Literary Nonfiction, Engl 3040, Fall 2004
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Last update: December 3, 2004
* Exam and writing assignment due dates will not change.  However, reading assignments and other announcements will be made as the semester progresses.  So watch this calendar for updates!
* ASME = The Best American Magazine Writing 2003, compiled by ASME.
* Andrews = Classic American Autobiographies, ed. by William L. Andrews.
* Larson = The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson
* Dykeman = The French Broad, by Wilma Dykeman

WEEK 1  (Aug 30, Sep 1, 3)  Weds: What is an "essay"?  Read "CHAPTER LV. OF SMELS AND ODORS," from Montaigne's Essays, Florio's translation (1603); print that essay and bring it to class.  Also read "Backlash Babies" in ASME p226 and "Lying in Wait" ASME p130.  Fri: "Three Girls" ASME p368; "Wild in the Parks" ASME p109.
WEEK 2  (Sep 8 and 10) Mon: Labor Day, no class. Weds: "The Boy Who Loved Transit" ASME p340; "The Most Dangerous Beauty" ASME p2.  Fri: "Lucky Jim" ASME p319.  Also read My Friend, My Hero: A Murderer by Jennifer Cunningham (Lit Nonfiction Fall 03), and Brief Candle by H (Writing: Teaching & Theory Fall 02).
WEEK 3  (Sep 13, 15, 17)  Mon: Draft of creative essay due, with copies for writing groups.  Also read and bring to class the following, from the writing center web site at the University of North Carolina:  Responding to Other Peoples' Writing; Response Worksheet.  Weds: "Home Alone" ASME p262; "U.S. Confidential" ASME 280.  Fri: Bring to class a text you might like to incorporate into your creative essay.
WEEK 4  (Sep 20, 22, 24)  Mon: Creative essay due.  Read Larson through page 205.  Weds: We continue discussing Larson.  Friday: Be sure to read the short essay on "Notes and Sources" in Larson, page 391-96.
WEEK 5  (Sep 27, 29, Oct 1)  Mon: Finish reading Larson.  Weds: Read the first 5 chapters of Dykeman.  Fri: Class was cancelled. (KOD 10/4/04).
WEEK 6  (Oct 4, 6, 8)  Mon: Review for exam 1.  Wednesday: Exam 1.
WEEK 7  (Oct 11, 13, 15) Mon: Frederick Douglass in Andrews (229-327).
WEEK 8  (Oct 20, 22)  Mon: Fall Break!  Weds: Mark Twain in Andrews (328-412).  Fri: Topic proposal due.
WEEK 9  (Oct 25, 27)  Mon: Zitkala-Sa in Andrews (413-62).  Weds: Bring DuBois book to class.  Fri, Oct 29: Class cancelled.
WEEK 10  (Nov 1, 3, 5) Mon: Read all of DuBois.  Fri:  Bring a book related to your academic essay.
WEEK 11  (Nov 8, 10)  Mon: Bring a book related to your academic essay.  Weds: Bring a text cited by the book you brought friday and monday.  Fri, Nov 12: Class cancelled.
WEEK 12  (Nov 15, 17, 19) Monday: Draft of academic essay due.  Weds and Fri: In-class screening, "The Fog of War," a documentary film by Errol Morris, 2003, running time 107 min.
WEEK 13  (Nov 22, 24)  Monday: Academic essay due.  Weds: Bring in the essay that you think is your best.  Fri, Nov 26: Thanksgiving holiday.
WEEK 14  (Nov 29, Dec 1, 3) Mon: "The Fifty-first State" 172-201; "In the Party of God" 76-107.
Weds: "Jolene: A Life" 381-409.  Presentations:   Lisa B., Melissa B., and Ginny T. on Eric Larsen.
Fri: "Death Isn't Fair" 294-317.  Presentations:  Rachael J., Audrey R., and Whitney T. on Pollitt.
WEEK 15  (Dec 6, 8, 10) Mon: "Terminal Ice" 204-25.  Presentations:  Amy on Pollitt; Alyson B., Jennifer B., Beth S., Allison T. and Matt, on Twain.
Weds: Read "Something Borrowed: Should a Charge of Plagiarism Ruin Your Life?" from New Yorker Nov 22, 2004: 40-49; and "Apocalypse (Almost) Now" by Nicholas D. Kristoff, NY Times Nov 24, 2004.  Presentations:  David B., Chris B. and Shelly Y. on DuBois.  Kayla B. on Dykeman.
Friday: Revision of your best essay due, on disk, to be posted on the web.  Please include a contributor's note in the electronic version of your essay.  Today, in class: review for exam 2.
    Final exam period: 8:30-10am, Weds Dec 15 (note that the exam starts at 8:30, NOT at 8)