Unit #1 (Weeks 1-6):

1. Complete Check-In Tests and Tasks (Week 1)
2. Read Dobie, Chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7.
3. Read The Pooh Perplex.
4. Try to match up The Pooh Perplex articles with the critical approaches in Dobie.

Spring Weekend Sessions (if scheduled) OR Recordings of Summer Weekend #1:

Introduction to Course—What Is Literary Theory?: Dobie, Chap. 1. Traditional Approaches (Historical, Biographical, Genre): Dobie, Chap. 2.
Formalism (Russian and New Criticism): Dobie, Chap. 3.
Psychological Criticism (Freud, Jung, Jungian Influences on Lacan and Frye): Dobie, Chap. 4.
Marxist Criticism: Dobie, Chap. 5.
Reader-Response Theories: Dobie, Chap. 7.

Week 5: Drafts of Analyses #1 and 2 due (put in Drafts Dropbox in Unit I OR bring to short conference with Dr. Schmidt.

Week 6: Analyses #1 and 2 due.

Unit #2 (Weeks 7-12):

1. Read Dobie, Chaps. 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
2. Read The Postmodern Pooh.
3. Try to match up The Postmodern Pooh articles with the critical approaches in Dobie.
4. Complete half of MyHeritage Teaching Lit/Reading Journal entries.
5. Find Article for Journal Article Review. Visit HU Library in person or online to look for journal article for Article Review (assistance available from instructor and online reference librarian).

Spring Weekend Sessions (if scheduled) OR Recordings of Summer Weekend #2:

Feminist Criticism and Queer Criticism: Dobie, Chap. 6.
Deconstruction a la Derrida: Dobie, Chap. 8.
Cultural Studies and the New Historicism: Dobie, Chap. 9.
Postcolonial and Multicultural Approaches: Dobie, Chap. 10.
Green Criticism: Dobie, Chap. 11.

Week 11: Drafts of Analyses #3 and 4 due (put in Drafts Dropbox in Unit I OR bring to short conference with Dr. Schmidt. Draft of Journal Article Review due.

Week 12: Analyses #3 and 4 due. Journal Article Review due.

Unit #3 (Finishing Up):

Week 13: Reading and Teaching Literature Journal Due.

Work on Individual Presentations. Graduate students will choose one text to present as if teaching the text in class, acknowledging and discussing multiple perspectives on it (three approaches). Undergraduate Students will choose one of their Analyses to present as if teaching this aspect of the text in addition to the "Traditional Approaches" to it in class. Arrange Presentation with Dr. Schmidt (may combine presentation with presentation/seminar for another literature course).

CLASS CONCLUDES:

Week 14/15 (or Finals Week if Dr. Schmidt offers a date then): Teaching Demonstration

Week 15 (15-Week Plan): Final Paper Due.

Due Dates for 15-Week Term:

Analysis #1 & #2: 2/19

Article Review: 4/9

Analysis #3 & #4: 4/9

Reading Journal (Teaching Lit Forums): 4/16

Teaching Demonstration: 5/1

Final (Extended) Paper: 5/2