SCHEDULE of READINGS
Introduction to Literary Criticism
English 101, Sections 2 & 3 (Spring 2007)
Dr. Katherine D. Harris
Syllabus subject to change
Legend of Symbols, etc.
TC = Texts & Contexts
NTC = Norton Anthology of Theory & Criticism
HoD = Heart of Darkness
Online = Web hyperlink
ICE = In-Class Essay
OCE = Out-of-Class Emailed Essay
Office Hours:
T/Th 1:45-3:30 & by Appt.
Office: FO 220
Phone: 408.924.4475
Email: kharris@email.sjsu.edu
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Reading Due |
Assignment Due |
| Thur 1/25 | Introductions: Me, You, Lit Crit |
Greensheet Policies & Schedule Letters from Previous Students Hints for Reading Fiction |
Student Questionnaire |
| Tues 1/30 | Heart of
Darkness, pp.17-46 Handout Critical Model Presentation & Essay Instructions |
Discuss & Sign up for Critical Model Presentation (via email by Wednesday 5pm) | |
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See Authors & Discuss Books at the CLA Events (www.litart.org) |
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| Thur 2/1 | Heart of Darkness,
pp.47-95 Note: Last day to drop courses without "W" on record 2/5 |
OCE: Intellectual Autobiography 600 words, typed, email by 5pm | |
| Tues 2/6 | What is Literary Criticism? |
TC: Introduction & Critical Worlds (3-34) NTC: Eagleton, "Literary Theory: An Introduction" (2243-2249) HOD: "A Critical History of HoD" (99-114)
Handouts: |
Discuss Annotated Bibliography & Reflective Essay Assignment |
| Thur 2/8 | Formalism |
NTC: Eichenbaum "Theory of the
�Formal Method�" (1062-87) Handouts: Gogol Synopsis Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" Note: Last day to add courses & register late (no exceptions) 2/12 |
ICE/OCE |
| Tues 2/13 | New Criticism |
TC: Chp 3 Unifying the Work
(37-57) NTC: Brooks, "Heresy of Paraphrase" & "The Formalist Critic" (1353-71) NTC: Ransom "Criticism, Inc." (1108-18) Handouts: T.S. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Student ICE Example Note: Last day to add courses & register late (no exceptions) |
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| Thur 2/15 |
Library Session |
InfoPower Online Tutorial (The score from the
tutorial quiz will be OCE #1.) OCE #2 (due
by Sunday, 5pm via email):
Perform a New
Critical reading of a passage from Heart of Darkness
by using Brooks� theories. In your response, refer to
one of his articles to support your critical method. Use
details from Heart of Darkness as we discussed
today in class. If you need help, see Texts &
Contexts 48-55. |
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| Tues 2/20 | Structuralism |
NTC: Saussure, "Course in General Linguistics"
(960-977 NTC: Frye, "Archetypes" (1445-57) Note: Enrollment Census Date |
Presentation (02): Hai Nguyen (Frye) |
| Thur 2/22 |
Post-Structuralism (Reader-Response) |
TC: Chp 4 "Creating the Text"
(61-93) |
OCE: Due Tuesday 10am via email |
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Attend the "Wall of Reading" Book Discussions all this week www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/Calendar.htm#Feb |
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| Tues 2/27 | Post-Structuralism (Deconstruction) |
HOD: "What is Deconstruction" (HoD 185-200) TC: Chp 5 "Opening Up the Text" (97-129) |
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| Thur 3/1 |
NTC: Barthes "Death of the Author" (1466-70) & "From
Work to Text" (1470-75) NTC: Fish "Interpreting" (2071-89) Discussion Summary of Fish Article, Explanation of Deconstruction & Strategies for Application (KH Lecture Notes) |
ICE/OCE Presentation (03): Brian Yanaga (Fish) |
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| Tues 3/6 |
NTC: Foucault "What is an Author" (1622-36) HOD: Miller, "Heart of Darkness Revisited" (HoD 206-220) |
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| Thur 3/8 | Psychoanalytical Criticism |
TC: Chp 7 "Minding the Work"
