ENG 235: American Narrative Nonfiction, Spring 2014, Jessica Jacobs Wk Day Date N.B. Be ready to discuss materials on the day on which they are listed. Introduction: Nature & Nonfiction 1 TH 1/23 Course Introduction What is Nonfiction (and Why Write It)? HOMEWORK: Essay of Self-Introduction (due to my Dropbox account by no later than midnight on Sunday, 1/26) 2 T 1/28 Ralph Waldo Emerson, excerpts from Nature HOMEWORK: Emersonian Essay (due to my Dropbox account by no later than midnight on Sunday, 2/2) Nature: In the AbstractâEssays & Poems TH 1/30 Barry Lopez âThe Hot Springâ John Sexton, âUntitled, Haibunâ Writing Workshop 3 T 2/4 Wendell Berry, âThe Unsettling of Americaâ and âThe Agrarian Standardâ Jack Gilbert âThe Forgotten Dialect of the Heartâ TH 2/6 Rebecca Solnit âRevolutionary Plotsâ Essay #1 Assignment Discussion of Berry essays (ice-day make-up), Solnit, Essay #1 Assignment Workshop: Brainstorming (if time allows) HOMEWORK: Essay 1 Proposal (due emailed to me by no later than midnight on Friday, 2/7) Nature: In Our Cities, On the Attack: Documentary & Personae Poems 4 T 2/11 Hurricane Katrina background information on the Course Readings page Watch In-Class: Spike Lee, from When the Levees Broke (in-class documentary film) Introduction to Patricia Smith TH 2/13 Patricia Smith, Blood Dazzler, (epigraph-through p. 23, âThe President Flies Overâ) Workshop: Organization 5 T 2/18 Patricia Smith, Blood Dazzler, (through pg. 24-61) TH 2/20 Patricia Smith, Blood Dazzler, (through pg. 62-77) Patricia Smith, âA Note of Apologyâ Patricia Smith, âAn Interviewâ 6 T 2/25 David Grann, The Lost City of Z, (through pg. 79) TH 2/27 NO CLASSâINSRUCTOR ATTENDING A CONFERENCE HOMEWORK: Email full draft of your essay to your Peer Review Partner at your agreed-upon time. Nature: Exploration (Exploitation?): New Journalism & Biography 7 T 3/4 Peer Review Workshop HOMEWORK: Complete First Draft of Essay #1 (due sent to my Dropbox account by midnight on Friday, 3/7) TH 3/6 David Grann, The Lost City of Z, (through pg. 257) Workshop: Revision 8 T 3/11 David Grann, The Lost City of Z, (through pg. 319, 327-329) Jack Gilbert, âFailing and Flyingâ Nature: As Background for Bildungsroman, Part I/Nonfiction: Biography TH 3/13 Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (through pg. 69) Anne Sexton, âTo a Friend Whose Work has Come to Triumphâ 9 T 3/18 Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (pg. 70 through pg. 132) Op-Ed on McCandless by an Alaskan Ranger TH 3/20 Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (pg. 133 through the end) Krakauer Addendum Stephen King âOn Revisionâ Writing Workshop: Proofreading/Introduction of Essay #2 Workshop: Brainstorming HOMEWORK: Final Draft of Essay #1 due to my Dropbox account by midnight, Friday, 3/21 10 T 3/25 NO CLASSâSPRING BREAK TH 3/27 NO CLASSâSPRING BREAK Nature: As Background for Bildungsroman, Part II/Nonfiction: Memoir 11 T 4/1 Cheryl Strayed, Wild (through pg. 75) HOMEWORK: Essay #2 proposal due emailed to me by no later than Wednesday at noon, 4/2 TH 4/3 Cheryl Strayed, âHeroin/eâ (article on coursesite) **Read it with an eye to comparing the article with the opening sections of Wild Workshop: Organization 12 T 4/8 Cheryl Strayed, Wild (through pg. 174) TH 4/10 Cheryl Strayed, Wild (through pg. 234) HOMEWORK: Email full draft of your essay to your Peer Review Partner at your agreed-upon time 13 T 4/15 Peer Review Workshop TH 4/17 Cheryl Strayed, Wild (through pg. 317) HOMEWORK: First Draft of Essay #2 due to my Dropbox account by midnight, Friday, 4/18 14 T 4/22 Essays/Poems TBD Conclusion: Nature & Nonfiction TH 4/24 NO CLASSâINDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES 15 T 4/29 NO CLASSâINDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES TH 5/1 Last Day of Class Workshop HOMEWORK: Final Draft of Essay #2 due to my Dropbox account by midnight, Monday, 5/5. Essay #1: Steps Along the Way Dates (deadlines in bold) Introduction of Assignment & Drafting of Proposal Brainstorming Events & Topics Thursday, 2/6 Essay Proposal Due emailed to me by no later than midnight on Friday, 2/7 Organization: Creating Outlines & Narrative Arcs Tuesday, 2/18 Peer Review Draft (complete draft of your essay) Email to Peer Review Partner at agreed-upon time, Sunday or Monday, 3/2 or 3/3 Peer Review Workshop Tuesday, 3/4 Revision Workshop Thursday, 3/6 Instructor Draft Due to my Dropbox account by midnight, Friday, 3/7 Proofreading Workshop Thursday, 3/20 Final Draft Due to my Dropbox account by midnight, Friday, 3/21 Essay #2: Steps Along the Way Dates (deadlines in bold) Introduction of Assignment & Drafting of Proposal Brainstorming Events & Topics Thursday, 3/20 Essay Proposal Due emailed to me before class on Tuesday, 4/1 Organization: Creating Outlines & Narrative Arcs Thursday, 4/3 Peer Review Draft (complete draft of your essay) Email to Peer Review Partner at agreed-upon time, Sunday or Monday, 4/13 or 4/14 Peer Review Workshop Tuesday, 4/15 Instructor Draft Due to my Dropbox account by midnight, Friday, 4/18 Individual Conferences Thursday, 4/24 Individual Conferences Tuesday, 4/29 Final Draft Due to my Dropbox account by midnight, Monday, 5/5