LIT 3003, FORMS OF NARRATIVE SYLLABUS PART II
Week Seven:
FEB 17 RK Chapter 7: Narration: Levels and Voices
19 In Roueché, "The Dinosaur Collection"
21 Paper 2 Due
Week Eight:
FEB 24 RK Chapter 8: Narration: Speech Representation
26 "The Man Who Grew Two Breasts" and "Cinnabar"
28 "A Good, Safe Tan" and "Overdoing It"
Week Nine:
MAR 3 RK Chapter 9: The Text and Its Reading
5 "The Poker Room" and "Hoping"
7 "A Woman with a Headache" and "A Small, Apprehensive
Child"
SPRING BREAK March 10-14
Week Ten:
MAR 17 RK Chapter 10: Conclusion
19 "The Hoofbeats of a Zebra"
21 Paper 3 Due
Week Eleven
MAR 24 Begin Lady Susan
26 Additional Readings in Narrative Theory: Barthes, Roland,
S/Z, pp. 10-21 (Library Reserve and English Department TUR 4008)
28 Continue Lady Susan
Week Twelve
MAR 31 Additional Readings in Narrative Theory: Bal, Mieke, Narratology, pp. 43, 93-95,
and 132-134 (Library Reserve and English Department TUR 4008)
APR 2 Complete Lady Susan
4 Narrative Conference on Campus: Special Assignment
Two choices:
(1) attend a session and write a one-page summary of it--in order to attend free, you will need
to do some work to help with the conference, such as sit at the registration table and register people
for a certain amount of time. Details will be announced.
(2) Choose an issue of the Journal of Narrative Theory. Outline one article from that issue
so that you could explain it to the class. You will turn in the outline and I will decide whether you
should present it.
Week Thirteen
APR 7 Begin The Watsons
9 Narrative Conference report due; complete The
Watsons
11
QUIZ on Rimmon-Kennon, additional readings on narrative theory,
Chekhov, The Reason Why, Roueché, and Lady Susan--facts and definitions
only
Week Fourteen
APR 14 BeginSanditon
16 CompleteSanditon
18 Last day to turn in rewrites or special credit projects.
Week Fifteen
APR 21 Paper 4 Due
23 Review and Restrospect