Schedule of Assignments

Class Schedule
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	January Tuesday, 11^th -General Introduction: Neoclassicism vs. Romanticism -Goethe and Byron Thursday, 13^th *READ: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Author’s Introduction (pgs. v-x), Letters and Chapters 1-7 (pgs. 1-54);* Travers, Chapter 1	Goya '96
		Tuesday, 18^th *READ: Frankenstein, Chapters 8-end (pgs. 54-166)* Thursday, 20^th Realism and Naturalism *READ: Emile Zola, Germinal, Parts I and II (pp 1-134);*
	Tuesday, 25^th *READ: Emile Zola, Germinal,* Parts III and IV (pp 137-294) Travers, Chapter 2 Thursday, 27^nd READ: Emile Zola, Germinal, Part V (pp 297-373)**
		February Tuesday, 1st *READ: Emile Zola, Germinal,* Parts VI and VII (pp 377-end) Thursday, 3rd READ: Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, chapter 1 (pp. 3-37) and Chinua Achebe's critique (pp. xlv-lii)**
	Tuesday, 8^th Finish: Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Travers, Chapter 3 Thursday, 10^th READ: James Joyce, “Araby”, "Eveline", "Counterparts", “The Dead” **Lead class discussion**	Hahn's images of World War I
	View movie of Kuper's adaptation	Tuesday,15^th READ: Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis **Lead class discussion Thursday, 17^th** EXPLORE: World War I poetry site, read "The Dead" by Brooke, and choose a poem by Owen, Sassoon or Rosenberg to discuss in class. Feel free to find other sites as well (there are a number of other good sites on the Links page).
	Tuesday, 22nd *VIEW: Buñuel, Andalusian Dog (Chien Andalou),* logon as you normally do, then Search collections. You should see HNR 226 03, click on that and you'll find all our films. Thursday, 24^th** VIEW: Federico García Lorca, The House of Bernarda Alba *Log on as you normally do to the GVSU network, then search for "house"* READ: García Lorca, poems **Lead class discussion**
		March Tuesday, 1st READ: Jean-Paul Sartre, “The Wall” and Spanish Civil War poetry (eReserve) Travers, Chapter 4 Thursday,3rd EXPLORE: the on-line Picasso Project (look particularly at the years 1936-1940). Choose a painting to discuss in class. See a large version of Guernica. Learn more about the painting. *First paper due*
March 8th and 10th Reminder: Deadline to drop course with “W”: Friday, March 11^th at 5:00 pm Spring Break!
		Tuesday, 15^th *READ: Bruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles:* "August", "Visitation", "Birds", "Nimrod", "Cinnamon Shops", "The Street of Crocodiles", "Cockroaches" Lead class discussion Thursday, 17^th VIEW: Vittorio de Sica’s The Garden of the Finzi Contini, logon as you normally do, then Search for "garden"**
	Tuesday, 22nd *READ: Albert Camus, The Plague,* Parts I and II Thursday, 24^th READ: Albert Camus, The Plague, Parts III and IV**	Virtual movies of Auschwitz today
		Tuesday, 29^th Read: *The Plague, Part V and "Death fugue" by Paul Celan, explore holocaust sites on poetry, art, music. oral history, archival film clips, etc. (find other sites on the links page). Choose an image to discuss in class. Thursday, 31^st* *VIEW: Marguerite Duras’ Hiroshima, mon amour* search for Hiroshima. Travers, Chapter 5**
	April Tuesday, 5^th READ: Anna Akhmatova, “Requiem” and other poems (eReserve) **Lead class discussion Thursday, 7^th READ: Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Parts 1 & 2 (3-78)**
		Tuesday, 12^th *READ: The Unbearable Lightness of Being,* Parts 3, 4 & 5 (81-240) Thursday, 14^th READ: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Parts 6 & 7 (243-314) Second paper due*
	Tuesday, 19^th *READ: Lucía Graves, A Woman Unknown,* chapters 1-VIII (pp 1-123) Thursday, 21st^d READ: Lucía Graves, A Woman Unknown, chapters IX-XVI (pp. 124-273) Second draft of second paper due**	View a newsreel of Franco celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coup
		Tuesday, 26^th Conclusions Final Exam due at 4:00 pm

Tuesday, 22nd