Engl 565-01: American Genre (Novel)

Fall Semester 2006

Reading Schedule

TTh 11:00-12:15, Grubbs 312

Instructor: Dr. K. Nichols

E-mail: knichols11@cox.net

Week One

08/22--Introduction; Computer Lab, Grubbs 101.

08/24--Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland, or the Transformation--read Chap. 1-9. Brown resources (online).

Week Two

08/29--Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland, or the Transformation--read Chap. 10-18.

08/31--Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland, or the Transformation--read Chap. 19-27.

Week Three

09/05--Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life among the Lowly--read Chap. 1-6. Stowe resources (online).

09/07--Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life among the Lowly--read Chap. 7-14.

Week Four

09/12--Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life among the Lowly--read Chap. 15-20.

09/14--Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life among the Lowly--read Chap. 21-32.
TAKE-HOME EXAM #1 ASSIGNED.

Week Five

09/19--Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life among the Lowly--read Chap. 33-end.

09/21--TAKE-HOME #1 EXAM DUE (no class).

Week Six

09/26--Nathanial Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter--read 1/3. Hawthorne resources (online).

09/28--Nathanial Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter--read 2/3.

Week Seven

10/03--Nathanial Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter--finish.

10/05--Kate Chopin, The Awakening--read 1/2. Chopin resources (online).

PAPER #1 ASSIGNED. Due: 10/17.

Week Eight

10/10--Kate Chopin, The Awakening--finish.

10/12--FALL BREAK (no class)

Week Nine

10/17--Henry James, The Aspern Papers--finish. James resources (online).

PAPER #1 DUE.

10/19--Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises--read 1/3. Hemingway resources (online).

Week Ten

10/24--Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises--read 2/3.

10/26--Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises--finish.
TAKE-HOME EXAM #2 ASSIGNED.

Week Eleven

10/31--TAKE-HOME #2 EXAM DUE (no class).

11/02--Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God--read 1/2. Hurston resources (online).

Week Twelve

11/07--Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God--finish.

11/09--William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying--read 1/3. Faulkner resources (online).

Week Thirteen

11/14--William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying--read 2/3.

11/16--William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying--finish.

Week Fourteen

11/21--Louise Erdrich, Tracks--read 1/3. Erdrich resources (online).

PAPER #2 ASSIGNED. Due: 11/30.

11/23--THANKSGIVING BREAK (no class).

Week Fifteen

11/28--Louise Erdrich, Tracks--read 2/3.

11/30--Louise Erdrich, Tracks--finish.
PAPER#2 DUE.

Week Sixteen

12/05--Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine--read 1/2. Mukherjee resources (online).

12/07--Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine--finish.
TAKE-HOME #3 EXAM ASSIGNED.

FINAL EXAM: Take-Home Exam #3 due Tuesday, December 12 (no class).