1. Week
In-­‐Class
Activities
Homework
Week
1
4/6
Class Work
Homework
Essay #1
Class
1
v The Course Description and Details
v What is a Hybrid Class?
v Syllabus, Green Sheet, Website, and
Kaizena
v QHQ
v The Lecture
a. What is Literature and Composition?
b. What is literature?
c. What is Literary Theory?
d. What is New Criticism?
• Establish your username and explore the class
webpage
• Buy your books
• Read: Critical Theory Today: Chapter 1 Introduction
1-10
• Read: Critical Theory Today: Chapter 5 New
Criticism 135-164
• Post #1: QHQ: Literature, Literary Theory, or New
Criticism
Class
2
› Teams
› Review
› New Criticism
› QHQ
• Review the readings and ideas we have covered this
week.
Class
3
Online
• New Critical Rhetorical Strategies
• Paradox
• Irony
• Tension
• Ambiguity
• Poetry Reading:
• “My Papa’s Waltz”
• Critical Essay Reading:
• “‘My Papa’s Waltz’: A New Critical
Reading.”
• Post #2: Post a paragraph or two outlining your own
New Critical insights about “My Papa’s Waltz.” Then
write a paragraph discussing your agreement or
disagreement with the author of the New Critical
Essay. Consider thesis, the interpretation of figurative
language, and conclusion.
• Bring copies of “My Papa’s Waltz” and “My Papa’s
Waltz: A New Critical Approach” to class.
Week
2
4/13
Class
4
— Review: Formal Elements of Writing
— Group Activity “My Papa’s Waltz” and
“My Papa’s Waltz: A New Critical
Approach.
— Group Work: Identify and discuss
qualities of New Criticism as they are
(or are not) applied in this essay.
Provide specific examples from the
essay, the poem, or the
definition/description of New
Criticism.
— Scanning Poetry: An Individual
Endeavor
READ
• “There Is a Girl Inside”
• “The Fish”
• “A Black Rook in Rainy Weather”
• “Memories of West Street and Lepke”
• “To His Coy Mistress”
• Choose one poem to scan (meter and rhyme) like we
did in class today,
— POST # 3: summarize the form (slides 19 and 20 for
help).
— Choose two you might want to write about. Print them
both and bring them to class.
Class
5
• Review scanning poetry
• New rhetorical strategies
• Using the new critical lens to analyze
• Introduction to essay #1
• In class writing
• Post # 4: Answer 7 of the 9 questions on slide 27
• Bring your notes to our next meeting

2. Class
6
Online
¨ Analyze your poem
¨ Write your thesis
¨ Begin to gather support for your thesis
¨ Post #5
n Title of your essay
n Your thesis statement
n A general outline
¨ Bring your outline to class Monday
Week
3
4/20
Class
7
The Writing:
• The Thesis
• Introductions
• The Argument
• Conclusions
The Technical Details:
• Integrating quotations
• In text citations
• The works cited page
• MLA formatting
Ø Post #6: Your introduction with your thesis; your
conclusion
Ø Draft your essay
Ø Bring two complete copies of your draft to our next
class.
Class
8
Writing Workshop Finish your essay.
Submit essay #1 through Kaizena by Saturday, Week
3 at noon.
Class
9
Online
¨ An Introduction to Feminist Criticism
¨ Read: Tyson’s Feminist Criticism
¨ Re-read “To His Coy Mistress”
¨ Read “‘To His Coy Mistress’: A
Feminist Reading.”
¨ Homework
¨ Post #7: What is the primary focus of feminist
criticism and theory? Or, how do feminist critics and
theorists regard the role of women in literature? Or
QHQ Feminist Criticism
¨ Post # 8: QHQ: “To His Coy Mistress,” or ‘To His
Coy Mistress’: A Feminist Reading.”
¨ Bring: Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”
and “To His Coy Mistress”: A Feminist Reading.
Week
4
4/27
Class
10
ò Literary Theory: The Extrinsic Lens
ò Feminist Criticism
ò Andrew Marvell “To His Coy Mistress”
ò Group Activity: Using Feminist
Criticism
ò Read:
Lois
Tyson:
Chapter
2
“Psychoanalytic
Criticism”
pages
11-­‐49
ò Reread:
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”
ò Read:
Elizabeth
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”:
A
Psychoanalytic
Reading
(“Course
Readings”
and
“theory
texts.”
Bring
copies
of
both
texts.
ò Post
#9:
What
is
the
purpose
of
psychoanalytical
criticism?
OR
QHQ
on
the
Tyson
reading
Class
11
Lecture/Discussion:
Psychoanalytic
Criticism
Group
Activity:
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”
and
Elizabeth
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”:
A
Psychoanalytic
Reading.
Post
#10:
Identify
and
discuss
qualities
of
psychoanalytic
criticism
as
it
is
applied
in
this
essay.
Provide
specific
examples
from
the
essay,
the
poem,
or
the
definition/description
of
Psychoanalytic
Criticism.

