Before Weekend #1:
1. Complete Check-In Tests and Tasks
2. Read The Pooh Perplex.
3. Read Dobie, Chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7.
4. Try to match up The Pooh Perplex articles with the critical approaches in Dobie.
Weekend #1 (May 29-31):
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.
Before Weekend #2:
June 12: Work on Drafts of Analyses #1 and 2.
1. Read The Postmodern Pooh.
2. Read Dobie, Chaps. 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
3. Try to match up The Postmodern Pooh articles with the critical approaches in Dobie.
4. Complete half of MyHeritage 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.
Weekend #2 (June 12-14):
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.
After Weekend #3:
June 19: Drafts of Analyses 1 and 2 for workshop.
June 22: Analyses 1 and 2 due.
June 29: Article Review due.
Work on Analyses 3 and 4.
Work on Individual Presentations. Graduate students will choose one text from the book 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:
July 10: Drafts of Analyses 3 and 4 for Workshop.
Weekend #3 (July 10-11 or by Arrangement): Teaching Demonstrations, Workshop on Drafts.
July 17: Analyses 3 and 4 due.
July 17: All MyHeritage Posts (Complete Reading Journal) Due.
July 19: Expanded Paper Due.