Grading
You will be writing a short (maximum 5-page) paper examining the work of an author you find on the UbuWeb site or CD-ROMS. A research paper (12-20 pages) will be required at the end of the term; the topic will be selected in consultation with the instructor. Part of this assignment is to submit a written prospectus once you have arrived at your topic. The balance of the grade will derive from Participation (specifically, the quality of your contributions to the on-line forum plus your class participation) and the Final Examination. I guarantee there will be a question about Ulysses on there!
| Short Paper | 15% |
| Participation | 10% |
| Research Paper | 45% |
| Final Examination | 30% |
Schedule of Classes
Classes meet from 6:30 - 9:15 pm in Newton 2206. This schedule is subject to change.
| Week 1 | ||
| Monday | 8-27 | Introductory remarks. Survey of the field. |
| Week 2 | ||
| Monday | 9-3 | LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. Class will meet online according to instructions provided. Reading: Begin Joyce's Ulysses, Chaps. 1-3 (Telemachus, Nestor, Proteus). |
| Week 3 | ||
| Monday | 9-10 | Ulysses, Chaps. 4-5 (Calypso, Lotus Eaters). French Symbolist Poetry (handout). |
| Week 4 | ||
| Monday | 9-17 | Ulysses, Chaps. 6-7 (Hades, Aeolus). T.S. Eliot (handout). Hart Crane (handout). |
| Week 5 | ||
| Monday | 9-24 | Ulysses, Chap. 8 (Lestrygonians). Kafka, stories. SHORT PAPER DUE. |
| Week 6 | ||
| Monday | 10-1 | Ulysses, Chap. 9 (Scylla & Charybdis). Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog. |
| Week 7 | ||
| Monday | 10-8 | Ulysses, Chap. 10 (Wandering Rocks). Ezra Pound (handout; guest lecture). Imagism (handout).. |
| Week 8 | ||
| Monday | 10-15 | Ulysses, Chap. 11 (Sirens). Italian Futurism (handouts). |
| Week 9 | ||
| Monday | 10-22 | Ulysses, Chap. 12 (Cyclops). Russian Futurism, Dada, Surrealism (handout). |
| Ulysses Week 10 | ||
| Monday | 10-29 | Ulysses, Chap. 13 (Nausicaa). Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway. |
| Week 11 | ||
| Monday | 11-5 | Ulysses, Chap. 14 (Oxen of the Sun). Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway. |
| Week 12 | ||
| Monday | 11-12 | Ulysses, Chap. 15 (Circe). Brecht, The Measures Taken. |
| Week 13 | ||
| Monday | 11-19 | Ulysses, Chap. 16 (Eumaeus). Gertrude Stein (handout). Sound Poetry, including Beckett (CD-ROMs). |
| Week 14 | ||
| Monday | 11-26 | Ulysses, Chap. 17 (Ithaca). Post-Modernism as theory and canon (guest lecture; date tentative). Readings TBA. |
| Week 15 | ||
| Monday | 12-3 | Ulysses, Chap. 18 (Penelope). Wolf, The Search for Christa T. |
Research Paper due December 7, a day that will live in infamy.
Final Examination: Out-of-class final due by Tuesday, December 11, at noon, by e-mail or delivered to my office in meatspace.