Syllabus

English III: Fall Term Syllabus

Week 1: September 8-13^th (Special Schedule)

Introductions (To Me…To You…To American Literature)

• ·      What is American Literature Blog Post (Using blogs 101)
• ·      Letter of Introduction (Graded)
• o   A nation formed thru writing
• ·      Non-Fiction readings (Ben Franklin’s Letters)  

Week 2: September 15-19^th (Red Week)

Romanticism

• ·      Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birthmark
• ·      Edgar Allen Poe’s The Black Cat
• ·      Blog Post: Poe and Hawthorne often corresponded and commented on each other’s writing. In your blog post, choose either to be Hawthorne or Poe, and write a short commentary on the other’s work. Once you have written your commentary, find a classmates blog who has taken on the other author’s view and write a brief response to their comments on your work. Good Luck!
• ·      Essay: Defining symbolism in Poe and Hawthorne

Week 3: September 22^nd-27^th (Black Week)

Realism and Naturalism

• -       Henry James, The Real Thing
• -       Stephen Crane, The Blue Hotel
• -       Blog Post
• -       Essay: Realism and Naturalism

Week 4: September 29^th-October 3^rd (Red Week)

Realism and Naturalism

• -       Kate Chopin, The Storm
• -       Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper
• -       Blog Post
• -       Essay: Female American Writers

Week 5: October 6^th- October 11^th (Black Week)

Early 20^th Century

• -       Willa Cather, Paul’s Case
• -       John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums
• -       Blog Post
• -       Essay: New Naturalists / Midwest

Week 6: October 13^th- October 17^th (Special Schedule)

Early 20^th Century

• -       William Faulkner, Barn Burning
• -       Eudora Welty, No Place for You My Love
• -       Blog Post
• -       In-Class Essay: The American South

Week 7: October 22^nd-24^th (Special Schedule)

Early 20^th Century

• -       Ernest Hemingway, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
• -       John Cheever, The Swimmer
• -       Blog Post
• -       Revisions on Essays

Week 8: October 27^th- November 1^st (Black Week)

Later 20^th Century

• -       John Updike, A +P
• -       Donald Barthelme, The School
• -       Blog Post
• -       Essay: TBD

Week 9: November 3^rd- November 7^th (Red Week)

Later 20^th Century

• -       Tobias Wolff, Hunters in the Snow
• -       Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried
• -       Blog Post
• -       Essay: TBD

Week 10: November 9^th- November 15^th (Black Week)

Later 20^th Century/ New Works

• -       Joyce Carol Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
• -       Louise Erdich, Fleur
• -       Alice Walker, Nineteen Fifty-five
• -       Blog Post
• -       No Essay

Week 11: November 17-21^st (Red Week)

Final Project: Short Story Website