English 209: Introduction to Fiction

Instructor:  Prof. Kathryn Conrad
Office hours:  MWF 3:30-4:30
Office:  2035 Wescoe
Course time:   MWF 2:30-3:20
Classroom:  4025 Wescoe

Course Description

This section of Introduction to Fiction focuses on 19th- and 20th-century fiction that deals particularly with individuals resisting oppression.

Online Resources

Requirements

Several short papers (students will be expected to revise some of them) (70%); frequent quizzes (15%); classroom and possibly listserver discussion (15%).

Texts

  • Bronte, Jane Eyre 
  • Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea 
  • Ellison, Invisible Man
  • Joyce, Dubliners
  • Morrison, Beloved
  • And several short stories available on reserve.

Schedule 

DateReading
JANUARY 
M12Introduction
W14Bronte, Jane Eyre
F16Bronte
M19MLK DAY --no class
W21Bronte
F23Bronte
M26Bronte
W28Bronte
F30Bronte
FEBRUARY 
M2Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
W4Rhys
F6Rhys; PAPER #1 DUE (note date change).
M9Rhys
W11Rhys; Hurston, "The Gilded Six-Bits"
F13Joyce, Dubliners
M16Joyce
W18Joyce
F20Joyce
M23Joyce; DRAFT OF PAPER #2 DUE--Bring in three copies of your paper
W25Joyce
F27WRITING GROUPS
MARCH 
M2Joyce
W4Joyce
F6Joyce; PAPER #2 DUE
M9Yamamoto, "Wilshire Bus"; Obejas, "Above All, a Family Man"
W11Alvarez, "Daughter of Invention"
F13Bardwell, "The Dove of Peace"
M16Ellison, Invisible Man
W18Ellison; DRAFT of PAPER #3 DUE--Bring in three copies of your paper
F20Ellison
 SPRING BREAK
M30Ellison
APRIL 
W1Ellison
F3Ellison
M6Ellison
W8Ellison; PAPER #3 DUE
F10Ellison
M13Ellison
W15Reading days (no class)
F17Reading days (no class)
M20Morrison
W22Morrison
F24Morrison
M27Morrison
W29McPherson, "A Loaf of Bread"
MAY 
F1Student selections.
M4LAST DAY OF CLASSES; PAPER #4 DUE