Reading and writing assignments are listed for the day they are due.

 

Module	Date	Assignments
Introductions	8/26	Writing: Introduce Yourself on the Blog
Close Reading	8/31	Reading: [Close reading review]
Same space, different places?	9/2	Listening: Grandmaster Flash, “New York, New York”; Frank Sinatra, “New York, New York (On the Town), Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, “Empire State Of Mind” Reading: [Introductory essay on Place/Space]
	9/9	Reading: Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle”
	9/14	Reading: Jean Baudrillard, “New York” (from America)
	9/21	Reading: Henry James, Washington Square
	9/23	Reading: Excerpts from Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (Chapter 4) Visiting: [Digital Exhibit]
	10/5	Reading: [Essay on New York representations at the turn of the century and slumming, possibly excerpt from Robert Dowling’s book?]
	10/7	Reading: Stephen Crane, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets (Part 1)
	10/12	Reading: Stephen Crane, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets (Part 2)
	10/19	Mid-term Examination
	10/21	Reading: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth  (Part 1)
	10/26	Reading: Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth  (Part 2)
	10/28
	11/2
	11/4	Reading: Scott F. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (Part 1)
	11/9	Reading: Scott F. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (Part 2)
	11/11	Essay Due
	11/16	Reading: Selected Langston Hughes Poems Watching: Isaac Julien, dir., Looking for Langston
	11/18
	11/23
	11/30
	12/2
Final Exam	12/7	Final exam due date