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Lit 165 Syllabus
ENG 020 Syllabus
About the Instructor
Approaching Literature
Notes on the Art of Fiction: Early Forms
The Short Story
Graduate Students Define the Art of Fiction
Bartleby the Scrivener - Questions for Analysis
Notes on Melville
Critical Approaches to Literature
A Vocabulary for Short Fiction and Beyond
Study Guide for Fiction Exam
Reading Poetry
The Craft of Poetry
A Catalogue of Poems
Notes on Langston Hughes
Lines of Continuity
Poetry Take Home Exam
The Birth of Drama
Oedipus
A Doll House
Study Guide for the Final Exam
A Glossary of Literary Terms
The Rhetorical Situation
Essay #1 Assignment Sheet
Workshop Assignment for Essay#1
How to Write Descriptively
Building a Thesis
Overcoming Reader's Block
Analysis and the Culture of Advertising
Essay #2 Assignment Sheet
Writing Effective Introductions
Writing Effective Conclusions
Propaganda Analysis
Politics and the English Language
Propaganda: A Sample Analysis
Midterm Exam: Tips for Writing on the Spot
Notes on Rational Argument
Mapping the Parts of an Arugment
Announcements for LIT 165
Assignments for LIT 165
Announcements for ENG 020
Assignments for ENG 020
A Weblog for LIT 165
A Weblog for ENG 020
LIT 165 Discussion List
ENG 020 Discussion List
The Fiction Exam will be on Tuesday, October 2 for sections LIT 165-16 and LIT
165-17. It will be on Wednesday, October 3 for LIT 165-86.
Be prepared to recall and analyze the following short stories, which were assigned and discussed in class:
The Story of an Hour
A Sorrowful Woman
A&P
Eveline
Miss Brill
Bartleby the Scrivener
The Birthmark
How to Tell A True War Story
Popular Mechanics
Girl
You can also use the following questions to further prepare:
- What are several ways (discussed in class) we can distinguish literature that's worthy of study?
- What are several ways (discussed in class) to define the short story?
- How have several influential fiction writers (Poe, Chekov, Conrad, Hemingway, Carver, and Bambara) helped illuminate the "art" of the short story?
- What are several formal elements (discussed in class) common to many short stories, what's the meaning of the terms we used to discuss these elements, and how do these elements apply to the short stories you were assigned to read?
- What is the meaning of literary terms like theme, ambiguity, irony, paradox, and symbol, and how do these terms apply to the short stories you were assigned to read?