Jeanne Holland
University of WyomingAmerican 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," 163-96SHORT 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.