English 2230 Schedule - Fall 2006

Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 2230: American Literature I
Fall 2006 / Section 1
Tentative Schedule -- Revision #1

COLONIAL AMERICA and the AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT (Volume A)

M 9/11 -- Skim the 1st half of "Literature to 1700" (3-11) and read carefully the 2nd half of "Literature to 1700" (12-18)

W 9/13 -- Anne Bradstreet: Introduction (238); To Her Father with Some Verses (253); The Author to Her Book (262); A Letter to Her Husband (264)

F 9/15 -- Anne Bradstreet: In Reference to Her Children (265-267); In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet (267-268); Here Follows Some Verses (269-270)

M 9/18 -- 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 9/18 -- Read carefully all of "American Literature 1700-1820" (425-435)

F 9/22 -- Benjamin Franklin: Introduction (515-516); The Way to Wealth (516-522); The Autobiography: Editors' Note (538) and Part Two (583-599)

M 9/25 -- Samson Occom: Introduction (645-646); A Short Narrative of My Life (647-652)

W 9/27 -- "Visiting Writer Day" -- Class will meet in the Performing Arts Center from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Our visiting writer, Jane Hamilton, will read from her novel and discuss writing, reading, and literature. Attendance is required.

F 9/29 -- Olaudah Equiano: Introduction (747-748); From The Interesting Narrative (748-781)

M 10/2 -- 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)

W 10/4 -- John Adams & Abigail Adams: Introduction (682-683); Letters (683-698)

F 10/6 -- Susanna Rowson: Introduction (879-880); Charlotte: A Tale of Truth: Preface - Chapter XVII (880-913)

M 10/9 -- Susanna Rowson: Charlotte: A Tale of Truth: Chapter XVIII - XXXV (913-945)

W 10/11 -- Royall Tyler: Introduction (825-826); The Contrast: Prologue - Act First - Act Second (826-845)

F 10/13 -- Royall Tyler: The Contrast: Act Third - Act Fourth - Act Fifth (845-867)

M 10/16 -- EXAM #2

EARLY AMERICAN ROMANTICISM (Volume B)

W 10/18 -- Read carefully all of "American Literature 1820-1865" (957-977)

F 10/20 -- NO CLASSES -- EDUCATION MINNESOTA BREAK

M 10/23 -- Washington Irving: Introduction (978-980); Rip Van Winkle (980-992)

W 10/25 -- Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Introduction (1039-1040); Cacoethes Scribendi (1040-1050)

F 10/27 -- Nathaniel Hawthorne: Introduction (1247-1250); My Kinsman, Major Molineux (1250-1263)

M 10/30 -- PEER REVIEW DAY -- FOUR (4) COPIES OF A COMPLETE FIRST DRAFT AND ATTENDANCE ARE REQUIRED

W 11/1 -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Introduction (1476-1477); A Psalm of Life (1477-1478); The Fire of Drift-wood (1481-1482); My Lost Youth (1484-1486)

F 11/3 -- Edgar Allan Poe: Introduction (1507-1510); The Raven (1518-1521); Annabel Lee (1524)

M 11/6 -- PAPER DUE -- AND -- Edgar Allan Poe: The Cask of Amontillado (1592-1597)

W 11/8 -- Henry David Thoreau: Introduction (1788-1792); Walden: Chapter 2 (1850-1859) and Chapter 18 (1974-1982)

F 11/10 -- NO CLASSES -- VETERANS' DAY

M 11/13 -- EXAM #3

LATER AMERICAN ROMANTICISM (Volume B)

W 11/15 -- Frederick Douglass: Introduction (2029-2032); Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter I - Chapter IX (2039-2065)

F 11/17 -- Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter X - Appendix (2065-2097)

M 11/20 -- Harriet Jacobs: Introduction (1757-1758); Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1759-1779)

W 11/22 -- Margaret Fuller: Introduction (1618-1620); Unfinished Sketch of Youth (1654-1670)

F 11/24 -- NO CLASSES -- THANKSGIVING BREAK

M 11/27 -- 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)

W 11/29 -- Herman Melville: Introduction (2287-2292); Bartleby, the Scrivener (2330-2355)

F 12/1 -- Rebecca Harding Davis: Introduction (2545-2547); Life in the Iron-Mills (2547-2573)

M 12/4 -- 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)

W 12/6 -- Walt Whitman: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer (2219); A Noiseless Patient Spider (Handout); Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking (2212-2216)

F 12/8 -- Emily Dickinson: Introduction (2499-2503); Poems # 650, 712, 754, 986, 249, 732, 441, 1129, 324, 1545

M 12/11 -- Emily Dickinson: (continued)

M 12/18 -- EXAM #4 (Scheduled Final Exam Time): 2:00-4:00 p.m.