AUG 23 Th – The “isms” of postmodern fiction: Fabulism, Metafiction, and Minimalism.

AUG 28 Tu – reading response #1: “Werewolf”

AUG 30 Th – in-class writing:

 

SEP 04 Tu – reading response #2: “The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”

SEP 06 Th – in-class writing:

 

SEP 11 Tu – reading response #3: "The Menagerie"

SEP 13 Th – Draft of story #1: Presentations.

 

SEP 18 Tu – reading response #4: “Descent of Man” Presentations

SEP 20 Th – Presentations

 

SEP 25 Tu – reading response #5: “Those Who Walk Away From Omelas”

SEP 27 Th – presentations

 

OCT 02 Tu – reading response #6: “The Thing In The Forest”

OCT 04 Th – presentations of drafts

 

OCT 09 Tu – Intro to Metafiction. Response #7: “Gingerbread House”

OCT 11 Th –  Reading response

 

OCT 16 Tu – Reading response #8: “The Babysitter”         
OCT 18 Th –

 

OCT 23 Tu – Revision of SS #1 due.

OCT 25 Th -  Reading response #9: “The Indian Uprising”

 

OCT 30 Tu – Analytical paper #1: Time’s Arrow

NOV 01 Th –  Reading response #10: “Happy Endings”

 

NOV 06 Tu – Draft of short story #2 due. Reading #11: “Texts” & “She Unnames Them”

NOV 08 Th – Presentations.

 

NOV 13 Tu – Presentations. Reading Response #12: “The New Atlantis”

NOV 15 Th – Presentations. 

 

NOV 20 Tu – Thanksgiving Break

NOV 22 Th – Thanksgiving Break

 

NOV 27 Tu – Analytical paper #2 on Jazz.  Presentations.

NOV 29 Th – Presentations Read

 

DEC 04 Tu – LAST CLASS DAY. Rev of SS #2 due.

DEC 06 Th - FOLLOWS MONDAY SCHEDULE