English 3906
Schedule
Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the demands of the class. I will announce changes to it in class when the need presents itself. Please note that Wednesday classes meet for twice as long as Monday and Friday classes.
| W | January 19 | Introduction |
| F | January 21 | Steven Lynn, Texts and Contexts, Chapters 1-2 |
| Part One: The Scarlet Letter | ||
| M | January 24 | Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, "The Custom-House" |
| W | January 26 | Hawthorne, Letters, pp. 220-230 |
| F | January 28 | Hawthorne, Chapters I-VI |
| M | January 31 | Charles Rykamp, "The New England Sources of The Scarlet Letter," pp. 291-303 Michael Colacurcio, "Footsteps of Ann Hutchinson," pp. 304-330 |
| W | February 2 | Hawthorne, Chapters VII-XII |
| F | February 4 | Reviews of The Scarlet Letter, pp. 237-273 |
| M | February 7 | Hawthorne, Chapters XIII-XVIII |
| W | February 9 | Hawthorne, Chapters XIX-XXIV BRING WORKING DRAFT OF PASSAGE ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING |
| F | February 11 | Laura Hanft Korobkin, "The Scarlet Letter of the Law: Hawthorne and Criminal Justice," pp. 426-451 Millicent Bell, "The Obliquity of Signs: The Scarlet Letter," pp. 451-463 |
| M | February 14 | Stephen Railton, "The Address of The Scarlet Letter," pp. 481-500 |
| W | February 16 | MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| F | February 18 | Lynn, Chapter 3: New Criticism |
| M | February 21 | Sacvan Bercovitch, "The A-Politics of Ambiguity in The Scarlet Letter," pp. 576-597 PASSAGE ANALYSIS PAPER DUE IN CLASS |
| W | February 23 | Nina Baym, "Revisiting Hawthorne's Feminism," pp. 541-558 Michael T. Gilmore, "Hawthorne and the Making of the Middle Class," pp. 597-614 |
| F | February 25 | Lynn, Chapter 4: Reader Response Criticism |
| Part Two: The Prelude | ||
| M | February 28 | William Wordsworth, The Two-Part "Prelude" of 1799 |
| W | March 2 | The Prelude of 1805, Book First Responses to the 1805 Prelude by Coleridge, De Quincey, pp. 542-547 |
| F | March 4 | Lynn, Chapter 5: Structuralism and Deconstruction |
| M | March 7 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Second Reviews, pp. 547-564 |
| W | March 9 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Third Jonathan Wordsworth, "The Two-Part Prelude of 1799," pp. 567-585 |
| F | March 11 | Lynn, Chapter 6: Connecting the Text—Historical Criticism |
| March 14-18 | Spring Break | |
| M | March 21 | M. H. Abrams, "The Design of The Prelude: Wordsworth's Long Journey Home," pp. 585-598 |
| W | March 23 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Fourth |
| F | March 25 | Lynn, Chapter 7: Minding the Work—Psychological Criticism |
| M | March 28 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Fifth |
| W | March 30 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Sixth |
| F | April 1 | Lynn, Chapter 8: Gendering the Text—Feminist Criticism, Postfeminism, and Queer Theory |
| M | April 4 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Seventh |
| W | April 6 | Geoffrey Hartman, "The Poet's Progress: Wordsworth and the Via Naturaliter Negativa," pp. 598-613 |
| F | April 8 | Richard J. Onorato, "The Prelude: Metaphors of Beginning and Where They Lead," pp. 613-625 |
| M | April 11 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Eighth |
| W | April 13 | William Empson, "Sense in The Prelude," pp. 625-642 PEER-EDIT ASSIGNMENT TWO |
| F | April 15 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Ninth |
| M | April 18 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Tenth |
| W | April 20 | Herbert Lindenberger, "Images of Interaction in The Prelude," pp. 642-663 |
| F | April 22 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Eleventh ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE IN CLASS |
| M | April 25 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Twelfth |
| W | April 27 | W. B. Gallie, "Is The Prelude a Philosophical Poem?" pp. 663-678 |
| F | April 29 | The Prelude of 1805, Book Thirteenth |
| M | May 2 | Presentation Day |
| W | May 4 | Presentation Day |
| F | May 6 | Presentation Day |
| Th | May 12 | Final Exam, 2-3:55pm |
26 January 2011