Syllabus and Schedule

Syllabus and schedule (updated 6 Dec)

Policy Addendum (added 13 Oct)

Tips and General Concepts

• How to Analyze a Poem
• Writing About Poetry under Pressure: Tips
• Midterm Prep with "Mrs. Midas"
• A Poem for Practice: "Pomegranate"
• Scanning a Poem for Rhythm, a Checklist
• Summary of Key Chapters/Topics + Works we Discussed

Samples

• Sample Annotated poem: "Mrs. Midas"
• Pre-writing for a researched article: a sample
• Sample (Lit, partial) Research Proposal + Annotated Bibliography
• Sample (Argument, complete) Annotated Bibliography
• Sample of informal citing for an online forum: A.S. Byatt on Fairy Tales
• Sample explications/analyses of "After great pain, a formal feeling comes--"

Readings

Required Readings

• "Cold" by A. S. Byatt
  • Section one: pp. 115-135
  • Section two: pp. 135-157
  • Section three: pp. 157-182
• "Happy Endings"
• Song Lyrics as Poetry: "And Then You're Gone," "But Now I'm Back"
• "Mrs. Midas" by Carol Ann Duffy
• Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw (the whole e-text)
• Writing About Literature for Laymen, a Selection
  • Context for a new German adaptation of My Fair Lady 
  • Two context articles from Cal Shakes: Transformation and "Mansplaining"
  • From the Shaw Festival in Canada: "Liza’s London” by Denis Johnston
• "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
• Poems to Practice Scanning--a collection
• The New MLA--Principles for the Changes
• Casey at the Bat
• Poems to Practice Analyzing Figurative Language

Supplemental Readings

Related to "Cold"

• "What's Wrong With Cinderella" by Peggy Orenstein
• A.S. Byatt Guardian interview
• Some Comments by and about A.S. Byatt
• More on Updating Fairy Tales & Myths
• "Little Red Riding Hood: A Critical Theory Approach" by Jenna Gardner

Related to Shaw

• GBS: The elevator speech
• GBS: A Biographical essay
• GBS: A chronology
• Henry Higgins in our age
• Pygmalion Adaptations: A Selection

Supplemental Poems

• "On the Steps of the Palace"--Sonheim's genius with sound effects
• "There Are Giants in the Sky"--more Sonheim

Assignments

Major Assignments

• Benchmark Essay (in class)
• Midterm (poetry, in class)
  • "Retry" Midterm Option
• Research Project, overview

• • Works you can use for the research project
  • Working Bibliography + one annotation
  • Annotated Bibliography + Research Proposal

• Critical Analysis of Poetry

Small Assignments

• Introductory Writing Prompt
• Response questions to "Cold" sections one & two
• Response Questions for Pygmalion #1
• Response Questions for Pygmalion #2
• Song Lyrics as Poetry
• Imagery Exercise with Song Lyrics
• Final Reflection
  

   

• Extra Credit with Cultural Events
• Extra Credit Option: "Chance Developments"
  • Boyce Children Photo
  • Nancy Maddox-Flannery and James Flannery--a pair of photos from a double frame
  • Mother and Son portrait
  • Andrew's Uncle Lewis and his family
  • A sailor and his father

Peer Review Sheets

• Peer Review Critical Analysis of Poetry
• Peer review Research Paper

Grading Rubrics

• Research Paper(s)