This schedule may be altered at any point in the term at the instructor’s discretion. Students must complete readings by the dates listed. The symbol (ER) indicates a reading on electronic reserve.

Week One
9/29
Course Introduction

Week Two
10/4
Discuss The Great Gatsby
Reading : Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby , chapters 1-3 (1-64) and explanatory notes
Due : English 213 Student Profile and Release Form

10/5
Posting on The Great Gatsby due by 10:00 p.m.

10/6
Discuss The Great Gatsby
Reading : Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, chapters 4-5 (65-102) and explanatory notes

10/8
Optional response posting on The Great Gatsby due by 10:00 p.m.

Week Three
10/11
Discuss The Great Gatsby
Reading : Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby , chapters 6-7 (103-153) and explanatory notes

10/12
Posting on The Great Gatsby due by 10:00 p.m.

10/13
Discuss The Great Gatsby
Essay #1 assigned
Reading : Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, chapters 8-10 (154-189) and explanatory notes

10/15
Optional response posting on The Great Gatsby due by 10:00 p.m.

Week Four
10/18
Discuss Invisible Man
Reading : Ellison, Invisible Man , Prologue and chapters 1-3 (1-97)

10/19
Posting on Invisible Man due by 10:00 p.m.

10/20
Discuss Invisible Man
Reading : Ellison, Invisible Man, chapters 4-5 (98-135)

10/22
Essay #1 draft due by 12:00 p.m. in hard copy at Padelford A-305 or via E-Submit

Week Five
10/25
Discuss Invisible Man
Reading : Ellison, Invisible Man , chapters 5-10 (136-230)

10/26
Posting on Invisible Man due by 10:00 p.m.

10/27 
Discuss Invisible Man; midterm course evaluation
Reading : Ellison, Invisible Man, chapters 11-12 (231-260)

10/29
Optional response posting on Invisible Man due by 10:00 p.m.

Week Six
11/1
Discuss Invisible Man and revision strategies for returned essay drafts  
Reading: Ellison, Invisible Man, chapters 13-16 (261-355)

11/2
Posting on Invisible Man due by 10:00 p.m.

11/3
Discuss Invisible Man
Reading: Ellison, Invisible Man, chapters 17-18 (356-408)   

11/5
Essay #1 revision due by 12:00 p.m. in hard copy at Padelford A-305 or via E-Submit

Week Seven
11/8
Discuss Invisible Man   
Reading: Ellison, Invisible Man, chapters 19-22 (409-478)   

11/9
Posting on Invisible Man due by 10:00 p.m.

11/10   
Discuss Invisible Man; Essay #2 assigned
Reading: Ellison, Invisible Man, chapter 23 (479-512)   

11/12
Optional response posting on Invisible Man due by 10:00 p.m.
           
Week Eight
11/15   
Discuss Invisible Man   
Reading: Ellison, Invisible Man, chapters 24-25 and Epilogue (513-581)   

11/16
Posting on City of Glass due by 10:00 p.m.

11/17
Discuss City of Glass and McHale
Reading: Auster, City of Glass, Chapters 1-6 (7-79); McHale, “From Modernist to Postmodernist Fiction” (ER)   

11/19
Essay #2 draft due by 12:00 p.m. in hard copy at Padelford A-305 or via E-Submit
           
Week Nine
11/22   
Discuss City of Glass   
Reading: Auster, City of Glass, Chapters 7-10 (80-158)   

11/23
Posting on City of Glass due by 10:00 p.m.

11/24   
Class cancelled for optional draft conferences       
           
Week Ten
11/29   
Discuss City of Glass and revision strategies for returned essay drafts   
Reading: Auster, City of Glass, Chapters 11-13 (159-203)   

11/30
Posting on Patchwork Girl due by 10:00 p.m.

12/1
Discuss Patchwork Girl, Coover, and Landow   
Reading: Jackson, Patchwork Girl: read “Reading Patchwork Girl,” then open the text, begin anywhere, view 40 lexias, and save your reading; Coover, “The End of Books,” (ER); Landow, “Reconfiguring Narrative,” (ER)   

12/3           
Essay #2 revision due by 12:00 p.m. in hard copy at Padelford A-305 or via E-Submit
           
Week Eleven
12/6   
Discuss Patchwork Girl   
Reading: Jackson, Patchwork Girl; open saved reading and view 70-80 lexias   

12/7
Posting on Patchwork Girl due by 10:00 p.m.

12/8   
Discuss Patchwork Girl; course wrap-up and evaluation; take-home final distributed   
Reading: Jackson, Patchwork Girl; open saved reading and view 70-80 lexias   

Week Twelve
12/13           
Final due by 5:00 p.m. in hard copy at Padelford A-305 or via E-Submit