Miami-Dade 1102 UnitsLiterature: A Portable Anthology, 4th Ed. |
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All chapters and page numbers refer to Literature: A Portable Anthology, 4th Ed., unless otherwise noted.
Response papers are due before discussion of the stories in that Unit. Responses should be done on one of the stories in that Unit.
Unit 1
Part Four, Ch. 1-3 pp. 1213-1262
Chopin, "Ripe Figs" handout; "The Story of an Hour" pp. 48-50 (pp. 1282-1285); "The Storm" handout
Unit 2
Ch. 4, "Common Writing Assignments" pp. 1263-1278
Thurber, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" handout; Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl
Creek Bridge" handout; Harrar, "The 5:22" handout
Response Due
Unit 3
Ch. 5 "Writing About Stories" pp. 1279-1288
Wilde, "The Happy Prince" handout; Touré, "Solomon's Big Day" handout;
Arenas, "The Glass Tower" handout
Unit 4
Wright, "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" pp. 180-190; Bender, "Eternal Love" handout
Response Due
Ellison, "Battle Royal" pp. 203-215; Valenzuela, "The Density of Words" handout
Unit 5
Ch. 7 "Writing About Plays" pp. 1304-1311
Mamet, "Oleanna" handout; Wasserstein, "The Man in a Case" handout
Response Due
Unit 6
McGrath, "The Lost Explorer" handout; Fante, "The Big Hunger" handout
Updike, "The Rumor" handout; Millhauser, "Behind the Blue Curtain" handout
Research Unit
Ch. 8, "Writing Literary Research Papers" p. 1312-1346