| Return to Course Policies |
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| Week 1 |
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| 01/10 |
Introduction to
course, policies, etc. |
| Franklin, Autobiography, Part I |
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| Week 2 |
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| 1/15 |
Martin Luther
King Holiday - No
Classes |
| 1/17 |
Franklin, Autobiography, Part II |
| In-class reading: de
Tocqueville, "Democracy in America" (WebCT) |
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| Introduce Essay #1 | |
| Week 3 |
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| 1/22 |
Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a
Slave Girl |
| Presentation
#1 - Slave Narrative |
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| 1/24 |
Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl |
| Writing Workshop Day - Draft of Essay #1 Due | |
| Week 4 |
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| 1/29 |
Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter |
| Presentation
#2 -
Puritanism |
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| 1/31 |
Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter |
| Presentation #3 - Romance Mode | |
| Week 5 |
|
| 2/5 |
The Last of the Mohicans (Mann,
1992) |
| Essay #1
Due |
|
| 2/7 |
Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Presentation #4 - Realism | |
| Week 6 | |
| 2/12 |
Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (cont.) |
| 2/14 | Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(cont.) |
| Fiedler, "Good Good Girls and Good Bad Boys" (WebCT) |
| Week 7 |
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| 2/19 |
Whitman, "Song of Myself" (WebCT) |
| 2/21 |
Midterm Essay Exam |
| Week 8 |
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| 2/26 | Virgin Suicides (Coppola, 1999) |
| begin James, Daisy Miller | |
| 2/28 |
James, Daisy Miller |
| Thursday
March 1st = Last day to withdraw with a "W" |
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| Week 10 |
|
| 3/5 |
Jewett, "A White Heron"; Chopin, "At the 'Cadian Ball"; Crane, "The Open Boat" (WebCT) |
| Presentation #5 - Naturalism and Regionalism | |
| Introduce Essay #2 | |
| 3/7 | Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio |
| Week 11 |
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| 3/12 |
Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio |
| 3/14 |
Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
| Presentation #6 - Modernism | |
| March 19-24 | Spring Break |
| Week 12 |
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| 3/26 |
Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (cont.) |
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Writing Workshop Day - Draft of Essay #2 Due |
| 3/28 |
Honors Convocation - No Classes |
| Week 13 |
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| 4/02 |
Toomer, Cane |
| Essay #2
Due |
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| 4/04 |
Toomer, Cane |
| Presentation #7 - Harlem Renaissance | |
| Week 14 |
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| 4/09 |
Bamboozled (Lee, 2000) |
| 4/11 |
Morrison, The Bluest Eye |
| Week 15 |
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| 4/16 |
Morrison, The Bluest Eye |
| hooks, "Eating the Other" (WebCT) | |
| 4/18 |
Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 |
| Presentation
#8 -
Postmodernism |
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| Week 16 |
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| 4/23 |
Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 |
| 4/25 |
Last day of class -
Review for essay exam |
| Presentation
Portfolio Due |
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| 5/04 |
Exam:
11am -1 pm |