Key
ID - Klaus, C., et al. In Depth: Essayists for Our Time. 2nd ed. Princeton, NJ: Heinle, 1993. ISBN: 0155001728.APE - Lopate, Phillip. The Art of the Personal Essay. New York, NY: Doubleday Publishing, 1997. ISBN: 038542339X.
TM - Perelman, L., et al. The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 1559346477.
| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | ID: "Introduction: On the Essay." White, E. B. "The Essayist and the Essay." Woolf, V. "The Modern Essay." | |
| 3 | APE: pp. 5-136. | Assignment 1 distributed |
| 4 | Peer Review | Rough draft 1 due in class |
| 5 | Discussion of Drafts ID: Hoagland, E. "The Courage of Turtles." Raymo, C. "An Ancient Brilliance." (copy) | |
| 6 | ID: Eiseley, L. "How Flowers Changed the World," and "The Hidden Teacher." APE: J. Tanizaki, "In Praise of Shadows." | Final draft 1 due |
| 7 | ID: Walker, A. "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self." APE: Hazlitt, W. "On the Pleasure of Hating." | Assignment 2 distributed |
| 8 | Peer Review | Rough draft 2 due |
| 9 | Discussion of Drafts TM: Twain, M. "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses." Saki. "The Reticence of Lady Anne." APE: Shonagon, Sei. "Hateful Things." | |
| 10 | Discussion of Drafts (cont.) ID: Walker, A. "Am I Blue?" Woolf, V. "The Death of the Moth." Oates, J. C. "Against Nature." | |
| 11 | ID: Orwell, G. "Politics and the English Language." TM: Queenan, J. "Introduction." | Final draft 2 due Assignment 3 distributed |
| 12 | TM: Swift, J. "A Modest Proposal." | |
| 13 | Peer Review | Rough draft 3 due |
| 14 | Discussion of Drafts Alexie, Sherman "Captivity." (copy) TM: Twain, M. "A Medieval Romance." | |
| 15 | TM: Voltaire. Candide. | Final draft 3 due Assignment 4 distributed 2 days after Lecture 15 |
| 16 | Peer Review | Rough draft 4 due |
| 17 | Discussion of Drafts TM: Austen, J. Lady Susan. | |
| 18 | Discussion of Drafts (cont.) TM: Twain, M. "English as She Is Taught." ID: "All of Woody Allen." | Final draft 4 due four days after Lecture 18 no later than 2pm |
| 19 | Individual Conferences | |
| 20 | Individual Conferences (cont.) | |
| 21 | Individual Conferences (cont.) | |
| 22 | Final Class Meeting in Class Individual Conferences (cont.) | Final draft of essay 5 due in portfolio five days after Lecture 22 Portfolio due five days after Lecture 22 no later than 3pm |