Read the first five chapters of Pride and Prejudice.
Also, begin reading about both Karl Marx and Jean Paul Sartre so that you may be prepared to eventually (in the next few weeks) write either a Marxist or Satrean analysis of Pride and Prejudice. If there is another prominent thinker you would like to apply to this task, then please let me know.
Due Monday, February 8, 2010:
Finish reading "The Rape of the Lock";
Read through Chapter 8 of Pride and Prejudice;
Work on your Timeline of English Satire.
Due Wednesday, February 10, 2010:
Read through Chapter 17 of Pride and Prejudice.
Due Thursday, February 11, 2010:
Read through Chapter 30 of Pride and Prejudice.
Due Friday, February 12, 2010:
Read through Chapter 37 of Pride and Prejudice.
Due Tuesday. February 16, 2010:
Read through Chapter 50 of Pride and Prejudice. If you want to also work on your personal ads, feel free. They will be due Thursday, Feb. 18.
Due Thursday, February 18, 2010:
Finish reading Pride and Prejudice and complete two character personal ads.
Due March 3, 2010:
Read The Importance of Being Earnest and the first three chapters of Wuthering Heights.
Due Wednesday, Feb. 17 - March 5, 2010:
Complete a Timeline of English Satire.
Benjamin
Alex
Wed., March 3 -
Alex (Cont'd)
Patrick
Thurs., March 4 -
Patrick (Cont'd)
Varag
Fri. , March 5 -
Frances
Mon., March 8 -
Rachel
Tues., March 9 -
Azin
Edward
Wed., March 10 -
Gabriela
Nellie
Thurs., March 11 -
Elizabeth
Lyolya
Thurs., Feb. 18 -
Tina
Elmira
David
Fri., Feb. 19 -
Elwina
Mircea
Tues., Feb. 23 -
Araks
Wed., Feb. 24 -
Ashot
Erika
Thurs., Feb. 25 -
Sofia
Fri., Feb. 26 -
Hillary
Kier
Mon., March 1 -
Shant
Be finished reading Pride and Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, and the first 26 chapters of Wuthering Heights. There will be discussions on one or all Monday and Tuesday.
Monday's discussion questions
Tuesday's discussion questions
Due Thursday, March 18, 2010:
Be finished reading Wuthering Heights. There will be timed writes on either/all Pride and Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest and/or Wuthering Heights on Thursday and Friday.
Due Monday, March 29, 2010:
Write a 1,500+-word Freudian, Jungian, Marxist, Sartrean, feminist (or other pre-approved) analysis of a text from this year's syllabus (or another pre-approved text). Use as a resource (one of many resources) this encyclopedia of philosophy, the private GHS database and the LA Public Library.
Turn in your essay to turnitin.com by 8 AM and bring to class an MLA hard copy.
Upcoming titles:
Heart of Darkness
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Room of One's Own
Waiting for Godot
No Exit
Poetry by Christopher Marlowe, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Luis J. Rodriguez and others...
Due Tuesday, March 30, 2010:
Read Dylan Thomas's villanelle Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
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