Reading: Meeting of the Minds, Chapter 9.

Topics:

• Introduction to the Course.
• Adaptation.

Readings :

• "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (handout)
• "The Lady of Shalott" (handout)
• Meeting of the Minds, Chapter 5.
• "Allusion," "connotation," "denotation," "diction," "imagery," "persona," "symbol" in "Glossary of Literary Terms" (Touchstones, xxiii-xxv)

Topics:

• Introduction of the first paper assignment.
• Good Thesis / Bad Thesis
• Thesis as Road Map
• Organization by Murder
• Detective Work: Finding and Using Evidence
• Care and Feeding of Your New Paragraph

Readings:

• Derek Owens, "Computers and the Writing Process" (Touchstones, 33) (optional)

• Revision and Why It Sucks.

Readings:

• Meeting Chapter 11.
• New World Handbook Chapter 13.

Readings :

• Meeting of the Minds, Chapter 5. (Again!)

Readings:

• Agatha Christie, "Witness for the Prosecution" (on-line reserve and traditional reserve; the book is called The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction.)

Readings:

• Agatha Christie, "Witness for the Prosecution" (on-line reserve and traditional reserve; the book is called The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction.)

Topics:

• Reviews.
• Adaptation of "Witness for the Prosecution."
• Introduction of Review Assignment.

Readings:

• Meeting, page 290-94

Reading:

• A Christmas Carol

• A Christmas Carol.
• Adaptations of A Christmas Carol.
• Introduction of Research Paper Assignment!

Readings:

• New World Handbook, Chapter 10.
• Meeting, Chapter 6

Topics:

• Quoting and Paraphrasing.
• Proper Citation.
• Using evidence.

Readings:

• New World Handbook, Chapter 11.
• Skim New World Handbook, Chapter 13.