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HONORS LITERATURE: THE GOOD LIFE III

TEXTS (please use the editions indicated, new or used)
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, St. Martin's Press
Billy Budd and Other Tales, Herman Melville, Signet
The Complete Stories, Franz Kafka, Schocken
Beloved, Toni Morrison, Plume
White Teeth, Zadie Smith. Vintage
"The Grand Inquisitor," Fyodor Dostoevsky, selected poetry, xeroxed
Strunk and White, The Elements of Style; "Ten Tips for effective Editing," S. Schuman

SYLLABUS
Apr 1: Introduction;
3: Frankenstein, 3-17 (background); 19-25 (Mary Shelley's intro); 27-57 (through chapter 4)
5: Frankenstein, 57-107 (through ch 13)

8: Frankenstein, 106-162
10: Frankenstein, 162-185; 189-200; 259-285
12: Paper #1 due: 3 pages

15: "Rebellion" and "The Grand Inquisitor," F. Dostoevsky, 217-245
17: Dostoevsky
19: Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis, 89-122

22: Metamorphosis, 122-139
24: "In the Penal Colony," 140-167; "A Hunger Artist," Kafka, 268-278
26: Mid- term exam

29: Benito Cereno, Herman Melville, 141-188
May 1: Melville, 188-223
3: Beloved 1-49

6: Beloved, 50-105
8: Beloved, 106-158
10: Beloved, 159-217

13: Beloved, 218-275
15: White Teeth, 3-69
17: White Teeth, 71-133

20: White Teeth, 135-201
22: White Teeth, 203-294
24: White Teeth, 295-360

27: Memorial Day: No class
29: Paper #2 due: 8-10 pages
31: White Teeth, 361-448

June 2: "My Last Duchess," Robert Browning; "Dover Beach," Matthew Arnold
5: "The Windhover," Gerard Manley Hopkins; "The Second Coming," W. B. Yeats
7: "The Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," T. S. Eliot

Final exams: 10:00 class: Th, June 13, 10:15 am; 1:00 class: Th, June 13: 3:15 pm