English 28 Major American Authors
 "A Conversation"
Course Schedule

January | February | March | April


 Jan.  7    Course Introduction
         9    Course Introduction, cont’d

         12    Hawthorne "Young Goodman Brown"
         14    Hawthorne "The Minister's Black Veil"
         16    Hawthorne "The Birth-mark"

         19    No Class—MLK Day
         21    Hawthorne "Ethan Brand"
         23    Hawthorne "The Artist of the Beautiful"
 
         26    Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin
         28    Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin
         30    Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin



 Feb. 2      Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin
         4      Stowe--last thoughts/Microtheme workshop
         6      Twain Huck Finn, Chapters 1-15

         9      Twain Huck Finn, Chapters 16-18/Microtheme #1 Due
         11    Twain Huck Finn, Chapters 19-conclusion
         13    Twain Huck Finn; also read "Why Study Critical Controversies," p. 1-15, and the introductory essay in Part Two, "The Controversy over the Ending: Did Mark Twain Sell Jim Down the River?" p. 279-283.

         16    Twain, cont'd.
         18    Critical Reports on Twain
         20    Chopin The Awakening

         23    Chopin The Awakening
         25    Chopin The Awakening
         27    Chopin The Awakening



Mar. 2      NO CLASS--WORK ON MICROTHEMES/MIDTERM/INDIVIDUAL
                 CONFERENCES
         4      Microtheme #2 Due/ Midterm Exam Review
         6      Midterm Exam

         9      Spring Break
        11     Spring Break
        13     Spring Break

         16    Whitman  “Song of Myself"
         18    Whitman  “Song of Myself"
         20    Whitman  “Song of Myself"

         23    Whitman, continued
         25    Whitman, continued
         27    Whitman--Civil War poems from "Drum-Taps" and "Memories of Pres. Lincoln"

         30    Dickinson



Apr.  1      Dickinson
         3      Dickinson

         6      Faulkner The Sound and the Fury
         8      Faulkner The Sound and the Fury
         10    No Class—Good Friday
 
         13    Faulkner The Sound and the Fury
         15    Faulkner The Sound and the Fury
         17    Faulkner The Sound and the Fury

         20    No Class--Use class time to see me or work on your papers!
         22    Morrison Beloved
         24    Morrison Beloved

         27    Morrison Beloved
         29    Last Day of Class--Morrison Beloved (last thoughts)/Final Papers Due



        COURSE FINAL EXAM:  Saturday, May 9  12 P.M.
                                                   Bring blue books! 

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