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English 611
611 Main   |   Course Description   |   Syllabus

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Spring 2005 Syllabus
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Jan 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — no school
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24 Introductionto course; requirements; writing project; assignments for oral reports
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“Symbols of Despair” from DeVoto, Mark Twain at Work; Letters from the Earth, Letter to the Earth, Something About Repentance, from an Unfinished Burlesque…, The Damned Human Race from Letters from the Earth; Introduction, Little Bessie, Little Nelly…, The Ten Commandments, Thoughts of God and The Synod of Praise from The Devil’s Race Track
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Feb 7

William Dean Howells, The Turning Point of My Life, A Word of Encouragement.., From the “ London …, Concerning the Jews, A Salutation–Speech…, To the Person…, Battle Hymn…, As Regards…, Edmund Burke…, The Dervish…, Why Not Abolish It?, A Humane Word…from Collected…; The United States of Lyncherdom from Prospects, 10-min. reports on critical works/biographies: ___________________,  _____________________, ____________________
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Man’s Place…, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg; My First Lie…, Does the Race of Man… , “Was the World…?,” The Czar’s Soliloquy, The War Prayer, Christian Citizenship from Collected…; Holbrook tapes this week or next two weeks; arrange for conferences for research and writing projects; 10-min. reports on critical works/biographies: _________________, _________________,  _________________
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What Is Man?, The Great Dark from Collected…; 10-min. reports on critical works/biographies: __________________,  ___________________,  ____________________
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King Leopold’s… from Collected…; The Fable, Passage from “Glances…”, Passage from “Outlines…”, Passage from a Lecture, History… from The Devil’s Race Track; 10-min.reports on critical works/ biographies: _________________, ___________________, ____________________, ____________________, _____________________
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Mar 7 No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger
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14 Spring break—no class
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21 Thousand Years… from The Devil’s Race Track; My Platonic… from Collected…
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28 Was the Dream?, The Mad Passenger, Which Was It? from The Devil’s Race Track
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April 4 Following the Equator
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11 Christian Science…, Was It Heaven…? from Collected…
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catch up
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Research paper reports, 1-7 (20 mins each)   1___________  2____________ 3______________ 4_______________ 5_______________  6_______________ 7______________
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May 2 May 2  Research paper reports, 8-14 (20 mins each) 1______________  2_______________ 3______________ 4_______________  5______________   6_______________ 7______________
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RESEARCH PAPERS DUE BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
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9 Research papers available at final exam time


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