Critical
Theory
Today:
Chapter
4
“Feminist
Criticism”
pp
83-­‐130
Post
#7:
QHQ:
Feminist
Criticism
Read:
Critical
Theory
Today:
Chapter
11
“African
American
Criticism”
pp
359-­‐409
Post
#8:
QHQ:
African
American
Criticism
3
April
21-­‐
24
Class
9
Lecture:
African
American
Criticism
Discussion:
The
Great
Gatsby
Class
10
Lecture:
Lesbian,
Gay,
and
Queer
Criticism
Discussion:
The
Great
Gatsby
Author
introduction:
Susan
Glaspell
Class
11
Lecture:
Trifles
Historical
Context
and
Style
Discussion:
QHQs,
Themes,
and
Symbols
Read:
Critical
Theory
Today:
Chapter
10
“Lesbian,
Gay,
and
Queer
Criticism”
pp.
317-­‐355
Post
#9:
QHQ:
Lesbian,
Gay,
and
Queer
Criticism
Read
Trifles
(1916)
pp.
252-­‐262
Post
#
10
In
literature,
a
symbol
is
something
that
represents
something
else,
and
is
often
used
to
communicate
deeper
levels
of
meaning.
What
is
one
important
symbol
in
Trifles?
How
does
Glaspell
use
it
to
propel
the
plot
and
convey
deeper
levels
of
meaning
about
her
characters
or
themes?
Or
QHQ
Trifles
Consider
its
articulation
with
one
of
the
Manifestos,
if
you
can.
Post
#11:
Write
a
paragraph
or
two
on
how
you
might
apply
any
one
of
the
Critical
theories
we
have
discussed
to
Trifles.
Begin
My
Antonia
(1918)
Book
I
Introduction
Chapters
1-­‐10

3. Class
12
Discussion:
Theory
and
Trifles
Writing
about
literature
Author
Introduction:
Willa
Cather
Read
My
Antonia
(1918)
Book
I
Chapters
11-­‐19
Post
#12:
Answer
one
of
the
following
prompts
1.
QHQ
CHAPTERS
1-­‐19
2.
Discuss
why
Willa
Cather
chose
a
male
narrator
and
why
women
dominate
the
novel.
3.
Explore
the
story
or
relationship
of
Pavel
and
Peter.
4.
Compare
and
contrast
the
lives
of
Jim
Burden
and
Antonia.
Explain
what
drew
them
together
and
enabled
them
to
become
close
friends.
5.
Compare
and
contrast
the
relationship
between
Antonia
and
Jim
in
Section
1
(Chapters
1-­‐10)
and
Section
2
(Chapters
11-­‐19)
4
April
28-­‐
May
1
Class
13
My
Antonia
Historical
Context
Book
I
Class
14
My
Antonia
Themes
and
Style
Book
II
1-­‐8
Class
15
My
Antonia
Themes,
Questions,
QHQ
Book
II
9-­‐15
Book
III
Read
My
Antonia
(1918)
Book
II
Chapters
1-­‐8
Post
#13:
Answer
one
of
the
following
prompts
1.
Discuss
the
contrasts
that
are
being
developed
between
the
characters
in
this
section.
2.
Discuss
the
importance
of
independent
women
in
this
section,
and
why
Willa
Cather
has
chosen
to
develop
these
characters
here.
3.
Discuss
My
Antonia
in
terms
of
one
or
more
of
the
Manifestos.
4.
Write
your
own
QHQ.
Read My Antonia (1918) Book II Chapters 9-15 and Book III
Chapters 1-4
Post #14: Answer one of the following prompts:
1. Discuss the differences Jim sees between the country girls and
the town girls.
2. Explain the importance of the dance pavilion to both Jim and
Antonia.
3. Explain why Willa Cather has chosen to devote one of the
books of her novel to Lena Lingard.
4. Discuss the importance of the narrator leaving Black Hawk for
college life.
5. Write your own QHQ
Read
My
Antonia
(1918)
and
Book
IV
Chapters
1-­‐3
and
Book
V
Chapters
1-­‐3
Post
#15:
Answer
one
of
the
following
prompts:
1.
Compare
and
contrast
Tiny
Soderball
and
Lena
Lingard’s
success
with
money.
2.
Discuss
the
reasons
why
Willa
Cather
chose
to
have
Antonia
return
to
the
Shimerda
farm
as
an
unwed
mother.
3
.
Discuss
the
differences
between
the
Cuzak
household
and
the
Shimerda
household
from
many
years
before.
5.
Write
your
own
QHQ

