English 201-01
Appreciation of Literature
Spring 2006
H. Roulston
MWF 10:30
W Jan 18 Introduction to the Course
F Jan 20 1920 Novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Due: Describe any 10 characters in The Age of Innocence
M Jan 23 Novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
W Jan 25 Novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. Panel Discussion
F Jan 27 1993 Film The Age of Innocence (133 m) dir. Martin Scorsese
M Jan 30 1993 Film The Age of Innocence (133 m) dir. Martin Scorsese
W Feb 1 1993 Film The Age of Innocence (133 m) dir. Martin Scorsese
F Feb 3 Panel Discussion on Film The Age of Innocence
1604 Play Othello by William Shakespeare
Due: Describe any 5 characters in Othello by William Shakespeare.
M Feb 6 1604 Play Othello by William Shakespeare
W Feb 8 1604 Play Othello by William Shakespeare. Panel Discussion
F Feb 10 1952 Film Othello (92 min) dir. Orson Welles
M Feb 13 1952 Film Othello (92 min) dir. Orson Welles
W Feb 15 Panel Discussion on Film Othello
1600 Play Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
Due: Describe any 5 characters in Much Ado about Nothing
F Feb 17 1600 Play Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
M Feb 20 1600 Play Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare. Panel Discussion
W Feb 22 1993 Film Much Ado about Nothing (111 min) dir. Kenneth Branagh
F Feb 24 1993 Film Much Ado about Nothing (111 min) dir. Kenneth Branagh
M Feb 27 1913 Panel Discussion on Film Much Ado about Nothing
1913 Play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Due: Describe any 5 characters in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
W Mar 1 1913 Play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Panel Discussion on Pygmalion;
Due: Midterm Journals
F Mar 3 1938 Film Pygmalion (85 min) dir. Anthony Asquith/Leslie Howard;
Due: Essay 1 Compare a literary technique of any novel or play to the comparable technique in any film.
M Mar 6 1938 Film Pygmalion (85 min) dir. Anthony Asquith/Leslie Howard;
Midterm Grades due before 10:30 A.M.
W Mar 8 Panel Discussion on Film Pygmalion
1956 play My Fair Lady by Alan J. Lerner
1964 film My Fair Lady (170 m) dir. George Cukor
Due: List any 5 differences between Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and My Fair Lady by Alan J. Lerner
F Mar 10 1964 film My Fair Lady (170 m) dir. George Cukor;
Take-Home Midterm Exam Due on This Date or Earlier
M Mar 13 1964 film My Fair Lady (170 m) dir. George Cukor
W Mar 15 1964 film My Fair Lady (170 m) dir. George Cukor
F Mar 17 Panel Discussion on My Fair Lady
SPRING BREAK
M Mar 27 1905 Short Story “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather
1914 Short Story “Araby” by James Joyce
Describe a total of any 5 characters from the assigned stories. You must have at least 1 character from each assigned story.
W Mar 29 1891 Short Story “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce
1962 Film Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (La Rivičre du hibou) (28 min) dir. Robert Enrico
Describe a total of any 5 characters from the assigned stories. You must have at least 1 character from each assigned story.
F Mar 31 1942 Short Story “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber
1835 Short Story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1840 Short Story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
Describe a total of any 5 characters from the assigned stories. You must have at least 1 character from each assigned story.
M Apr 3 1951 Short Story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury
1953 Short Story “The Enormous Radio” by John Cheever
Describe a total of any 5 characters from the assigned stories. You must have at least 1 character from each assigned story. Panel Discussion on all assigned stories so far
W Apr 5 1892 Short Story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
1924 Short Story “The Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka
Describe a total of any 5 characters from the assigned stories. You must have at least 1 character from each assigned story.
F Apr 7 1965 Short Story “Everything that Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor
1939 Short Story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner
Describe a total of any 5 characters from the assigned stories. You must have at least 1 character from each assigned story.
M Apr 10 1927 Short Story “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
1935 Short Story “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Describe a total of any 5 characters from the assigned stories. You must have at least 1 character from each assigned story.
Panel Discussion on all assigned stories so far from last Panel Discussion
W Apr 12 Selected Poems
Due: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
Due: Essay 2 Compare a literary technique of any short story to the comparable technique in any film.
F Apr 14 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
Due: Original Sonnet to Be Explicated by Another Student
M Apr 17 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
W Apr 19 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
F Apr 21 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
M Apr 24 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
W Apr 26 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
F Apr 28 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
Due: Textual Explication of a Student Sonnet
M May 1 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
W May 3 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
F May 5 Selected PoemsDue: Briefly give the main idea of each assigned poem.
Panel Discussion on Poems Covered in Course
Review
