Introduction to Literature Syllabus



LIT 120 Introduction to Literature – Syllabus – Fall 2009 Dr. Zarzana

Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. The Ox-Bow Incident. Paton, Alan. Cry, the Beloved Country. Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Rostand, Edmund. Cyrano de Bergerac. Shakespeare, William. Hamlet.

Stay on this reading schedule even if we fall behind.

Aug 25: Intro.

Aug 27: Intro – Hero: Poetry selection.

Sept 1: Austen Northanger Vol I. “Hero” assign due.

Sept 3: Discuss Austen

Sept 8: Austen Northanger Vol II. Quiz 1

Sept 10: Discuss Austen

Sept 15: Shakespeare Hamlet Act I

Sept 17: Shakespeare Hamlet Act II

Sept 22: Shakespeare Hamlet Act III. Quiz 2

Sept 24: Shakespeare Hamlet Act IV and V. Quiz 3

Sept 29: Shakespeare Hamlet all. Letters 1 assign given.

Oct 1 Zarzana away

Oct 6: Clark Ox-Bow Chap 1 and 2. Letters 1 due.

Oct 8: Clark Ox- Bow Chap 3 and 4. Take-home exam 1 given.

Oct 13: Clark Ox- Bow Chap 5. Quiz 4.

Oct 15: Clark Ox-Bow all

Oct 20: Clark Ox-Bow, finish and begin South African history. Take-home exam 1 due.

Oct 22 – Break

Oct 27: Paton Cry Book I (through Chapter 17)

Oct 29: Paton Cry Book II (through Chapter 29). Quiz 5. Take-home exam 2 given.

Nov 3: Paton Cry Book III (through final chapter). Quiz 6.

Nov 5: Cry, finish our discussion.

Nov 10: Tennyson poetry in packet. Letters assign 2 given.

Nov 12: Miller, Death of a Salesman, Act 1. Take-home exam 2 due.

Nov 17: Miller, Death of a Salesman, Act 2. Quiz 7.

Nov 19: Discussion of Miller, Salesman. Letters assign 2 due.

Nov 24: Discussion of Miller, Salesman. Begin Rostand Cyrano.

Nov 26 Thanksgiving

Dec 1: Rostand Cyrano Acts I, II, and III. Quiz 8.

Dec 3: Rostand Cyrano Acts IV and V.

Dec 8: Cyrano film.

Dec 10: Finish Cyrano and final exam given, etc.

Dec 16: Take-home final due between 9 and 10 AM in my office, BA 221

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