Barnstable District Court
Submitted by George Albert (profile)

SYLLABUS: Late Spring 2004

CHANGING LIVES THROUGH LITERATURE
TRIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
CAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Spring 2004

Tuesdays: 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Prof. George S. Albert
P.O. Henry P. Burke
P.O. William McCormack
Judge Joseph Reardon

Seminar participants are required:
(1) to attend each of the seven sessions with book, pen, and paper
(2) to have read the text assigned by the dates noted below
(3) to have taken notes on each assignment
(4) to be prepared to take an open-book/open-notes quiz on each assignment before our discussion
(5) to contribute to the seminar discussion.

SYLLABUS

Tues. April 13
Introductions
Luke, "The Parable of the Prodigal Son," Chapter 15: verses 11-32.

Tues. April 20

Stories from The Hudson Book of Fiction: Thirty Stories Worth Reading.; Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado," pp. 11-16
John Updike, "A and P," pp. 211-216.

Tues. April 27 - Reading Week

Tues. May 4
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men (107 pages)

Tues. May 11

Willa Cather, "Paul's Case," pp. 42-57.
James Joyce, "Araby," pp. 58-62

Tues. May 18 - Reading Week

Tues. May 25
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Students are expected to purchase or borrow this book from a library: any edition is acceptable.

Tues. June 1
Zora Neale Hurston, "Sweat," pp. 128-136
Ernest Hemingway, "Hills Like White Elephants," pp. 149-152

Tues. June 8
William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily," pp. 160-167
Joyce Carol Oates, "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?" pp. 226-239

Tues. June 15
Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea (127 pages)