Week 8_________________________
Tuesday, February 27–Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism
Reading:
- Section introduction, “American Literature, 1865-1914” (1102-1123)
- Sub-section Introduction, “Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism”: 1131-1139
- American Contexts: ‘The America of the Mind: Critics, Writers, and the Representation of Reality” (1140-1156). For your assigned reading, please be prepared to briefly introduce the class to the author (using info from the headnote). Also, be prepared to answer this question in relation to the assigned author and text: What does your assigned author have to say about the nature, purpose, and scope of American fiction? What ideally powers such fiction, and what constrains it? How should it relate to or reflect the “real” world?
- EVERYONE read the brief 2-page intro (1140-1141)
- Britney, Hadley, Joy: Julian Hawthorne, from The American Element in Fiction (1142-1143)
- Kate, Michael, and Maren: Henry James, from The Art of Fiction (1143-1145)
- Rose, Joey, and Rachel F: Anonymous, (“A Lady from Philadelphia”) (1145-1147)
- Alex, Rachel L., Haven: William Dean Howells, from Criticism and Fiction (1147-1150)
- Haley, Dana, Scout: Hamlin Garland, from Literary Emancipation of the West (1150-1152)
- Helga, Tayla, and Alyssa: Frank Norris, A Plea for Romantic Fiction (1152-1156)
Thursday, March 1–Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism
In Class: A useful resource on romanticism, naturalism, realism, regionalism
Reading:
- Willa Cather, “A Wagner Matinee”: 1383-1391
- Charles W. Chesnutt, “The Passing of Grandison”: 1273-1286
Week 9_________________________
Tuesday, March 6–Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism
Reading:
- Stephen Crane, “The Open Boat”: 1342-1359
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wall-Paper”: 1296-1310
Thursday, March 8–Writing ‘American’ Lives
Reminder: read through Rhetorical Analysis Assignment description under the “Assignments” tab
Reading
- Sub-section Introduction, “Writing ‘American’ Lives”: 1393-1398
- W.E.B Du Bois, Washington, from The Souls of Black Folk: 1431-1450
- Mary Antin, from The Promised Land: 1465-1479
Week 10_________________________
Tuesday, March 13
Readings Due:
Before Class:
- Sign up for individual student conferences to discuss RA drafts (ideally, you will develop your thesis, intro, and outline into a completed draft ahead of our meeting, but I’m happy to discuss your plans regardless of where you are in the drafting process).
Class Activity
- Assignment 2 Prep: Thesis Workshop: bring in HARD COPY of rough draft of thesis along with the introductory paragraph that houses it and an outline of your argumentative story with a focus on the evidence–“quoted passages” you plan to use to structure your argumentative story. We’ll workshop some of the first paragraphs in class, and discuss some of the argumentative arcs.
Thursday, March 15
Class Activity
- One-on-One conferences will replace Thursday’s class
***Assignment Two (Rhetorical Analysis) Due Sunday by 5pm in designated OAKS Dropbox***
Week 11________________________
Spring Break — no class Tuesday, March 20 & Thursday, March 22