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. Page references in parentheses below refer to the Norton Anthology of American Literature, Tenth Edition, Volumes C, D, and E.
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January 16
Introduction
Module One: Realism and Naturalism (Volume C)
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January 21
Walt Whitman, "The Wound-Dresser," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" (74-80)
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January 23
Emily Dickinson, Poems 112, 124, 225, 359, 479, 598 (88-104)
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January 28
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chs. I-VI (138-158)
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January 30
Quiz on Whitman, Dickinson, and Twain
Twain, Chs. XVI-XIX (194-219)
Twain, Chs. XVI-XIX (194-219)
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February 4
Twain, Chs. XX-XXIII (219-238)
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February 6
Kate Chopin, The Awakening, Chs. I-IX (575-595)
Peer Editing of Passage Analysis Papers
Peer Editing of Passage Analysis Papers
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February 11
Chopin, Chs. X-XVII (595-615)
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February 13
Chopin, Chs. XVIII-XXVIII (615-640)
Passage Analysis Due
Passage Analysis Due
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February 18
Chopin, Chs. XXIX-XXXIX (640-665)
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February 20
Booker T. Washington, From Up from Slavery, Chs. I, II, and XIV (686-711)
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February 25
W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk, Forethought, Chs. I and III (932-948)
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February 27
Midterm Examination
Module Two: Modernism (Volume D)
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March 4
Robert Frost, "Mowing," "Mending Wall," "Home Burial," "The Wood-Pile" (242-253)
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March 6
Wallace Stevens, "Sunday Morning" (295-298)
March 10-14
Spring Break
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March 18
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Chs. I-II (659-678)
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March 20
Fitzgerald, Chs. III-V (678-708)
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March 25
Fitzgerald, Chs. VI-VII (708-733)
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March 27
Quiz on Frost, Stevens, Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, Chs. VIII-IX (733-751)
Fitzgerald, Chs. VIII-IX (733-751)
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April 1
Muriel Rukeyser, "The Dam" (931-933)
Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "The Weary Blues," "Madam and Her Madam," "Madam's Calling Cards," "Café: 3am," "Harlem" (946-956)
Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "The Weary Blues," "Madam and Her Madam," "Madam's Calling Cards," "Café: 3am," "Harlem" (946-956)
Module Three: Post-World-War-II Literature (Volume E)
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April 3
Elizabeth Bishop, "The Fish," "The Armadillo," "In the Waiting Room" (47-58)
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April 8
Robert Hayden, "Middle Passage" (136-140)
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April 10
Arthur Miller, The Death of a Salesman, Act One (195-225)
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April 15
Miller, Act Two, Requiem (225-258)
Quiz on Rukeyser, Hughes, Bishop, and Hayden
Quiz on Rukeyser, Hughes, Bishop, and Hayden
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April 17
Raymond Carver, "Cathedral" (738-749)
Peer-Editing of Literary Analysis Papers
Peer-Editing of Literary Analysis Papers
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April 22
August Wilson, Fences, Act 1 (837-854)
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April 24
Wilson, Act 2 (854-873)
Final Draft of Literary Analysis Due
Final Draft of Literary Analysis Due
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April 29
Alison Bechdel, from Fun Home (1043-1051)
Natasha Trethewey, "Native Guard" (1076-1080)
Natasha Trethewey, "Native Guard" (1076-1080)
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May 1
George Saunders, "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" (1029-1041)
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May 6
Final Exam, 2-3:50pm