Jeanne Holland
University of Wyoming

 American Prose: Early - 19th Century America

NOTE: Readings below are listed on the days we will be discussing them. R& W = Revolution and the Word; EV= The Enduring Vision, vol. 1.

(1) M, A 26    Course introduction and orientation.

(2) W, A 28    Michael Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom
                       EV, "The New England Way," 54-68

(3) F, A 30      Michael Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom

M, S 2             LABOR DAY. No class.

(4) W, S 4       Michael Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom;
                       R&W, "Introduction: Toward a History of Texts," 3-14

(5) F, S 6        Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God

(6) M, S 9       Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God

(7) W, S I I     Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God

(8) F, S 13      Continue discussing Rowlandson.
                       Kenneth Silverman, "Introduction," to The Autobiography of Benjamin
                          Franklin, vii-xxii.
                       EV, "Colonial Society Comes of Age, 1660-1750," 93-123

(9) M, S 16    Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography

(10) W, S 18  Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography

(11) F, S 20    EV, "The Road to Revolution, 1744-1776," 127-58
                       BF, The Autobiography

(12) M, S 23  Continue discussing Franklin, Autobiography
                      EV, "The Forge of Nationhood," 163-96

SHORT PAPER #1 DUE.

(13) W, S 25  Benjamin Franklin, Essays and Letters, 201-60

(14) F, S 27   R&W, "The Book in the New Republic," 15-37
                      Continue discussing BF essays and letters.

(15) M, S 30  R&W, "Ideology and Genre," 38-54; "Literacy, Education, and the Reader," 55-79

(16) W, O 2   R&W, "Privileging the Feme Covert: The Sociology of Sentimental  Fiction," 110-50
                      "Introduction" to Charlotte Temple, xi-xxxx, by Cathy Davidson

(17) F, O 4    Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple

(18) M, O 7   Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple

(19) W, O 9   Field trip: meet at Toppan Libnwy, American Heritage Center

(20) F, O 11  Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple

(21) M, O 14  EV, "Launching the New Republic, 1789-1800," 201-32

(22) W, O 16  MIDTERM: open-book, open notes essay exam.

(23)  F, O 18  Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland
                       "Introduction" to Wieland by Emory Elliott

(24) M, O 21  Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland
                       R&W, "Early American Gothic: The Limits of Individualism," 212-53

(25)W, O 23  Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland
                      EV, "Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings," 234-63

(26) F, O 25  Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland

(27) M, O28  Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland

(28) W, O 30  CBB, Memoirs of Carwin

(29) F, N I      Introduction" to The Last of the Mohicans, ix-xxiii, by John McWilliams
                       Cooper's Prefaces and Introductions, 3-8
                       "The Historical Contexts for The Last of the Mohicans," 355-63
                       EV, "The Quest for Nationality in Literature and Art," 351-60

(30) M, N 4   Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, 10-123

(31) W, N 6   Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, 124-221
                       EV, "The Transformation of American Society," 266-81

(32) F, N 8    Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, 222-end and Appendix
                      Mark Twain, "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" (x)

(33) M, N 11 SHORT PAPER #2 DUE
                      "Introduction" to Hope Leslie by Mary Kelley and "Preface," and Chapters I & 2,
                          5-26
                      EV, "The Revolution in Social Relationships," 290-95

(34) W, N 13 Sedgwick, Hope Leslie, 27-93
                      EV, "Politics, Religion, and Reform in the Age of Jackson," 298-329

(35) F, N 15 Sedgwick, Hope Leslie, 94-196

(36) M, N 18 R&W, "Afterword: Texts as Histories," 254-62
                       Sedgwick, Hope Leslie, 197-end

(37) W, N 20 Annotated bibliography due. Conferences.

(38) F, N 22 Conferences.

(39) M, N 25 No class. Study Day.

W, N 27 - F, N 29 = THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS.

(40) M, D 2 Poe, The Narrative of A rthur Gordon Pym; "Introduction," 7-30 by Harold Beaver
                    EV, "The Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860," 364-94

(41)W, D 4  Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 37-142

(42) F, D 6  Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
                    EV, "Life, Leisure, and Culture, 1840-1860," 332-51

(43) M, D 9 Poe, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

W, D 11      No class. Study Day.

FINAL RESEARCH PAPER is due in my mailbox in 201 Hoyt no later than 5:00, pm., Tuesday, December 10, 1996.

FINAL EXAM will be given in this classroom on Wednesday, December 18, 1996 from 1:15-3:15 p.m.