(183-208) NTC: Freud "The 'Uncanny'" (929-52) & "Fetishism" (952-56) |
(No ICE/OCE this week) |
| Tues 3/13 | NTC: Mulvey "Visual Pleasures" (2181-92) |
Presentation (03): Lisa Kalenda (Mulvey) |
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| Thur 3/15 |
Meet in
Steinbeck
Center |
OCE: due by Friday, 5pm | |
| Tues 3/20 | Marxism |
TC: Chp 6 "Connecting the Text"
(133-179) NTC: Marx, "The Communist Manifesto" (769-773) NTC: Wilson "Marxism & Literature (1243-54) |
Annotated Bibliography & Reflective Essay Presentation (02): Travis Campbell (Marx) |
| Thur 3/22 |
NTC: Benjamin "Work of Art"
(1166-86) Discussion Alice Journals, British Library's Turning the Pages Hamlet's Soliloquy La Tour's "Penitent Magdalene" & Mermaid reproduction "Madame X" painting |
ICE/OCE Presentation (02): Chris Serrano (Benjamin) Presentation (03): Steven Nava (Benjamin) |
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| Tues 3/27 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| Tues 4/3 | New Historicism |
HOD: "What is New Historicism" (221) NTC: Greenblatt, "Introduction to The Power of Forms" (2251-2254) NTC: Knapp & Michaels, "Against Theory" (2460-2475) |
Presentation (02): Sarah Armes (Greenblatt) Beth Kohn (Knapp/Michaels) Presentation (03): Janelle Zalinski (Knapp/Michaels) |
| Thur 4/5 |
HOD: Thomas, "Preserving and Keeping Order" (239-257) TC: 156-159 & 171-178 HOD: "Introduction: Biographical & Historical Contexts" (3-16) |
ICE/OCE | |
| Tues 4/10 | Anglo-American Feminism |
TC: Chp 8 "Gendering the Text"
(211-241) NTC: Woolf Room (1021-29) NTC: Gilbert/Gubar Madwoman (2023-35) Handouts OED Definition of Feminist/Feminism |
Presentation (02): Amy Craven (Gilbert/Gubar) |
| Thur 4/12 |
HOD: "What are Feminist and Gender Criticism"
(148-161) HOD: Smith, "Too Beautiful Altogether" (169-184) |
ICE/OCE Presentation (03): Natalie Smith (Smith) |
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| Tues 4/17 |
Class Cancelled |
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| Thur 4/19 | Gender Studies & Queer Theory |
NTC: Butler, "Gender Trouble"
(2488-2501) NTC: Zimmerman, "What Has Never Been" (2340-2359) NTC: Sedgwick Between Men (2434-38) & Epistemology of the Closet (2438-45) Handouts "Gender as a Personal Choice," NYTimes article Definition of Queer Theory (various sources) |
ICE/OCE Presentation (02): Meagan Lillich (Zimmerman) Presentation (03): Sara Verches (Butler) |
| Tues 4/24 | Cultural Criticism |
HOD:
What is Cultural Criticism" (HoD
258-271) NTC: Ohmann, "The Shaping of a Canon" (1880-1894) |
Presentation (02): Yasha Bol (Ohmann) |
| Thur 4/26 | Race & Ethnicity Studies |
NTC: Anzaldua, Borderlands (2211-23) NTC: Hughes "Negro Artists" (1313-17) Handouts (print yourself) "Harlem," Langston Hughes |
Presentation (02): Salina Dimas (Anzaldua) Julio Rangel (Hughes) Presentation (03): Mary Moran (Hughes) Elaina Martinez (Anzaldua) |
| Tues 5/1 |
HOD: Brantlinger article (HoD 277-298) NTC: Achebe "Image of Africa" (1781-94) |
Presentation (02): Tara Nieto (Achebe) |
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| Thur 5/3 |
No Class Meeting |
OCE: due by Friday 5pm | |
| Tues 5/8 | Postmodernism |
NTC: Lyotard "Defining
Postmodernism" (1612-15) NTC: Jameson "Postmodernism" (1960-74) |
Presentation (02): Jeff Hisaoka (Jameson) Presentation (03): Marin Carpenter (Jameson) |
| Thurs 5/10 | Hypertext |
NTC: Moulthrop "Hypertext" (2504) Online: McGann "Literary Scholarship in the Digital Future" Online: Silver, "Introducing Cyberculture" Online: Montfort, "The Hypertext Murder Case" |
ICE/OCE Presentation (02): Peter Gambrill (Moulthrop) |
| Tues 5/15 | Review |
Online:
You
Know You've Done too Much Theory When (Cartoon) Online: "Think You Know How to Read, Do You?" Handout Final Exam Essay Instructions (not distributed online) |
Discuss Final Exam Essay |
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