LITR 100: Introduction to Literature
Mon-Fri 2nd Period
Instructor: David Ainsworth
Required Texts:
Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett (GOD)
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories, Malcolm Bradbury, ed. (MBSS)
Early Poems and “Easter 1916”, and Other Poems, William Butler Yeats (YEP, 1916)
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (IMP)
Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw (ARMS)
The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea, J.M. Synge (PLAY)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce (PORT)
Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle (PAD)
House of Splendid Isolation, Edna O’Brian (HSI)
Assorted poetry and prose handouts
ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE DATE INDICATED
W1: Sep 5: general introduction
Sep 6: approaches to interpretation
Sep 7: Elements of Poetry
W2:Sep 10: “A Brief History of Ireland”
Sep 11: Medieval Irish Poetry Packet through “Saint Patrick’s Breastplate”
Sep 12: Finish Medieval Irish Poetry Packet
Sep 13: Early Modern Irish Poetry Packet through Turlough O’Carolan
Sep 14: Finish Early Modern Irish Poetry Packet
W3: Sep 17: Elements of Drama
Sep 18:Importance of Being Earnest acts I-II IMP
Sep 19:IMP Act III
Sep 20:Arms and the Man ARMS acts I-II
Sep 21: ARMS act III theoretical review
W4: Sep 24 Yeats 1-25 (YEP)
Sep 25: Yeats 26-50 (YEP)
Sep 26: Yeats 51-75 (YEP)
Sep 27: Yeats 76-100 (YEP)
Sep 28: Yeats 1-22 (1916)
W5:Oct 1: Yeats 23-44(1916)
Oct 2: Yeats 45-64 (1916)
Oct 3: Yeats, cont.
Oct 4: Short paper on Yeats
Oct 5: NO CLASSES
W6:Oct 8: NO CLASSES
Oct 9: The Dubliners 1-28 (DUB)
Oct 10: DUB 29-55
Oct 11: DUB 56-81
Oct 12: DUB 82-114 theoretical review
W7:Oct 15: DUB 115-174
Oct 16: DUB 175-225
Oct 17: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3-25 (PORT)
Oct 18: PORT 26-61 Short Paper on The Dubliners
Oct 19: PORT 62-91
W8:Oct 22: PORT 91-116
Oct 23: PORT 116-146theoretical review
Oct 24: PORT 146-177
Oct 25: PORT 178-187
Oct 26: PORT 188-218
W9:Oct 29: PORT 218-243
Oct 30: PORT 243-END
Oct 31: bring notes for first draft…
Nov 1:
Nov 2: First Draft Essay Due
W10:Nov 5: peer editing
Nov 6: Review for midterm
Nov 7: Review for midterm Final Draft Essay Due
Nov 8: MIDTERM EXAM
Nov 9: MIDTERM EXAM
W11: Nov 12: Playboy of the Western World acts I-II (PLAY)
Nov 13: PLAY Act III
Nov 14:Riders to the Sea (PLAY)
Nov 15:Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
Nov 16: GOD
W12:Nov 19: GOD
Nov 20: Samuel Beckett poems and “Ping” (handout)
Nov 21-23: NO CLASSES
W13:Nov 26:Patrick Kavanaugh Packet, 1st third
Nov 27: Kavanaugh Packet, 2nd third
Nov 28: Finish Kavanaugh packet theoretical review
Nov 29: Elizabeth Bowen, “My Demon Lover” and “Mysterious Kor” (handouts)
Nov 30: Máirtín Ó Direáin and Seán Ó Ríordáin (handouts)
W14:Dec 3: Seamus Heaney Packet, first quarter
Dec 4: Heaney Packet, second quarter
Dec 5: Heaney Packet, third quarter
Dec 6: Finish Heaney Packet
Dec 7: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 1-33
W15:Dec 10: short paper on Seamus Heaney
Dec 11: PAD 34-66
Dec 12: PAD 67-97
Dec 13: PAD 97-127
Dec 14: PAD 127-163
W16:Dec 17: PAD 163-192
Dec 18: PAD 193-223
Dec 19: PAD 223-253
Dec 20:PAD 253-end
Dec 21:
W17:Dec 31-Jan 1: NO CLASSES
Jan 2: Begin Contemporary Poetry Packet
Jan 3: Continue Contemporary Poetry Packet
Jan 4: Complete Contemporary Irish Poetry Packet Short Paper on Paddy Clark
W18:Jan 7: House of Splendid Isolation 1-26
Jan8: HSI 29-58
Jan 9: HSI 61-93
Jan 10: HSI 94-129
Jan 11: HSI 133-159First Draft Essay due
W19:Jan 14: NO CLASSES
Jan 15: HSI 163-197
Jan 16: HSI 197-end
Jan 17:PEER EDITING
Jan 18:Presentation of Portfolios
W20:Jan 21: NO CLASSES
Jan 22-23:Review Final Draft Due
Jan 24-25: FINAL EXAM