Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the class. I will announce any changes to this schedule should the need present itself.
| Part I. Realism and Naturalism |
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January 17 |
Introduction |
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January 18 |
Walt Whitman, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" |
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January 19 |
Emily Dickinson, Poems 49, 214, 216 (both versions) |
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January 23 |
Dickinson, 328, 547 |
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January 24 |
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Introduction-Chapter VIII |
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January 25 |
Twain, Chapters IX-XV |
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January 26 |
Twain, Chapters XVI-XVII |
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January 30 |
Twain, Chapters XVIII-XXII |
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January 31 |
Bring working draft of Assignment One to class for peer-editing. |
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February 1 |
Twain, Chapters XXIII-XXVIII |
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February 2 |
Twain, Chapters XXIX-XXXII |
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February 6 |
Twain, Chapters XXXIII-XXXVIII |
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February 7 |
Twain, Chapters XXXIX-end
Assignment One due. |
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February 8 |
Henry James, "The Beast in the Jungle" |
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February 9 |
James, continued
Kate Chopin, The Awakening, chs. I-VI |
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February 13 |
Chopin, chs VII-XII |
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February 14 |
Chopin, chs. XIII-XXIII |
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February 15 |
Chopin, chs. XXIV-end |
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February 16 |
Midterm Exam |
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February 20 |
Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery, pp. 746-760 |
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February 21 |
Washington, pp. 760-780 |
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February 22 |
W. E. B. DuBois, from The Souls of Black Folk, pp. 877-893 |
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February 23 |
DuBois, pp. 893-901 |
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| Part II. Modernism |
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February 27 |
Robert Frost, "Mending Wall" |
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February 28 |
Frost, "After Apple Picking" |
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March 1 |
Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man" |
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March 2 |
Wallace Stevens, "Sunday Morning" |
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March 6 |
Stevens, continued |
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March 7 |
William Faulkner, Light in August, chs. 1-2 |
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March 8 |
Faulkner, chs. 3-4 |
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March 9 |
Faulkner, chs. 5-6 |
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March 13-17 Spring Break |
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March 20 |
Faulkner, chs. 7-9 |
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March 21 |
Faulkner, chs. 10-11 |
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March 22 |
Faulkner, chs. 12-13 |
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March 23 |
Faulkner, chs. 14-15 |
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March 27 |
Faulkner, chs. 16-17 |
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March 28 |
Faulkner, chs. 18-19 |
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March 29 |
Faulkner, chs. 20-21 |
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March 30 |
Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "The Weary Blues" |
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April 3 |
William Carlos Williams, "The Young Housewife," "The Red Wheelbarrow" |
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| Part III. Literature after World War II |
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April 4 |
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, Scenes 1-2 |
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April 5 |
Williams, Scenes 3-4 |
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April 6 |
Williams, Scenes 5-8 |
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April 10 |
Williams, Scenes 9-11 |
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April 11 |
Flannery O'Connor, "Good Country People" |
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April 12 |
O'Connor, continued |
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April 13 |
Robert Hayden, "The Middle Passage" |
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April 17 |
Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour"
Elizabeth Bishop, "Armadillo" |
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April 18 |
Bishop, "In the Waiting Room" |
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April 19 |
N. Scott Momaday, from The Way to Rainy Mountain |
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April 20 |
Bring a draft of Assignment Two to class for peer editing. |
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April 24 |
Raymond Carver, "Cathedral" |
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April 25 |
Louise Erdrich, "Fleur" |
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April 26 |
Kent Haruf, Plainsong, pp. 1-47 |
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April 27 |
Haruf, pp. 48-99
Assignment Two due. |
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May 1 |
Haruf, pp. 100-151 |
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May 2 |
Haruf, pp. 152-199 |
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May 3 |
Haruf, pp. 200-246 |
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May 4 |
Haruf, pp. 247-end |
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May 9 |
Final Exam 8-9:50am |
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