COMP 290: Writing about Literature (CRN 257)
MWF 11:00-11:50, SCHU 112

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This syllabus is subject to change, and you are responsible for changes announced in class.

  24 Aug—Intro to Class 26 Aug—Genres, types of writing about literature
29 Aug—Explicating poetry 31 Aug—practice explicating 2 Sept—Assignment discussion
5 Sept—practice explicating 7 Sept—Rough Draft #1 to class 9 Sept—critiquing
12 Sept—Critiquing—Rough Draft #2 to me by 5 14 Sept—Conferences (no class) 16 Sept—Revising—bring most recent draft to class
19 Sept—Explicating short fiction; Read “The Masque of the Red Death”; Poetry Explication due by 5 in my office 21 Sept—practice explicating 23 Sept—Assignment discussion
26 Sept—Read “Young Goodman Brown” 28 Sept—practice explicating 30 Sept—Break
3 Oct—Rough Draft #1 to class 5 Oct—critiquing 7 Oct—Critiquing—Rough Draft #2 to me by 5
10 Oct—Conferences (no class) 12 Oct—Revising—bring most recent draft to class 14 Oct—Short Story Explication due by 5 in my office
17 Oct—Research Arguments—Read The Time Machine (1-73) 19 Oct—Time Machine discussion 21 Oct—Assignment overview—Read 150-175
24 Oct—Read 188-213 26 Oct—Read 213-29 28 Oct—Library Day—Meet in Milne Library Room 108
31 Oct—Read 229-43 2 Nov—Read 243-59 4 Nov—Organizing the paper—bring all materials to class
7 Nov—Rough Draft #1 to class 9 Nov—Critiquing 11 Nov—Critiquing—Rough Draft #2 to me by 5
14 Nov—Conferences (no class) 16 Nov—Revising—bring most recent draft to class 18 Nov—Research Argument due by 5 in my office
21 Nov—Thanksgiving Break 23 Nov—Thanksgiving Break 25 Nov—Thanksgiving Break
28 Nov—The Essay Exam—Read The Realm of Possibility 30 Nov—Essay Exams 2 Dec—Essay Exams
5 Dec—Mock Exam and discussion 7 Dec—Review 9 Dec—Final Exam prep

Final Exam: Wednesday, 14 December, 2:00-4:30

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