Western Carolina University
FALL 2016
Monday
Aug. 22
Class Intro
Aug. 26—
Sept. 2
Labor Day –No Classes
Sept. 9
Kerouac, Road 33-59
Sept. 16
Kerouac, Road 115-148
Sept. 23
Kerouac, Road 206-237
Sept. 30—All in PBR
Ginsberg, Bio 60
Ginsberg, “Howl”
On the obscenity trial:
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/113
218/howl-and-the-obscenity-trial
Oct. 7
Waldman, “Invocation”
Waldman, “Fast Speaking Woman”
Waldman, “Fast Speaking Woman and
the Dakini Principle”
Waldman, “Hag’s Heart”
Oct. 14 Fall Break No Classes
3/31/2016 8:42 AM
Wednesday Friday
Aug. 24 Aug. 26
Read in PBR Read, “The Best Minds of a Generation” in
PBR
Aug. 28—All in PBR Aug. 30---All in PBR
“Variations on a Generation” Kerouac, “Letter” 208
“The Best Minds of a Generation” Cassady, The First Third 212
“Enter Neal Cassady,” 187 Kerouac, Visions 220
Cassady, “Letter,” 190
Sept. 4 Sept. 6
Charters, “Intro” in On the Road Kerouac, Road 3-33
Kerouac, Bio 8 Assign Paper #1
Kerouac, “Essentials” 57
Kerouac, “Belief” 58
Whitman, “Song of Myself” (100 or so
lines)
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poe
ts/s_z/whitman/song.htm
Sept. 11 Sept. 13
Kerouac, Road 59-85 Kerouac, Road 85-115
Sept. 18 Sept. 20:
Kerouac, Road 149-178 Kerouac, Road 179-205
Sept. 25 Sept. 27
Kerouac, Road 237-275 Kerouac, Road finish
Paper #1 Due
Oct. 2—All in PBR Oct. 4—All in PBR
Ginsberg, “A Supermarket…” 71 Ginsberg, “America”
Ginsberg, “Sunflower Sutra” 72
Oct. 9 Oct. 11
Waldman, 45-100 Waldman, 101-27
Oct. 16 Fall Break No Classes Oct. 18 Fall Break No Classes
 Oct. 21-Last day for “W”; Oct. 23—All in PBR Oct. 25
Ginsberg, “Please Master” Prepare class discussion on politics, Class discussion
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/113 obscenity, and speech
218/howl-and-the-obscenity-trial

Teacher fired:
http://www.openculture.com/2015/06
/allen-ginsberg-reads-please-
master.html

Oct. 28—All in PBR; reaction to Oct. 30—All in PBR Nov. 1—All in PBR;
obscenity discussion due Burroughs, Naked Lunch 126 Cut Ups:
Burroughs, Bio102 http://www.remixthebook.com/the-
Burroughs, Junky 104 course/cut-ups

Burroughs,
http://www.ubu.com/papers/burroughs_gy
sin.html
Nov. 4—All in PBR Nov. 6—All in PBR Nov. 8—All in PBR; reaction to cut ups
Ferlinghetti, 245-63 Jones, 339-53 due
Whalen, 307-16 Kaufman, 327-38 Baraka, 339-354

Nov. 11—All in PBR Nov. 13 Nov. 15—All in PBR

DiPrima, 359-69 Cassady, Off the Road (selections on pdf McClure, 264-87
in BB) Corso, 171-85

Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Thanksgiving Nov. 22 Thanksgiving

Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest
Ginsburg, “First Party at Ken
Kesey’s”
(selections on pdf in BB)
Nov. 25: Prep Reading Nov. 27: Reading (no class) Nov. 29: Paper #2 Due
Discuss reading and final projects

Dec. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Last day of classes; reaction

to final projects due
Final Projects

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