ENGL 4430/Spring 2023/Schedule

Introduction	Requirements	Policies	Schedule	Instructor

This schedule represents the ideal outline for our study this semester. Yet, like all best-laid plans, we may not be able to keep up with our agenda. Please be flexible and try to look and read ahead whenever possible.

We will do our best to stick by this schedule, but I will inform you verbally, via an email, and/or a literal change to the schedule below whenever there is a deviation. Getting these updates is solely your responsibility. Therefore, this schedule is tentative and subject to change contingent upon the needs of the students and the professor, and dictated by time and other constraints which may affect the course. For face-to-face classes, this schedule reflects only an overview of the assigned reading and other major course assignments. It may not indicate specific class session assignments or activities. Specific in-class assignments may not be reflected on the schedule.

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Overview and Instructions for Work

All assignments are due Tuesday evenings at 11:59 pm. Have the assigned text(s) read by Sundays at the latest, so you can post your questions and responses to Packback well ahead of the due date. Procrastination and posting at the last minute will earn you lower grades. I suggest the following work schedule for each week: Wed: Begin reading the week’s text(s), including background materials; take notes as you read. Sat/Sun: Post your question to Packback. Read and consider responding to a seed prompt: i.e., one of the questions I have asked about the material. Sun: Finish the reading. Mon: Discuss/Respond on Packback. Be sure to support your discussions with evidence from the the week’s primary text and/or the secondary texts, like background materials and assigned videos. Tue: Add follow-up posts to Packback. Look ahead and plan your reading accordingly. I have tried to keep reading to a minimum, but if you are a slower reader, like I am, you may want to plan out your reading schedule so that you can meet the course deadlines.  Note: The due date for the Lit-Crit Response is Friday, May 3, but you may submit it at any time during the semester. I recommend that you try to get to it earlier, as you might find getting to this short research assignment at the end of the semester a bit challenging.

 Texts: All texts, unless they are PDFs (see below), are in Halpern, The Art of the Tail (see Requirements).

 PDFs: All PDFs may be downloaded from my server. Please download all of these texts at the beginning of the class. The access password is on D2L.

Week	Date	Assignments
1	Jan 11–Jan 17	Course Introduction: Short Fiction Read the syllabus carefully and completely. Read: “How to Do Well in My Class” and “Writing in the Liberal Arts.” Register for Packback if you have not already. Read the Packback tab above for more information. Packback Question: Introduce yourself then respond to another introduction or ask a question. (This interaction will be your question for this week.) Packback Responses: Research “short fiction”—you might begin with the introduction of your book—and post what you find to Packback using at least two sources.
2	Jan 18–Jan 24	Russia Read Chekhov, “The Lady with the Pet Dog” (PDF) Nabokov, “Spring in Fialta” Aksenov, “Little Whale Varnisher of Reality” Post your question and responses on Packback.
3	Jan 25–Jan 31	Eastern Europe Read Borowski, “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” Kafka, “A Hunger Artist” (PDF) Kundera, “Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead” Singer, “Henne Fire” Post to PackBack.
4	Feb 01–Feb 07	Italy Read Calvino, “The Adventure of a Traveler” Ginzberg, “The Mother” Moravia, “Jewellery” Pavese, “Suicides” Post to PackBack.
5	Feb 08–Feb 14	India Read Mukherjee, “The Management of Grief” (PDF) Narayan, “Naga” Rushdie, “Chekhov and Zulu” (PDF) Post to PackBack.
6	Feb 15–Feb 21	Africa Read Achebe, “The Sacrificial Egg” Boulaich, “Cowardice” Mrabet, “Doctor Safi” Post to PackBack.
7	Feb 22–Feb 28	Europe Read Bachmann, “Everything” Camus, “The Adulterous Woman” Dineson, “The Cloak” Rodoreda, “Rain” Post to PackBack.
8	Mar 01–Mar 07	Midterm Complete your midterm exam on D2L.
9	Mar 08–Mar 14	Japan Read Kawabata, “One Arm” Mishima, “Patriotism” Murakami, “UFO in Kushiro” (PDF) Seirai, “Insects” (PDF) Post to PackBack.
10	Mar 15–Mar 28	Latin America 1 Read Fuentes, “The Doll Queen” García Marquez, “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (PDF) Rulfo, “Talpa” Post to PackBack.
11	Mar 29–Apr 04	Latin America 2 Read Borges, “The Aleph” Cortázar, “Bestiary” Valenzeula, “I'm Your Horse in the Night” Post to PackBack.
12	Apr 05–Apr 11	North America: Marginalized Voices Read Baldwin, “Going to Meet the Man” Jen, “In American Society” (PDF) Silko, “Yellow Woman” (PDF) Tan, “Two Kinds” (PDF) Post to PackBack.
13	Apr 12–Apr 18	North America: Alternate Visions Read Atwood, “Homelanding” (PDF) Butler, “Speech Sounds” (PDF) Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (PDF) Tiptree, Jr., “The Women Men Don’t See” (PDF) Post to PackBack.
14	Apr 19–Apr 25	England and the US  note: This week’s readings are bonus, optional readings. If you missed a week responding along the way, here’s your chance to make that grade up. Otherwise, work on your project. Read (Optional) Banks, “The Child Screams and Looks Back at You” Cheever, “The Country Husband” Gass, “Order of Insects” McEwan, “First Love, Last Rights” Post to PackBack (Optional Make-Up).
15	Apr 26–May 02	Final Exam Complete your final exam on D2L. Submit your project on D2L.

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