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Syllabus #7
English 253, 254, 255: Survey of American Literature
Professor Jim O'Neill
Course Description: English 253, 254, 255 consists of detailed study of the literature of the United States from colonial times to the present. Students will read, discuss, and write about representative writings of the period, aiming always to elucidate the intellectual, cultural, historical, and political values that inform the literature as well as paying attention to its literary and aesthetic structures. The course is designed to familiarize the reader with prominent American writers as well as salient features of American literary thought and expression. The three courses need not be taken in sequence.
Texts The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Vols 1 & 2 Paul Lauter et al, 1st edition (required)
A Short Guide to Writing About Literature S. Barnet (rec.)
ENGLISH 253
1 9/23 Introduction 3-21 Overview
9/25 Native American Trad. 22-26; 52-66; The Haida.Discovery 67-88; 99-106;131-33
9/27 European Settlement 146-59; Winthrop 188-90 & 204-10. Bradford 210-32 Bradstreet 256-60 & 272-76
2 9/30 Taylor 342-51; 361-70. Sewall 385-99. Rowlandson 317-24 & 334-42.
10/2 Mather 399-406. Colonial Period (1700-1800) 447-472. Knight 472--490.
10/4 Edwards 512-16 & 540-66.Vassa 694-712. Wheatley 712-23.
3 10/7 The Enlightenment 774-6. Franklin 776-881.
10/9 Franklin
10/11 Jefferson 957-70. Oral Tales 771-74. Federalists 1007Delgado 756
4 10/14 Crevecoeur 890-907. Paine 936-51. United Voices 1022
10/16 Freneau 1042-3;1061-68. Early Nineteenth Century 1179-1213. Irving 1238-39; 1248-80. Cooper 1280-1307. Douglass 1647-53; 97-1704. Hispanic Tales 1228-37
10/18 Emerson. "Nature" 1467-78. Chief Seattle 1769-72.
5 10/21 Emerson. "Self-reliance" 1511-28
10/23 Thoreau. "Resistance" & Walden 1964-91; 2008-16.
10/25 MIDTERM.
6 10/28 Poe 1322-5. Amontillado 1368. Usher 1344.
10/30 Poe. Tell-Tale Heart 1369. Purloined Letter 1372. Poems 1394-8; 1403, 1410, 1412.
11/1 Hawthorne. Young Goodman Brown 2082. Kinsman 2069.
7 11/4 Hawthorne. R's Daughter 2112. Birthmark 2101.
11/6 Scarlet Letter 2132
11/8 Scarlet Letter TP Topic due
8 11/11 VETERANS' DAY. HOLIDAY
11/13 CONFERENCE - SAN FRANCISCO
11/15 CONFERENCE - SAN FRANCISCO
9 11/18 Melville. Benito Cereno 2464. Bartleby 2405 TP due
11/20 Billy Budd 2523
11/22 Native American Poetry 2709-26. Bryant 2692-98. Whitman. Cradle 2793. Child 2786.
10 11/25 Whitman. Song of Myself 2727-78.
11/27 Whitman. 2804-06. Lilacs 2810. Fancy 2825.
11/28-29 THANKSGIVING
11 12/2 Dickinson. pps. 2846,49,50-3,56,60-1,65,68.
12/4 Dickinson. pps. 2871,74,76-80,82,85,88,90,97-2902.
12/6 Dickinson
12 12/11 FINAL: Weds, 1-3 PM, Sny 15.
ENGLISH 254
Texts: The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vols. 1&2 A Short Guide to Writing About Literature (recommended)
1 Jan 6 Introduction Transcendentalism Emerson 1499-1527
8 Native American Poetry 2709-26. Bryant 2692-98. Songs & Ballads 2671 (v. 1)
10 Whitman. Cradle 2793. Child 2786.
2 13 Whitman. Song of Myself 2727-78. F: Song of Myself
15 Whitman. 2804-06. Lilacs 2810. Issues 739-53 (v. 2)
17 Whitman. Fancy 2825
3 20 Dickinson. 2846,49,50-3,56,60-1,65,68. F: Slant of Light
22 Dickinson. 2871,74,76-80,82,85,88,90,97-2902.
24 Dickinson (con't.). Corridos 798-813
4 27 Late Nineteenth Century 2-33 (v. 2) Regionalism
29 Jewett. A White Heron 112 Realism African American Folktales 194-213
31 OCCHA - Eugene
5 Mar 3 Twain 214. Old Times 230-42. Du Bois 782-96 Washington 851-69 F: Huck Finn, Pt. 1
5 Huckleberry Finn 243
7 Huckleberry Finn
6 10 Huckleberry Finn F: Huck Finn, Pt. 3
12 REVIEW
14 MIDTERM
17 PRESIDENTS' DAY
19 Editha 533 V: Realism
21 Beast in the Jungle 597
8 24 Daisy Miller 551 F: Henry James
26 CAREER SKILLS DAY
28 A Respectable Woman 632; The Storm 648
9 Mar 2 Story of an Hour V: Story
4 Chickamauga 654; Eaton 884-900
6 To Build a Fire 727; Bonnin 910-23 Naturalism
10 9 The Open Boat 697; Antin 923-31 F: Crane
11 Yellow Sky 714; Poems 722-25
13 REVIEW
ENGLISH 255 Texts: The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol 2 Writing About Literature, Sylvan Barnet (recommended) Shakespeare. All's Well. Synge. Playboy of W. World
1 3/30 Introduction
4/1 Robinson 962-71. Frost 1101-15.
4/3 Frost Film
4/6 Masters 1033-36. H.D. 1278-83. Jeffers 1088-99
4/8 cummings 1291-98. Williams 1207-14.
4/10 Pound 1164-79;1184. Babylon Revisited 1335 3 4/13 T.S. Eliot 1301-05; 1312-25. Moore 1372; Video
4/15 Stevens 1993-1405 1379-80 Video
4/17 Millay 1154-62. Roman Fever 1024
4 4/20 Harlem Renaissance Sampler 1456-1586. Hart Crane 1439-44. Death in the Woods 1119 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall 1352 Film
4/22-24 BANDON CONFERENCE
5 4/27 MIDTERM
4/29 Mourning Dove 1728; Chinese Immigrant Poetry 1755 East Meets West 1748. Poetry Sampler 2280-2453 Video
5/1 Barn Burning 1410. America and I 1690 Film
6 5/4 Majestic Kid (Discussion). Hills 1390
5/6 Majestic Kid. Class meets 8PM in UCC Stage Center
5/8 Soul of A Landlord 1599. Almost A Man 1788 Film
7 5/11 Mr. Green 1857. USA 1588 A Good Man is Hard to Find 1937
5/13 Invisible Man 1845. Morales 2175
5/15 Separating 2008. Sonny's Blues 1913
8 5/18 All's Well. FS
5/20 All's Well. Playboy of Western World
5/21 & 22 ASHLAND FIELD TRIP
9 5/25 MEMORIAL DAY
5/27 The Sky is Gray 2018 Film Where Are You Going 2074.
5/29 Lot 49 2066. Shiloh 2116.
10 6/1 The School 1980; Separating 2008. Winter in the Blood 2126
6/3 Contemporary Poetry Sampler 2455-2590 Video
6/5 Contemporary Poetry Sampler Video
Final: Monday, June 8 |