3. Class
12
Online
¨ Read “Araby” by James Joyce
¨ Read “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov
¨ Post #11: Choose one
¤ Identify and discuss one or more of the numerous
religious symbols in the story.
¤ The narrator of "Araby" moves from innocence to
experience through his epiphany. What has he
learned by the end of the story?
¤ Write a short psychological profile of the narrator
based on a passage from the story.
¤ QHQ “Araby”
¤ Write a short psychological profile of the lawyer in
“The Bet” based on a passage or two from the
story.
¤ Has the lawyer been traumatized or enlightened?
Why do you think so?
¤ QHQ “The Bet”
Week
5
5/4
Class
13
“Araby”
James Joyce
Historical Context
Literary Style
Discussion
“The Bet”
Read “The Story of an Hour”
Post #12: Choose one
v Discuss Mrs. Mallard as a sympathetic character
or as a cruel and selfish character. How might
your own gender, age, class or ethnicity influence
your response?
v Do you think Chopin's critique of the institution
of marriage, as expressed by Louise, is applicable
today?
v Discuss Trauma: who suffers it and why?
v QHQ
Read: “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”
Post #13: Choose one
v Speculate on the identity of the “old man.”
v How does the manner in which Garcia Marquez
treats the traditional idea of angels in "A Very
Old Man with Enormous Wings" compare with
the way angels are represented or interpreted
elsewhere?
v Discuss the story through one critical lens
v Discuss Trauma: who suffers it and why?
v QHQ
Class
14
v Author Introductions:
v Kate Chopin
v Gabriel García Márquez
v Short Story Discussions:
v “The Story of an Hour”
v “A Very Old Man with Enormous
Wings”
v Historical Content
v Literary Style
v Questions
v QHQ
No
homework

4. Class
15
Online
u Introduction to Essay #2
u Read the Essay #2 Prompt
u Read both responses to “Araby”: Crane
and Ratinov
u Look under “Essay Prompts” and
“Essay 2.”
u Writing a response to literature
u Post # 14
u Homework
1. Post
#14:
Answer
the
questions
on
Slide
13
2. Choose
the
short
story
on
which
you
will
your
essay.
3. Print
it
and
bring
it
to
class.
4. Print
the
Crane
and
Ratinov
essays
and
bring
them
to
class.
Week
6
5/11
Class
16
• Essay
#2
Prompt
• Writing
about
Literature
• Review:
Crane
and
Ratinov
• Basic
Features
• Annotating
and
Analyzing
your
story
• Writing
your
thesis
• Outlining
your
essay
• Reread
and
analyze
your
story
• Post
#15:
Tentative
thesis
and
essay
outline
• Bring
a
hardcopy
or
your
device
to
class
as
we
will
be
working
on
essay
#
2
Class
17
• Essay #2:
• The Prompt
• Reviewing and revising your thesis
• Ways to Proceed
• Review for Exam #2
Ø Read Bloom’s “Trauma Theory Abbreviated”
Ø Read Balaev’s “Trends in Literary Trauma Theory”
Ø Post # 16: QHQ Bloom or Balaev
Class
18
Online
¨ Draft Paper #2
¨ Study for exam #1
¨ Study for exam #1
¨ Post # 17: Your introduction, thesis, and best body
paragraph.
¨ Work on Essay #2