American Ghosts and Other Hauntings
 Syllabus

Assignments due on:
 
Date
READING
WRITING
1 INTRODUCTION  
2 Create your Ghostly Web page SF (See Course Pack guidelines.)
3 Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" (on Reserve)  
4 Poe. "Ligeia" (on Reserve) SF (technique)
5 Hawthorne, "The Gray Champion (on Reserve)  
6 Hawthorne, House of Seven Gables SF (technique)
7 Hawthorne, House of Seven Gables  
8 Hawthorne, House of Seven Gables SF (technique)
9 Hawthorne, House of Seven Gables  
10 James, Turn of the Screw (1898) SF (technique)
24 James, Turn of the Screw   
26 James, Turn of the Screw  SF (theory)
29 James, Turn of the Screw  SF (critics)
1 James, Turn of the Screw   
James, Turn of the Screw 
3 Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (on Reserve)

Gaskel, "The Old Nurse’s Story" (on Reserve)

a) Quiz (comparison)
b) Submit a paragraph or two evaluating your performance thus far. What have you learned or done well? What you can do to improve?
6 Freeman, "Leulla Miller" & "The Lost Ghost" (on Reserve) Quiz (comparison)
8 Wharton, "The Lady’s Maid’s Bell" SF (technique)
10 Wharton, "The Eyes" & "Afterward"  
13 Wharton, "Kerfol" & "The Triumph of Night" SF (theory)
15 Project 2 CONFERENCES  
17 Fall break  
20 Wharton, "Miss Mary Pask" SF (critics)
22 Wharton, "Pomegranate Seed" & "All Souls" Quiz
24 Mulan (watch the movie) Project 2 due at the movie.
27 Kingston, The Woman Warrior (pages 1-53)  SF (technique)
29 Kingston, The Woman Warrior  
31 Kingston, The Woman Warrior (pages 55-160) SF (theory)
3 Kingston, The Woman Warrior (pages 163-209) SF (critics)
5 Kingston, The Woman Warrior  
Kingston, The Woman Warrior
7 Morrison (slides etc./ preview)  
10 Beloved (watch the movie) SF: Part 1 (you choose the approach)
Morrison, Beloved (1987) (Part 1)
12 Morrison, Beloved  
14 Morrison, Beloved (Part 2) SF: Part 2 (your choice)
17 Morrison, Beloved SF: Part 3 (your choice)
19 Morrison, Beloved (Part 3)  
Morrison, Beloved
Course Pull Together
Course Pull Together