English 2230 Schedule

Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 2230: American Literature I
Fall 2005 / Section 1
Tentative Schedule

Look for and think about these "topics/themes" as you read:

Growing Up and Coming of Age
Work and Labor
Love and Marriage
Reading, Writing, and Education

COLONIAL AMERICA and the AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT (Volume A)

M 8/22 -- A Brief Overview of American History, Literature, Topics, and Themes / Syllabus / Schedule / In-Class Writing

W 8/24 -- John Smith: Introduction (103-105); From the General History: From the Third Book & From the Fourth Book (105-114)

F 8/26 -- Anne Bradstreet: Introduction (238); The Author to Her Book (262); A Letter to Her Husband (264); In Reference to Her Children (265-267); Here Follows Some Verses (269-270)

M 8/29 -- Edward Taylor: Introduction (341); Prologue (343); The Preface (351-352); Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children (356-357); Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold (359-360)

W 8/31 -- Benjamin Franklin: Introduction (515-516); The Way to Wealth (516-522); The Autobiography: Editors' Note (538) and Part Two (583-599)

F 9/2 -- Samson Occom: Introduction (645-646); A Short Narrative of My Life (647-652)

M 9/5 -- NO CLASSES -- LABOR DAY

W 9/7 -- Olaudah Equiano: Introduction (747-748); From The Interesting Narrative (748-781)

F 9/9 -- Phillis Wheatley: Introduction (808-810); On Being Brought from Africa to America (810); To the University of Cambridge, in New England (813); On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield (814-815): To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works (818-819)

M 9/12 -- Judith Sargent Murray: Introduction (782-783); On the Equality of the Sexes (783-791)

W 9/14 -- John Adams & Abigail Adams: Introduction (682-683); Letters (683-698)

F 9/16 -- "Constitution Day" -- Class will meet in the Performing Arts Center from 1:30-3:00 p.m. There will be an hour-long special video-cast and a half-hour moderated discussion on the topic of the First Amendment and Free Speech. Attendance is required.

M 9/19 -- Susanna Rowson: Introduction (879-880); Charlotte: A Tale of Truth: Preface - Chapter XVII (880-913)

W 9/21 -- Susanna Rowson: Charlotte: A Tale of Truth: Chapter XVIII - XXXV (913-945)

F 9/23 -- Royall Tyler: Introduction (825-826); The Contrast: Prologue - Act First - Act Second (826-845)

M 9/26 -- Royall Tyler: The Contrast: Act Third - Act Fourth - Act Fifth (845-867)

W 9/28 -- "Visiting Writer Day" -- Class will meet in the Performing Arts Center from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Our visiting writer, Deborah Keenan, will read from her recent book of poems and discuss writing, reading, and literature. I will distribute a sample of her writing before this class meeting. Attendance is required.

F 9/30 -- Briefly Discuss Deborah Keenan Poems and Presentation / Discuss Writing Essay Exams / Review Day for Exam #1

M 10/3 -- EXAM #1

EARLY AMERICAN ROMANTICISM (Volume B)

W 10/5 -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead / Introduce Essay Assignment / Discuss Writing About Literature

F 10/7 -- Washington Irving: Introduction (978-980); Rip Van Winkle (980-992)

M 10/10 -- Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Introduction (1039-1040); Cacoethes Scribendi (1040-1050)

W 10/12 -- The Cherokee Memorials (1029-1039)

F 10/14 -- NO CLASS -- PROFESSOR AT A CONFERENCE

M 10/17 -- William Apess: Introduction (1078-1079); An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man (1079-1084)

W 10/19 -- Ralph Waldo Emerson: Introduction (1103-1106); The American Scholar (1135-1147)

F 10/21 -- NO CLASSES -- EDUCATION MINNESOTA BREAK

M 10/24 -- Henry David Thoreau: Introduction (1788-1792); Walden: Chapter 2 (1850-1859), Chapter 3 (1860-1866); Chapter 18 (1974-1982)

W 10/26 -- Nathaniel Hawthorne: Introduction (1247-1250); My Kinsman, Major Molineux (1250-1263)

F 10/28 -- NO CLASS -- PROFESSOR AT A CONFERENCE

M 10/31 -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Introduction (1476-1477); A Psalm of Life (1477-1478); The Fire of Drift-wood (1481-1482); My Lost Youth (1484-1486)

W 11/2 -- Edgar Allan Poe: Introduction (1507-1510); The Raven (1518-1521); Annabel Lee (1524)

F 11/4 -- Edgar Allan Poe: Ligeia (1525-1534)

M 11/7 -- EXAM #2

W 11/9 -- PEER REVIEW DAY -- FOUR (4) COPIES OF A COMPLETE FIRST DRAFT AND ATTENDANCE ARE REQUIRED

F 11/11 -- NO CLASSES -- VETERANS' DAY

LATER AMERICAN ROMANTICISM (Volume B)

M 11/14 -- Frederick Douglass: Introduction (2029-2032); Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter I - Chapter IX (2039-2065)

W 11/16 -- Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter X - Appendix (2065-2097)

F 11/18 -- Harriet Jacobs: Introduction (1757-1758); Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1759-1779)

M 11/21 -- ESSAY FINAL DRAFT DUE -- Margaret Fuller: Introduction (1618-1620); Unfinished Sketch of Youth (1654-1670)

W 11/23 -- Fanny Fern: Introduction (1746-1747); Male Criticism on Ladies’ Books (1748); Fresh Leaves, by Fanny Fern (1749-1750); A Law More Nice Than Just (1750-1751); Blackwell’s Island (1752-1757)

F 11/25 -- NO CLASSES -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

M 11/28 -- Herman Melville: Introduction (2287-2292); Bartleby, the Scrivener (2330-2355)

W 11/30 -- Rebecca Harding Davis: Introduction (2545-2547); Life in the Iron-Mills (2547-2573)

F 12/2 -- Walt Whitman: Introduction (2127-2131); Live Oak, with Moss -- II (2201); Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City (2208); Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (2189-2193)

M 12/5 -- Walt Whitman: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer (2219); A Noiseless Patient Spider (Handout); Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking (2212-2216)

W 12/7 -- Emily Dickinson: Introduction (2499-2503); Poems # ______________________________

F 12/9 -- Emily Dickinson: Poems # ______________________________

W 12/14 -- EXAM #3 (Scheduled Final Exam Time): 2:00-4:00 p.m.