This is the schedule as it stands in January. It’s subject to change due to pandemic disruptions and the logistical challenges of site visits, visits by authors, and access to archival resources. If schedule changes become necessary, they will be posted on OAKS and announced in class.
| Read before class/discuss in class | Assignments due | |
| Week 1 T 1.11 | Week 1 T 1.11 Intro to course | |
| Th 1.13 | Porgy, parts I-III | |
| Week 2 T 1.18 | Porgy, parts IV-VI | |
| Th 1.20 | Lemon Swamp, chapters 1-8 | |
| Week 3 T 1.25 | Lemon Swamp, chapters 11-13; Wedding Band, act I | |
| Th 1.27 | Wedding Band | |
| S 1.30 11:59 PM | 4 response notebook entries | |
| Week 4 T 2.1 | Doctor to the Dead | |
| Th 2.3 | Doctor to the Dead | |
| S 2.7 11:59 PM | 1st research/analysis exercise | |
| Week 5 T 2.8 | Texts by “Charleston Renaissance” writers: Heyward, Ravenel, Pinckney; Society for the Preservation of Spirituals | |
| Th 2.10 | Outsiders: Rubin, Conroy, Omar Ibn Said | |
| Week 6 T 2.15 | Why We Never Danced the Charleston | |
| 2.17 Site visit with Harlan Greene | Details TBA | |
| S 2.20 11:59 PM | 2nd Research/analysis exercise | |
| Week 7 T 2.22 | Why We Never Danced the Charleston | |
| Th 2.24 | Rich in Love | |
| Week 8 T 3.1 | Rich in Love | |
| Th 3.3 | View 2019 panel presentation, “Charleston Writers Discuss Their Beginnings” | |
| S 3.6 11:59 PM | 4 response notebook entries | |
| 3.7-3.13 | Spring Break | |
| Week 9 T 3.15 | Rich In Love | |
| S 3.20 11:59 PM | Cigar Factory | 3rd research/analysis exercise |
| Week 10 T 3.22 | Cigar Factory | |
| Th 3.24 | Archival research | Meet in library |
| Week 11 T 3.29 | Special Collections | Meet in library |
| Th 3.31 | Discuss final assignments | |
| 4.3 11:59 PM | “Remake” assignment | |
| Week 12 T 4.5 | Archival research | |
| Th 4.7 | Conferences | |
| S 4.10 11:59 PM | Annotated bibliography due | |
| Week 13 T 4.12 | C of C writers on Charleston | |
| Th 4.14 | Sampling of other work (podcast) | 4 response notebook entries |
| Week 14 T 4.19 | Peer review | Bring copies of work |
| Th 4.21 | Panel discussions of final projects | All class members participate |
| Sat 4.30 noon | (Exam period 4. 30 10:30-12:30) | Final project due |