The following schedule is tentative and subject to change according to the demands of the course.
| January 17 | Introduction |
| January 19 | Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, xix-46 |
| January 22 | Twain, 46-91 |
| January 24 | Twain, 92-128 |
| January 26 | Twain, 128-171 |
| January 29 | Conclusion of Twain discussion |
| January 31 | Kate Chopin, The Awakening, ch. I-X |
| February 2 | Chopin, ch. XI-XVII |
| February 5 | Chopin, ch. XVIII-XXV |
| February 7 | Chopin, ch. XXVI-XXXIII |
| February 9 | Chopin, ch. XXXIV-XXXIX |
| February 12 | Chopin, conclusion WORKING DRAFT OF ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE FOR PEER EDITING |
| February 14 | Langston Hughes, "Afro-American Fragment" (3), "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (4), "Danse Africaine" (7), "October 16" (10), "Dream Variations" (14) |
| February 16 | Hughes, "The Weary Blues" (33), "Sylvester's Dying Bed" (38), "Wake" (39), "Early Evening Quarrel" (44), "Beale Street" (70), "Border Line" (81) |
| February 19 | "Strange Hurt"84), "Drum" (87), "Dream" (97), "Billie Holiday," (102), "Fantasy in Purple" (103), "What?" (108), "Gone Boy" (109), "Maybe" (111), "Trumpet Player" (114), "Life is Fine" (121), "Ballad of the Gypsy" (124) "Mama and Daughter" (132), "Delinquent" (133), "S-sss-sh!" (134) FINAL DRAFT OF ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE |
| February 21 | "Misery" (143), "Cross" (158), "Mulatto" (160), "Ku Klux" (163), "Ruby Brown" (166), "Uncle Tom" (168), "Porter" (169), "The South" (173), "One-Way Ticket" (177), "Migrant" (178), "Summer Evening" (180), "Graduation" (182), "To Be Somebody" (189), "Note on Commercial Theater" (190), "Puzzled" (191), "Who But the Lord?" (196), "Third Degree" (197) |
| February 23 | "Montage of a Dream Deferred" (the whole section of poems, pp. 221-272) |
| February 26 | "In Explanation of Our Times" (281), "Consider Me" (286), "Freedom's Plow" (291) |
| February 28 | Hughes, conclusion |
| March 2 | MID-TERM EXAMINATION |
| March 5 | Faulkner, Light in August, ch. 1 |
| March 7 | Faulkner, ch. 2-3 |
| March 9 | Faulkner, ch. 4-5 |
| March 12-March 16 Spring Break | |
| March 19 | Faulkner, ch. 6-11 |
| March 21 | Faulkner, ch. 12-13 |
| March 23 | Faulkner, ch. 14-15 |
| March 26 | Faulkner, ch. 16-17 |
| March 28 | Faulkner, ch. 18-19 |
| March 30 | Faulkner, ch. 20-21 |
| April 2 | Faulkner, concluding thoughts |
| April 4 | Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, pp. 1-27 |
| April 6 | Miller, 27-69 |
| April 9 | Miller, 70-98 |
| April 11 | Miller, 99-139 |
| April 13 | Miller, performance of the play |
| April 16 | Miller, performance and concluding thoughts |
| April 18 | Toni Morrison, Beloved, pp. 1-50 |
| April 20 | Morrison, pp. 51-85 |
| April 23 | Morrison, pp. 86-134 |
| April 25 | Morrison, 135-165, WORKING DRAFT OF ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE FOR PEER EDITING |
| April 27 | Morrison, 166-209 |
| April 30 | Morrison, 210-275 |
| May 2 | Morrison, concluding thoughts, FINAL DRAFT OF ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE |
| May 4 | Class Canceled |
| May 7 | FINAL EXAM AT 8:00AM |