Syllabus #1

American Literature 3312
Fall 1990

Professor John West
The University of Texas at El Paso

Text: Lauter et al., The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 2

Assignments:

Aug. 29

pp. 3-41; Introduction, Foote

Aug. 31

pp. 411-92; Davis, Alcott, Spofford

Sept. 3

Labor Day

Sept. 5

pp. 110-159; Jewett, Freeman

Sept. 7

pp. 194-214; Afro-American folktales

Sept. 10

pp. 214-243; Twain

Sept. 12

pp. 243-257, 429-431; Twain. NB: Balance of Huck Finn due 9/28

Sept. 14

pp. 431-455, 473-497; Cable, Chesnutt, Dunbar, Posey

Sept. 17

pp. 497-515, 530-542; Okison, Dunbar-Nelson, Howells

Sept. 19

pp. 548-590; James

Sept. 21

pp. 626-637, 652-688; Chopin, Bierce, Garland

Sept. 24

pp. 689-714, 722-725; Crane

Sept. 26

pp. 725-754, 760-773; London, Indian writing, Gilman

Sept. 28

Discussion on balance of Huck Finn

Oct. 1

Hour test on Huck Finn

Oct. 3

pp. 782-828; DuBois, corridos, Sinclair

Oct. 5

pp. 850-895; Washington, Cahan, Eaton

Oct. 8

pp. 901-931; Austin, Bonnin, Antin

Oct. 10

Hour test on all assigned work to date except Huck Finn

Oct. 12

pp. 933-972; Intro to Modern Period, Robinson

Oct. 15

pp. 972-1000, 1024-1033; Glasgow, Wharton

Oct. 17

pp. 1033-1088; Masters, Cather, Glaspell

Oct. 19

pp. 1088-1118, 1154-1162; Jeffers, Frost, Millay

Oct. 22

pp. 1118-1154; Anderson, Dreiser

Oct. 24

pp. 1163-1170, 1189-1195, 1205-1209, 1278-1281, 1286-1294, 1298-1305; Pound, Stein, Williams, Roberts, Doolittle, cummings, Eliot

Oct. 26

pp. 1225-1258, 1333-1349; O'Neill, Fitzgerald

Oct. 29

pp. 1349-1351, 1358-1366, 1387-1393, 1406-1422; Porter, Hemingway, Faulkner

Oct. 31

pp. 1456-1478, 1487-1492, 1510-1513, 1535-1545; Locke, Toomer, Hugues, Cullen, Hurston

Nov. 2

pp. 1553-1563, 1581-1586; Johnson, McKay, Lecture on Chicano poetry

Nov. 5

pp. 1587-1592, 1599-1609, 1616-1624; Dos Passos, Gold, Maltz

Nov. 7

pp. 1624-1655, 1668-1683; Hellman, Odets, Le Sueur, Warren, Ransom

Nov. 9

Hour test on all assigned work since last test

Nov. 12

pp. 1697-1711, 1728-1747; Steinbeck, Mourning Dove, Mathews

Nov. 14

pp. 1764-1796; Modern Period, Wright

Nov. 16

pp. 1796-1812, 1840-1854, 1935-1947; Welty, Bulosan, Ellison, O'Connor

Nov. 19

pp. 1957-1969, 2038-2064; King, Momaday, Mohr, Rivera

Nov. 21

pp. 2156-2174; Walker, Silko

Nov. 22-23

Thanksgiving Holidays

Nov. 26

pp. 2190-2201; Williams

Nov. 28

pp. 2201-2263; Hansberry

Nov. 30

pp. 2263-2280; Albee

Dec. 3

pp. 2280-2323; SAMPLE Roethke, Bishop, Bishop, Hayden, Berryman, Brooks

Dec. 5

pp. 2323-2376; SAMPLE Lowell, Ferlinghetti, Wilbur, Dickey, Evans, Levertov, Creeley

Dec. 7

Review of course

Dec. 11

Final Examination