ILS 2010: 20th Century Literature
Tentative Course Schedule Winter 2018-2019
MW 11:40-1:35 ACAD 423



WEEK 1        WEEK 2      WEEK 3     WEEK 4     WEEK 5     WEEK 6

WEEK 7       WEEK 8      WEEK 9     WEEK 10    WEEK  11


NOTE:  This schedule may change as needed.  Your presence in class ensures correct assignments



WEEK 1


W 11/29   Course Introduction; New Historicism; Where are the Women?; Van Eyck Painting;

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 12/4):  
  •        Complete Syllabus Quiz in Ulearn
  •        Read Chapter 1 of A Room of One's Own; print a copy, annotate as you read, and bring this to class on                    Thursday.
  •        Do Reader Response 1.  What is the central point of this chapter of Woolf's text?  

M 12/4     Blog Post; Discuss a Room of One's Own; The Art of Margaret Harrison

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 12/6): 
  •        Read Trifles (first performed in 1919)
  •        Print a copy of each text, annotate them as you read, and bring them to class on Tuesday.
  •        Be prepared for quiz


WEEK 2

W 12/6     Quiz; Blog Posts; Discuss Trifles and Chapter of The Second Sex; 


                 HOMEWORK (DUE 12/11):
  •         Do Reader Response 2:  In your opinion, what do you feel the author hoped to accomplish with this introduction
                  to her text.  Keep in mind who her intended audience may have been.


 M 12/10  SNOW DAY; Discuss Introduction to The Second Sex; Discuss Essay 1
                


                 HOMEWORK (DUE 12/13):   



WEEK 3

W 12/12   Poetry & Sexual Desire; Group Presentation: Woolf, Glaspell, & de Beauvoir: Group 1: Alexis
                 Nelson;
                 Group Presentation: Tennessee Williams & Women's Roles 1940s: Group 2: Jessica Walters 
                 & Tina Nguyen;

                   HOMEWORK (DUE 12/17):  
  •          First Draft of Essay 1 Due; upload to Ulearn 

  •          Submit 1st draft of Essay 1 to SmartThinking Tutor; Upload report and revision plan before class time on W
                  12/20 (note: 24 hours before SmartThinking report received): upload report and revision plan as one MS 
                  Word file; Go to SUBMIT ESSAYS/ASSIGNMENTS <SMARTTHINKING REPORTS & 
                  REVISION PLANS      
  •          Read the introduction to A Streetcar Named Desire, pp. ix - xv
  •          Read Scenes One & Two of a Streetcar Named Desire, pp. 1-45   


M 12/17    First Draft of Essay 1 due; Exchange with partner; Quiz; Blog Post;  Discuss A Streetcar  
                  Named Desire (intro, scenes 1 & 2)   

                  HOMEWORK (DUE 12/19):
  •         Complete typed peer critique of partner's paper ; upload to Ulearn 
  •         Read Scenes Three & Four of A Streetcar Named Desire, pp. 46-87
  •        Complete Reader Response 3: Noting the events of these scenes only, what do you see as the central idea of this 
                 section? How is this idea connected to the statements made by the characters, actions take by them, or the objects
                 closely associated with them?  
  •        Have you submitted your SmartThinking Report & Revision Plan?



WEEK 4
W 12/19   Peer Critique; Quiz; Discuss A Streetcar Named Desire (intro, scenes 3 & 4); 

                  HOMEWORK (DUE 1/7):
  •         Read Scenes Five &Six of A Streetcar Named Desire, pp. 88-116
  •         Read "The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power," pp.53-59, by Audre Lorde (see handouts link in 
                 Ulearn).

12/22-1/7   HOLIDAY BREAK, NO CLASS


M 1/7      Quiz; Blog Post; Final Draft of Essay 1 due w/ Reflection; discuss scenes 5 & 6 of Streetcar;
                 Presentation: Audre Lorde & Feminism: Group 3: LaFleur & Lewis

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 1/9):  
  •         Read pp. 117-180 of A Streetcar Named Desire
  •         Do Reader Response 4:  Explain a connection that you see between this section and Miller's comments in the introduction or with an event/piece of dialogue from Scene 1.




