English 255 Fall 2003 Syllabus/Schedule back

| Aug. 27, 29 | Sept. 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 | Oct. 1, 3, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29 |
| Nov. 3, 5, 11, 12, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26  | Dec. 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 18 |

Lectures: Monday & Wednesday at 1 p.m. in 100 Greg Hall
Lecturer: Professor Nina Baym (baymnina@uiuc.edu)
Discussion sections: Fridays, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Discussion leaders: Sarah Dennis, Michael Klozotsky, Andrew Moss, Mandy Westcott

Textbook: Norton Anthology of American Literature, Package 1 (Volumes A & B). All readings up through Murray & Morton, Sept. 24, are from Volume A; all readings from Irving and Sedgwick to the end of the semester are from Volume B.

COURSE CALENDAR AND LECTURE/READING SCHEDULE

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Wed. Aug. 27: getting started.  Course structure and expectations; New England and the Puritans.

Fri. Aug. 29: first discussion; read  John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity” (pp. 206-217) for this meeting.  

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Mon. Sept. 1: labor day, no class.

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Wed. Sept. 3: John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity”; William Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation, Book I, Ch. IX  through Book II, Ch. XXV (pp. 166-185).

 Mon. Sept. 8: Anne Bradstreet, 11 poems: “The Prologue” (pp. 239-40); “In Honor of … Queen Elizabeth” (pp. 247-251); “To the Memory of My Dear and Ever Honored Father” (pp. 251-253); “To Her Father with Some Verses” (p. 253) “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (p. 263); “A Letter to Her Husband” (p. 264); “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth” (pp. 267-268); “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Anne” (p. 268); “On My Dear Grandchild Simon” (p. 268); “Upon the Burning of Our House” (pp. 269-270); “As Weary Pilgrim” (p. 271).

Wed. Sept. 10: Benjamin Franklin, from the Autobiography (everything in Norton, pp. 538-610).

Mon. Sept. 15: Franklin (concluded); Thomas Paine, everything in Norton (pp. 706-724).

Wed. Sept. 17: Olaudah Equiano, from The Interesting Narrative of the Life, everything in Norton (pp. 748-781); Phillis Wheatley, all the poetry in Norton (pp. 810-820).

Mon. Sept. 22: Susannah Rowson, Charlotte (pp. 880-945). 

Wed. Sept. 24: Rowson (concluded); Judith Sargent Murray, from “On the Equality of the Sexes” (pp. 783-789—“Supplement” is not assigned); Sarah Wentworth Morton, "The African Chief" (pp. 869-870).

Mon. Sept. 29: Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” (pp. 980-992); Catharine Maria Sedgwick, “A Reminiscence of Federalism,” (pp. 1051-1071).

Wed. Oct. 1: James Fenimore Cooper, from The Pioneers (pp. 1015-1029); Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, from A New Home—Who’ll Follow? (pp. 1086-1093).

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*****Fri. Oct. 3: First paper due

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Mon. Oct. 6: Edgar Allan Poe, “Ligeia” (pp. 1525-1534), “The Fall of the House of Usher” (pp. 1534-1547), ”The Masque of the Red Death” (pp. 1567-1571), “The Tell-Tale Heart” (pp. 1572-1575), “The Raven” (pp. 1518-1521), “Ulalume” (pp. 1521-1523). 

Wed. Oct. 8: Edgar Allan Poe (concluded: “Israfel” (pp. 1511-1512),  “The Philosophy of Composition” (pp. 1597-1605), “The Poetic Principle” (pp. 1606-1607); “The Purloined Letter” (pp. 1575-1588 ).

Mon. Oct. 13: Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” (pp. 1263-1272), “The May-Pole of Merry-Mount” (pp. 1273-1280), “The Minister’s Black Veil” (pp. 1280-1289), “The Birth Mark” (pp. 1289-1300).

Wed. Oct. 15: Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Nature: “Introduction” (pp. 1106-1107); “Chapter I, Nature” (pp. 1107-1109); Chapter IV, “Language” (pp.1114-1118); from Chapter VIII, “Prospects” (pp. 1132 [“I shall therefore conclude”]-1134). 

Mon. Oct. 20: Ralph Waldo Emerson (concluded), “The Divinity School Address” (pp. 1148-1159), “Self-Reliance” (pp. 1160-1176), “The Poet” (pp. 1177-1191).  

Wed. Oct. 22: Margaret Fuller, three segments from “The Great Lawsuit: 1) from p. 1624 “It is worthy of remark….” through p. 1633 “makes smooth the path”; 2) from p. 1644 “Another sign of the time” through p. 1648 “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?”; 3) from p. 1651 “The especial genius of woman” to the end of the essay, p. 1654.

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****Fri. Oct 24: hour exam taken in  individual discussion sections

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Mon. Oct. 27:  Henry David Thoreau, from Walden: Chapter 1, “Economy” up to but not including the Carew poem  (pp. 1807-1849), Chapter 2, “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” (pp. 1850-1859).

Wed. Oct. 29: Henry David Thoreau (concluded),  from Walden: from Chapter 17, “Spring” (pp. 1969 [“Ere long…”] through end of chapter, p. 1974; Chapter 18, “Conclusion” (pp. 1974-1982); “Walking” (from pp. 1993 to “I am already acclimated,” p. 2004); “Slavery in Massachusetts” (pp. 1982-1992).

Mon. Nov. 3: Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life (pp. 2039-2092—the appendix is not assigned).

Wed. Nov. 5: Harriet Beecher Stowe, from Uncle Tom’s Cabin (pp. 1673-1746); Douglas, from My Bondage and My Freedom (pp. 2097-2108)

Mon. Nov. 10: Harriet Jacobs, from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (pp. 1759-1779); Louisa May Alcott, “Transcendental Wild Oats” (pp. 2575-2586).

Wed. Nov. 12: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapters I-XII (pp. 1358-1418—“The Custom-House” introduction is not assigned). 

Mon. Nov. 17: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (concluded) chapters XIII-XXIV (pp.1418-1474).

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****Fri. Nov. 21, Paper #2 due

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[Mon. Nov 24 & Wed Nov. 26: Thanksgiving break, no class]

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Mon. Dec. 1: Walt Whitman, from “Song of Myself” (1855 version) lines 1-825 (pp. 2147-2173), lines 1131-1176  (pp. 2183-2184), lines 1229-end of poem (pp. 2186-2189).

Wed. Dec. 3: Walt Whitman (concluded): “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (pp. 2189-2193), “When I Heard at the Close of Day” (pp. 2201-2202), “What think you…” (p. 2203),  “The Wound-Dresser” (pp. 2223-2224), “As I Lay with My Head in Your Lap Camerado” (p. 2225).

Mon. Dec. 8: Emily Dickinson: poems 49, 67, 130, 241, 258, 285, 287, 328, 465, 501, 822, 1732

Wed. Dec. 10: Emily Dickinson (concluded): poems 185, 249, 280, 314, 326, 341, 435, 547, 664, 986, 1397, 1593, 1624

Fri. Dec. 12: last meeting of course in discussion sessions.

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Thurs. Dec. 18: FINAL EXAMINATION, 1:30 – 4:30, in the lecture room

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