ENG 364         WOMEN & LITERATURE: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN

Line # 78423   II Summer 2003 Online                     Professor Thelma Richard

Office Hours Online: M 10-12am, T 2-4 pm            E-Mail: tjrichard@asu.edu

Textbook:    Kallet and Clark, Worlds in our Words (1997)

Page              Topic / Writers                    Genre____________

July 7-11         Week 1        Introduction and Finding Words

            3-79                             All 18 Readings

Groups for Week 1: A-- Prose, B--Poetry, C--Prose, D=Poetry

July 14-18       Week 2           African Americans [24 Readings]

  97                  Marshall, Paule                      PR

132                 Sanchez, Sonia                     PR

141, 265        Clifton, Lucille                         P

143, 267         Derricotte, Toi                       P

197                 Morrison, Toni                        PR

266, 388        Clark, Patricia                        P

270                 Dove, Rita                              P           

274                 McElroy, Colleen J.               P

288                 McElroy, Colleen J.               PR

285, 750        Thomas, Joyce Carol            P

587, 752        Thomas, Joyce Carol            PR

419, 713        Kincaid, Jamaica                  PR

425                 Naylor, Gloria                         PR

458                 Childress, Alice                     Drama

497                 Cooper, J. California            PR

565                 Angelou, Maya                       P

574                 Jordan, June                          P

628                 Shange, Ntozake                   Drama

Groups for Week 2: A-- Poetry, B--Prose, C--Poetry, D--Prose

July 21-25       Week 3        Native Americans [19 readings]

113, 670                                 Harjo, Joy                               PR

392, 657                                 Harjo, Joy                               P

146, 147, 394, 475, 659      Hogan, Linda                         P

157                                         Hogan, Linda                         PR

168                                         Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth           PR

229                                         Tapahonso, Luci                   PR

286, 666                                 Tapahonso, Luci                   P

283                                         Rose, Wendy                         P

387, 563                                 Allen, Paula Gunn                  P

623                                         Allen, Paula Gunn                  PR

668                                         Zimmerman, Elaine              P

Groups for Week 3: A-- Prose, B--Poetry, C--Prose, D=Poetry

July 25:  MIDTERM ESSAY DUE; Final Project Plan Due

 

July 28-Aug 1 Week 4         Other Ethnicities [20 Readings]

Asian/Pacific Americans

118                             Kingston, Maxine [Chinese]                         PR

153, 575                     Song, Cathy [Korean]                                   P

208                             Ling, Amy [Chinese]                                     PR

231                             Iko, Momoko [Japanese]                              Drama

276                             Mirikitani, Janice [Japanese]                       P

363, 603. 719            Watanabe, Sylvia [Japanese]                      PR

482                             Yamanaka, Lois-Ann [Japanese/Korean]  P

Latina Americans

128                             Mora, Pat [Chicana]                                      PR

280                             Mora, Pat                                                       P

720                             Cofer, Judith Ortiz [Puerto Rican]                PR

Jewish Americans

106                             Walker, Pamela                                            PR

152                             Ratner, Rochelle                                            P

204                             Ozick, Cynthia                                               PR

271, 272                     Klepfisz, Irena                                                P    

281                             Pastan, Linda                                                P

660                             Kallet, Marilyn                                                P

662                             Piercy, Marge                                                P

 

Groups for Week 4: A—Asian, B—Pacific, C--Latina, and D—Jewish Americans

Aug 4-8           Week 5        Archetypal Patterns [16 Readings]

  90                  Hood, Mary [Entwicklungsroman]                           PR

155                 Voigt, Ellen Bryant [Entwicklungsroman]               P

513                 McDonald, Jeanne [Entwicklungsroman]              PR

217                 Rich, Adrienne [Patriarchy—Social Protest]          PR

300                 Paley, Grace [Patriarchy—Social Protest]             PR

401                 Range, Melissa [Patriarchy—Marriage]                 P

305                 Stephens, Mariflo [Love: Green-world Lover]        PR

396                 Levertov, Denise [Love: Green-world Lover]          P

484                 Sarton, May [Love: Green-world Lover]                  P

522                 Springer, Lisa [Love: Female]                                 PR

533                 Lamott, Anne [Love: Family]                                    PR

569                 Hacker, Marilyn [:Love: Self]                                    P

571                 Olds, Sharon  [Love: Male/Female]                         P

665                 Inez, Colette [Rebirth: Mythic]                                   P

723                 Henley, Beth [Rebirth and Transformation]            Drama

747                 Ostriker, Alicia [Rebirth—Passages]                     P

Groups for Week 5: A-- Entwicklungsroman, B--Patriarchy, C--Love, D--Rebirth

 August  8:  FINAL PROJECT DUE

BLACKBOARD THREADED DISCUSSIONS—WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF DEADLINES

Each week you will be posting responses to Blackboard in your individual Group Discussion and to the Class Discussion. You will also be completing self-testing quizzes on the Lectures and Readings. Deadlines are very important for an online course, because as a class we can only work with material that has been posted to Blackboard or e-mailed to the professor.  Thus, your grades will be based on meeting these deadlines, which are listed below for each week. 

MONDAY                               Discussion Question will be posted on ASSIGNMENTS.

WEDNESDAY NOON        You must EACH post your Responses to your Group Discussion.

THURSDAY NOON             Group Leaders must post 250-word group responses to Class Discussion.

FRIDAY MIDNIGHT            All quizzes for the week’s readings and lectures must be completed.

SUNDAY MIDNIGHT          You must EACH post your Individual Responses to Class Discussion.

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