4.
Class
16
My
Antonia
Books
IV
and
V
The
American
Dream
Introduce
Exam
1
Vocabulary,
Theory,
Gatsby,
Trifles,
My
Antonia
Review
for
Exam
Ê Vocabulary,
Theory,
Gatsby,
Trifles,
My
Antonia,
Modern
Manifestos
Ê Rules
of
Writing:
Multiple
Choice
Ê Fill
in
the
blank
Ê Theory
Identification
Ê Passage
Identification
Ê Character
Identification
Ê Who
said
it?
Ê Essay
Question
5
May
5-­‐8
Class
17
Author
Introduction:
Mina
Loy
Exam
1
Class
18
Choose
new
teams
Mina
Loy
“Parturition”
Author
Introduction:
Ezra
Pound:
make
it
new!
Class
19
Paraphrasing
Poetry
“In
a
Station
of
the
Metro”
Author
Introduction:
William
Carlos
Williams
Class
20
• The
Chair
Poet
• Imagist
Poetry
•
“The
Red
Wheelbarrow”
• “To
Elsie”
• “In
a
Station
of
the
Metro.”
• Author
Introduction:
• Wallace
Stevens
•
Read:
Mina
Loy
295-­‐96
“Parturition”
296-­‐99
Post
#16:
Answer
one
of
the
following
prompts:
1. QHQ
on
the
“Parturition”
2. Discuss
“Parturition”
in
conjunction
with
Loy’s
Manifesto.
3. Discuss
“Parturition”
in
conjunction
with
one
critical
theory
4. Discuss
“Parturition”
in
conjunction
with
American
Dream.
Read:
Pound
“In
a
Station
of
the
Metro.”
Post
#17:
1. QHQ
on
“In
a
Station
of
the
Metro”
2. A
new
critical
reading
of
a
passage
of
“In
a
Station
of
the
Metro”
› Read:
William
Carlos
Williams
“The
Red
Wheelbarrow,”
and
“To
Elsie”
› Post
#18
QHQ
on
either
of
the
poems
for
today’s
reading.
Or
paraphrase
“The
Red
Wheelbarrow”
or
6-­‐9
lines
from
“To
Elsie.”
Read:
Wallace
Stevens
“The
Snow
Man”
283
1923
“The
Emperor
of
Ice
Cream”
284
1923
Post
#19:
Paraphrase
either
poem.
Be
original!
Or
discuss
the
modernist
aspects
of
one
or
both
of
these
poems.
Or
do
a
brief
“new
critical”
reading
of
one
poem
Post
#20:
QHQ
either
“The
Snow
Man”
or
“The
Emperor
of
Ice
Cream”

5. 6
May
12-­‐15
Class
21
Lyric
Poetry
“The
Snow
Man”
1923
“The
Emperor
of
Ice
Cream”
1923
Author
Introduction:
William
Faulkner
Class
22
Wednesday
“Barn
Burning”
Historical
Context
Themes,
and
Style.
Writing
a
character
analysis
Class
23
Barn
Burning
Characters
and
Symbols
Introduction:
Langston
Hughes
Class
24
Choose
new
teams
The
Harlem
Renaissance
Historical
Context
The
Poems
of
Langston
Hughes
Author
Introduction:
Zora
Neale
Hurston
Read:
“Barn
Burning”
800-­‐12
Post
#21
QHQ
“Barn
Burning”
Post
#22
Provide
a
brief
character
analysis
or
discus
a
symbol
• de
Spain
• Sarty
• Abner
Snopes
• Lennie
Snopes
• Fire
• The
soiled
rug
• Blood
Read:
Langston
Hughes:
“The
Negro
Speaks
of
Rivers,”
“I,
too,
sing
America,”
and
“The
Weary
Blues”
Post
#23:
Choose
one
What
connections
can
be
made
between
race
and
blues
music
in
"The
Weary
Blues"?
What
do
you
think
it
means
to
have
a
soul
that
is
deep
as
rivers?
How
does
“I,
too,
sing
America”
make
you
think
about
what
it
means
to
be
an
American?
How
is
"America"
presented
in
this
poem,
and
how
does
it
make
you
feel
about
America?
Read
Zora
Neale
Hurston:
“The
Eatonville
Anthology”
530-­‐38
“How
it
Feels
to
Be
Colored
Me”
538-­‐541
Post
#24
Choose
one
• Community
is
a
consistent
theme
in
the
works
of
Zora
Neale
Hurston
and
the
primary
bond
among
the
smaller
stories
contained
in
"The
Eatonville
Anthology."
How
does
the
image
of
a
front
porch
act
as
a
symbol
of
the
social
concept
of
community?
Cite
specific
incidents
from
the
story
that
prove
this
connection.
• How
does
the
narrator's
viewpoint
direct
the
reader's
understanding
and
approval
of
the
citizens
presented
in
"The
Eatonville
Anthology"?
Discuss
specific
examples.

