Revised Syllabus

10/8 Thu	Ovid, Metamorphoses, Minerva and the Muses, p. 157 (“The Muse was still...”) to p. 169 (“...victorious and proud”), Arachne, p. 177-183 (“...she fashioned webs”); Tereus, Procne, and Philomela, p. 193 (“The regions close...”), Orpheus and Eurydice, Ganymemde, pp. 325-332 Pygmalion, pp. 335-338.	Working with evidence: fondling the details
10/13 Tue	Dinesen, “The Blank Page” Gubar, “’The Blank Page’ and Female Creativity.” Discussion Leaders: Tina and Kalee What is Gubar's thesis? Note the places where it shifts direction.	Daily poem: Adrienne Rich “Moving in Winter”
10/15 Thu	The Piano Discussion Leaders: Nicole Eisenmann and Kris Brassard	Writing about film
	“Silence will speak”: Speaking through Art
10/20 Tue	The Piano	Daily poem:
10/22 Thu	Paper due on The Piano: Group B 4 papers will be selected for workshopping	Topic: Apply Gubar's analysis of the situation of the female artist before feminism to Ada in The Piano. How do Gubar's theories about silence and the body shape a reading about the characterization of Ada? Be sure to focus on specific scenes and filmic detail in supporting your argument. When you quote from the film, quote exactly. 3 pp. max Email a copy of the paper to me at wpeek@stonehill.edu by 8:00am on the due date, and bring a hard copy of your paper to class
10/27 Tue	Chaucer, “The Merchant’s Tale” Discussion Leaders: Marc Piquette, Chelsea Haedrich, John Piantedosi	Sarah Vowell tonight Writing: Key words
10/29 Thu	Chaucer, “The Merchant’s Tale”	Daily poem:
11/3 Tue	Paper due on “The Merchant’s Tale”: Group A 4 of the papers will be workshopped.	Topic: 3 pp. max Email a copy of the paper to me at wpeek@stonehill.edu by 8:00am on the due date, and bring a hard copy of your paper to class
11/5 Thu	Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 1 Discussion Leaders: Stacey Genest, Kathleen Keeley, Jessica Andrews
11/10 Tue	Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Acts 2-3 Discussion Leaders: Rebecca Plock, Brooke Rose
	“I am not that I play”: Speaking the Hidden Self
11/12 Thu	Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Acts 4-5 Discussion Leaders: Kerri Anne Shea, Danielle Sutherby
11/17 Tue	Paper due on The Merchant of Venice: Group B 4 of the papers will be workshopped.	Topic: 4 pp. max Email a copy of the paper to me at wpeek@stonehill.edu by 8:00am on the due date, and bring a hard copy of your paper to class
11/19 Thu	Poetry of World War I Owens, "Dulce et Decorum Est," "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young" Sassoon, "Repression of War Experience," "They" Graves, "Two Fusiliers"
11/24 Tue	Barker, Regeneration, through p. 74	Guppy Presentations: Commas, etc. and Paraphrasing and Plagiarism
	Thanksgiving Vacation 11/26
12/1 Tue	Barker, Regeneration, finished Discussion Leaders: Marc and Danielle Ascoli on WWI poems	Guppy Presentations: Quotations, and Modifiers and Agreement
12/3 Thu	Discuss writing about Regeneration Discussion Leaders: Matt Conte, Tim Ferreira, Andrew McDonald	Guppy Presentation: Improving Sentence Style
12/8 Tue	Paper on Regeneration due: Group A 4 papers will be workshopped.	Topic: 4 pp. max Email a copy of the paper to me at wpeek@stonehill.edu by 8:00am on the due date, and bring a hard copy of your paper to class
12/10 Thu	Guppy Quiz Evaluations More work with punctuation, etc. Discussion of final papers and revisions
	Final papers due during the day and time scheduled for our final exam: 9-11 AM Saturday, Dec. 12. This paper should be at least 4—and ideally 5—pages long, with close reading of key details in the texts. On that same day, you have the option of turning in a revision (or two if you attended Sarah Vowell's presentation) of a previously written paper for a new grade that will replace the old.