T 01/12: Introduction; Milton's sonnet "Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints"

Th 01/14: Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus: Introductory Letters following preface and author's introduction.  Read “Introduction” on the “Lectures” page.  See study materials, including a list of vocabulary words on which you will be quizzed.  To listen to the assigned reading, click on a link below and it will stream. A different maneuver (right-clicking on a Windows PC or control-clicking on a Macintosh) will let you download the chapter before playing it.  Letters read aloud.  It is not too early to begin thinking about written homework.  You can begin this week; see Suggestions for Writing.

T 01/19: Shelley, Frankenstein:  Chapters 1-2.  See study materials.  To listen to the assignment, click on a link below and it will stream. A different maneuver (right-clicking on a Windows PC or control-clicking on a Macintosh) will let you download the chapter before playing it.  Chapter 1 read aloud, Chapter 2 read aloud.

Th 01/21: Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 1-4. See study materials.  See Suggestions for Writing.

T 01/26: Shelley, Frankenstein:  Chapters 3-5.  See study materials. Chapter 3 read aloud, Chapter 4 read aloud, Chapter 5 read aloud.    See Suggestions for Writing.
You may wish to consult this link to see more clearly the distinction in meaning between aver and avow, which appeared on last Tuesday's vocabulary quiz.

Th 01/28: Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 5-8. See study materials.  See Suggestions for Writing.  This week's journal pages are due.

T 02/02: Film: The Elephant Man

Th 02/04:  Quiz on Tuesday's installment of The Elephant Man; film concluded;  discussion.  This week's journal pages are due.  Since there will be no outside reading assigned, the journal entries will have to be of the reflective sort, written after you see the film on Tuesday.  No entries will be required for Thursday, and there will be a total of only four points for this week.

T 02/09: Frankenstein: Chapter 6 and Chapter 7.  See study materials. 
On Thursday, I mentioned Ed Port as a Youngstown resident with a disfiguring skin condition.  If you belong to Facebook, you may be interested in seeing his page, EdNeedsaMiracle. 

Th 02/11:  Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 9-12. See study materials. A videotape about Mark Twain was begun, and this website will introduce you to the material in it.

T 02/16:  Frankenstein: Chapter 8 and Chapter 9.  See study materials.  See Suggestions for Writing.

Th 02/18: Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 13-16. See study materials.  See Suggestions for Writing. 

T 02/23: Frankenstein: Chapter 10 and Chapter 11.  See study materials.  Click here to read about the Shelleys' visit to the glacier at Chamounix.  Review for midterm exam; Bring to class three essay questions (not the answers) that you think might serve on the exam. These will be worth up to 4 homework points apiece.

Th 02/25: Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 17-22. See study materials.  Please note that the assignments and consequently the study questions have changed, but if your browser has cached the bulletin board pages, you will not see the changes unless you refresh the screen.  This maneuver is done by clicking on a little circular arrow in the toolbar or perhaps by a Control-r or Command-r command, depending on the browser and the kind of computer you use.  See Suggestions for Writing.

Note:  I was mistaken about the poem quoted in Chapter 10 of Frankenstein.  It is from Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Mutability."  It was published in  1816, the same year as Frankenstein.

T 03/02:   Frankenstein: Preface (by Percy Shelley) and Author's Introduction.  See study materials. Take-home Midterm Examination is due.  Click here to see the exam.   You may wish to read model answers to the homework question about the merits of Huck's lie to the ferryboat captain.  These would serve as exam essays if the homework question had been an exam question.

Th 03/04:  Camille, pp. 1-48.

03/07-03/13: Spring Break.  Decide on your grading contract.  Note that Friday March 25, is the last day to withdraw with a "W."

Other Material

Course Evaluation and Review for Final Exam.  As before, bring in three questions that might serve on a comprehensive essay exam. If they are good enough, they may appear on the exam, and in any case you can earn up to four homework points on them.