Weeks+11-12

Reading Nature Weeks 11 & 12

Monday 11/3
·  Turn in journals on final project ·  Note Goldsworthy article in NYT ·  Introduce Faulkner & read first pages aloud. Identify his style. = = = Tuesday 11/4 =
 * HW- ** - Read Faulkner’s “The Bear” chp 1, pp 185-203 and mark Faulknerian techniques where you see them as well as lines that address man/nature relationships.

 · Discuss reading
== ·  Lecture on viewing landscapes / American Sublime. ==

HW- Election night- No HW. GOTV or vote yourself.
= Wednesday 11/5 = ·  Finish lecture on landscape ·  Introduce commentary = Thursday 11/6 = == ·  Show student commentary on // The Scarlet Letter // == == ·  Explicate key passages in pairs & present to class. ==
 * HW- ** Read Faulkner’s “The Bear” pp. 203-235. Carefully mark nature imagery & Faulknerian techniques. Identify one passage to explicate in class.
 * HW- ** Read Faulkner’s “The Bear” pp. 235-270. Carefully mark nature imagery & Faulknerian techniques.

Monday 11/10
·  Finish passage explications **HW**-**- **Read Faulkner’s “The Bear” pp. 270-301. = Tuesday 11/11 = ·  Read Mary Oliver’s “The Bear” ·  Comparing poems: “Traveling Through the Dark” Wm Stafford “A Blessing”- James Wright = Wednesday 11/12 = = ·  Seminar discussion = = HW- Read any 10 poems in Mary Oliver’s //House of Light// + “Some Questions You Might Ask”, “The Deer”, “Five A.M. in the Pine Woods”, “Little Owl Who Lives in the Orchard”, ”Everything”, and “The Summer Day.” = BRING COLORED PENCILS/HIGHLIGHTERS to class Thursday! = Thursday 11/13 = ·  Text marking Oliver for commentary
 * HW ** - Finish “The Bear” and write a nicenet entry answering one of the questions online.
 * HW ** - Read //The// //New Yorker// article on Gary Snyder (Xerox) & read and mark the first 15 poems.