Schedule of Readings and Assignments, English 203, Fall 2006

Mon. Aug. 28 Getting Ready

Wed. Aug. 30 Read: N&R ch. 1 & 2; do the exploration on p. 26 (to hand in)

Service Learning presentation in class

Section One: What is a Child? What is Children's Literature?

Fri. Sep. 1 Class cancelled due to power outage; see syllabus changes below

Mon. Sep. 4 Read: N&R ch. 5, Blake poems

The Blake poems are at the Blake Archive, here: http://www.blakearchive.org/

Please read: "Infant Joy," "Holy Thursday," "The Chimney Sweeper," and "The Lamb" from the Songs of Innocence, and "Holy Thursday," "The Chimney Sweeper," and "Infant Sorrow," from the Songs of Experience

Wed. Sep. 6 Read: H&K 1-16, Darnton handout

Fri. Sep. 8 Read: N&R ch. 9; in class: Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit online (optional)

paper topic choices due today

Mon. Sep. 11 Read: N&R ch. 4, Carroll 1-67

a few pages of Alice's Adventures Underground (facsimile); full text (optional)

Some Carroll photographs (optional)

Wed. Sep. 13 Read: Carroll 68-118

(download the summary of postings on Alice here)

Fri. Sep. 15 Read: Carroll 119-194

Mon. Sep. 18 Read: Carroll 195-end

Wed. Sep. 20 Read: Lewis 1-101

Fri. Sep. 22 Read: Lewis 102-end

Mon. Sep. 25 Read: Ende 5-155

Wed. Sep. 27 Read: Ende 155-295

Fri. Sep. 29 Read: Ende 295-end

Mon. Oct. 2 Read: Gaiman 3-87

You can read the Lucy Clifford story, "The New Mother," by clicking the link

Wed. Oct. 4 Read: Gaiman, 88-end

Fri. Oct. 6 midterm exam

Section Two: Why Grow Up?

Mon. Oct. 9 Read: H&K 135-152, 376-391; N&R 223-225

Wed. Oct. 11 Read: Barrie 69-156

Fri. Oct. 13 Read: Barrie 157-end

Mon. Oct. 16 Fall Break

Wed. Oct. 18 Read: Curtis 1-120; N&R ch. 8

Fri. Oct. 20 no class: instructor out of town

Mon. Oct. 23 Read: Curtis 121-end

Wed. Oct. 25 Read: Funke 7-121

Fri. Oct. 27 Read: Funke 122-244

Research Skills workshop in class

Mon. Oct. 30 Read: Funke 245-end

Wed. Nov. 1 Read: Myers 1-136

Fri. Nov. 3 Read: Myers 137-end

Section Three: Is "Growing Up" Gendered?

Mon. Nov. 6 Read: H&K 37-55, 391-415; Karen Rowe, "Feminism & Fairy Tales" (http://www.broadviewpress.com/tales/printable/feminism.htm)

Wed. Nov. 8 Read: Burnett 5-100

Fri. Nov. 10 Read: Burnett 101-end

Mon. Nov. 13 Read: Block (whole book)

Wed. Nov. 15 Read: L.H. Anderson 3-102

Turn in project outline/proposal

Fri. Nov. 17 Read: L.H. Anderson 102-end

Section Four: What does it mean to be human? Why do we read?

Mon. Nov. 20 Read: White (whole book)

Wed. Nov. 22 White discussion, continued

Fri. Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Break

Mon. Nov. 27 Almond, 1-87

Wed. Nov. 29 Almond, 88-end

Fri. Dec. 1 Read: M.T. Anderson 1-94

Mon. Dec. 4 Read: M.T. Anderson 95-196

Wed. Dec. 6 Read: M.T. Anderson 196-end

Fri. Dec. 8 Final Projects Due in class

Final exams: Section 1--Monday, Dec. 18, 9-12

Section 2--Tuesday, Dec. 19, 9-12

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