6. 7
May
19-­‐
22
Class
25
• Chair
poetry
• Zora
Neale
Hurston
• “The
Eatonville
Anthology”
530-­‐38
• “How
it
Feels
to
Be
Colored
Me”
538-­‐541
Class
26
Introduction
to
Essay
#1
How
to
write
a
response
to
literature.
Class
27
Library
Visit:
Annotated
Bibliography
Class
28
Am
Lit
since
1945
Postmodern
Manifestos
Sukenick
Gass
Thompson
Post
#
25
QHQ:
African
American
Criticism
Consider
one
of
our
previous
texts
through
the
lens
of
African
American
Criticism.
Familiarize
yourself
with
potential
topics
for
essay
#1
Read
“American
Literature
since
1945”
pp.
3-­‐19
Honors
Group:
Read
Annotated
Bibliography
assignment
Everyone:
Begin
essay
1.
Post
#26:
(This
is
not
an
optional
post):
Your
thesis/argument
Provide
textual
evidence
that
supports
your
assertion.
Include
both
quotations
and
analysis
of
the
text.
Read
“Postmodern
Manifestos”
400-­‐17
Post
#27
QHQ
on
one
of
the
following
Sukenick
Gass
Thompson
Read
“Postmodern
Manifestos”
400-­‐17
Read
Mary
Klages
“Postmodernism.”
There
is
a
link
to
this
article
on
the
website
home
page.
Post
#28
QHQ
on
one
of
the
following
Olson
O’Hara
Bishop
Ammons
Lorde

7. 8
May
26-­‐
29
Monday
Holiday
No
Class
Class
29
Postmodernism
Postmodern
Manifestos
Olson
O’Hara
Bishop
Ammons
Lorde
Author
Introduction:
Ralph
Ellison
Class
30
“Battle
Royal”
Historical
Context
Themes
and
Style
Author
Introduction:
Arthur
Miller
Essay
#1
due
Friday
at
noon
Class
31
Death
of
a
Salesman
Historical
Context
Discussion
Holiday
No
Class
Read
Ralph
Ellison,
“The
Prologue,”
and
“Battle
Royal”
from
Invisible
Man.
206-­‐224
Post
#29
Choose
one
What
does
the
reader
know
about
the
narrator
solely
on
the
basis
of
the
Prologue?
Explain
both
what
he
reveals
about
himself
explicitly
and
what
inferences
can
be
drawn,
justifying
your
findings
as
you
go
along.
Why
would
the
audience
listening
to
the
narrator’s
speech
have
reacted
so
strongly
to
the
narrator’s
mistake?
Discuss
the
implications
of
his
slip
of
the
tongue.
QHQ
Read
Arthur
Miller:
Death
of
a
Salesman
Act
1
238-­‐303
Post
#30
Discuss
how
Miller
communicates
Willy’s
outlook
and
emotions
to
the
reader.
Note
Willy’s
words,
his
appearance,
Linda’s
reactions,
the
set
design,
and
other
means.
Examine
how
Biff
and
Hap’s
adult
lives
show
the
influence
of
their
childhood
as
seen
in
the
flashback.
Describe
how
Willy
has
taken
Ben’s
life
and
his
philosophy
of
the
“jungle”
as
models
for
success.
How
has
Willy
shaped
that
philosophy
to
encompass
life
as
a
salesman?
Linda
says
that
“attention
must
be
paid”
to
Willy
despite
his
faults.
Do
you
support
Linda’s
claim
or
disagree
with
it?
If
Willy
is
a
“fake,”
as
Biff
calls
him,
then
does
he
deserve
respect?
QHQ
Read
Arthur
Miller:
Death
of
a
Salesman
Act
2
238-­‐303
Post
#31
Contrast
Willy
with
Ben.
Willy
seems
to
think
that
he
leads
a
life
somehow
like
Ben’s.
Besides
the
fact
that
Ben
is
rich
and
Willy
is
not,
what
separates
them?
Describe
why
Willy
believes
committing
suicide
will
provide
a
better
life
for
his
family.
Will
his
plan
work?
Explore
the
difference
between
Biff
and
Hap’s
reactions
to
Willy’s
death.
QHQ
Begin
to
study
for
exam
#2

8. 9
June
2-­‐5
Class
32
New
Teams
Death
of
a
Salesman
Themes
and
Style.
Class
33
Exam
#2
Loy-­‐Miller
Class
34
The
Beats
Howl
Themes;
forms
and
devices
Author
Introduction:
Allen
Ginsberg
Class
35
Howl
QHQ
Author
Introduction:
Gloria
Anzuldua
Study
for
the
exam
by
reviewing
each
of
the
authors
and
texts
we
have
discussed
so
far.
Read
Allen
Ginsberg
pp.
490-­‐492
Howl
and
“A
Footnote
to
Howl”
pp.
492-­‐500
Post
#32:
paraphrase
8-­‐10
lines
from
Howl.
Reread
Howl
Post
#33
QHQ
HOWL
Read
Gloria
Anzuldua
pp.
837-­‐38
La
conciencia
de
la
mestiza/
Towards
a
New
Consciousness
pp.
838-­‐49
and
“El
Sonavabitche”
pp.
858-­‐62
Post
#34
QHQ:
La
conciencia
Discuss
themes
or
meaning
in
“El
Sonavabitche”
Discuss
Postmodernism
or
Feminist
Theory,
or
Minority
Theory
in
terms
of
Anzuldua

