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Instructor: Ann Warren Office: NEA 273 Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9-9:30 am, and by appointment Phone: 310-233-4247 E-Mail: annw708@earthlink.net |
Course Schedule: Week 1 Course Schedule: Weeks 2-5 Course Schedule: Weeks 6-9 Course Schedule: Weeks 10-15 Course Schedule: Final Exam |
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 Feb. 9-14 INTRODUCTION Themes and issues in American Literature Writing About Literature Go to Lecture 1 No Discussion Questions due this week |
Check out the English 207 Message Board and introduce yourself to the class: |
| Week 2 Feb. 17-21 American Indian Literature Go to Lecture 2 Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: Read any 5 tales from the Native American section of the Internet Sacred Text Archive. |
| Week 3 Feb. 23-28 The Explorers and the Colonists Go to Lecture 3 Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: Extracts from the Diario of Christopher Columbus From The General History of Virginia by Captain John Smith The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson |
| Week 4 Mar. 2-7 The Puritans Go to Lecture 4 Go to Discussion Questions 3 |
Reading: From History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop |
| Week 5 Mar. 9-14 The Influence of The Puritans Go to Lecture 5 Go to Discussion Questions 4 |
Reading: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber |
| Week 6 Mar. 16-21 Witchcraft Go to Lecture 6 No Discussion Questions due this week  Paper 1 due
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Reading: Interactive Salem Witch Hunt The Crucible, by Arthur Miller |
| Week 7 Mar. 23-28 The Democratic Revolution Go to Lecture 7 Go to Discussion Questions 5 |
Reading: The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia: Religion by Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia: Manners by Thomas Jefferson |
| Week 8 Mar. 30-Apr. 4 Slavery Go to Lecture 8 Go to Discussion Questions 6 |
Reading: Choose any one of the following three narratives to read; read the entire work:
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| ***************SPRING BREAK APRIL 6-11**************** | |
| Week 9 Apr. 13-18 The American Gothic Go to Lecture 9 Go to Discussion Questions 7 |
Reading: "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Week 10 Apr. 20-25 Transcendentalism Go to Lecture 10 No Discussion Questions due this week Paper 2 due
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Reading: "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson "Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau |
| Week 11 Apr. 27-May 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne Go to Lecture 11 Go to Discussion Questions 8 |
Reading: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Week 12 May 4-9 Herman Melville Go to Lecture 12 Go to Discussion Questions 9 |
Reading: Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville |
| Week 13 May 11-16 Walt Whitman Go to Lecture 13 No Discussion Questions due this week Paper 3 due |
Reading: "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman |
| Week 14 May 18-23 Whitman in the 21st Century Go to Lecture 14 Go to Discussion Questions 10 |
Reading: Specimen Days, by Michael Cunningham |
| Week 15 May 26-30 CATCH YOUR BREATH Week | No reading assignment for this week |
| Week 16 FINAL EXAM Final Exam due |
The final exam is due on or before Tuesday, June 2nd, by midnight. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |