SCHEDULE

"Introduction to the Profession" sessions are in black type, "Foundational Texts in 20th Century Theory," in blue

October 1: Cultures of Literary Study: Earlier Periods
Roland Greene
Karen Gross

October 2: Graff, Professing Literature
Concentrate on earlier periods (through Chapter 10 and read as much as possible of the rest)

October 8: Cultures of Literary Study: Later Periods
Alex Woloch
Joel Burges

October 9: Lukács, Theory of the Novel

October 15: Why Should One Study Literature?
Robert Polhemus
Patricia Roylance

October 16: Shklovsky, Theory of Prose (Chapters 1, 3, 4, 6, 7) Essays by Tynyanov and Jakobson in reader

October 22: Writing Academic Articles and Getting Them Published
Herbert Lindenberger
James Marino

October 23: Benjamin, Illuminations (pp. 69-109, 155-264)

October 29: Teaching Undergraduate Literature Courses and Preparing Syllabi
Denise Gigante
Jenn Fishman

October 30: Auerbach, Mimesis (Chapters 1-2, 5, 8, 11-16, 18-20, epilogue)

November 5: Presenting Oneself Orally
Doree Allen
Robin Valenza

November 6: TENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR PAPER DUE
Bakhtin, The Dialogic Imagination (pp. 3-83, 224-434)

November 12: Preparing Conference Papers and Participating in Conferences
Gavin Jones
Molly Schwartzburg

November 13: Foucault, Foucault Reader (pp. 76-120, 170-272, 292-372)

November 19: Planning and Proposing a Dissertation
Stephen Orgel
Hilary Edwards

November 20: Said, Orientalism

November 26: Preparing for Job Placement
Jennifer Summit
Brad Buchanan

November 27: Bourdieu, The Rules of Art (pp. 3-173, 285-312, 322-48), to be read together with Flaubert's Sentimental Education

Wednesday, December 5: Presentation of individual
prospectuses for papers, 6:15-10 p.m., at instructor's house, 901 Wing Place, Stanford

Friday, December 14: Paper due at noon in instructor's box

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