"The Quest for Knowledge"
Fall 2003
ENGL 101A: MWF 9-9:50 (JH 110)
ENGL 101B: MWF 11-11:50 (JH 110)
dhavird@centenary.edu
Office: Jackson Hall 311, 869-5085
Office Hours: MTWTh 2-3
and by appointment
Updated 21 Nov. 2003
| Rhetoric I: The
First-Year Experience
"The Quest for Knowledge" Fall 2003 ENGL 101A: MWF 9-9:50 (JH 110) ENGL 101B: MWF 11-11:50 (JH 110) |
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David
Havird
dhavird@centenary.edu Office: Jackson Hall 311, 869-5085 Office Hours: MTWTh 2-3 and by appointment |
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Updated 21 Nov. 2003 |
| Week (Monday's date) | Assignment | Event (required events in bold) |
| Week 1
(25 August) |
Plato, The Republic, "The Allegory
of the Cave" (177-183) (M-W)
Homer, The Odyssey 1-2 (W) Odyssey 3-5 (F) |
President's Convocation, 11 AM, Tuesday, Brown Chapel |
| Week 2
(1 September) |
Odyssey 6-8 (M)
Odyssey 9-12 (W) O Brother, Where Art Thou? Odyssey 13-14 (F) Essay 1 (F) |
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| Week 3
(8 September) |
Odyssey 15-16 (M)
Odyssey 17-18 (W) Odyssey 19-20 (F) |
Filmmaker
Laura Dunn, 3-5 PM and 7-9 PM, Monday, Jackson Hall 304
Roundtable, 7 PM, Thursday, South Dining Hall |
| Week 4
(15 September) |
Odyssey 21-22 (M)
Odyssey 23-24 (W) Essay 2 (F) Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act 1 (F) |
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| Week 5
(22 September) |
Henry IV, Part 1, 2-3 (M)
Henry IV, Part 1, 4-5 (W) SSE Workshop (F) |
Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, 7 PM,
Kilpatrick Auditorium
Tickets available in 227 Hamilton Hall The Importance of Being Earnest (M) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (T) Henry IV, Part 1 (W) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Th) Henry IV, Part 1 (F) The Importance of Being Earnest (Sat) The Beauty Queen of Leenane, 8 PM, Th, F, Sat, Marjorie Lyons Playhouse |
| Week 6
(29 September) |
"Historical Background: Sir John Falstaff
and Sir John Oldcastle" and "Henry IV, Part 1: A Modern Perspective"
(235-257) (M)
Review 1 (W) Date changed to W, 8 Oct. London, The Call of the Wild (W-F) |
Hurley
Chamber Orchestra Concert, 8 PM, Monday, Anderson Auditorium
Dan Dyer on Jack London, 11:10, Tuesday, Kilpatrick Auditorium Lecture by Professor Steve Clark on Homer's meter, 5:25-6:40 PM, Wednesday, JH 304 The Beauty Queen of Leenane, 8 PM, Th, F, Sat; 2 PM, Sun, Marjorie Lyons Playhouse |
| Week 7
(6 October) |
The Call of the Wild (M-W)
Review 1 (W) London, "Nam-Bok The Unveracious" (F) "The Allegory of the Cave" (reprise) (F) |
Documentary Filmmaker Sam Green, The Weather Underground, 7 PM, Tuesday, 7 Oct., Carlile Auditorium, Mickle Hall |
| Week 8
(13 October) |
Fall Break | . |
| Week 9
(20 October) |
Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
(M-F)
Review 2 (F) |
Tres
Vidas, 7:30 PM, Wednesday, Anderson Auditorium, Hurley School of Music
(an event for review)
Roundtable, Their Eyes Were Watching God, 7:30 PM, Thursday, Kilpatrick Auditorium |
| Week 10
(27 October) |
Longley, Selected Poems (M-F) | Peter Busch, Villanova University, on "Liberal Education in the Democratic
Cave," 11:10 AM, Thursday, Kilpatrick Auditorium
Peter Busch, Discussion of Plato's "The Lovers," 3 PM, Friday, Symphony House (copies available in JH 307 and the Provost's Office) |
| Week 11
(3 November) |
Longley, Selected Poems (M-F) | Presentation
of the Corrington Award to Michael Longley, 7 PM, Tuesday, Kilpatrick Auditorium,
reception following
Roundtable with Michael Longley, "Michael Longley's Homer," 7 PM, Thursday, JH 304 |
| Week 12
(10 November) |
Essay 3 (M) Date
changed to F, 14 Nov.
Spiegelman, Maus I (M-F) Essay 3 (F) Note change of date! |
Rose Van Thyn, 7 PM, Thursday, Kilpatrick
Auditorium
Women Behind Bars, by Tom Eyen, Nov. 13, 14, 15, a comedy directed by Patric McWilliams, Marjorie Lyons Playhouse |
| Week 13
(17 November) |
Maus II (M-F) | Donna
Ferrato, Living with the Enemy, Turner Gallery
Donna Ferrato on Her Work, 7 PM, Tuesday, Kilpatrick Auditorium Women Behind Bars, by Tom Eyen, Nov. 20, 21, 22, 23, a comedy directed by Patric McWilliams, Marjorie Lyons Playhouse Lawrence Blum on Racism, 2-4 PM, Friday, Kilpatrick Auditorium |
| Week 14
(24 November) |
Essay 4 (4:30 M)
In an essay of approximately 750 words and at least five paragraphs, examine Art's observation in Maus that "in some ways [Vladek] didn't survive" the Holocaust (90) and that, as the therapist observes, Art is himself "the real survivor" (44). Before you plan out the essay and then again before you pronounce it done, review the criteria for evaluation on the syllabus. Thanksgiving Recess (W-F) |
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| Week 15
(1 December) |
Longley, Selected Poems (M-F) | . |
| Week 16
(8 December) |
Review 3 (M)
Review for Final Exam (M-W) |
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| Week 17
(15 December) |
Final Exam:
ENGL 101A (8-11 AM, Tuesday) ENGL 101B: (8-11 AM, Thursday) |
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