Course Schedule

Schedule of Meetings and Assignments

Week One 

Aug 28
Introduction

Aug 30
Discussion of A Small Place, Part 1 (Thesis)
- covering entire text

Week Two

Sep 4
Labor Day Observace, no class

Sep 6
Discussion of A Small Place, Part 2 (Details)
- covering entire text, as well as CIS, ch. 1

Week Three

Sep 11
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 1 (Structure)
- covering up to ch. 9

Sep 13
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 2 (Analysis)
- covering up to ch. 16, as well as CIS, ch. 2

Week Three Exam (BB) due Friday, 9/14/2012 - Topic: A Small Place

Week Four

Sep 18
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 3 (Thesis)
- covering up to ch. 24

Sep 20
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 4 (Details)
- covering up to ch. 32, as well as CIS, ch. 3

Week Five        

Sep 25
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 5 (Structure)
- covering up to ch.41

Sep 27
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 6 (Analysis)
- covering up to ch. 49, as well as CIS, ch. 4

Week Five Exam (BB) due Friday, 9/28/2012 - Topic: Bleak House

Week Six

Oct 2
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 7 (Thesis)
- covering up to ch. 55

Oct 4
Discussion of Bleak House, Part 8 (Details)
- covering entire text, as well as CIS, ch. 5

Week Seven

Oct 9
Mid-term Review Session (Structure)

Oct 11
Mid-term Examination

Week Eight

Oct 16
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 1 (Analysis)
- read "Introduction", "From the Author", and Book One of the novel
Oct 18
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 2 (Thesis)
- Discussion of Book Two and Book Three of the novel, as well as CIS, ch. 6

Week Nine

Oct 23
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 3 (Details)
- Discussion of Book Four and Book Five of the novel

Oct 25
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 4 (Structure)
- Discussion of Book Four and Book Five of the novel, as well as CIS, ch. 7

Week Ten

Oct 30
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 5 (Analysis)
- Discussion of Book Six and Book Seven of the novel

Nov 1
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 6 (Thesis)
- Discussion of Book Eight and Book Nine of the novel

 
Week Ten Exam (BB) due Friday, 11/2/2012 - Topic: The Brothers Karamazov

Week Eleven

Nov 6
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 7 (Details)
- Discussion of Book Ten and Book Eleven of the novel

Nov 8
Discussion of The Brothers Karamazov, Part 8 (Structure)
- Discussion of  Book Twelve and the novel's epilogue, as well as CIS, ch. 8

Week Twelve

Nov 13
Make Up Day for The Brothers Karamazov (Details)

Nov 15
Be ready to discuss Book One, Chapters 1- 5 of Nineteen Eighty-Four

Week Twelve Exam **abbreviated** (BB) due Monday, 11/19/2012 - Topic: The Brothers Karamazov

Week Thirteen

Nov 20
Be ready to discuss:
Book One, Chapters 6-8, and 
Book Two, Chapters 1-2, of Nineteen Eighty-Four (Structure)

Nov 22
Thanksgiving Break, no class

Week Fourteen

Nov 27
Be ready to discuss Book Two, Chapters 3-8, of Nineteen Eighty-Four (Analysis)

Nov 29

Be ready to discuss:
Book Two, Chapters 9-10, and 
Book Three, Chapters 1-3, of Nineteen Eighty-Four (Thesis)

Week Fifteen

Dec 4
Be ready to discuss all of Nineteen Eighty-Four (Details)

Dec 6
Review Session, last day of class (Structure)

Week Fifteen Exam, Six-page Essay, due Friday, 12/7/2012
- Topic: Nineteen Eighty-Four


Final Exam: Monday, December 17, 2012, 2:15PM - 5:00PM