ENGL 250: GREAT AMERICAN BOOKS

                                                                        "Arms and the Man"

 

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  Weekly Calendar:

 

Week 1

M  Introduction to the Course

W  Close reading exercise: “Editha” by W.D. Howells

Pair I: The Two Sides of the Civil War

F          The Red Badge of Courage, chapters 1-5

Week 2

M         Martin Luther King Jr. Day

W        The Red Badge of Courage, chapters 6-15

F          The Red Badge of Courage, chapters 16-24

 

Week 3

M         Finishing up The Red Badge of Courage

& “Ambuscade” in The Unvanquished

W        “Retreat” in The Unvanquished

F          “Raid” in The Unvanquished

Week 4

M         “Riposte in Tertio” in The Unvanquished

W        “Vendée” & “Skirmish at Sartoris”  in The Unvanquished                  

F          “An Odor of Verbena” in The Unvanquished

 

Week 5

Pair II: After World War I through the Eyes of Male Writers

M         The Sun Also Rises, chapters 1-5     

W        The Sun Also Rises, chapters 6-10

F          The Sun Also Rises, chapters 11-15

Week 6

M         The Sun Also Rises, chapters 16-18

W        Finishing up The Sun Also Rises, chapter 19

 

 

F          Home to Harlem, Part I, chapters 1-4 (click here for chapters 1-4)

           & MFS article on Home to Harlem

Week 7

M         Home to Harlem, Part I continued, chapters 5-9

W        Home to Harlem, Part II, chapters 10-14

F          Home to Harlem, Part II, chapters 15-18 & Part III, chapters 19-21

Week 8

Pair III: After World War II through the Eyes of Women Writers

M         Midterm Exam

 

W        Wise Blood, chapters 1-3

F          Wise Blood, chapters 4-7 

Week 9

M         Wise Blood, chapters 8-11

W        Wise Blood, chapters 12-14

F         No Class!

Week 10

Spring Break

 

 

Week 11 

M         Ceremony, pp. 1-40

W        Ceremony, pp. 41-82

F          Ceremony, pp. 83-130

Week 12

M         Ceremony, pp. 131-178

W        Ceremony, pp. 180-223

F          Ceremony, pp. 224-262  Link to Notes on Ceremony

 

 

Week 13

Pair IV: Contemporary Re-imaginings of the War Experience

M         Maus I, chapters 1-2

W        Maus I, chapter 3

F          Maus I, chapter  4-5

Week 14

M         Maus I, chapter 6

W        Work on Papers!

F          No Class        (PAPER II is due: Monday, April 17)

Week 15

M         The Things They Carried, pp. 1-40.        

W        The Things They Carried, pp. 41-97.

F          The Things They Carried, pp. 99-154.

Week 16

M         The Things They Carried, pp. 155-204.

W        The Things They Carried, pp. 205-251.

F          The Things They Carried, pp. 254-273 & Review for Final Exam