schedule 2010 fall
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHEDULE IS ROUGH AND LIKELY TO CHANGE.
Schedule / English 490 / Fall 2010
Aug 25 Introductions and explanations. Discussion of Taylor and Chace. Seshadri, “This Morning.” A look through Reality Hunger. Prior to first class: “How It Happened” essay due.
Sep 1
Developing a
project.
Identify a mentor this week (Preliminary Conference).
Shields a-f (to p. 62).
Sep 8
Draft of prospectus due
in class and must also be in mentor’s hands.
Second conference with mentor this week. Shields g-l (to p. 125).
Sep 15 Final, signed-by-mentor copy of prospectus due in class. Discussion: Portfolios, department goals (on line), reflective essays. A guest: Vicci White (Career Center).
Sep 22
Discussion:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Power” from The Conduct of Life.
Electronic text available
here.
Before class, e-mail me three representative sentences from the essay that
capture both its theme and its style (explain why you think these are
representative sentences).
Sep 29
Portfolio + reflective
essay due. A team
editing exercise. A guest: Rhonda Brammer.
Oct 6
Ian Parker,
“The Poverty
Lab.” Short class due to reading by
Hemingway Society/PEN Award winner Brigid Pasulka @ 7:30 p.m.
Oct 13
Shields, m-s (to p. 165).
A guest: MaryJane Butters.
Oct 20 Progress reports on projects; presentation niceties. Shields, t-z (to p. 209).
Oct 27
Presentations I
(Jennings, Tucker, Hanna, Browne, Lilienkamp/Bakken, Stoddard);
critiques
Nov 3 No class; Gary away for Madrid conference until Nov 9
Nov 10
Presentations II Ward, Kinzler, Dahlquist, Qualls, Mayfield, Taylor, Egbert); critiques
Nov 17 Presentations III (Resch, Morlock, Strawn, Castleman, Davis, McGarry); critiques
Thanksgiving
Dec 1 Drafts of final projects due in class. No extensions of this deadline.
Dec 8 Drafts returned, with comments.
Dec 15 Final drafts, incorporating revisions based on draft comments, due in my office.