ENH 378: American Southwest Literature and Film
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All due dates are subject to change. Changes will appear on the Announcements page in myASU. Read announcements each time you log on.
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This course is not self-paced. If you miss more than 4 due dates you fail the course. Work submitted after the due dates will not receive credit.
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Work is due at midnight on the night listed (so, Tuesday and Thursday night at midnight).
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I grade on Wednesday and Friday. If your work is there you receive credit. If it is not you do not receive credit.
Spring 2009 |
Tuesday -- Reading Response Due |
Thursday -- Writing Journal Due |
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Week 1 |
20-Jan |
Study all of the sections in the Blackboard course. If you have questions, please post them in the Questions about the Course Forum.
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22-Jan |
Post a note about yourself in the Virtual Cafe. |
Week 2 |
27-Jan |
Unit 1 Borderlands View The Milagro Beanfield War Also, start reading Bless Me Ultima by Rudolofo Anaya and The Iguana Killer by Alberto Rios No Reading Response Due. |
29-Jan |
Post a 350 word Writing Journal. For each journal entry you must: • meet the word-length requirement of 350 words (or surpass it). This equals one double spaced page in 12 point times new roman. Writing Journal 1 Please describe why you are interested in the study of texts from the American Southwest. What is your experience with these texts so far? List any books or films you have studied from the region. What experience do you have analyzing literature and film? What is your definition of "Southwest" and explain how you formed it. |
Week 3 |
3-Feb |
View Lone Star Also, start reading Bless Me Ultima by Rudolofo Anaya and The Iguana Killer by Alberto Rios Reading Response 1 Post a 350 word Reading Response. For each response you must: • meet the word-length requirement of 350 words (or surpass it). This equals one double spaced page in 12 point times new roman.
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5-Feb |
Writing Journal 2 Please list 5 potential topics for Essay 1. What topic has the most potential and why? Which topic has the least potential and why? |
Week 4 |
10-Feb |
Finish Bless Me Ultima by Rudolofo Anaya Reading Response 2 |
12-Feb |
Writing Journal 3
Please list 5 potential thesis statements for Essay 1. Which are you mist interested in writing about and why? Which are you least interested in writing about and why? |
Week 5 |
17-Feb |
Finish The Iguana Killer by Alberto Rios Reading Response 3 |
19-Feb |
Writing Journal 4
Write your thesis statement and the top 5 arguments supporting it. Which arguments will you highlight in your paper and why? Which arguments are the weakest? Why? |
Week 6 |
24-Feb |
Unit 2 Native American Culture View Smoke Signals Also, start reading Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and House Made of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday Reading Response 4 |
26-Feb |
No Journal Entry due. Essay 1 Due to the "Essay" Button |
Week 7 |
3-Mar |
View Dead Man Also, start reading Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and House Made of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday Reading Response 5 |
5-Mar |
Writing Journal 5 Please list 5 potential topics for Essay 2. What topic has the most potential and why? Which topic has the least potential and why? |
Week 8 |
10-Mar |
Spring |
12-Mar |
Break |
Week 9 |
17-Mar |
Finish Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko No Reading Response due. |
19-Mar |
Writing Journal 6 Please list 5 potential thesis statements for Essay 2. Which are you mist interested in writing about and why? Which are you least interested in writing about and why? |
Week 10 |
24-Mar |
Finish House Made of Dawn by M. Scott Momaday Reading Response 6 |
26-Mar |
Writing Journal 7 Write your thesis statement and the top 5 arguments supporting it. Which arguments will you highlight in your paper and why? Which arguments are the weakest? Why? |
Week 11 |
31-Mar |
Unit 3 Urban Contemporary View Raising Arizona Also, start reading Almost Home by T.N. McNally and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver Reading Response 7 |
2-Apr |
No Journal Entry due. Essay 2 Due to the "Essay" Button |
Week 12 |
7-Apr |
View The Tao of Steve Also, start reading Almost Home by T.N. McNally and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver Reading Response 8 |
9-Apr |
Writing Journal 8 Please list 5 potential topics for Essay 3. What topic has the most potential and why? Which topic has the least potential and why? |
Week 13 |
14-Apr |
Finish Almost Home by T.N. McNally Reading Response 9 |
16-Apr |
Writing Journal 9 Please list 5 potential thesis statements for Essay 3. Which are you mist interested in writing about and why? Which are you least interested in writing about and why? |
Week 14 |
21-Apr |
Finish The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver Reading Response 10 |
23-Apr |
Writing Journal 10 Write your thesis statement and the top 5 arguments supporting it. Which arguments will you highlight in your paper and why? Which arguments are the weakest? Why? |
Week 15 |
28-Apr |
No Reading Response due. Work on final essay. |
30-Apr |
No Journal Entry due.
Essay 1 Due to the "Essay" Button |
Week 16 |
5-May |
Summer |
7-May |
Break |
Patricia Colleen Murphy, MFA * Arizona State University * Santa Catalina Hall Room 240M * 7271 E Sonoran Arroyo Mall * Mesa, AZ 85212