1. Week
1
4/7
In
Class
Section:
Literary
Theory
Homework
Class
1
Class
Introduction
Website
Assignments
Hybrid
Assignments
Participation:
Groups
#1
Establish
a
Word
press
username
Read:
Terry
Eagleton’s
Introduction:
“What
is
Literature.”
This
is
posted
on
the
website
under
“Course
Readings”
and
“Secondary
Texts.”
Post
#1:
What
is
literature?
How
does
Eagleton’s
explanation
reinforce
or
destabilize
your
ideas
about
literature?
Class
2
Lecture:
Introduction
to
Literature
Discussion:
What
is
Literature?
QHQ
Read:
“Literary
Theory”:
Internet
Encyclopedia
of
Philosophy
(This
is
linked
to
the
website
under
“Course
Readings”
and
then
“Theory
Texts.”
Post
#2:
What
is
the
difference
between
literary
theory
and
traditional
modes
of
literary
criticism?
What
might
literary
theory
serve
to
reveal
about
a
literary
text
that
traditional
criticism
cannot?
Which
major
school
of
literary
theory
interests
you
and
why?
OR
QHQ.
Class
3
Lecture:
Introduction
to
Theory
of
Literature
Discussion:
Literary
Theory
Read:
Bedford/St.
Martin’s
“Definition
of
the
New
Criticism”
and
“Definition
of
Formalism.
Post
#3:
What
made
New
Criticism
new?
What
is
the
critical
focus
of
New
Criticism?
Of
Formalism?
Or
QHQ
Bring:
copies
of
“My
Papa’s
Waltz”
and
“My
Papa’s
Waltz:
A
New
Critical
Approach.
Class
4
Lecture:
Text-­‐Oriented
Approaches:
Formalism
and
New
Criticism
Discussion:
Formalism
and
New
Criticism:
Group
Activity:
Participation
10
points
“My
Papa’s
Waltz”
and
“My
Papa’s
Waltz:
A
New
Critical
Approach.
Identify
and
discuss
qualities
of
New
Criticism
as
it
is
applied
in
this
essay.
Provide
specific
examples
from
the
essay,
the
poem,
or
the
definition/description
of
New
Criticism.
Review:
New
Criticism
and
Formalism
Class
5:
Online
Read:
“There
is
a
girl
inside”
“The
Fish”
“A
Black
Rook
in
Rainy
Weather”
“Memories
of
West
Street
and
Lepke”
Post
#4:
List
five
examples
to
use
in
close
reading
of
one
poem.
Read:
T.S
Eliot:
“Tradition
and
the
Individual
Talent”
Read:
Essay
#1
Assignment
Post
#5:
QHQ
Eliot
Begin
notes
for
essay
1

2. Week
2
4/14
Literary
Theory/Poetry
Class
6
× Discussion:
New
Criticism
and
Poetry
× TS
Eliot
and
New
Criticism
× Scanning
Poetry
× Starting
your
essay
• Scan
the
poem
you
are
working
on
for
your
essay
(slides
10-­‐13).
• Summarize
the
form:
Dominant
foot;
Number
of
feet
per
line;
Prevailing
meter
(dominant
foot
+
number
of
feet
per
line);
Structure:
(kind
of
stanza);
Rhyme
scheme
(slide
15-­‐16)
• Determine
the
poetic
techniques
(slide
17).
• Determine
the
Significance
of
the
Structure
(slide
19)
• Summarize
the
poem
via
New
Criticism
(slide
20).
Post
#6:
Your
thesis
statement:
What
is
your
interpretation
of
this
poem?
Class
7
Lecture:
Writing
the
essay
MLA
formatting
Finish
a
complete
draft
of
essay
#1:
2-­‐3
pages.
Bring
three
copies.
Class
8
Essay
#1
Peer
Review
Read:
Bedford/St.
Martin’s
“Definition
of
Deconstruction”
Read:
Klages
Sturcturalism/Poststructuralism.
Post
#6:
How
does
the
practice
of
Deconstruction
differ
from
New
Criticism
and
other
formalist
approaches
to
literary
analysis?
Or
QHQ
Class
9
Lecture: Text-­‐Oriented
Approaches:
Deconstruction
Discussion:
Deconstruction
Activity:
Part
10
“My
Papa’s
Waltz”
and
Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s
Waltz”: A Deconstructionist Reading.
Review:
Revise
and
edit
essay
#2
Class
10
Online
Due:
Essay
#1:
Before
noon
Read:
“My
Papa’s
Waltz”
Roethke
Read:
“Papa”
Roethke
Post
#7
1. Compare
Roethke’s
portrait
of
his
father
in
this
story
and
in
“My
Papa’s
Waltz.”
2. Compare
and
contrast
how
Roethke
uses
the
symbol
of
the
waltz
to
represent
his
relationship
with
his
father
in
both
story
and
poem.
3. Explain
how
“My
Papa’s
Waltz”
Read
Feminism
Post
#9:
What
is
the
primary
focus
of
feminist
criticism
and
theory?
How
do
feminist
critics
and
theorists
regard
the
role
of
women
in
literature?
Read:
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy
Mistress”
and
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy
Mistress”:
A
Feminist
Reading.
Bring:
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy
Mistress”
and
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy

