Tentative Schedule of Readings and Assignments
| Date | Reading / Topic | Assignment | |
| 1 | Thu, Aug 24 | Intro to class / intro to story and character | |
| 2 | Mon, Aug 28 | “Foreword,” Into to class technology / Story and character | |
| 3 | Thu, Aug 31 | “Happy Endings” | Response #1 |
| 4 | Thu, Sep 7
(Mon schedule) |
“Happy Endings” | Self-Assessment #1 |
| 5 | Mon, Sep 11 | “Kavitha and Mustafa” | Response #2 |
| 6 | Thu, Sep 14 | “You’ll Apologize If You Have To” | |
| 7 | Mon, Sep 18 | “Moving On” | Response #3 |
| 8 | Thu, Sep 21 | “The Big Cat” | Self-Assessment #2 |
| 9 | Mon, Sep 25 | “The Fugue” | Response #4 |
| 10 | Thu, Sep 28 | “The Fugue” | |
| 11 | Mon, Oct 2 | “Unsafe at Any Speed” | Response #5 |
| 12 | Thu, Oct 5 | The Writing Process | Short Story Assignment Rough Draft Due |
| 13 | Wed, Oct 11
(Mon Schedule) |
The Writing Process | |
| 14 | Thu, Oct 12 | The Writing Process | |
| 15 | Mon, Oct 16 | Short Story Assignment
Final Draft Due |
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| 16 | Thu, Oct 19 | Oscar Wao (1-7) | Self-Assessment #3 |
| 17 | Mon, Oct 23 | Oscar Wao (11-50) | Response #6 |
| 18 | Thu, Oct 26 | Oscar Wao (51-99) | |
| 19 | Mon, Oct 31 | Oscar Wao (99-136) | Response #7 |
| 20 | Thu, Nov 2 | Oscar Wao (136-165) | Self-Assessment #4 |
| 21 | Mon, Nov 6 | Oscar Wao (165-201) | Response #8 |
| 22 | Thu, Nov 9 | Oscar Wao (206-237) | |
| 23 | Mon, Nov 13 | Oscar Wao (237-289) | Response #9 |
| 24 | Thu, Nov 16 | Oscar Wao (290-355) | |
| 25 | Mon, Nov 20 | Oscar Wao | Novel Assignment Rough Draft Due |
| 26 | Thu, Nov 23 | ||
| 27 | Mon, Nov 27 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Nov 30 | Showcase
Novel Assignment Final Product Due |
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| 29 | Mon, Dec 4 | Showcase
Self-Assessment #5 |
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| 30 | Thu, Dec 7 | Showcase |
Self-Assessment #6, Participation Self-Assessment, and Peer Assessment are due on Tuesday, December 12.
Contemporary American Fiction 