Syllabus
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| January | Th | 8 | INTRODUCTION | |
| T | 13 | BACKGROUND
to 1620
Columbus, 8-14 Native American Creation Stories, 52-67 |
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| TH | 15 | Smith
102-119
Disney, Pochantus (on reserve) |
Discussion Forum (DF) | |
| T | 20 | BACKGROUND: 1620-1820 | ||
| TH | 22 | Bradford,
Of
Plymouth Plantation, 129-159
Williams, 188-199 |
DF | |
| T | 27 | Bradstreet,
199-227
Rowlandson, 244-275 Knight, 355-362 |
DF | |
| TH | 29 | Edwards, Personal Narrative, 379-390; "Sinners in the Hands. . . " 412-424 | DF | |
| February | T | 3 | Franklin,
letters, 470-486
Franklin, Autobiography , 487-548 |
DF |
| TH | 5 | John
Adams, Letters, 681-705
Paine, 706, The Crisis, 714-719 Jefferson, 726-732 ("Dec. of Independence") |
DF | |
| T | 10 | Freneau,
poems, 797-99, 805-813
Wheatlley, poems, 814-826 |
DF | |
| TH | 12 | BACKGROUND
1820-1865
Introduction, 879-892. |
Notes and Queries Project Due | |
| T | 17 | Irving,
893-908
Bryant, 972-980 |
DF | |
| TH | 19 | Emerson,
989-993; "Self Reliance" 1045-62; journals (skim)
Thoreau, 1672-78, "Resistance to Civil Government" 1704-1719; |
DF | |
| T | 24 | Thoreau, Walden, 1719-1770. | DF | |
| Th | 26 | Poe, 1430-35, "Ligeia" 1453-62; "The Fall of the House of Usher" 1463-75; Letters, 1560-1567 | DF | |
| March | T | 3 | Hawthorne, 1169-73, "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" 1173-86; "Young Goodman Brown" 1198-1207 | DF |
| TH | 5 | Fuller,
1587-1597
Lincoln, 1568-1580 |
Letters Project Due | |
| T | 10 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| TH | 12 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| T | 17 | Stowe,
1605-1616
Jacobs, 1624-1645 |
DF | |
| TH | 19 | Whitman, 2027-2033, Song of Myself' 2048-2090; "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" 2108-2112; "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" 2119; from Drum Taps 2122-2126 | DF | |
| T | 24 | Dickinson, TBA | DF | |
| TH | 26 | BACKGROUND
1865-1914
Twain, Huckleberry Finn |
Periodical Project Due | |
| T | 31 | Twain, Huckleberry Finn | DF | |
| April | TH | 2 | Gilman,
"The Yellow Wallpaper"
Wharton, "Afterward" |
DF |
| T | 7 | Jewett,
"A White Heron"
Chopin, The Awakening |
DF | |
| TH | 9 | Chopin, The Awakening | DF | |
| T | 14 | BACKGROUND 1914-1945 | Popular Culture Project Due | |
| TH | 16 | Cather, My Antonia | DF | |
| T | 21 | Cather, My Antonia | DF | |
| TH | 23 | Hughes,
TBA
Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God |
DF | |
| T | 28 | Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God | DF | |
| TH | 30 | LAST
DAY OF CLASS
• Paper Presentations • Evaluations |
Final Project Due |