[Fall 2014 applicants??]

i made a mistake on one my applications for Fall 2014. On the actual application I wrote in Fall 2014 but on the SOP I wrote Spring 2014. Don't ask me why I did this.

 

But, I received an email from the school saying that my transcripts, application and SOP for Fall 2014 had arrived.  So I'm guessing they saw the mistake and thought nothing of it. Or realized it was a mistake. I'm wondering if I should email them and mention I made a mistake or just leave it be.

[Summer before MA - Lit and theory reading suggestions?]

Another thing to look at might be the online lecture courses from Yale and Cambridge. Yale's course is Introduction to Literary Theory with Paul Fry, and generally the lectures serve as good introductions to the major players in literary theory over the past 100 years or so. The Cambridge course is on Literary Criticism: Key Terms, and provides a good introduction to a more British style of criticism that many American students (including myself, I readily admit) aren't very familiar with. Both of these are available on Itunes U, and Yale's course is also available on the Open Yale website. These are also great for multitasking and for supplementing your reading. 

 

Is it just me or does Paul Fry sound like Barney Fife?

[reading list in preparation for MA in English Literature.]

I'm going to be applying to MA programs for next fall so I figured I better brush up on important texts.I'm leaning towards an American Literature concentration.

So , for those that are already doing graduate work in English I'd be curious to hear what texts you can recommend I start pouring over.I know this question is kind of vague since every program is different, but I figured I'd ask anyway.

So far I've been reading Harold Bloom's "The Western Canon." I've also been re-reading a lot of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, and Faulkner.