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.
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January 19 |
Introduction |
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January 21 |
Steven Lynn, Texts and Contexts, Chapters 1-2 |
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Part One: The Scarlet Letter |
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January 24 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, "The Custom-House" |
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January 26 |
Hawthorne, Letters, pp. 220-230 |
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January 28 |
Hawthorne, Chapters I-VI |
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January 31 |
Charles Rykamp, "The New England Sources of The Scarlet Letter," pp. 291-303
Michael Colacurcio, "Footsteps of Ann Hutchinson," pp. 304-330 |
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February 2 |
Hawthorne, Chapters VII-XII |
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February 4 |
Reviews of The Scarlet Letter, pp. 237-273 |
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February 7 |
Hawthorne, Chapters XIII-XVIII |
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February 9 |
Hawthorne, Chapters XIX-XXIV
BRING WORKING DRAFT OF PASSAGE ANALYSIS TO CLASS FOR PEER-EDITING |
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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 |
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February 14 |
Stephen Railton, "The Address of The Scarlet Letter," pp. 481-500 |
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February 16 |
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
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February 18 |
Lynn, Chapter 3: New Criticism |
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M |
February 21 |
Sacvan Bercovitch, "The A-Politics of Ambiguity in The Scarlet Letter," pp. 576-597
PASSAGE ANALYSIS PAPER DUE IN CLASS |
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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 |
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February 25 |
Lynn, Chapter 4: Reader Response Criticism |
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Part Two: The Prelude |
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February 28 |
William Wordsworth, The Two-Part "Prelude" of 1799 |
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March 2 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book First
Responses to the 1805 Prelude by Coleridge, De Quincey, pp. 542-547 |
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March 4 |
Lynn, Chapter 5: Structuralism and Deconstruction |
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March 7 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Second
Reviews, pp. 547-564 |
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March 9 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Third
Jonathan Wordsworth, "The Two-Part Prelude of 1799," pp. 567-585 |
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March 11 |
Lynn, Chapter 6: Connecting the TextHistorical Criticism |
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March 14-18 |
Spring Break |
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March 21 |
M. H. Abrams, "The Design of The Prelude: Wordsworth's Long Journey Home," pp. 585-598 |
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March 23 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Fourth |
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March 25 |
Lynn, Chapter 7: Minding the WorkPsychological Criticism |
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M |
March 28 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Fifth |
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March 30 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Sixth |
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April 1 |
Lynn, Chapter 8: Gendering the TextFeminist Criticism, Postfeminism, and Queer Theory |
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M |
April 4 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Seventh |
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April 6 |
Geoffrey Hartman, "The Poet's Progress: Wordsworth and the Via Naturaliter Negativa," pp. 598-613 |
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April 8 |
Richard J. Onorato, "The Prelude: Metaphors of Beginning and Where They Lead," pp. 613-625 |
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April 11 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Eighth |
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April 13 |
William Empson, "Sense in The Prelude," pp. 625-642
PEER-EDIT ASSIGNMENT TWO |
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April 15 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Ninth |
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April 18 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Tenth |
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April 20 |
Herbert Lindenberger, "Images of Interaction in The Prelude," pp. 642-663 |
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April 22 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Eleventh
ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE IN CLASS |
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April 25 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Twelfth |
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April 27 |
W. B. Gallie, "Is The Prelude a Philosophical Poem?" pp. 663-678 |
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April 29 |
The Prelude of 1805, Book Thirteenth |
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May 2 |
Presentation Day |
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May 4 |
Presentation Day |
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May 6 |
Presentation Day |
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May 12 |
Final Exam, 2-3:55pm |