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.

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: Buddy Levy.

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   Short essay due:  Waldo and Me.  Shields, m-s (to p. 165).   A guest: Mary Jane Butters.

Oct 20   Progress reports on projects; presentation niceties. Shields, t-z (to p. 209).

Oct 27   Presentations I; critiques

Nov 3    No class; Gary away for Madrid conference until Nov 9

Nov 10 Presentations II; critiques

Nov 17  Presentations III; critiques

Thanksgiving

Dec 1

Dec 8