Overview

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Welcome to English 131, Introduction to Literature.

Here we will attempt to address what the differences are between literary writing and mainstream writing.

Week 1 and Week 2
Children and Families Readings

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Begin reading, Children and Families in Bridges -- begin Seminar 1 Elements of Poetry
Interview Partner -- email to instructor or give to instructor on disk.

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Seminar 1 Due -- Monday for peer edit
Elements of Fiction
Complete Feedback exercise
HW: Rewrite seminar 1 and read Holmes piece, be prepared to discuss

Week 2 :
Children and Families -- focus on Poetry
Tuesday

Explicate "Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa's Waltz" in class.
Review website for class.
Hw: Read through Rich.
- Write Seminar 1.
- Review -- Writing process, levels of abstraction, thesis statements, and writing about literature.
- Readings -- Read in Bridges, Children and Families -- pages 38-74, paying particular attention to Roethke and Hayden

Thursday

Week 3
Caste and Class

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Men and Women

Tuesday

Thursday

Mid-term exam
Turn in Seminar 2
- Begin readings in Women and Men -- Write Seminar 3
Work on Research/Book Group Project
-- arrange for leader for next Tuesday, leader bring in sample questions for team discussions see example

Week 6 and Week 7
War and Peace

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Week 8 and Week 9
Faith and Doubt

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