COMP 390: Capstone in English:
Folktale Tellings, Retellings, and Revisions (CRN 933)
MWF 1:00-1:50, FITZ 302
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| 26 Aug—Introduction to class | 28 Aug—Defining folktales and folktale revisions | |
| 31 Aug—Read Tatar 1-73; 317-32; 373-8 | 2 Sept—Read Tatar 74-137; 291-7 | 4 Sept—Read Tatar 212-66 |
| 7 Sept—Read Tatar 138-211; 269-80 (Angel post due 8th by noon) | 9 Sept—Read Tatar 309-17; 332-53; 364-73; 378-88 | 11 Sept—Meet in Milne Library room 108 |
| 14 Sept—Meet in Milne Library room 108 | 16 Sept—Project topic discussion | 18 Sept—Meet in Milne Library room 108 |
| 21 Sept—Read Vande Velde (Angel post due 22nd by noon) | 23 Sept—Discussion | 25 Sept—Prospectus due by 5—Read Kress (7-29) and Yolen (203-16) in Datlow and Windling—sign up for conference |
| 28 Sept—No class | 30 Sept—Conferences (no class) | 2 Oct—Conferences (no class) |
| 5 Oct—Read Wrede, Downer, Quinn, and Beckett (30-106) in Datlow and Windling (Angel post due 6th by noon) | 7 Oct—Read Kandel, Cadnum, and Schimel (107-31) in Datlow and Windling | 9 Oct—Read Cole, Wynne- Jones, and Snyder (132-202) in Datlow and Windling |
| 12 Oct—Read Sexton (Angel post due 13th by noon) | 14 Oct—Discussion | 16 Oct—Preliminary Bibliography due by 5; Read Waldrop and Zelazny (217-280) in Datlow and Windling |
| 19 Oct—Read Donoghue (Angel post due 20th by noon) | 21 Oct—Discussion | 23 Oct—Read Straub and Steiber (281-309) in Datlow and Windling |
| 26 Oct—Read Maguire sections 1-3 (Angel post due 27th by noon) | 28 Oct—Read Maguire section 4 to end | 30 Oct—Read Constantine and Wade (310-381) in Datlow and Windling |
| 2 Nov—Read Card chapters 1-9 (Angel post due 3rd by noon) | 4 Nov—Read Card chapters 10-13 | 6 Nov—Read Card chapter 14 to end—Review of Literature due by 5—sign up for conference |
| 9 Nov—Conferences (no class) | 11 Nov—Conferences (no class) | 13 Nov—Conferences (no class) |
| 16 Nov—Read Goldman start to chapter 6 (Angel post due 17th by noon) | 18 Nov—Read Goldman chapter 7 to end | 20 Nov—Discussion—Q & A about draft |
| 23 Nov—Thanksgiving Break | 25 Nov—Thanksgiving Break | 27 Nov—Thanksgiving Break |
| 30 Nov—Rough Draft of final paper due in class (2 copies) | 2 Dec—Peer revision | 4 Dec—Revising the final paper |
| 7 Dec—Final paper due by 5—submit in Angel Drop Box | 9 Dec—Abstract of paper due by 5 (submit in Angel Drop Box) | 11 Dec—Discussion for final exam |
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