| 1/11 INTRODUCTIONS *TOPIC: Academic Integrity / Annotations 1/18 NO CLASS - MLK DAY CHARLES JOHNSON, SAENGER, 7pm 1/25 Harte - "The Luck of Roaring Camp" Harte - "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" Harte - "Tennessee's Partner" | "Miggles" Harte - "The Poet of Sierra Flat" (HO) Morrow - "The SF School" (HO) Scharnhorst - "Harte and the West" (HO) Stevens - "She War a Woman" *TOPIC: Research and Databases Discussion Leader: Leon 2/1 Twain - "The Celebrated Jumping Frog" Twain - "Jim Baker's Bluejay Yarn" Cuff - "Twain's Use of Folklore" Carter - "Twain Describes Earthquake" Selections from Bierce (HO) *TOPIC: Thesis Statements Discussion Leader: Jeremy 2/8 Hammett - The Maltese Falcon SHORT PAPER #1 DUE *TOPIC: Writing and Revising Discussion Leader: Martha 2/15 Davis - "Sunshine or Noir" (HO) Jameson - "The Synoptic Chandler" (HO) Chandler - "The Simple Art of Murder" Chandler - "Red Wind" | "I'll Be Waiting" Discussion Leader: Kimberly 2/22 Marling - American Roman Noir (HO) Forrest Rosaire - "The Devil Suit" (HO) Paul Cain - "Trouble Chaser" (HO) James M. Cain - "Brush Fire" (HO) *TOPIC: Sources / Close Reading Discussion Leader: Tiffany |
3/1 West - The Day of the Locust Gano - "Nat. Ideolog. & New Deal Rg-ism" SHORT PAPER #2 DUE *TOPIC: More Close Reading Discussion Leader: Michael 3/8 Pynchon - The Crying of Lot 49 Soja - "Taking Los Angeles Apart" (HO) Discussion Leader: Tiffany 3/15 NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK 3/22 Didion - Play It As It Lays Brady - "Points West, Then and Now" Landscapes of the New West (Review) Discussion Leader: Martha 3/29 Pynchon - Inherent Vice (1-206) Soundtrack Discs 1 + 2 Discussion Leader: Kimberly 4/5 Pynchon - Inherent Vice (207-369) Soundtrack Disc 3 Discussion Leader: Michael 4/12 DeLillo - Point Omega Kakutani Review (NYT) Dyer Review (NYT) McGrath Article (NYT) 4/19 Complete Draft Workshop 4/26 Final Project Due Evaluation Session |
RESOURCES University of South Alabama USA Department of English USA University Library SOUTHcat (USA Libraries' Catalog) INTERLIBRARY LOAN JSTOR | Project Muse MLAB via EBSCO GOOGLE BOOKS | WORLDCAT BUYING BOOKS PYNCHONALIA |
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| THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) DASHIELL HAMMETT half.com | amazon.com THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1939) NATHANAEL WEST half.com | amazon.com THE CRYING OF LOT 49 (1966) THOMAS PYNCHON half.com | amazon.com PLAY IT AS IT LAYS (1970) JOAN DIDION half.com | amazon.com INHERENT VICE (2009) THOMAS PYNCHON half.com | amazon.com POINT OMEGA (2010) DON DeLILLO half.com | amazon.com MLA HANDBOOK, 7th ed. (2009) MLA of AMERICA half.com | amazon.com |