SCHEDULE: FRIDAY CLASS
To prepare for class, please read the assigned texts carefully, more than once. The first time, you might skim quickly to get a sense of the whole, then read the material again, more slowly, to identify the text’s main issues, its structure, and any significant patterns worthy of exploration. You might also think about our class discussions and the ways in which you could draw connections to literary concepts or to other texts we’ve read.
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Date
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Assignments Due
Readings are in the Riverside Anthology (except for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland). Individual pages numbers after a literary title (folktale, myth, etc.) indicate the beginning of selection; please read each selection in its entirety.
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F 1/21
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Overview, Introductions
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F 1/28
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“Introduction” (1-9), “Stories for the Eye” (165-188), “Picture Books” (189-206)
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F 2/4
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“History of the Illustrated Book” (207-222), “A Chorus of Voices” (13-14), “Voices of the Nursery” (15-63)
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F 2/11
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“Voices of Nonsense” (64-86), “Voices of Childhood” (88-135), “Other Poetry Selections” (131-161)
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F 2/18
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“The Oral Tradition” (225-226), “Storytelling” (656-661), “Fables” (227-244)
“Folktales” (245-251)
German: “Hansel and Gretel” (255), “The Fisherman and His Wife” (258); French: “Little Red Riding Hood” (275), “Cinderella and the Glass Slipper” (277); English: “Jack and the Beanstalk” (297); Irish: “The Bee, the Harp, the Mouse, and the Bum-Clock” (311); Spanish: “The Flea” (331); Italian, “The Silver Nose” (337); Russian, “Vasilissa the Fair” (340); Jewish, “The Golem” (368); Japanese, “The Tongue-Cut Sparrow” (394); American, “Paul Bunyan” (450)
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F 2/25
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Guest Speaker: Anita Jepson-Gilbert, author of Maria and the Stars of Nazca
“Myths, Legends, and Sacred Writings” (475-481)
Ancient Greek: “Demeter” (482), “Cupid and Psyche” (484), “Atlanta’s Race” (492); Norse: “The Magic Apples” (504), “Thor Gains His Hammer” (515); Native American: “Determination of the Seasons” (523), “How Gooskap Found the Summer” (523); Hawaiian: “How Kana Brought Back the Sun and Moon and Stars” (545); Judeo-Christian: “The Fall of Man” (547), “St. George and the Dragon” (553); Hindu: “Manuy and Shatarupa” (554); Buddhist: “The Buddha” (557)
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F 3/4
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Midterm Exam
“Epics and Romances” (562-566)
Greek: “Odysseus and the Cyclops” (567); English: “Beowulf” (580), “King Arthur and His Sword” (591); German: “Fafnir, the Dragon” (625); French: “The Song of Roland” (635); Spanish, “The Cid” (641); Finnish, “The Kalevala” (646); Indian, “Rama” (651)
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F 3/11
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view and discuss film: Shrek
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F 3/18
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Film Review 1 due
“The Storied World” (665-674), “Fantasy and Science Fiction” (807-813), “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” (1075-1081)
“Little House in the Big Woods” (675), “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” (705), “Anastasia Krupnik” (729), “Carrie’s War” (738), “The Planet of Junior Brown” (748), “Island of the Blue Dolphins” (764), “How the Camel Got His Hump” (829), “Charlotte’s Web” (880), “The Hobbit” (911), “A Wrinkle in Time” (935), “Tuck Everlasting” (940)
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F 3/25
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Spring Break
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F 4/1
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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F 4/8
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
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F 4/15
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view and discuss film: Alice in Wonderland
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F 4/22
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Film Review 2 due
Please bring two copies of your bibliography for a workshop.
“Biography” (950-954), “Travel and History” (998-1002), “Science” (1030-1033)
“Nothing Is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter” (955); “Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl” (959); “Letters to Horseface, Being the Story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Journey to Italy…” (964); “Journey toward Freedom: The Story of Sojourner Truth” (978); “A Natural History of Giraffes” (1036); “Wrapped for Eternity” (1044)
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F 4/29
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Annotated Bibliographies due / Begin Presentations
Bring your formal annotated bibliography to turn in (see handout for description of project). If presenting, bring 36 copies of your 1-page “top recommendations” (mini-annotated-bibliography) and your selected books to share with the class.
