Freshman Seminar: Contemporary American Fiction
English 115w, Sec - Spring, 1998
Jay Clayton, Vanderbilt University
Reading
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Daedalus Handbook
Jen Shelton and Karin Westman, Computer-Assisted
Writing Coordinators at Vanderbilt University,
have written a handbook for students using Daedalus
Integrated Writing Environment. For an online copy of this handbook,
click here.
Week 1 (January 8):
Week 2 (January 13-15):
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Tuesday: Sandra Cisneros, Woman Hollering Creek.
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Read the following three stories: "Barbie-Q," "Woman Hollering
Creek," and "Little Miracles, Kept Promises" (available in the Reserve
Room, Central Library).
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Microcomputer Lab, Garland 119 (introduction to Dedalus
Integrated Writing Environment - interchange)
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Wednesday night (7:45 p.m.) - Lion's Head Theater: Amistad.
(Anyone who would like a ride should speak with me after class on
Tuesday.)
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Thursday: discuss Amistad
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Bring to class a short paragraph outlining a question or
issue you would like to have discussed.
Week 3 (January 20-22):
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Tuesday: Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain
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For the paper topic on Sandra Cisneros, click here.
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Thursday: Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain
Week 4 (January 27-29):
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Tuesday: Microcomputer Lab, Garland 119 (response sequence)
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develop thesis for 1st paper
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Thursday: Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain
Week 5 (February 3-5):
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Tuesday: E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News
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draft of 1st paper due (5 pp.)
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Thursday: conferences
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Friday: conferences
Week 6 (February 10-12):
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Tuesday: E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News
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final version of 1st paper due (5 pp.)
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Thursday: E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News
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For paper topics on Charles Frazier's, Cold Mountain,
click here.
Week 7 (February 17-19):
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Tuesday: Microcomputer Lab, Garland 119 (peer review)
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draft of 2nd paper due (5 pp.)
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Thursday: (conferences)
Week 8 (February 24-26):
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Tuesday: Russell Banks, Rule of the Bone
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revision of 2nd paper due (5 pp.)
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Thursday: Film--The Sweet Hereafter
Spring Break (March 2-6)
Week 9 (March 10-12):
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Tuesday: Russell Banks, Rule of the Bone
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Thursday: Russell Banks, Rule of the Bone
Week 10 (March 17-19):
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Tuesday: Kaye Gibbons, Ellen Foster
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Thursday: Microcomputer Lab, Garland 119 (interchange and
pre-writing)
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For an online copy of the Daedalus Handbook, click here.
Week 11 (March 24-26):
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Tuesday: Kaye Gibbons, Ellen Foster
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For the paper topic on Proulx and Banks, click here.
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Thursday: Microcomputer Lab, Garland 119 (response sequence)
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draft of 3rd paper due (5 pp.)
Week 12 (March 31-April 2):
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Tuesday: (conferences)
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Thursday: (conferences)
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Friday, 4:00 p.m., Benson 312
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revision of 3rd paper due (5 pp.)
Week 13 (April 7-9):
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Tuesday: Charles Johnson, Middle Passage
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Thursday: Microcomputer Lab, Garland 119 (interchange and
pre-writing)
Week 14 (April 14-16):
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Tuesday: Charles Johnson, Middle Passage
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For the paper topics on Gibbons and Johnson, click here.
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Thursday: Charles Johnson, Middle Passage
Week 15 (April 21):
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