LIT 3003 FORMS OF NARRATIVE Craddock Spring 1997 Office TUR 4332 Phone 392-0757x259 Office Hours WF 5th and 6th periods and by appointment Email pcraddoc@english.ufl.edu
TEXTS (Available at Goerings Book Store, corner of University and 13th Street): Austen,Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sanditon (must use this edition); Brueche, The Man Who Grew Two Breasts and Other Stories of Medicatl Detection; Chekhov, Selected Short Stories (must use this edition); Rimmon-Kennon, Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics; Woodham-Smith, The Reason Why. Also, pack of 3 x 5 index cards.
GRADING: You will be required to write three papers, but in the section marked "papers" below you will find four assignments. Obviously you get to choose which three you will write, or you may write all four and count the best three. These papers will count 25% each for your grade. 10% of your grade will be based on class attendance and participation, and 10% on an hour-long factual quiz on the reading (April 11). 5% will be based on a special assignment related to the International Narrative Conference to be held here April 3-6. Everyone's attendance/participation grade starts at B and will go up or down depending on what he or she does. It will drop a letter grade for each two unexcused absences. PLAGIARISM WILL RESULT IN A MINIMUM PENALTY OF A ZERO (not just an F, which is averaged in at 55) on the paper. DON'T USE SOMEONE ELSE'S WORDS OR IDEAS without giving them credit. When in doubt, ask me.
PAPER TOPICS:
Paper 1 (due January 29) Analyze an aspect of narrative in two or more
short stories, including at least one of the Chekhov stories read for this
course. OWING TO TEXT PROBLEMS, DUE DATE IS NOW JAN 31
Paper 2 (due February 19) Analyze an aspect of narrative in texts about the human past, illustrating your point from The Reason Why and another appropriate narrative (anthropological, archeological, autobiographical, biographical, journalistic, or historical) of your choice.
Paper 3 (due March 21) Analyze an aspect of the use of narrative in scientific writing, using examples from two or more sources, including Roueche.
Paper 4 (due April 21) Three possibilities:
A. Write (part of) a continuation of Sanditon or The Watsons:
B. Rewrite (part of) Lady Susan as a non-epistolary novel to
compare epistolary narrative to other forms
OUTLINE OF COURSE. Reading Assignments are DUE on the date on which they
are listed. At EVERY CLASS MEETING, attendance will be recorded on the
basis of 3X5 cards you turn in with the following information: Your name,
the date, where you are in the reading (no penalty for being behind), and
a question or comment about the material you have read for that class meeting.
This question or comment counts as class participation, so give
it a little thought.
Week One: Ideas of Narrative
Jan 6 Introduction
Jan 8 Handout and Chekhov, "The Confession," "He Understood,""At Sea--A Sailor's Story," "A Nincompoop," and "Surgery," pp. 18-44
Jan 10 Chekhov, "Ninochka--A Love Story," "A Cure for Drinking," "The Jailer Jailed," "The Dance Pianist," "The Milksop," "Marriage in Fifteen Years," "In Spring," "Agafya," pp. 45-94
Week Two: Story
Jan13 Rimmon-Kennon Introduction; Chekhov, "The Kiss," "The Father, "In Exile," pp. 95-132
Jan 15 RK Chapter 2 Story: Events
Jan 17 Chekhov, "Three Years," 133-222
Week Three: Characters and Characterization
JAN 20 MLK Holiday
Jan 22 See Assignment for Jan 27. RK Chapter 3 Story: Characters
Jan 24 See Assignment for Jan 22. RK Chapter 5: Text: Characterization
Week Four: Fact and Fiction
Jan 27 See Assignment for Jan 24. Chekhov, "The House with the Mansard--An Artist's Story," "Peasants," "The Darling," pp. 223-287
Jan 29 Paper 1 Due POST PONED TO JAN 31. Do JAN 31 assignment instead
Jan 31 The Reason Why (Chapters 1-3)
Week Five: Focalization
FEB 3 RK Chapter 6 Text: Focalization
Feb 5 The Reason Why (Chapters 4-6)
Feb 7 The Reason Why ((Chapters 7-9)
Week Six: Time
FEB 10 RK Chapter 4 Text: Time
Feb 12 The Reason Why (Chapters 10-12)
Feb 14 The Reason Why (Chapters 13-14)
For remainder of syllabus, go to Syllabus Part II
Reminder: Paper 2 due February 21