SYLLABUS—ENGLISH 213

 

New England:  “The land was ours before we were the land’s.”

Jan.      14—Introduction to course

             16—Frost, “Gift Outright”; Simpson, “To the Western World,” 2827;

                        Smith, “A Description of New England,” p.61

             18—Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation, Chap. IX, p. 80;  Bradstreet,

            “Before the Birth of,” p. 99 & “Here Follows. . .,” p. 101; Taylor, “Meditation 8,”

            p. 166; “Huswifery,” p. 168

 

            21—no class; Martin Luther King Day                   (22nd—last day to add)

            23—Dickinson, #324, p. 1261; #435, p. 1263; #657, p. 1269; #1129, p. 1274; #1732, p. 1278       

            25—Emerson, from Nature, p. 487-9; “Prospects,” p. 509-13; “Concord Hymn,”  p. 584

 

            28—Emerson, “Self Reliance,” p. 537

            30—“Self Reliance,” cont’d

Feb.        1—Thoreau, from Walden, “Economy,” p. 602-622

 

               4—“Economy,” cont’d.

               6—Thoreau, “Conclusion,” 689; Oliver, “The Sun,” p. 2569; “When Death Comes,” p. 2570

               8—Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown,” p. 804              1st response due

 

              11—cummings,  “Cambridge Ladies,” 2121; “nexttoofcoursegod,” 2121;

                        Frost, “Mending Wall,” 1903; “Desert Places,” 1909; “Birches,” 1906

              13—TEST

            The South:  “The past is not dead; it’s not even past.”

              15—Jefferson, “Declaration of Independence,” p. 275; Douglass, from Narrative, 1027-33, 1056-7; “Appendix,” 1076-8

 

            18—Stowe, from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Chap. V, p. 966; Chesnutt, Diary,  1081

            20—Washington, Up From Slavery, Chap. III, p. 1764; Dunbar, “Frederick    

Douglass,” p. 1802; “We Wear the Mask,” 1804

22—Wright, from Black Boy, 2187; Welty,  “A Sweet Devouring,” 2190

 

25—Faulkner, “Barn Burning,” 2170

27—Reading Day

29—O’Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” 2434

 

March    3—Williams, Glass Menagerie, 2292

               5—cont’d                                                    WPE, 3 p.m. or 6 p.m.

                 7—cont’d

 

            10—King, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” 2483

            12—Walker, “Everyday Use,” 2634

            14—Reading Day                                                      2nd response due

 

            17-21—Spring Break, no class

 

            24—Mason, “Shiloh,” 2613

            26—TEST

To the Frontier:  “I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest.”

            28—Franklin, “Poor Richard Improved,” 1758                 (last day to drop)

 

            31—Irving, “Rip Van Winkle,” p. 367

April       2—Thorpe, “Big Bear of Arkansas,” 1009

               4—Twain, “Jumping Frog,” 1339; Chapter the Last from Huck Finn, 1521

 

              7—Seattle, “Our People,” p. 1326; Sa, from School Days, 1858

              9—Howells, “Editha,” 1528

            11—Crane, “Open Boat,” 1814

 

            14—Glaspell, “Trifles,” 1912

            16—Gilman, “Yellow Wallpaper,” 1735

            18—Hemingway, “Soldier’s Home,” 2218

 

            21—O’Brien, “The Things they Carried,” 2640

            23—Roethe, “My Papa’s Waltz,” 2272; Hayden, “Those Winter  Sundays,”       2340; Wright, “Autumn Begins in Martin’s Ferry,” 2469

25—Song, “Lost Sister,” 2710; “The Youngest Daughter,” 2712; Lee,  “Eating Together,” 2803                                                                     3rd response due

 

            28—Whitman, “There was a Child,” 1239; “I Hear America Singing,” 1166;

            Hughes, “I, Too,” 2226

            30—Make-up Day; no class IF you have not missed a test.

 

9a.m. MWF class Final Exam—Friday, May 2, 8-10 a.m.

10 a.m. MWF class Final Exam—Monday, May 5, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.