Grading
Your grade in this course will be determined according to several criteria. There will be two essay-exams during the term. These will count 22% each (44% total); there will also be four multiple-choice reading exams, each worth 12.5% (50% total). The remainder of your grade will be taken from daily assignments/quizzes. The breakdown of the grade is as follows:

1. Two essays (600 words each), 22% each: 44%
2. Four multiple choice (scantron) exams, 12.5% each; 50%
3. Quizzes, Daily Grades: 6%

Attendance
You will be expected to attend class regularly and on time. You are allowed four absences. After four absences, your grade will be affected. If you miss more than six classes, you will receive an F in the course. University athletic or scholastic events constitute legitimate, excused absences. You must verify such absencew with documentation, however.

Late Work, Etc.
You will receive a zero for any quizzes you miss during the term. These may not be made up (but your bottom three or so grades will be dropped at the end of the semester). Exams may be made up under specific circumstances, in consultation with prof, but only with approval. You're expected to behave maturely during the class. Sleeping, newspaper reading, disruptive talking, and unannounced departures (except in cases of illness) will not be tolerated. You may be barred from class if your behavior warrants.

Texts
The text for the course is Fiction 100 (Pickering ed, 8th edition).

Disabilities
Students requiring particular provisions for disabilities are urged to contact Disabled Student Services (245-3451) within the first week of class.

Semester Schedule
Week 1
W Ag 30: Introduction, Policies
F S 1: Antecedents of the short story

Week 2
MS4: Labor Day
WS6: Irving, "Rip Van Winkle"
F S 8: Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"

Week 3
M S 11: Gogol, "The Overcoat"
W S 13: Poe, "Fall of the House of Usher"; Review of Twice Told Tales
F S 15: Melville, "Bartleby the Scrivener"

Week 4
M S 18: Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
W S 20: James, "The Real Thing"; excerpts from The Art of Fiction
F S 22: EXAM #1

Week 5
M S 25: Crane, "Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"
W S 27: Bierce, "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
F S 29: Jewett, "The White Heron"

Week 6
M O 2: Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Essay #1 assignment
W O 4: Conred, Heart of Darkness
F O 6: Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Essay #1 due

Week 7
M O 9: Chopin, "The Storm"; Chekhov, "Lady with a Dog"
W O 11: Mansfield, "The Fly"; Porter, "The Grave"
F O 13: Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants"; Joyce, "Araby"

Week 8
M O 16: Joyce, "The Dead"
W O 18: Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily"
F O 20: EXAM #2

Week 9
M O 23: Ellison, "King of the Bingo Game"
W O 25: Baldwin, "Sonny's Blues"
F O 27: Alice Walker (story to be named)

Week 10
M O 30: Singer, "Gimpel the Fool"
W N 1: Bellow, "Looking for Mr. Green"
F N 3: Malamud, "The Magic Barrel"

Week 11
M N 6: Welty, "Why I Live at the PO"; Essay #2 assignment
W N 8: O'Connor, "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
F N 10: Mason, "Shiloh"

Week 12
M N 13: Cheever, "The Country Husband"
W N 15: Updike, "A&P"
F N 17: Carver, "Cathedral"

Week 13
MN20: EXAM #3
W N 22: Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing"
F N 24: THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 14
M N 27: Cisneros, "Woman Hollering Creek" (handout)
W N 29: Silko, "Yellow Woman"
F D 1: Bass, "Antlers"

Week 15
M D 4: Marquez, "Old Man with Very Enormous Wings"
W D 6: Barthelme, "Flight of Pigeons from the Palace"; others
F D 8: to be announced

FINAL EXAM DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED