Comp. II Course Calendar Spring 2021
JANUARY 19–23 • Introduction to Class • Complete Course Agreement JANUARY 24–30 • Read “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway (570) JANUARY 31–FEBRUARY 6 • Read “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (542) • Read “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (618) FEBRUARY 7–13 • Read “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by by Gabriel García Márquez (629) • Read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor (580) FEBRUARY 14–20 • Read “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry (637) FEBRUARY 21–27 • ESSAY #1 (on Short Fiction) Due (100 Points) FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 6 • MIDTERM EXAM • Read “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost (690) • Read “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
Allen Loibner-Waitkus • UA-PTC
(Instructor-provided Reading)
MARCH 7–13 • Read “Harlem” by Langston Hughes (698) • Read “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (710) MARCH 14–20 • Read “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson (713) • Read “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe (Instructor provided Reading) MARCH 21–27 • SPRING BREAK—No Class MARCH 28–APRIL 3 • Read “cream of wheat” by Lucille Clifton (720) • Read “The Leap” by James Dickey (Instructor provided Reading) • Read “Adultery” by James Dickey (Instructor provided Reading) APRIL 4–10 • ESSAY #2 (on Poetry) DUE (100 Points) APRIL 11–17 • Read “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell (728) APRIL 18–24 • Essay Workshop & Conferences APRIL 25–MAY 1 • ESSAY #3 (on Drama) DUE (100 Points) MAY 2–8 • •
FINAL EXAM (100 Points) PORTFOLIO DUE (100 Points)