Grace and the Grotesque: Path 1 Calendar

Grace and the Grotesque
Calendar for Class Discussion & Exams (Path 1)

"Endure hardship as discipline . . . "
(Hebrews 12:7, NIV

find pre-class study questions by clicking
on the colored, horizontal bar above each day's readings

ADD: St John of the Cross's "The Dark Night of the Soul"
Be sure that students grow accustomed to counting words during in-class writing exercises

Date	Readings: Path 1	Details

R, 4-2	The Positive Negative [NO CLASS on T, Mar. 31 due to Cesar Chavez holiday] The Bible: Acts 4:32-37, 5:1-11, PDF Flannery O'Connor's letter to "A" (Betty Hester), Aug. 28, 1955 / 948-51, PDF Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Musical Instrument" (1860), PDF Robert Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" (1842), 89-92, PDF Salvador Dalí's Woman with a Head Full of Roses (1935)	course guidelines lecture & analysis slideshow PDF
S, 4-4	DUE by midnight: Impassioned Plea #1 / comment on Dr. M's "A.I. Ate My Homework, Then My Soul"

T, 4-7	Stumbling Blocks The Bible: I Corinthians, chps: 1:1 thru 2:16 video: Elements & Principles of Design and "Christ Crucified" (33 min.) [TYPO: I say "immaculate conception" when I should say "Virgin Birth"] The Bible: Matthew 26:47 - 28:10 The Bible: Luke 22:47 - 24:53 The Bible: John 18:1 - 20:31 Matthias Grünewald's The Crucifixion (1515) Salvador Dalí's The Spectre of Sex Appeal (1934) Salvador Dalí's Corpus Hypercubus (1954)	painting analysis sml grp discuss & report Elements of Design

R, 4-9	Fierce and Dreamy Both The Bible: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 video: artistic modalities w/ graphs (36 min.) video: Life Is Layered--Part 1: "Dirt, Digging, and Cultural Engagement" (16 min.) Flannery O'Connor's talk "The Teaching of Literature" (date unidentified) / PDF (print out & bring to class) Flannery O'Connor's "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" (1954), 197-209 Path 2 grps assigned	roundtable discussion; sml grp discuss & report
M, 4-13 thru S, 4-18	Groups discuss assigned Path 2 short story by Flannery O'Connor during expanded office hours; 30 min. per grp

T, 4-14	Not Your Own Hero The Bible: Matthew 16:24-26 The Bible: Philippians 4:4-9 The Bible: Romans 14:1-23 Flannery O'Connor's "The Church and the Fiction Writer" (1957), 807-12 Flannery O'Connor's "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction" (1960; 1965), 813-21 Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" (1955), 263-84	sml grp exercise

R, 4-16	Maximum Control [ASYNCHRONOUS CLASS] The Bible: Psalm 23 The Bible: Luke 12:24-34 watch lecture on Dalí, in pieces: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 video: Life Is Layered--Part 2: "The Sensuous Surface" (31 min.) Salvador Dalí's prose poem "St. Sebastian" (1927) Salvador Dalí's lecture "The Moral Position of Surrealism" (Mar. 22, 1930) Salvador Dalí's Apparatus and Hand (1927) Salvador Dalí's The Great Masturbator (1929) Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory (1931) *reference the Principles and Elements of Design handout . . .*	Dalí's bio / Part 1
M, 4-20	*REQUIRED SCREENING: Tommy Lee Jones's The Sunset Limited* (2011) at The Palm Theater in SLO / 7 p.m.**
T, 4-21	*DUE BEFORE TUESDAY CLASS: Impassioned Plea #2 / comment on Dr. M's intro. to The Sunset Limited* [coming soon]**

T, 4-21	Metaphor, Paradox, and Truth The Bible: Romans 5:1-8, The Bible: Mark 10:13-16 The Bible: Matthew 13:1-23 The Bible: I Corinthians 7:1-5 C. S. Lewis's The Problem of Pain, only chp. 4 ("Human Wickedness"), pgs. 30-38 at this PDF Dr. M's intro. to The Sunset Limited (2011), subscribe to my free, non-monetized channel Digging in the Dirt so you're instantly aware when this video drops Tommy Lee Jones's The Sunset Limited (2011), watch at The Palm the evening of Monday, April 20 / only look at the content warnings if you're okay with lots of spoilers! *film terms handout [students: print out and bring to class--this and all future PDFs]*	slideshow-directed, interactive lecture small group argumentation exercise

R, 4-23	The Way of Distortion The Bible: Mark 12:1-12 Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Lord Walter's Wife" (1862), PDF Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" (1834; 1836, 1842), PDF C. S. Lewis' "Transposition" (1940) / PDF The Bible: Genesis 4:1-16; 2 Samuel 11:1-12:25; Job 23 (all), 24 (all), & 31:1-22; Lamentations 3:16-40 Midterm Exam study guide	small grp exercise

