Week 1: Syllabus; Introduction
Week 1.5: Introduction to Literary Criticism; Tattooed People
Week 2: Introduction to Description; Sensory Details; Who, What, Where, When, How, Why; My Totally Awesome Funeral, A Farewell to Arms, Maggie Fever
Week 2.5: Once Upon A River, Critical Assignment 1, Creative Assignment 1
Week 3: Introduction to Place; Setting as Character; The Collectors, On the Road, The Lorax, Falling Man, Critical Assignment 1 DUE
Week 3.5: My Heart is an Idiot, Critical Assignment 2, Creative Assignment 2, Creative Assignment 1 DUE
Week 4: Huckleberry Finn, On the Edge; Critical Assignment 2 DUE
Week 4.5: The Last Days of California, Critical Assignment 3, Creative Assignment 3, Creative Assignment 2 DUE
Week 5: IN-CLASS WRITING EXERCISES, Critical Assignment 3 DUE
Week 5.5: The Road, Critical Assignment 4, Creative Assignment 4, Creative Assignment 3 DUE
Week 6: Noah, Critical Assignment 4 DUE
Week 6.5: The Sicily Papers, Critical Assignment 5, Creative Assignment 5, Creative Assignment 4 DUE
Week 7: Apocalypse Now; Critical Assignment 6, Critical Assignment 6
Week 7.5: Workshop; Creative Assignment 5 DUE
Week 8: As I Lay Dying; Critical Assignment 7
Week 8.5: Workshop; Critical Assignment 6 DUE
Week 9: Almost Famous; Critical Assignment 8
Week 9.5: Workshop; Critical Assignment 7 DUE
Week 10: On the Road; Critical Assignment 9
Week 10.5: Workshop; Critical Assignment 8 DUE
Week 11: Wild; Critical Assignment 10
Week 11.5: Workshop; Critical Assignment 9 DUE
Week 12: Workshop; Critical Assignment 10 DUE
Week 12.5: CLASS TRIP
