| Aug. 26 |
Introduction |
| Aug. 28, Sept. 2 |
Irving, "Rip Van Winkle," p. 980, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," p.
992 |
| Sept. 4 |
Cooper, (from) The Pioneers, Ch. 2 and 3, p. 1015 and 1023 |
| Sept. 9 |
In-class essay |
| Sept. 11 |
Introduction to Transcendentalism |
| Sept. 16 |
Emerson, Nature, p. 1106 |
| Sept. 18, 23 |
Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown," p. 1263, "The Minister's Black Veil,"
p. 1280, "Rappaccini's Daughter," p. 1313 |
| Sept. 25, 30 |
Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, p. 1333 |
| Oct. 2 |
In-class essay |
| Oct. 7, 14, 16 |
Poe, "Ligeia," p. 1525, "The Fall of the House of Usher," p. 1534,
"William Wilson," p. 1547, "The Purloined Letter", p. 1575, "The Imp of
the Perverse," p. 1588, "The Philosophy of Composition," p. 1597, "The
Raven," p. 1518 |
| Oct. 21 |
Stowe, (from) Uncle Tom's Cabin, Ch. VII, p. 1676 |
| Oct. 23 |
Jacobs, (from) Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, p. 1759 |
| Oct. 28 |
Thorpe, "The Big Bear of Arkansas," p. 1780 |
| Oct. 30, Nov. 4 |
Thoreau, (from) Walden, pp. 1807 - 1815, 1828 - 1844, 1974 -
1982, "Resistance to Civil Government," p. 1792 |
| Nov. 6 |
Douglass, (from) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,
p. 2062 - 2097 |
| Nov. 11 |
In-class essay |
| Nov. 13, 18 |
Melville, "Bartleby," p. 2330, "Benito Cereno," p. 2371 |
| Nov. 20 |
Melville, "Billy Budd," p. 2431 |
| Nov. 25 |
Whitman, (from) "Song of Myself," pp. 2232 - 2237, 2268 - 2274 |
| Dec. 2 |
In-class essay |
| Dec. 4 |
Last class |
Final Exam 8 a.m. class: Dec. 12 (10 - 11.50 a.m.)