Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

February 6 Elements of Poetry: Figures of speech pp.799-804; Elements of Poetry: Sound Effects pp.817-824; Poe “The Raven” pp. 1173-1175 February 8 Elements of Poetry: Symbolism and Allegory pp. 804-810; Elements of Poetry: Theme pp. 841-842 February 11 Elements of Poetry: Rhythm and Meter pp. 824-832; Elements of Poetry: Structure pp. 832-837; Pope “Sound and Sense” pp. 821-822; Frost “Acquainted with The Night” p. 972; Milton “When I Consider How my Light is Spent” p. 1161 February 13 Edgar Allan Poe pp. 132-136 “The Black Cat” pp. 137-143; “ The Fall of The House of Usher” pp. 149-161; “The Purloined Letter” pp. 162-174 “On ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’” pp. 181-183 February 15 First paper due Flannery O,Connor Introduction pp.184-187 “Good Country People” pp.188-201 “A good Man is hard to find” pp.201-212; “Everything that Rises must Converge” pp. 213-222 Critics on O’Connor pp. 235-237 February 20 Review for the midterm Sandra Cisneros Introduction pp.238-240 “Eleven” pp. 241-242 “Barbie-Q” pp.243-244 “There Was a Man, There Was a Woman” pp. 245-256 “Woman Hollering Creek” pp. 246-253 “Cisneros on Herself” pp. 254-257 Critics on Cisneros pp. 257-259 February 22 Midterm February 25 Midterm February 27 Types of Drama pp. 1265-1267; Elements of Drama pp.1268-1283; The Greek Theater: Sophocles in Context pp. 1302-1307 March 1 Antigone pp . 1348-1377 “Six Elements of Tragedy” pp. 1378-1379 “Simple and Complex Plots” pp.1379-1380; Principal Constants of Conflict in Antigone p.1386