COSP2001

                            *All readings assigned a particular week will be discussed the following week.
                     Sources for works to be read will be indicated in parentheses; numbers will indicate pages
                 from our Literature text, and "Online" will refer to works located on the Related Links page.

              *WEEKLY CHAT ROOM SCHEDULE:      Tuesdays (10:00-11:30)     OR    Thursdays (9:00-10:30)
*In order to satisfy the attendance policy for the course, you must attend one of the above sessions per week.

Week 1 (1/16 - 1/19)
    Acquire Email and AOL Instant Messenger Accounts
    Email AOL Username to me by Thursday (1/18)
    Email a request to me for a diagnositc writing topic, which must be proctored and returned to me before
    the end of the second week.
    Assigned readings:
    Review the following pages from our website: Homepage ("thematic focu s"); Assignments;
    Course Description ("Texts and Materials," "Attendance Policy," "Evaluation," "Plagiarism");
    Instructions for Using Email, etc.; Prerequisites for the Course

                                 Choose one of the following days for an in-class orientation:
     THURSDAY (1/18): In-class Orientation (meet outside AB 222 from 9-11:00 am)
        FRIDAY (1/19): In-class Orientation (meet outside AB 222 from 3- 5:00 pm)

Week 2 (1/22 - 1/28)
    Assign Selected Vocabulary terms, Madness PowerPoint, and Using Critical Theories page (Related Links)
    Practice Chat; Initial Experience due by Sunday

                                   Choose one of the following days for an in-class orientation:
       THURSDAY (1/25): In-class Orientation (meet outside AB 222 from 9-11:00 am)
          FRIDAY (1/26): In-class Orientation (meet outside AB 222 from 3-5:00 pm)

Week 3 (1/29 - 2/4)
   Assigned Readings:
   Writing About Literature (Online)
   Imagery (746-754, 770-771); selected readings: "The Fish"
   Tone (808-816); selected readings: "Daddy" (Online)
   Setting (285-290); selected readings: "Protista" (provided at orientation)
   Biographical & Historical Approaches: "The Story of an Hour"(393); "A Noiseless, Patient Spider"(958);
       Critical Approaches to Literature (Historical: 1956; Biographical: see "Using Critical Theories. . ."
        at Related Links)

           Chat Topics: imagery, tone, setting in/critical approaches to the works
           *E-response #1 due by Sunday

Week 4 (2/5 - 2/11)
   Assigned Readings:
   Symbolism and Allusion (425-430; 459-461); selected readings: "The Sick Rose" (Online),
        "Masque of the Red Death"(541)
    Plot (109-114); selected readings: James Herriot story (provided at orientation)
    Point of View (240-249); selected readings: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek"(257)
    Critical Approaches to Literature (Feminist/Marxist: 1960-1962; Psychological: 1962-1963);
    Feminist/Marxist & Psychological Approaches: "Conjoined"(790), "Metaphors"(793),
        Trifles (1244), "The Yellow Wallpaper"(617)

           Chat Topics: symbolism, plot, point of view in/critical approaches to works
           *E-response #2 due by Sunday

Week 5 (2/12 - 2/18)
    Assigned Readings:
    The following sites are to be read through and are found on the Related Links page:
    "Bedlam: Madness," "Schizophrenia," Introduction to Schizophrenia,"
    "Depression," "Types of Depression," "Madness Power Point Presentation," "Bipolar Disorder"
    Selected readings: Choose a few poems from schizophrenia.com (Related Links)

          Chat Topics: symptoms of schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder
          *E-response #3 (analysis of a poem from schizophrenia.com) due by Sunday
          Assign Deed #1, #2, or #3 (choose one) (see Assignment page for details)

Week 6 (2/19 - 2/25)
    Assigned Readings:
    Madness readings: "Metamorphosis" (Online); "Sense of Sin" (provided at orientation);
       Online essays on Hamlet's madness; Hamlet (1350) -- or, see Kenneth Branagh's filmed version (see
       opportunity below)

       *View film for your Film Analysis (see Assignments page). Some films are available to be viewed
        (but not checked out) in the Gooch Library on campus; other copies may be found at local video stores.
        (For those who choose to analyze Hamlet, there will be a presentation of Branagh's Hamlet at the
        Cook Center WEDNESDAY from 6-10:00pm; an analysis/discussion of the film will immediately follow)

                Chat Topics: clinical/critical approaches to Hamlet and your film (if different)
              *Film Analysis due by Sunday

Week 7 (2/26 - 3/4)
   Assigned Readings:
   Madness readings: "Ward No. 6" (Online; sections 1-3 only); "Told in the Drooling Ward" (Online);
        "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (Online); "Night & the Madman" (Online);
        "Mental Cases" (Online); "Ode on Melancholy" (Online)

           Chat Topics: Assigned works using madness criteria (see homepage) and critical approaches
          *E-response #4 due by Sunday

Week 8 (3/5 - 3/11)
    Assigned Readings:
    Madness readings: "A Bridge" (provided at orientation); "Much Madness. . ."(1074);
   "One Need Not Be. . ."(1075); "In a Dark Time" (Online); Memoirs of a Madman (Online)
    Other critical readings: "The Point of It"(607)

            Chat Topics: works using madness criteria (see homepage) and critical approaches
            *E-response #5 due by Sunday
            *Deed #1, #2, or #3 due by Sunday

Week 9 (3/12 - 3/18)
    SPRING BREAK (3/12 - 3/18)
    Assigned Readings:
     The Alienist (chapters 1-6);
    Review: Writing About Literature (Online) and Explicative Essay (Assignments Page)

Week 10 (3/19 - 3/25)
    Assigned readings:
    The Alienist (chapters 7-13);
    "Selecting a Topic" (1925-1927)

           Chat Topics:
           Online Quiz for chapters 1-13 due Sunday
           *E-response #6 due by Sunday
            Assign Annotated Bibliography (see Assignment page for details)

Week 11 (3/26 - 4/1)
    Assigned readings:
   The Alienist (chapters 14-20);
    "Documenting Your Work" (1939-1941; we will not be using footnotes or endnotes)

           Chat Topics:
           Online Quiz for chapters 14-20 due Sunday
           *E-response #7 due by Sunday

Week 12 (4/2 - 4/8)
    Assigned readings:
   The Alienist (chapters 21-27);
    "Strategies for Organizing Ideas in Your Research Essay" (1943-1953)

           Chat Topics:
           Online Quiz for chapters 21-27 due Sunday
           *E-response #8 due by Sunday

Week 13 (4/9 - 4/15)
    Assigned readings:
   The Alienist (chapters 28-34)

           Chat Topics:
           Online Quiz for chapters 28-34 due Sunday
           *Annotated Bibliography due by Sunday
           *E-response #9 due by Sunday

Week 14 (4/16 - 4/22)
    Assigned readings:
   The Alienist (chapters 35-47)

           Chat Topics: the novel and ideas for final paper
           Online Quiz for chapters 35-47 due Sunday
           *E-response #10 due by Sunday
            Email your thesis idea(s) by Sunday

Week 15 (4/23 - 4/29)
    Assigned readings:
    Final Review of Writing About Literature (Online) and Critical Theories (Online)

           Chat Topics: ideas for final paper (a more detailed prospectus)
           Email your thesis and main points (i.e., outline) by Sunday

Week 16 (4/30 - 5/6)
     Final paper due by May 9
     Papers may be faxed or emailed (as attachments);
     web addresses for hyper-text projects must also be emailed