3cr, Meeting at 10:50 -12:15 Tuesday & Thursday, Room FA153
Dr. Harold N. Hild, Professor of Interpretation and Chair
Office FA239; phone  x2936 (phone mail)

Office Hours: 10 on Tuesday and Thursday

 
 
The purpose of this class is to read, understand and interpret literature in its various forms. This end will be accomplished
through careful reading, analysis, discussion and performance of selected works of literature.
 
Texts: Lee and Gura, Oral Interpretation, 10th edition Houghton and Mifflin.
 
 
Grades: Your grade will be based on your participation in class, quizzes, assignments, attendance and performances. NOTA
BENE(note well) more than three unexcused absences will result in a lower grade Tardiness(more than ten minutes after role)
will count as an absence.  The breakdown is usually like this: 10%=quizzes
                                                                                            20%=participation
                                                                                            20%=assignments
                                                                                            40%=performances
                                                                                            10%=attendance/class notes
 
The ultimate structure of this class will depend largely upon you and your interests.  What you get out of this class will be
proportional to what you bring to this class. As King lear said, “Nothing will come from nothing, speak again.”
 
I will assume that you are here in this class because you want to be, your choice; and that you want to learn and you want to
think, question and articulate your concerns about life and the stuff that makes life livable (perhaps even meaningful).
 
Tentative schedule and time frames that may or may not change.  This depends on you and your progress toward
“enlightenment”.
 
 
 
Week#1 or thereabouts            Introductory activities
                                                “What is Literature and what is it for?”
 
Weeek#2                                 Analysis of selected poems
                                                Assignment #1 due (Dickinson)
 
Week#3                                   Cont. analysis of poems
                                                “What is performance?”
 
Week#4                                   More poems, more discussion
                                                Assignment #2 due—Neruda, Reed, and Kinnell
 
Week#5                                   Yet more poems, discussion
                                                “Textuality, Sexuality, and Metaphor”
 
Week#6                                   Still even more poems and more poems, poems po……
                                                “Cynicism and its role in a completely screwed up world”
 
Weeks#7,8,9.                          Student Performances
                                                “Human Sacrifice and its role in the post-modern world”
 
Week#10                                 Prose, pros and voice
 
Week #11                                Cont. prose works and review
 
Week#12                                 Classroom work on preparation for final performances
 
Week#13                                 Same as above
 
Week#14,15,16                       Final Performances and Critiques