LIT3018:  Honors Seminar:  The Languages of Food:  Culture and Media
Spring 2025
Tentative Course Schedule
TR 2:00-3:15 GWC, Suite 530 Conf. Room

NOTE:  This schedule may change as needed.  Your presence in class ensures correct assignments

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE BY THE BEGINNING OF OUR CLASS MEETING TIME (2:00 PM)


WEEK 1     WEEK 2     WEEK 3     WEEK 4     WEEK 5     WEEK 6     WEEK 7

WEEK 8     WEEK 9     WEEK 10     WEEK 11     WEEK  12     WEEK 13     WEEK 14

WEEK 15      WEEK 16





WEEK 1

T 1/7           Course Introduction; What is a Seminar?  Freewrite:  What Does Food 
                     Communicate About Who We Are?

                    HOMEWORK (DUE 1/9):
  •           Read "It Is Food That Calls Us Home" by Ikebuchi and Ketchell (See week 1 
  •           folder in ulearn).
  •          Do Reader Response 1:  what do Ikebuchi and Ketchell teach us about the role
                  of food in cultural identity? Your post should be a minimum of 450 words and 
                  include a minimum of one quote. Submit to ulearn.

R  1/9         Discuss Ikebuchi and Ketchell

                    HOMEWORK (DUE 1/14):



WEEK 2
T 1/14       Review Fiction Terms and Discuss Little Things; Journal Entry

                  HOMEWORK (DUE 1/16):
  •         Read "A Bunch of Broccoli on the Third Shelf" (See Week 2 folder).
  •         Do Reader Response 2:  What is it that Nina wants and what might be keeping
                 her from that?  Is she the same person at the conclusion of the story that we met 
                 at the beginning? Has she changed in any way or has her perception changed? 
                This is an argument.  Support your positions with evidence from the text and 
                offer clear explanations of your claims.  Your response must be a minimum of 
               450 words and include a minimum of one quote.  Submit to ulearn.


R 1/16     Discuss "A Bunch of Broccoli on the Third Shelf; Journal Entry

                 HOMEWORK (DUE 1/21): 
  •        Read "Borscht" (see week 2 folder)
  •       Do Reader Response 3:  What is the central theme of this piece and what does the
                story teach the reader about that idea and about what it means to be human? 
                What role does food play in this message? This is an argument. Support your 
                positions with evidence from the text and offer clear explanations of your 
               claims. Your response must be a minimum of 450 words and include a minimum
               of one quote. Submit to ulearn.


WEEK 3

T 1/21    Discuss "Borscht"; Journal Entry

                HOMEWORK (DUE 1/23):
  •        Do Reader Response 4:  What does this poem communicate about desire? This is   an argument. Support your positions with evidence from the text 
                 and offer clear explanations of your claims. Your response must be a minimum
                 of 450 words and include a minimum of one quote. Submit to ulearn.


R 1/23     Review Elements of Poetry and Discuss "It Fell From a Tree"; Journal Entry


                  HOMEWORK (DUE 1/28):
  •         Do Reader Response 5:  What connections does the speaker of the poem make
                  between their own identity and geography (physical place), history, and this 
                  dish? This is an argument. Support your positions with evidence from the text 
                  and offer clear explanations of your claims. Your response must be a minimum
                  of 450 words and include a minimum of one quote. Submit to ulearn.


WEEK 4
T  1/28     Discuss "Eating Good in New Orleans"; Journal Entry

                  HOMEWORK (DUE 1/30):


R 1/30      Film Terms; Analyze Scene; Journal Entry
                     

                   HOMEWORK (DUE 2/4):
  •          Read instructions for Essay 1
  •          Watch Chocolat (Watch free with Amazon Prime Subscription, 2 hours)
  •          Do Reader Response 6:  How does the director of this film use camera shots, 
                   sound, lighting, and costume design to make connect chocolate to the idea of 
                   morality in the community? This is an argument. Support your positions with 
                   evidence from the text and offer clear explanations of your claims. Your 
                   response must be a minimum of 450 words and include a minimum of one 
                   quote. Submit to ulearn.
 

WEEK 5
T 2/4         Discuss Chocolat

                   HOMEWORK (DUE 2/6):
  •          No Homework



R 2/6         Invention Work for Essay 1 (See Week 5 folder)

                   HOMEWORK (DUE 2/11):
  •          Complete Claim and Subclaims and upload to Ulearn
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WEEK 6
T 2/11        Discuss Claim and Subclaims; Provide Feedback


                     HOMEWORK (DUE 2/13):
  •            First Draft of Essay 1 Due; Upload to ulearn and Submit to Tutor.com

R 2/13       First Draft of Essay 1 Due; Exchange for Peer Critique; Why Critique?


                    HOMEWORK (DUE 2/18):
  •            Complete Typed Peer Critique (both parts as explained in class) and upload to
​                      ulearn.
  •             Complete Tutor.com Report and Revision Plan (both parts as explained in 
​                      class) and upload to ulearn

WEEK 7
T 2/18           Share Critiques; Conferences

                       HOMEWORK (DUE 2/20):
  •               Continue to Revise Essay 1; submit revision to Tutor.com


R 2/20         Watch East Side Sushi (outside of class) 
                      Available on Kanopy (library database) and Amazon Prime

                       Homework (DUE 2/25):
  •              Final Draft of Essay 1 due with Reflection


​WEEK 8 
T 2/25         Final Draft of Essay 1 due with Reflection; Discuss East Side Sushi; in-class
                      journal entry

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 2/27):
  •            Read chapters 1 and 2 of Like Water for Chocolate, pp. 1-41
  •           Do Reader Response 7: Identify and important symbol in this section related
                    to food. What does it reveal about family, gender, identity, history, etc.? Why
                    do you think the author made use of it this way in this particular example? 
                    This is an argument. Support your positions with evidence from the text and 
                    offer clear explanations of your claims. Your response must be a minimum of
                    450 words and include a minimum of one quote. Submit to ulearn.