T, 4-28	Rousing Arousal The Bible: Song of Songs, chps. 1-8 (entire book) CLOSED-BOOK MIDTERM (bring 100-qstn scantron & blue book); essay exam first (50 min.), objective exam second (20-25 min.)	roundtable discussion exam

R, 4-30	Eyes Wide Shut [guest writer: Jen Michel] The Bible: 1 John 1:1-9 Robert Browning's "Andrea del Sarto" (c.1853; 1855), PDF Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 1-3	slideshow-driven discussion

T, 5-5	Parabolic Drift The Bible: Luke 15:11-32 video: Flannery O'Connor's life video: Life Is Layered--Part 4: "Psychological Substance" (24 min.) Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 4-7	sml grp: argumentation exercise

R, 5-7	Out of Sight The Bible: Mark 8:22-25 The Bible: Acts 9:1-19 Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1952), chps. 8-14 (73 to end)	pairs: Mad Libs
M, 5-11	DUE by 9 a.m.: Impassioned Plea #3 / comment on Dr. M's intro. to your assigned Path 2 film at Digging in the Dirt

T, 5-12	Love & Marriage The Bible: Ephesians 5:21-33, James 3:3-10 video: the lives of EBB & RB video: Life Is Layered--Part 3: "Equality & the Disenfranchised" (26 min.) Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850), sonnets 7 & 30 / PDF Robert Browning's "Meeting at Night" (1845) and "Parting at Morning" (1845), PDF Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Romaunt of the Page" (1839), PDF [used w/ permission of one of the editors, Dr. Beverly Taylor] Robert Browning's "A Lover's Quarrel" (c.1853), PDF	slideshow-directed discussion

R, 5-14	The Evolution of Ecstasy The Bible: Ecclesiastes 1-2 video: Life Is Layered--Part 5: "Spiritual Substratum" (34 min.) Salvador Dalí's essay "Mystical Manifesto" (1951) Salvador Dalí's My Wife, Nude, Contemplating Her Own Flesh Becoming Stairs, Three Vertebrae of a Column, Sky and Architecture (1945) Salvador Dalí's The Madonna of Port Lligat (1950-51, 2nd version of the painting, not the 1949 version) Salvador Dalí's Christ of St. John of the Cross (1951) Salvador Dalí's The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory (1952-54) bring: the Principles and Elements of Design handout to class	slideshow-driven discussion
T, 5-19	*DUE BEFORE CLASS ON TUESDAY: Impassioned Plea #4 / comment on Dr. M's intro. video for Dogville* (2003) / details**

T, 5-19	Grace and Justice The Bible: Luke 13:5-9 The Bible: Matthew 18:21-35 Dr. M's intro. to Dogville Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003), watch on MUBI with 7-day free trial OR attend one of two weekend screenings at Dr. M's condo. Popcorn provided! C. S. Lewis's The Problem of Pain (1940), chp. 8, PDF	pairs: Mad Libs roundtable conversation

R, 5-21	Dark Like Blood pre-class video: Life of Lars von Trier Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003) C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part 1: chps 1-9 bring film terms handout	sml grp: argumentation exercise

T, 5-26	Graceful or Grotesque? Mercy, Justice, & Gender The Bible: Proverbs 31:10-31 Salvador Dalí's Paranonia (1935-36) Romance 101: "Shared Visions: More Dance Than Drill" Romance 101: "Future Forward" Salvador Dalí's Paranonia (1935-36) C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part 1: chps 10-14 bring to class a paper or electronic copy of Dr. M's comments on the Impassioned Pleas	sml grp: tableaux vivants & dry-erase drawings

R, 5-28	Veilings and Unveilings The Bible: I Corinthians 13:1-13 Romance 101: "Truth That Hurts Can Heal" Romance 101: "Can I Trust You to Protect Me?" C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part 1: chps. 15-21 and Part II: chps. 1-4	format: roundtable discussion

T, 6-2	Magical Freedoms The Bible: Genesis 1-3 pre-class video: the life of C. S. Lewis [includes notes about The Problem of Pain, all of which I assigned in an earlier course iteration] C. S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew (1955)	roundtable discussion small group exercise

R, 6-4	Everything Off Balance The Bible: Mark 12:28-34 and Matthew 10:32-39 Salvador Dalí's The Temptation of St. Anthony (1946) Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (1953), 137-53 Final Exam Study guide shared and discussed	discussion review session for final exam
	FINAL EXAM: MISCELLANEOUS REVIEW LECTURES [only review if assigned this quarter] RB's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (reading & explication) EBB's "The Romaunt of the Page" (walk-through reading) LvT's Dogville & film terms
Finals Week	FINAL EXAM: OPEN BOOK (Path 2 & select Path 1 texts) sec 01 (class: 7:10-9:00 a.m. / TR) / final: Tues., June 9, 7:10-10:00 a.m. sec 02 (class: 9:10-11:00 a.m. / TR) / final: Thurs., June 11, 10:10-1:00 p.m.

Thick purple lines decending and flowing. Behind and looking through is a face and several square shapes with lettering
Cubist Self-Portrait (1923)
oil on canvas
Salvador Dalí

Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu