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Course Schedule


Palisades Park

Course: English 209–California Literature
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: NEA 273
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9-9:30 a.m., and by appointment
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net

Course Schedule: Week 1 Course Schedule: Weeks 2-5 Course Schedule: Weeks 6-9 Course Schedule: Weeks 10-15 Course Schedule: Final Exam

Course Schedule

Week 1 Sept. 2-7 INTRODUCTION
California Indian Beginnings
Go to Lecture 1
Go to Discussion Questions 1 		Reading: Yokut Creation Myth
Achomawi Creation Myth
Maidu Creation Myth
San Luiseno Creation Myth
Week 2 Sept. 8-14 EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST

Go to Lecture 2
Go to Discussion Questions 2		 Reading: “History About Calafia and
The Mythical Queen of California”
Crespi, “The Naming of Santa Ana and Los Angeles”; read through the August 3 entry
de la Perouse, A Visit to Carmel
Royce, A Frontier Lady
Brewer, “Los Angeles and Environs”; read through page 14
Week 3 Sept. 15-21 RISE OF A CALIFORNIA LITERATURE
Go to Lecture 3

Go to Discussion Questions 3		 Reading: Twain, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
Harte, “The Outcasts of Poker Flats”
Bierce, “Moxon’s Master”
Week 4 Sept. 22-28 RISE OF A CALIFORNIA LITERATURE
Go to Lecture 4
Go to Discussion Questions 4		 Reading: Baum, The Wizard of Oz

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 5 Sept. 29-Oct. 5 EARLY 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 5

  •            Paper 1 due
 Reading: Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 6 Oct. 6-12 EARLY 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 6
Go to Discussion Questions 5		 Reading: Fante, Ask the Dust

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 7 Oct. 13-19 EARLY 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 7
Go to Discussion Questions 6		 Reading: West, Day of the Locust

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 8 Oct. 20-26 LATE 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 8
Go to Discussion Questions 7

 Reading: Didion,

  • “The White Album,” 11 (from The White Album)
  • “Los Angeles Notebook”

and any one of the following from The White Album:

  • “James Pike, American” 51
  • >”Holy Water,” 59
  • “Many Mansions” 67
  • “The Getty,” 74
  • “Bureaucrats,” 79
  • “Quiet Days in Malibu,” 209
Week 9 Oct. 27-Nov. 2 LATE 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 9
No Discussion Questions due this time

 Reading: Boyle, Tortilla Curtain

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 10 Nov. 3-9 LATE 20C FICTION
No new lecture this time
Go to Discussion Questions 8 		Reading: Boyle, Tortilla Curtain

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 11 Nov. 10-16 LATE 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 10
No Discussion Questions due this time

  •            Paper 2 due
 Chin, Donald Duk

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 12 Nov. 17-23 LATE 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 11
Go to Discussion Questions 9 		Reading: Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 13 Nov. 24-26 LATE 20C FICTION
Go to Lecture 12		 Reading: Mosley, Devil in a Blue Dress

Note: This is a novel; you should read the whole thing.
Week 14 Dec. 1-7 MOVIE
No new lecture this time
Go to Discussion Questions 10

  •            Paper 3 due
 Watch Chinatown

Note: This is not required. But it’s a great classic movie about California, with amazing performances by Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and most of all, Jack Nicholson. If you haven’t seen it, it will be a real treat!
Week 15 Dec. 8-14 CATCH YOUR BREATH TIME No reading assignment for this week
Week 16 FINAL EXAM

  •            Final Exam due
 The final exam is due on or before Monday, December 15th.

No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately.



California, the department-store state. The most of everything and the best of nothing.
~ Raymond Chandler

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