Syllabus

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                   Mon Wed1-2:20

Email:soconnel@essex.edu       

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Texts:  Literature: A Portable Anthology 4^TH EDITION

ISBN-13: 978-1319075439

January

 Eng 102

9 Introduction, go over syllabus, Handout, GET TEXT!

11 “Sonny’s Blues” (223)

18 “Mrs Turner’s Lawn Jockeys” (Packet)

23 ‘Two Kinds” (Handout)

25 “Brave We Are” (Packet)

30 Film: The Namesake

February

1 Film: The Namesake, ASSIGN PAPER#1

6 FIRST ESSAY DUE, “The Lottery” (216)

8 “The Sisterhood of the Night” (Packet)

13 NO CLASS

15 NO CLASS

20 NO CLASS

22 Film: The Village

27     Film: The Village

March

1 “The Temp” (Handout)

6  “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” (Packet)

8 Film: Edward Scissorhands, ASSIGN PAPER#2

13 Film: Edward Scissorhands

15“The Old Man With Enormous Wings” (263)

20  SECOND ESSAY DUE “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (250)

22  NO CLASS—HUMANITIES CONFERENCE—EXTRA CREDIT CHANCE

27 Film: Life of Pi

29 Film: Life of Pi

April

3  “The Things They Carried” (322)

5 ASSIGN FINAL PAPER

10 BRING IN DRAFTS FOR REVIEW 1141

12 FINAL PAPER DUE