9. 10
June
9-­‐12
Class
36
La
conciencia
de
la
mestiza/
Towards
a
New
Consciousness
“El
Sonavabitche”
Intersections
of
identity
and
oppression
Author
Introduction
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Class
37
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Historical
Context
Themes
and
Style
Discussion
Class
38
Team
Change
Sandra
Cisneros
“Woman
Hollering
Creek”
Historical
Context
Themes
and
Style
Multiculturalism
Class
39
Sherman
Alexie
“This
is
What
it
Means
to
Say
Phoenix
Arizona”
Style
and
genre
Discussion
Author
Introduction
Cormac
McCarthy
Read
Maxine
Hong
Kingston
Warrior
Woman:
Part
1
“No
Name
Woman
793-­‐801
Post
#35:
Choose
one
Discuss
a
theme
from
the
reading
QHQ
Comment
on
the
text
via
a
critical
lens.
Read
Sandra
Cisneros
Read
“Woman
Hollering
Creek”
1131-­‐1139
Post
#36
Discuss
a
theme:
love
and
passion
or
sex
roles
or?
Discuss
the
text
in
terms
of
postmodernism
or
in
articulation
with
a
postmodern
manifesto.
Discuss
the
story
as
it
reads
through
a
feminist
and/or
minority
lens.
Read
Sherman
Alexie
1207
“This
is
What
it
Means
to
Say
Phoenix
Arizona”
1213
Post
#37
What
is
Sherman
Alexie
saying
in
this
story
about
the
role
of
storytelling?
Discuss
POV
and
how
or
why
it
is
important
to
the
plot.
Discuss
the
relationship
of
Thomas
and
Victor.
Discuss
this
story
in
terms
of
postmodernism,
minority
theory,
or
multiculturalism.
Read
The
Road:
the
first
half
of
the
novel:
page
47
in
the
online
version.
Stop
here:
“…
he
kissed
the
boy
and
crawled
into
the
other
bunk
under
the
clean
blankets
and
gazed
one
more
time
at
this
tiny
paradise
trembling
in
the
orange
light
from
the
heater
and
then
he
fell
asleep.”
Post
#38:
What
caused
the
devastation
of
the
land.
Provide
the
clues
you
used
to
come
to
your
conclusion.
Discuss
a
theme
from
the
novel:
Destruction,
survival,
isolation,
death,
or
hope

10.
11
June
16-­‐
20
Class
40
The
Road:
The
Age
of
Terror
The
apocalypse
Themes
Class
41
The
Road
Concepts
Symbols
QHQ
Class
42
The
Road
Postmodernism
Critical
Theory
The
American
Dream
Introduce
Essay
#2
Class
43
Last
Chair
Poet
The
Quarter
in
Review
Self-­‐Assessment
Introduce
Exam
#3
Read
The
Road:
to
the
three/quarter
point:
page
72
in
the
online
version.
Stop
here:
“One
vast
salt
sepulcher.
Senseless.
Senseless.”
Post
#
39:
Discuss
one:
Examine
the
concept
of
trust
and
mistrust
in
the
The
Road.
Analyze
the
symbol
of
innocence
and
how
it
pertains
to
the
son
in
The
Road.
Introduce
another
concept
or
symbol
QHQ
Read
The
Road:
finish
the
novel
Post
#:
40
(The
last
one)
Discuss
the
novel
as
a
postmodern
work
Use
a
critical
lens
to
start
a
discussion
Discuss
the
American
Dream
as
it
manifests
in
The
Road
Begin
Essay
#2
• Honors
Project
• Work
on
your
Revisions
• Study
for
make
up
exam
#1
or
#2
• Tomorrow
is
the
last
Chair
Poet
Day
Review
for
exam
Write
final
paper
Work
on
revisions
Do
Honors
Project
Write
Self-­‐Assessment
12
June
23-­‐
27
Class
44
Make-­‐up
Exam
#1
or
#2
Class
45
Friday,
June
27
9:15
a.m.-­‐11:15
a.m.
Exam
#3
Essay
#2
Due
Revision
Due
Honors
Project
Due
Prepare
for
Exam
#3
Write
final
paper
Do
revision
Do
Honors
Project
Write
Self-­‐Assessment
Have
a
great
summer!