Guy de Maupassant

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (pronounced [gidəmopasɑ̃]) (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story. As a protégé ofFlaubert, his short stories are characterized by their economy of style and their efficient effortlessdénouement. He also wrote six short novels. A number of his stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught, emerge changed - many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s.

Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 19th century.

From 1889 to 1902, she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, the Century, and Harper's Youth's Companion. Her major works were two short story collections, Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897). Her important short stories included "Desiree's Baby", a tale of miscegenation in antebellum Louisiana; "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm."

Chopin also wrote two novels: At Fault (1890) and The Awakening (1899), which is set in New Orleans and Grand Isle. The people in her stories are usually inhabitants of Louisiana. Many of her works are set about Natchitoches in north central Louisiana. In time, literary critics determined that Chopin addressed the concerns of women in all places and for all times in her literature

Unit One: Personal Perspectives in Literature

Readings:

"Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin 3/5/08

"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant 3/5/08

"The Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway 3/10/08

http://www.has.vcu.edu/eng/webtext/hills/hills.htm

"To Build a Fire" by Jack London

http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/firelndn.html

3/10/08

"Young Goodman Brown" Nathaniel Hawthorne 3/12/08

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor 3/12/08

"Araby" by James Joyce 3/17/08

"The Sniper" Liam O'Flaherty 3/17/08

http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/sniper.html

"The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/telltale.html

3/19/08

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe 3/19/08

In Class Writing Assignments:

1. "Memory Trigger" 3/5/08

An informal writing assignment where students write out a memory (Physical description or a narrative account of the event) that has been tapped by any of the course readings.

2. "Letter to the Author" 3/10/08

An informal writing assignment where students write a letter to the author expressing their own thoughts and feelings regarding the text.

3. "Top-quoting" 3/12/08

An informal writing assignment where students quote a passage from a text that resonates with their own experience. Students will quote the passage then explain why it seems particularly meaningful for them.

Formal Writing Assignment #1: "The Personal Essay" 3/19/08

This first personal writing assignment is a personal essay that grows out of a close, sensitive reading of the first few texts in the course. The purpose of this piece is for students to articulate and develop a connection between their (or their family's ) own experience/memory/identity and one of the readings. This essay is equally grounded in the student's reading of an assigned text and their own experience. This essay requires students to quote directly from the text.

Academic Schedule

SPRING 2008 SESSION A
Sun.	Feb.  24	SUNDAY Classes Begin
Tues.	Feb.  26	DAY & EVENING CLASSES BEGIN
Fri.	Feb.  29	FRIDAY EVENING Classes Begin
Sat.	March  1	SATURDAY Classes Begin
Mon.	March 10	PERIOD OPENS to File Applications for:  1.  June 2008 Degrees 2.  Advanced Standing for Fall 2008 3.  Change of Session for Fall 2008      (Day to Evening; Evening to Day) 4.  Change of Status for Fall 2008 (Non-Degree to Degree) 5.  Makeup Examinations for Fall 2007 &/or      Winter 2008 Sessions (Due to Absence from      Final Examination)
Tues.	March 11	LAST DAY to Apply for Deletion of Spring 2008 Courses & Change of Curriculum for Spring 2008, EXCLUDING NURSING
Wed.	March 12	PERIOD OPENS to File Applications for Change of Curriculum for Fall 2008
Thurs.	March 20- Sun. March 23	NO CLASSES (Easter Recess)
Mon.	March 24	Classes Resume
Tues.	March 25	College Council
Thurs.	March 27	LAST DAY to File Applications for: 1.  June 2008 Degrees                   2.  Makeup Examinations for Fall 2007 and/or Winter 2008      Sessions (Due to Absence from Final Examination)
Thurs.	April 10	LAST DAY to File Applications for:  1.  Advanced Standing for Fall 2008 2.  Change of Curriculum for Fall 2008        FOR NURSING ONLY
Tues.	April 15 –  Thurs. April 17	Makeup Final Examinations Administered for      Preceding Fall 2007 and/or Winter 2008 Sessions
Sun.	April 20-  Sun. April 27	NO CLASSES (Spring Recess)
Mon.	April 28	Classes Resume
Thurs.	May    1	Last Day to Return Completed Withdrawal Form(s)  (to Receive a Grade of “W”) to Registrar’s Office by Students Doing Passing Work in Course                    LAST DAY to File Applications for: 1.  Change of Session for Fall 2008 (Day to Evening; Evening to Day) 2.  Change of Status for Fall 2008 (Non-Degree to Degree)
Mon.	May    5	LAST DAY to file Student Activity Resumé
Thurs.	May    8	LAST DAY for Removal of "INC" for Fall 2007 and/or Winter 2008 Sessions
Tues.	May   20	COLLEGE COUNCIL
Mon.	May   26	COLLEGE CLOSED
Tues.	May   27	DAY/EVENING CLASSES Follow Thursday Schedule
Wed.	May   28	DAY/EVENING CLASSES Follow Monday Schedule
Thurs.	May   29	COMPASS Testing/Reading Day – NO CLASSES
Fri.	May   30	LAST MEETING - Day/Evening Classes
Sat.	May   31	LAST MEETING - Saturday Classes
Sun.	June   1	LAST MEETING - Sunday Classes
Mon.	June   2 –  Fri. June 6	FINAL EXAMINATIONS - Day & Evening Classes
Sat.	June   7	FINAL EXAMINATIONS - Saturday Classes
Sun.	June   8	FINAL EXAMINATIONS - Sunday Classes
Fri.	June  13	COMMENCEMENT