3. could
be
characterized
as
a
poem
that
allows
Roethke
to
work
out
feelings
toward
his
father.
Mistress”:
A
Feminist
Reading.
Week
3
4/21
Class
11
Lecture:
Feminist
Theory
Group
Activity:
Part
10
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy
Mistress”
and
Andrew
Marvell’s
“To
His
Coy
Mistress”:
A
Feminist
Reading.
Identify
and
discuss
qualities
of
Feminist
Criticism
as
it
is
applied
in
this
essay.
Provide
specific
examples
from
the
essay,
the
poem,
or
the
definition/description
of
Feminist
Criticism.
Read:
Definition
of
Psychoanalytic
Criticism
Read:
The
Uncanny”
Sigmund
Freud
Post
#
7:
What
is
the
purpose
of
psychoanalytical
criticism?
Post
#8:
What
does
Freud
mean
when
he
refers
to
the
“uncanny?”
How
is
the
“uncanny”
manifested
in
literature?
Or
QHQ
Class
12
Lecture:
Psychoanalytic
Criticism
Discussion:
“The
Uncanny”
Read:
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”
Read:
Elizabeth
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”:
A
Psychoanalytic
Reading
Post
#9:
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.
Class
13
Discuss
Bishop’s
“The
Fish”
and
psychoanalytic
criticism.
Read
Trauma
Theory
Class
14
Lecture:
Trauma
Theory
Review
Theory
Class
15
Review
for
Exam
Study
for
Theory/poetry
exam
Week
4
4/28
Class
16
Theory/Poetry
Exam
1
Read
Araby
Class
17
How
to
respond
to
lit
Araby
Read
The
Story
of
an
Hour
Class
18
The
Story
of
an
Hour
“A
Very
Old
Man
with
Enormous
Wings”
Class
19
“A
Very
Old
Man
with
Enormous
Wings”
Class
20
Read
The
Metamorphosis
Post
Week
5
5/5
Short
Story
Class
21
Discuss
The
Metamorphosis
Read
“The
Bet”
Class
22
Discuss
“The
Bet”
Read
The
Shawshank
Redemption
Class
23
Discuss
Shawshank
Read
The
Shawshank
Redemption
Class
24
Discuss
Shawshank
Class
25
Begin
paper
two:
The
Story
of
an
Hour,
A
Very
Old
Man
with
Enormous
Wings,
Post:
One
story
with
one
theoretical
lens
Read
No
Exit

4. The
Metamorphosis,
The
Shawshank
Redemption,
or
The
Bet.
Week
6
5/12
Drama
Class
26
Lecture
composition:
Paper
#2
Read
No
exit
Paper
2
Class
27
Screening
No
Exit
QHQ
Class
28
Screening
No
Exit
QHQ
Class
29
Discussion
No
Exit/Theory
Theory
Application
Class
30
Short
Story
and
Drama
Review
for
test
Begin
Night
Week
7
5/19
Novella
Class
31
Exam
2:
Short
story
and
Drama
Finish
Night
Class
32
Discussion
Night
Begin
Outer
Dark
Class
33
Discussion
Night/Theory
Outer
Dark
Class
34
Finish
Night/
Outer
Dark
Outer
Dark
Class
35
Paper
2
due
at
noon
Outer
Dark
Week
8
5/26
Novel
Holiday
Class
36
Outer
Dark
Content
Outer
Dark
Class
37
Outer
Dark
Themes
Read
Room
Class
38
Outer
Dark
Theory
Read
Room
Class
39
Read
Room
Read
Room
Week
9
Class
40
Room
Content
Read
Room
Class
41
Room
Themes
Finish
Room
Class
42
Room/Theory
Class
43
Approaches
to
Paper
3
Groups
by
novel
Read
Novel
from
list/
Class
decides
Class
44
Paper
3
Begin:
Night,
Room,
Outer
Dark,
or
No
Exit
Read
Novel
from
list
Week
10
Class
45
Library
Visit:
Research
Lecture
Read
Novel
from
list
Class
46
Paper
in
class
writing/discussion
Read
Novel
from
list
Class
47
Peer
Review
Read
Novel
from
list
Class
48
Individual
meetings
my
office
Read
Novel
from
list
Class
59
Finish
Paper
Three
Paper
3
Due
at
noon
Read
Novel
from
list
Week
11
Class
50
Optional
attendance:
Exam
make-­‐up
or
re-­‐take
Essay
revision
of
1
or
2
due
electronically
Class
51
Novel
Choice
Discussion/content/
theory
Begin
Paper
4
Class
52
Library
trip
Class
53
Novel
Choice
Writing
Workshop

5. Class
54
Paper
4
Week
12
Class
55
Individual
meetings
Class
56
Final
Paper
4
due
before
class
Final
Exam
#3:
The
Novel
10:30
class
Tuesday,
6/24
9:15-­‐11:15
11:30
class
Wednesday
6/25
11:30-­‐
1:30