Syllabus

Tentative Schedule of Assignments

To Download a Copy of the Schedule, click: ENG 3045 Charted-Schedule-2016.  Please note that the online version will always be the most updated version.  If you download the pdf it may not reflect changes made throughout the semester. 

Date Hood Project Posts Readings
Tuesday, Feb. 2 Introduction
Thursday, Feb. 4 *Lawrence, Natalie. “What is a Monster?” Research. University of Cambridge. Web. Feb. 2, 2016.

*Turner, Victor. “Betwixt and Between: The

Liminal Period in Rites de Passage.” Reprinted from

The Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society

(1964). Symposium on New Approaches to the Study of

Religion, pp4-20.  Victor Turner Betwixt and Between

 

Tues Feb.  9

 

NO CLASS
Thursday, Feb. 11 CR Post 1 [WHOLE CLASS, Groups A, B, C, D & E] *Till Packet  (2 articles one from

Slate Magazine and the other from

PBS’s American Experience )

 

*Trayvon Packet (1 article and

a time line of headlines on The Daily Beast)

 

*“Transcript of Grand Jury V. 5

State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson

(September 16, 2014) Testimony.

p195 line 20 – p230 line 4)

 

*Patton, Stacey.

In America, Black Children Don’t Get to Be Children” Washington Post

(November 26, 2014)

Tuesday, Feb. 16 *Baxter, Kent. “Introduction.”

The Modern Age:

Turn-of-the-Century

American Culture

and the Invention of Adolescence. 

Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P., 2011.

Introduction is here

in 2 parts:

Baxter Intro Part One

AND Baxter Intro Part 2

 

Thursday, Feb. 18 CR Post 2

Group A

Library Presentation  in room 135 in the Library building.  It is right near the ID card room.

 

Tuesday, Feb. 23

 

CR Post 2

Group B

*Frankenstein

 

Thursday, Feb. 25

 

CR Post 2 Group C *Frankenstein

 

Tuesday, Mar. 1 CR Post 2 Group D *Frankenstein

 

Thursday, Mar. 3

 

CR Post 2 Group E *Frankenstein

 

Tuesday, Mar. 8

 

CR Post 3 Group A *The Outsiders

 

Thursday, Mar. 10

 

*The Outsiders
Tuesday, Mar. 15

 

History Presentation Group A *The Outsiders

 

Thursday, Mar. 17 CR Post 3 Group B *The Bluest Eye

 

Tuesday, Mar. 22

 

Monster Paper Group A Due *The Bluest Eye

 

Thursday, Mar. 24

 

History Presentation Group B *The Bluest Eye

 

Tuesday, Mar. 29

 

GROUP MEET
Thursday, Mar. 31 Monster Paper Group B Due CR Post 3

Group C

*American Born Chinese

 

 

Tuesday, Apr. 5 *American Born Chinese

[Graphic Novel]

 

Thursday, Apr. 7 History Presentation Group C *American Born Chinese

[Graphic Novel]

Monday, Apr. 11 Last Day to Withdraw with a W
Tuesday, Apr. 12 History Presentations (From ABC)

begin A Lesson Before Dying

Thursday, Apr. 14 Monster Paper Group C Due CR Post 3 Group D  

GROUP DAY

Tuesday, Apr. 19 *A Lesson Before Dying

 

Thursday, Apr. 21 History Presentation Group D *A Lesson Before Dying

 

Tuesday, Apr. 26 Spring Break
Thursday, Apr. 28 Monster Paper Group D Due Spring Break
Tuesday, May 3 CR Post Group E *Monster
Thursday, May 5 *Monster
Tuesday, May 10 History Presentation Group E *Monster
Thursday, May 12 GROUP MEET
Tuesday, May 17 Monster Paper Group E Due LAST DAY OF CLASS
Thurs-Fri, May 19-20 READING PERIOD
Sunday, May 22

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