| January | Topics | Participation | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 1 T 1/19 |
Introduction to the Course | digital authorship (authority, language, subjectivity, and knowledge) | |
| R 1/21 | Roland Barthes, "The Death of the Author" and "From Work to Text" | ||
| WEEK 2 T 1/26 |
Michel Foucault, "What is an Author?" |
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| R 1/28 | Mikhail Bakhtin, "Discourse in the Novel" pages 259 to break on 324. | ||
| February | Topics | Participation | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 3 T 2/2 |
Bennett, The Author, Introduction, Chapters 1-2 | ||
| R 2/4 | Bennett, The Author, Chapters 3-4 | ||
| WEEK 4 T 2/9 |
Bennett, The Author, Chapters 5-6 | ||
| R 2/11 | Sydney Smith: "Who Reads an American Book?" (1820) Washington Irving: "The Author's Account of Himself," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "Stratford-on-Avon" and "Christmas" (1821) |
Washington Irving and American authorship (Maxwell) Literary Nationalism (Patrick)
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| WEEK 5 T 2/16 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The American Scholar" | Ralph Waldo Emerson and American authorship (Maxwell) The Lyceum Movement (Jes) |
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| R 2/18 | Edgar Allen Poe, "Philosophy of Composition," ""[Review:] Tale-Writing--Twice-Told Tales--Mosses from an Old Manse. By Nathaniel Hawthorne" (1842) | (One more week to arrange meeting about the seminar paper topic) Discussion Leader: Maxwell Edgar Allen Poe and American authorship (Beth) Scottish Common Sense Philosophy (and American authorship) (Andrew) |
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| WEEK 6 T 2/23 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Custom-House Sketch" and "Author's Preface to the Second Edition." | By Wednesday of this week, arrange to meet with me about your seminar paper topic Discussion Leader: Patrick American Romanticism and authorship (Katie) Nathaniel Hawthrone and American authorship (Beth) |
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| R 2/25 | Fanny Fern, Ruth Hall |
Discussion Leader: Laura Gender and authorship (Andrew) |
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| March | Topics | Participation | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 7 T 3/2 |
Fanny Fern, Rulth Hall | Discussion Leader: Cheryl Fanny Fern and American authorship (Laura) |
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| R 3/4 | Joan Hedrick's Harriet Beecher Stowe (selections) and Robert Forrest Wilson's Crusader in Crinoline (selections) | New England and national authorship (Willy) | |
| WEEK 8 T 3/9 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (including preface, 45-194) | Sentimental Fiction and authorship (Laura) |
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| R 3/11 | Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (195-337) | Discussion Leader: Jes The Beechers (Lyman, Harriet, Henry Ward) (Jes) |
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| WEEK 9 T 3/16 |
SPRING BREAK | ||
| R 3/18 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| WEEK 10 T 3/23 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (337-485) Discuss possible readings for 4/15 |
Discussion Leader:Sara Domesticity and authorship (Sara) |
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| R 3/25 | Frederick Douglass from Narrative of the Life (1845): Preface, Chapters 1, 2 6; from My Bondage and My Freedom (1855): Preface; from Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892): Preface. |
5-page prospectus, plan of research, and bibliography due by 2 p.m. tomorrow Discussion Leader: Willy Fredrick Douglass, Abolitionism, and Slave Narratives (Katie) |
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| F 3/26 | 5-page Prospectus, Plan of Research, and Bibliography for Research Essay due
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| WEEK 11 T 3/30 |
Wayne Booth, The Rhetoric of Fiction: C2, C3, C7, C8. | Wayne Booth and the rhetorical approach to literature (Daisy) | |
| R 3/31 | William Charvat, The Profession of Authorship in America: C3, C4, C6, C7 | The History of the Book approach and authorship (Cheryl) | |
| April | Topics | Participation | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 12 T 4/6 |
William Charvat: The Profession of Authorship in America: C10, C13, C14, C15 |
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R 4/8 |
Jane Tompkins, Sensational Designs: Intro, C1, C5, C7 | Discussion Leader: Katie New Historicism and American authorship (Daisy) |
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| WEEK 13 T 4/13 |
Nina Baym: Feminism and American Lit. Theory C1 (Melodramas of Beset Manhood), C6 Early Histories of American Literature; Baym's chapter 9 "Authors" from Novels, Readers, and Reviewers
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Discussion Leader: Daisy Feminist Literary Criticism (Willy) |
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| R 4/15 | Reynolds, David. "The Open Text: American Writers and Their Environment." Introduction. Beneath the American Renaissance | ||
| WEEK 14 T 4/20 |
Liu, Alan. “Digital Humanities and Academic Change" (handout) John Guillory, "Literary Study and the Modern System of the Disciplines" |
Disciplinarity, Canonicity, and Authorship (Cheryl) | |
| R 4/22 | Liu, Alan. “Digital Humanities and Academic Change" (handout) John Guillory, "Literary Study and the Modern System of the Disciplines |
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| WEEK 15 T 4/27 |
Kate Chopin, The Awakening 3 - 80, 81-139 | Discussion Leader: Beth The New Woman and American authorship (Sara) |
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| R 4/29 | Essays from edition of The Awakening | Discussion Leader: Andrew Regionalism and American authorship (Patrick) |
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| May | Topics | Participation | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 16 T 5/4 |
Essays from edition of The Awakening | ||
| R 5/6 | Conclusions |
Essay Due | |
| Finals Week |