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F 5/6
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Presentations
Bring 36 copies of your 1-page “top recommendations” (mini-annotated-bibliography) and your selected books to share with the class.
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TBA: Final Exam Week
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Final Exam
Please bring a blue book and a manuscript-sized, self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your exam back.
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Date
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Assignments Due
Readings are in the Riverside Anthology (except for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland). Individual pages numbers after a literary title (folktale, myth, etc.) indicate the beginning of selection; please read each selection in its entirety.
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F 1/21
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Overview, Introductions
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F 1/28
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“Introduction” (1-9), “Stories for the Eye” (165-188), “Picture Books” (189-206)
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F 2/4
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“History of the Illustrated Book” (207-222), “A Chorus of Voices” (13-14), “Voices of the Nursery” (15-63)
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F 2/11
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“Voices of Nonsense” (64-86), “Voices of Childhood” (88-135), “Other Poetry Selections” (131-161)
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F 2/18
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“The Oral Tradition” (225-226), “Storytelling” (656-661), “Fables” (227-244)
“Folktales” (245-251)
German: “Hansel and Gretel” (255), “The Fisherman and His Wife” (258); French: “Little Red Riding Hood” (275), “Cinderella and the Glass Slipper” (277); English: “Jack and the Beanstalk” (297); Irish: “The Bee, the Harp, the Mouse, and the Bum-Clock” (311); Spanish: “The Flea” (331); Italian, “The Silver Nose” (337); Russian, “Vasilissa the Fair” (340); Jewish, “The Golem” (368); Japanese, “The Tongue-Cut Sparrow” (394); American, “Paul Bunyan” (450)
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F 2/25
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“Myths, Legends, and Sacred Writings” (475-481)
Ancient Greek: “Demeter” (482), “Cupid and Psyche” (484), “Atlanta’s Race” (492); Norse: “The Magic Apples” (504), “Thor Gains His Hammer” (515); Native American: “Determination of the Seasons” (523), “How Gooskap Found the Summer” (523); Hawaiian: “How Kana Brought Back the Sun and Moon and Stars” (545); Judeo-Christian: “The Fall of Man” (547), “St. George and the Dragon” (553); Hindu: “Manuy and Shatarupa” (554); Buddhist: “The Buddha” (557)
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F 3/4
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Midterm Exam
“Epics and Romances” (562-566)
Greek: “Odysseus and the Cyclops” (567); English: “Beowulf” (580), “King Arthur and His Sword” (591); German: “Fafnir, the Dragon” (625); French: “The Song of Roland” (635); Spanish, “The Cid” (641); Finnish, “The Kalevala” (646); Indian, “Rama” (651)
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F 3/11
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view and discuss film: Shrek
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F 3/18
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Film Review 1 due
“The Storied World” (665-674), “Fantasy and Science Fiction” (807-813), “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” (1075-1081)
“Little House in the Big Woods” (675), “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” (705), “Anastasia Krupnik” (729), “Carrie’s War” (738), “The Planet of Junior Brown” (748), “Island of the Blue Dolphins” (764), “How the Camel Got His Hump” (829), “Charlotte’s Web” (880), “The Hobbit” (911), “A Wrinkle in Time” (935), “Tuck Everlasting” (940)
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F 3/25
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Spring Break
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F 4/1
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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F 4/8
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
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F 4/15
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view and discuss film: Alice in Wonderland
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F 4/22
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Film Review 2 due
Please bring two copies of your bibliography for a workshop.
“Biography” (950-954), “Travel and History” (998-1002), “Science” (1030-1033)
“Nothing Is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter” (955); “Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl” (959); “Letters to Horseface, Being the Story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Journey to Italy…” (964); “Journey toward Freedom: The Story of Sojourner Truth” (978); “A Natural History of Giraffes” (1036); “Wrapped for Eternity” (1044)
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F 4/29
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Annotated Bibliographies due / Begin Presentations
Bring your formal annotated bibliography to turn in (see handout for description of project). If presenting, bring 36 copies of your 1-page “top recommendations” (mini-annotated-bibliography) and your selected books to share with the class.
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F 5/6
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Presentations
Bring 36 copies of your 1-page “top recommendations” (mini-annotated-bibliography) and your selected books to share with the class.
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TBA: Final Exam Week
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Final Exam
Please bring a blue book and a manuscript-sized, self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your exam back.
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