The following is a tentative schedule of assignments; any changes will be announced in class. Please note that quizzes cover the entire work. There will be NO make-up quizzes, but if you take all the quizzes, your lowest score will be dropped.
Th, Aug. 28 - Introduction
Tu, Sept. 2 - Introduction and Irving, "Rip Van Winkle" (online or on reserve) Th, Sept. 4 - Woolf, "Women and Fiction" (on reserve); "Shakespeare's Sister" in NALW: Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, 2nd ed., pp. 1338-48; and Rich, "When We Dead Awaken," NALW, pp. 1980-92. Tu, Sept. 9 - Freeman, "A New England Nun" and "The Revolt of Mother" (available both online and on reserve)Th, Sept. 11 - Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (in NALW, pp. 1130-44)Tu, Sept.16 - Brontë, Jane Eyre (in NALW) 
SIMPLEMINDED QUIZ #1!Th, Sept. 18 - Jane EyreTu, Sept. 23 - Jane EyreTh, Sept. 25 - Jane Eyre and Glaspell, "Trifles," in NALW, pp. 1351-60.Tu, Sept. 30 - Chopin, The Awakening (in NALW) SIMPLEMINDED QUIZ #2!Th, Oct. 2 - The Awakening
Tu, Oct. 7 - The AwakeningTh, Oct. 9 - Wharton, The House of Mirth SIMPLEMINDED QUIZ #3!Tu, Oct. 14 - The House of MirthTh, Oct. 16 - The House of MirthTu, Oct. 21 - MIDTERM EXAMINATION!Th, Oct. 23 - Discussion of Term Paper and Kingston, "No Name Woman," and Walker, "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens," in NALW, pp. 2239-47 and 2314-22.Tu, Oct. 28 - Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God SIMPLEMINDED QUIZ #4!Th, Oct. 30 - Their Eyes Were Watching GodTu, Nov. 4 - Their Eyes Were Watching GodTh, Nov. 6 - Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea SIMPLEMINDED QUIZ #5!Tu, Nov. 11 - Wide Sargasso SeaTh, Nov. 13 - Wide Sargasso SeaTu, Nov. 18 - Morrison, Sula (in NALW ) SIMPLEMINDED QUIZ #6!Th, Nov. 20 - Sula TERM PAPER DUE!! Tu, Nov. 25 - SulaTh, Nov. 27 - THANKSGIVINGTu, Dec. 2 - Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time SIMPLEMINDED QUIZ #7!Th, Dec. 4 - Woman on the Edge of Time
Tu, Dec. 9 - Woman on the Edge of TimeTh, Dec. 11 - FINAL EXAMReturn to Joan Korenman's home page 