WEEK 5

W 1/9    Quiz; Blog Post; Complete discussion of A Streetcar named Desire; Presentation:  The   
              Negro  Baseball Leagues and the Integration of Major League Sports:  Group 4: Moran, 
              Colon, & Cashaw


               HOMEWORK (DUE 1/14):  
  •       Read Introductory pages and pp. 1-58 of August Wilson's Fences
  •       Read "Reconstructing Black Masculinity" by bell hooks (see handouts in Ulearn)
                 pages of Wilson's play.

WEEK 6
M 1/14     Discuss Fences; Quiz; Blog Post

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 1/16):
  •        Read pp. 59-101 of August Wilson's Fences
  •        Read "Sexism:  An American Disease in Blackface," pp. 60-65, by Audre Lorde (see handouts link in Ulearn).
  •        Do Initial discussion board post (counts as Reader Response 6):  How can the ideas in Lorde's text be used to somehow better understand the underlying meaning of Wilson's play? Pay particular attention to characterization and symbolism.  What connections can you create between the two texts? Your initial response to these questions must be a min. of 300 words and include a min. of one quote and must be posted before 11:40 am on W 11/17.  By 11:59 pm on W 11/17, you must respond to the posts of other students in a min. of 400 words total (all responses combined).  


W 1/16     Presentation:  August Wilson& Race in 1950's America (Pittsburgh:  Moran & Washington; 
                 Discuss Fences;  Quiz & Blog Post

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 1/23): 
  •       Submit 1st draft of Essay 2 to SmartThinking Tutor; Upload report and revision plan before class time on W 1/24 (note: 24 hours before SmartThinking report received): upload report and revision plan as one MS Word file; Go to SUBMIT ESSAYS/ASSIGNMENTS <SMARTTHINKING REPORTS & REVISION PLANS


F 1/19    LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM AN ACADEMIC COURSE

WEEK 7
M 1/21    NO CLASS, MLK DAY​
W 1/23    First Draft of Essay 2 Due; Exchange for Critique; Blog Post; Continue Discussion of Fences

                HOMEWORK (DUE 1/28): 
  •       Read pp. 1-58 of Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks 
  •       Have you submitted your SmartThinking Report & Revision Plan?


WEEK 8         
M 1/28     Peer Critique; Quiz; Discuss Topdog/Underdog; Group Presentation: The Work of Suzan:                  & Critical Responses to Topdog/Underdog:  Group 6:  Goodman & Cobb


                 HOMEWORK (DUE 1/30):
  •        Read pp. 59-110 in Topdog/Underdog
  •        Read "The Coolness of Being Real" by bell hooks (see handouts in Ulearn)


W 1/30      Quiz; Continue Discussion of Anna in the Tropics; Group  Presentation:  The AIDS Crisis
                  of the 1980s in America:  Castillo, Wynn, & Washington

                  HOMEWORK (DUE 2/4):
  •         Read Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Introduction, pp. vii-xi 
  •         Final Draft of Essay 2 Due with Reflection


WEEK 9
M 2/4      Final Draft of Essay 2 Due with Reflection; Quiz; Blog Post; Discuss Angels in America

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 2/6): 
  •         Read Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, pp. 9-50
  •         Read "The Epistemology of the Closet" by Eve Sedgwick (see handouts in Ulearn)
  •         Do Reader Response 7: Make a conection between Sedgwick's ideas & Angels in America


W 2/6       Quiz; Discuss Angels in America & Sedgwick

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 2/7):  
  •        Read Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, pp. 51-108


WEEK 10
M 2/11     Quiz; Discuss Angels in America; Group Presentation:  Judith Butler, Gender Performance,
                & Sexual Identity:  Denunzio & Holder


                 HOMEWORK (DUE 2/12):  
  •        Read Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, pp. 108-125
  •        Read "Imitation and Gender Insubordination" by Judith Butler (see handouts in Ulearn)
  •        Do Reader Response 8 (for pp. 51-108):  Make a connection between Butler's ideas & Angels in America


W 2/13      Quiz; Blog Post; Discuss Angels in America

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 2/14):  

WEEK 11
M 2/18    Reading Day 

W 2/20    Final Exam Due with Reflection