01.10.2011 Week 1 Beginnings to 1700
Norton, Literature to 1700, Introduction, 1-16.
D’haen en Bertens, 11-26.
“The Iroquois Creation Story”, 17-21.
Thomas Harriot A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, 37-42.
John Smith, The General History of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles, The Third Book, from “Chapter 2. What Happened till the First Supply”, 45-53.
William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Book One, Chapter IX, 58-61.
John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity”, 86-87.
Anne Bradstreet, “The Prologue”, 98-99.
------ “The Author to Her Book”, 106-107.
------ “Upon the Burning of Our House”, 109-10.
Edward Taylor, “Huswifery”, 142.
08.10.2011 Week 2 1700-1820: Revolution and the New Nation
Norton, American Literature 1700-1820, Introduction, 151-61.
D’haen en Bertens, 27-38.
Benjamin Franklin, “The Way to Wealth”, 220-226.
------ “Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America”, 226-230.
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, “What is an American”, 310-20.
Thomas Jefferson, from “The Declaration of Independence”, 340-46.
Philip Freneau, “The Indian Burying Ground”, 417-418.
15.10.2011 Week 3 1820-1865: ‘American Renaissance’: Irving & Poe
Norton, American Literature 1820-1865, Introduction, 431-450.
D’haen en Bertens, 38-48; 64-66.
Washington Irving, “Rip van Winkle”, 455-66.
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”, 675-78.
------ “Annabel Lee”, 678-79.
------ “The Purloined Letter”, 711-724.
------ “The Philosophy of Composition”, 724-732.
22.10.2011 Week 4 1820-1865: ‘American Renaissance’: The Transcendentalists
(Norton, American Literature 1820-1865, Introduction, 431-450.)
(D’haen en Bertens, 67-79.)
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The American Scholar”, 520-32.
------ “Self-Reliance”, 532-50.
------ “The Poet”, 550-565.
------ “Each and All”, 565-566.
------ “Brahma”, 569.
29.10.2011 Week 5 1820-1865: ‘American Renaissance’: Whitman
(Norton, American Literature 1820-1865, Introduction, 431-450.)
(D’haen en Bertens, 67-79.)
Henry David Thoreau, from Walden, or Life in the Woods, 844-920.
Walt Whitman, “Preface to Leaves of Grass”, 996-1010.
------ “Song of Myself (1881)”, 1011-1055.
------ “The Wound-Dresser”, 1069-1070.
------ “Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson”, 1077-1084.
05.11.2011 Week 6 1820-1865: ‘American Renaissance’: Hawthorne
(Norton, American Literature 1820-1865, Introduction, 431-450.)
D’haen en Bertens, 80-93.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”, 592-605.
------ “Young Goodman Brown”, 605-14.
------ “The Birth-Mark”, 631-643.
------ The Scarlett Letter, handouts.
12.11.2011 Week 7 1820-1865: ‘American Renaissance’: Melville
(Norton, American Literature 1820-1865, Introduction, 431-450.)
(D’haen en Bertens, 80-93.)
Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”, 1093-1118.
------ “Benito Cereno”, 1118-1174.
19.11.2011 Week 8 1820-1865: ‘American Renaissance’: Dickinson
(Norton, American Literature 1820-1865, Introduction, 431-450.)
D’haen en Bertens, 94-95.
Emily Dickinson, Poems, 1201-25.
26.11.2011 Week 9 Slavery, Race and the Making of American Literature
Norton, “Slavery, Race, and the Making of American Literature”, 748-64.
Phillis Wheatley, “On Being Brought From Africa to America”, 420-421.
------ “Thoughts on the Works of Providence”, 423-426.
Olaudah Equiano, from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Elaudah Equiano, 357-90.
Harriet Jacobs, from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 805-25.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 767-99.
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 924-88.
Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery, Chapter XIV, 1630-1638.
03.12.2011 Week 10 1865-1900: Realism and Naturalism: Twain
Norton, American Literature 1865-1914, Introduction, 1255-68.
D’haen en Bertens, 105-120.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1277-1463.
Additional secondary material. (TOLEDO)
10.12.2011 Week11 1865-1900: Realism and Naturalism: James
Norton, “Realism and Naturalism”, 1745-61.
D’haen en Bertens, 121-129.
Henry James, Daisy Miller, 1495-1532.
------ “The Real Thing”, 1532-1550.
------ “The Beast in the Jungle”, 1550-1579.
17.12.2011 Week 12 1865-1900: Realism and Naturalism: Chopin, Bierce, Crane
(Norton, American Literature 1865-1914, Introduction, 1255-68.)
Kate Chopin, “At the ‘Cadian Ball”, 1604-1611.
------ “The Storm”, 1611-1615.
Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, 1476-1482.
Stephen Crane, “The Blue Hotel”, 1779-95.