Schedule

1.12              Introductions

1.14              Syllabus, “My Kinsman Major Molineux,” What is American Literature?

1.16              The Tempest Acts I-II

1.19-23

M              MLK DAY—No Class

W               The Tempest Acts III-V

F              Selection from The Machine in the Garden, please see

http://www.utm.edu/staff/cbradshaw/Marx--Tempest.pdf

1.26-30

M                    Columbus 120-31, Cabeza de Vaca 141-52

W                    Thomas Harriott 239-46, Zuni Creation Story 22-35

F                    Seneca and Lakota stories 49-53, John Smith 258-69

2.2-6

M                    Bradford 326-42, Morton 303-06

W                    Group #1 Presentation, Bradford, Winthrop 309-16

F                    Bradstreet 402, 406, 409, Taylor 472-73, 478, 479 

2.9-13

M                   

W                    Mary Rowlandson, 440-67, Group #2 Presentation

F                    Mather 509-14, Trial of Mary Rowlandson

2.16-20

M                     John Locke 635, Jonathan Edwards 656-76

W                    Jonathan Edwards, Franklin 828-85

F                    Franklin (continued)

2.23-27

M                    Jefferson 999-1003, 1009-10, 1015, Wheatley 1247, 1249, 1252, Group #3 Presentation

W                     Crevecoeur 928-33, 934-41, Jefferson 1057-60, Federalist #10 1034-39

F                    Midterm

3.2-6

M                    Emerson “Nature” 1582-93, “The Poet” 1638-53

W                    Thoreau “Resistance to Civil Government” 1738-52

F                    Consultations—131M Humanities, Paper #1 Due

3.9-13                    Spring Break

3.16-20

M                    Poe “The Raven” 2539, “The Black Cat” 2495

W                    Poe “Tell-Tale Heart” 2492, Hawthorne “The Birthmark” 2276

F                    Hawthorne “Young Goodman Brown” 2258, Group #4 Presentation

3.23-27

M                    Moby Dick 3-132

W                    Moby Dick 133-212

F                    Moby Dick 213-312

3.30-4.3

M                    Moby Dick, 313-458, Group #5 Presentation

W                    Moby Dick 459-538

F                    Moby Dick 539-625

4.6-10                   

M                    Frederick Douglass 1882-1921

W                     Harriet Jacobs 2031-41, Stowe 2549-61

F                    Holiday

4.13-17

M                    Lincoln 2078, Whitman 3007, 3013-21, Paper #2 Due

W                    Whitman 2937-82, Group #6 Presentation

F                    Dickinson #s 49, 67, 241, 249, 258, 324, 435, 465, 650, 712, 1078, 1129, 1624

4.20-24

M                    Dickinson

W                    Poetry Recitation

F                    Poetry Recitation

4.27                    Last Day of Class; Review for Final Exam

Final Exam on Day and Time Scheduled by the University