Date
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Class Activities
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Homework Assignment
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Unit I:
Nature
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T 1/21
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Course + student intro.; Canvas;
MLA
citation; What
is Romanticism? Romantic
Art; Close
Reading Ex.: Blake
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Acquire your books, please! Thursday's reading assignment is in the
cell below |
R 1/23
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French
Revolution; Women
& Revolution; Free
Write; Research Report sign up
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Read T. Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (1776); Declaration
of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789); Gouges, Rights of Woman and Citizen
(1791; online) & bring copies to class please; videos:
Coppola's Marie
Antoinette, The
Scarlet Pimpernel and Marie
Antoinette: the Last Queen of France
(optional); Time
Line of the French Revolution by Marxists.org |
T 1/28
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Review; Rousseau's
Discourse;
Research Report
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Read Rousseau, Discourse, 1-44
(Pt. I) |
R 1/30
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Review + FW; Your Ques about
Rousseau's Discourse
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Read Rousseau, Discourse,
45-end (Pt. II, perusing ftn. recommended); DQ #1 (Discourse): Post
1 or more discussion questions (DQ) about Rousseau on Canvas.
These questions might include ones you would pose as an
instructor of the class, things you are confused about in
the reading, or a mix between the two. The purpose of
discussion questions is to open a dialogue between you and
me; to make this a student-centered classroom; and to help
students become better writers by becoming critical
thinkers, or people who question what they read. Discussion
questions are not evaluated, are not mandatory, but
are taken into consideration for your Participation
Grade. Please
feel free to respond to other students' queries if you
feel inspired to answer; I will take such responses as
extra credit for your Participation Grade (and enjoy
reading them, of course). |
T 2/4
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Review: Rousseau in Context; Siddons; Goethe,
Werther;
Sensibility;
Close
Analysis
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Read Goethe 1-45 (Book 1)
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R 2/6
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Your Ques. about Werther;
Irony
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Read Goethe to end
+ pick a suppl. reading from back; DQ
#2 (Werther): Post 1 or more
discussion questions about the reading |
T 2/11
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Review for Exam |
Bring books to class: Research Report #1 for Discourse
(Moran, Saccarelli) & Werther (Bennett,
Schiffman, Siebers, Sondrup) |
R 2/13
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Snow Day |
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Unit II: Earthquakes |
T 2/18
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Essay Exam #1: Children of Nature and Sentiment (no
make-up dates) |
Bring Rousseau, Goethe, and one
page of notes (written on back of exam) to class. |
R 2/20
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Leibniz,
Monadologies; Candide
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T 2/25
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Candide
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Read Voltaire, 47-75; DQ #3
(Candide): post 1 or
more discussion questions |
R 2/27
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Party Game for
"The Chilean Earthquake" |
Read Kleist, "The Chilean Earthquake" (scroll down to pg. 18
in pdf, 312 in text for short story) & Rousseau's
Letter to Voltaire |
T 3/4
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Review for Exam |
Research Report #2 for Candide (Kjorholt,
Scherr, at least 15 pages from one or more of the
interpretive essays at the back [list each item separately
in the Works Cited]), Kleist (Holm, Norton), & the
earthquake (Hamblyn) |
R 3/6
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Essay Exam
#2: Dangers of Nature
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Bring Voltaire, Kleist, and one
page of notes (written on back of exam) to class. |
Unit III: The
Supernatural |
T 3/18
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Faust I |
Read Goethe
9-49 (245/"Prologue in Heaven" through 1850/Study, up to
where M. speaks w/the Student) |
R 3/20
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Faust I |
Read Goethe 49-101 (1850/Study - 3585/thr. "At the Well") |
T 3/25
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Faust I |
Read Goethe 102-19 & 126-35 (3590-4220 & Dreary Day
- 4610/end Pt. I but skip Walp. Night Dream) |
R 3/27
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Re-take of Exam #2: Earthquakes (no make-up dates) |
Bring your books and the exam page w/notes on the back if
you choose to rewrite the exam. |
T 4/1
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Faust II,
Act I; some of Act
II; Student Ques.; Final Essays |
Read Goethe 135 (4615/first few lines of Faust II, "Charming
Landscape"), 142-46 (4895-5000/Imp. Res.), 170-79 (5970/end
of Spac. Hall + Pleasance - 6305/Dark Gallery), and 182-86
(6380-6565/Hall) + 194-213 + 219-227 (6820-7490 +
7695-8030/Upper Peneios); DQ
#4 (Faust): Post 1
or more discussion questions about the reading |
R 4/3
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Faust II, Act II,
sc. 1 of Act III; Free Write
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Read Goethe 228-258 (8035/Rocky - 9125/Palace); Hamlin,
"Faust in Performance" (Bb) (bring a copy to class if
possible) |
T 4/8
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Faust II, Act
III; Faust Game |
Read Goethe 259-71 (9130/Courtyard - 9575) + 275-85
(9695-10035/end of Act III) |
R 4/10
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Faust II, Act V |
Read Goethe 313-344 (11045-12110/all of Act V) |
T 4/15
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Human? Frankenstein |
Read Shelley, 1-60/vol. I |
R 4/17
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Faustian? Frankenstein:
Family; De Laceys; the Sublime, Werther; Close
Reading ex.
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Read Shelley, 61-105/vol. II; and P. B. Shelley, "Mont
Blanc" (295-99); DQ #5 (Frankenstein) |
T 4/22
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Frankenstein |
Read Shelley, 107-61/vol. III |
R 4/24
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Review for Essay Exam #3:
Political & Scientific Revolutions |
Bring any questions about Shelley
or Goethe to class; Research Report #3 for Faust
(Brown, Hoezel, at least 15 pages from one or more of
the interpretive essays at the back [list each item
separately in the Works Cited]) & Frankenstein
(Bewell, Reese, Wyle, and/or at least 15 pages from one or
more of the interpretive essays at the back [list each item
separately in the Works Cited]) |
T 4/29
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Essay Exam #3 (no make-up
dates) |
Bring Faust,
Shelley, and one page of notes (written on back of
exam) to class. |
R 5/1
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Exams returned; Peer Review of Final Revised Essays
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T 5/6
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NO CLASS; Peer Review
(online) + optional Rewrite an Exam
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Bring drafts of essays to class (at
least one hard copy, and an online copy for the instructor
to review)
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Fri. 5/9
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Final Exam due
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Upload your revised paper with references
(research) and close analysis by 3pm
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