Early
American Literature (EGL 217)
Fall 2009
• M W 11:45-12:40 •
Javits 103
Schedule
of Lectures,
Readings &
Assignments
Course Texts
- Hawthorne, The
Scarlet Letter, Bedford, ISBN-10 0-312-46051 (or etext)
- Foster, The
Coquette, Oxford, # ISBN-10: 0195042395 (etext)
- Rowlandson, The
Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Bedford, # ISBN-10:
0312111517 (etext)
The
remaining
readings are available on-line, with links below.
N.B. This
schedule is subject to change. Please refer only to the on-line version.
I. "Ai yai yai...."
| 8.31 |
Introduction (notes) |
II. "'A writer of story-books!'"
(41) Scarlet
Letter,
"The Custom House"
III. "...whatever Utopia of human
virtue..." (69) SL,
Ch. 1
"...a portion of the
penal machine...." (75)
Take home
examination 1: Due 9.29
|
IV. "...wives and maidens..." (72) SL 2-5
V.
"'lessons whereof my child may be the wiser and better'" (114) SL 6-9
| 10.21 |
New England
Primer - Alphabet Poem (notes) |
VI. "his own unworthiness" (121) SL
9-12
VII. "the whole race of womanhood" (153) SL 13-19
VIII. "...at some brighter period, when the
world should have grown
ripe for
it...." (219-220) SL Ch 20-24
| 11.30 |
Opening Sections of essays by Sacvan Bercovitch and Brook
Thomas (in BB) (notes)
|
| 12.2 |
Scarlet Letter
(notes) |
| 12.
4 |
Draft of
opening section of your essay.
|
| 12.7 |
Frederick Douglass, "What,
to the Slave, is
the Fourth of July"? (1852) |
| 12.9 |
Dickinson, "The Brain is Wider than the Sky" (notes)
|
| 12.11 |
Final Paper Due
|
"...a dark necessity...."
(159)
| 12.16 |
Final Exam Due 11:59 pm |
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