R 2/27        Discuss Like Water for Chocolate

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 3/1):  
  • ​            Read chapters 3 and 4 of Like Water for Chocolate, pp. 47-81
  •            Watch Soul Food ($3.79 on Amazon, 2 hours)



2/28-3/9   SPRING BREAK, NO CLASS​​


WEEK 9
T 3/11          Discuss Like Water for Chocolate

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 3/13):
  • ​            Read chapters 5 and 6 of Like Water for Chocolate, pp. 87-118
  •             Do Reader Response 8: Identify and important symbol in this section related
                      to food. What does it reveal about family, gender, identity, history, etc.? Why
                      do you think the author made use of it this way in this particular example?
                      This is an argument. Support your positions with evidence from the text and
                      offer clear explanations of your claims. Your response must be a minimum of
                      450 words and include a minimum of one quote. Submit to ulearn.


R 3/13         Discuss Like Water for Chocolate

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 3/18):
                     Read chapters 7 and 8, pp. 123-159



​WEEK 10
T 3/18         Discuss Like Water for Chocolate

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 3/20):
  •            Read chapters 9 and 10, pp. 165-203
  •           Read "Culinary Eros in Contemporary Hispanic Female Fiction:
                    From Kitchen Tales to Table Narratives" by Maite Zubiaurre (See week 10 
                     folder in ulearn)
  •            Do Reader Response 9: Identify and important symbol in this section related
                     to food. What does it reveal about family, gender, identity, history, etc.? Why
                     do you think the author made use of it this way in this particular example?
                     This is an argument. Support your positions with evidence from the text and
                     offer clear explanations of your claims. Your response must be a minimum of
                     450 words and include a minimum of one quote. Submit to ulearn.


R 3/20        Discuss Like Water for Chocolate

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 3/25)
  •            Read chapters 11 and 12, pp. 209-246
  •            Do Reader Response 10: Identify and important symbol in this section related
                    to food. What does it reveal about family, gender, identity, history, etc.? Why
                    do you think the author made use of it this way in this particular example?
                    This is an argument. Support your positions with evidence from the text and
                    offer clear explanations of your claims. Your response must be a minimum of
                   450 words and include a minimum of one quote. Submit to ulearn.

WEEK 11
T  3/25        NO IN-PERSON MEETING; Discuss Like Water for Chocolate in Ulearn;  
                      SEE WEEK 11 FOLDER; INITIAL POST DUE BY 11:59pm TODAY

                      HOMEWORK (DUE 3/27):
  •              Return to the discussion board for Like Water for Chocolate and respond 
                       to the posts of two other students
  •              Read "Kaidan," "The Starving Skeleton," "The Pirates,"  and "The Salty   
  •              Horse" in Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts



R 3/27         Discuss "Kaidan," "The Starving Skeleton," "The Pirates," and "The Salty 
                      Horse"

                      HOMEWORK (DUE 3/31):
  •             Read "Heads," "The Deep," "Boil in the Belly," "The Snow Woman," and "The 
                     Cow Head" in Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts.
  •            Think about potential essay topics for final paper comparing the use of food 
  •            as metaphor in two works we've examined this term. Must include outside 
  •            research.

​WEEK 12
T 3/31          Work on Annotated Bibliography (Library)

                      HOMEWORK (DUE 4/3):
  • ​             Work on first four annotations due 4/8

R 4/3            Work on Annotated Bibliography

                       HOMEWORK (DUE 4/8):
  •              Work on Annotated Bibliography 
  •               First Two Annotations Due


​WEEK 13
T 4/8            First Two Annotations due; Work on Final Two Annotations at Library

                      HOMEWORK (DUE 4/10):
  •            Final two annotations due; submit to ulearn
  •            Bring a Research Question on Thursday (the question you'd like for your      
                     paper to answer)



R 4/10        Final Four Annotations Due; Share Research Resources; Discuss Approaches 
                     and Research Questions

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 4/15):
  •            Claim and Subclaims due


WEEK 14
T 4/15         Claim and Subclaims Due; Feedback for Claim and Subclaims 

                     HOMEWORK (DUE 4/17):

  •            First Draft of Essay 2 due (must include in-text citations and works cited 
  •            page); Upload to ulearn and Tutor.com

R 4/17          First Draft of Essay 2 Due; Exchange for Peer Critique; Why Critique?


                      HOMEWORK (DUE 4/23):
  •              Complete Typed Peer Critique (both parts as explained in class) and upload 
                       to ulearn.
  •              Complete Tutor.com Report and Revision Plan (both parts as explained in   
                      class) and upload to ulearn
  •             Continue to Revise Essay 2   

​WEEK 15

T 4/22        Reading Day (Share Critiques via Email and Meet on Zoom to Discuss); LAST
                     DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A COURSE


                      HOMEWORK (DUE 4/30):
  •              Final Draft of Essay 2 by 3:30pm; submit one copy for group
  •              Everyone must submit individual reflection (2 pages) and grades group   
                       members; See specific instructions in week 16 folder of ulearn


​WEEK 16
 R 4/24        Final Draft of Essay 2 Due by 3:15pm; Individual Reflection Due