English 200: Introduction to English Studies

Spring 2002

Stephen C. Behrendt
319 Andrews Hall
Phone: (402) 472-1806
FAX:   (402) 472-9771
Office Hours:  12:30 - 2:00 TWR and by appointment
sbehrendt1@unl.edu


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Part 1: Creativity

1/14 M   Information, introductions. Setting course parameters and individual and group goal
1/16 W   Thinking about creativity
1/18 F    Creativity and English Studies
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1/21 M   What about Harry Potter?
1/23 W
1/25 F
– Last day to drop any class and have it removed from the permanent record. After today (and until 12 April) all "drops" will be indicated by a "W" on the permanent record
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1/28 M   Reading, thinking about, and writing poetry
1/30 W   Mini poetry workshop
2/1   F    Poetry texts
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2/4   M   Share drafts of Project #1: poems
2/6   W   More poetry texts
2/8   F    And more
                  Have the first five stories in O'Connor, A Good Man is Hard to Find, read for Monday
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Part 2: Analysis: Critical Thinking. Approaches and Methodologies in English Studies

2/11 M   Thinking and talking about prose fiction: the example of Flannery O'Connor
               – Project #1 due today, with Course Portfolio –
2/13 W   O'Connor, "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," "The River"
2/17  F    O'Connor, more
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2/18 M   O'Connor, more
2/20 W   O'Connor, more
2/22  F    O'Connor, "The Displaced Person"
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2/25 M   O'Connor, "The Displaced Person"
2/27 W   Problems in reading and teaching O'Connor in 2002
3/1    F    Share drafts of Project #2: analytical essays
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Part 3: Discovering Identity

3/4 M    Important issues for Students in English Studies
             – Project #2 due today, with Course Portfolio –
3/6 W   The English Major: tracks, concentrations, options
3/8 F    "You and the Major in English Studies"
– Last day to change a course registration to or from "Pass / No Pass"
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3/11 M   Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
3/13 W
3/15  F
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17-24 Spring Break
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Part 4: Identity and Difference

3/25 M   Group presentations on Frankenstein
3/27 W   Presentations
3/29 F    Presentations
[31 Easter]
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4/1 M    Ways of reading/using Frankenstein: literature and theory
4/3 W    Popular Culture and English Studies: the example of Frankenstein
4/5 F     Imagery, iconography, and myth: the example of Frankenstein
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4/8   M   Richard Brinsley Peake, Presumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein
4/10 W   The nature of drama and the nature of theatre
4/12 F    Why is Presumption not what Frankenstein leads us to expect?
– Last day to withdraw from any class for the semester
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4/15 M   Historical/cultural research and English Studies, 1
4/17 W   Historical/cultural research and English Studies, 2
4/19 F    Share drafts of Project #3: using the English Studies major
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Part 5: Revisiting the Major in English Studies

4/22 M   Group work on aspects of the major – all week
4/24 W   – Project #3 due today –
4/26 F
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4/29 M   Presentations – all week
5/1   W
5/3    F   Closure (of sorts).
              – Complete Course Portfolios due today –