Schedule
Course Schedule
Course: English 209--California Literature
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: NEA 273
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9-9:30 a.m., and by appointment
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
| Course Schedule: Week 1 | Course Schedule: Weeks 2-5 | Course Schedule: Weeks 6-9 | Course Schedule: Weeks 10-15 | Course Schedule: Final Exam |
Course Schedule
| Week 1 Aug. 29-Sept. 3 INTRODUCTION California Indian Beginnings Go to Lecture 1 Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: Yokut Creation Myth Achomawi Creation Myth Maidu Creation Myth San Luiseno Creation Myth |
| Week 2 Sept. 6-10 EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST Go to Lecture 2 Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: de Montalvo, "The Queen of California"; read through page 116 Crespi, "The Naming of Santa Ana and Los Angeles"; read through the August 3 entry de la Perouse, A Visit to Carmel Royce, A Frontier Lady Brewer, "Los Angeles and Environs"; read through page 14 |
| Week 3 Sept. 12-17 RISE OF A CALIFORNIA LITERATURE Go to Lecture 3 Go to Discussion Questions 3 |
Reading: Twain, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Harte, "The Outcasts of Poker Flats" Bierce, "Moxon's Master" |
| Week 4 Sept. 19-24 RISE OF A CALIFORNIA LITERATURE Go to Lecture 4 Go to Discussion Questions 4 |
Reading: Baum, The Wizard of Oz Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 5 Sept. 26-Oct. 1 EARLY 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 5
| Reading: Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 6 Oct. 3-8 EARLY 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 6 Go to Discussion Questions 5 |
Reading: Fante, Ask the Dust Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 7 Oct. 10-15 EARLY 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 7 Go to Discussion Questions 6 |
Reading: West, Day of the Locust Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 8 Oct. 17-22 LATE 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 8 Go to Discussion Questions 7 |
Reading: Didion,
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| Week 9 Oct. 24-29 LATE 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 9 No Discussion Questions due this time |
Reading: Boyle, Tortilla Curtain
Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 10 Oct. 31-Nov. 5 LATE 20C FICTION No new lecture this time Go to Discussion Questions 8 |
Reading: Boyle, Tortilla Curtain
Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 11 Nov. 7-12 LATE 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 10 No Discussion Questions due this time
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Chin, Donald Duk
Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 12 Nov. 14-19 LATE 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 11 Go to Discussion Questions 9 |
Reading: Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus
Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 13 Nov. 21-23 LATE 20C FICTION Go to Lecture 12 Go to Discussion Questions 10 |
Reading: Mosley, Devil in a Blue Dress
Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing. |
| Week 14 Nov. 28-Dec. 3 MOVIE No new lecture this time No Discussion Questions due this time
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Watch Chinatown
Note: This is not required. But it's a great classic movie about California, with amazing performances by Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and most of all, Jack Nicholson. If you haven't seen it, it will be a real treat! |
| Week 15 Dec. 5-10 CATCH YOUR BREATH TIME | No reading assignment for this week |
Week 16 FINAL EXAM
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The final exam is due on or before Monday, December 12th. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |
California, the department-store state. The most of everything and the best of nothing.
~ Raymond Chandler