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Internet surfing snafus will occur; so please read, download, & print handouts or readings sufficiently ahead of time!

 

 

   

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Class Date

THE "DISCOVERY"   

   

January 7

Course Introduction

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January 9

Columbus, "Letter to Lord Sanchez" (e-text)

Vespucci, "Account of His First Voyage" (e-text)
Montaigne, Of Cannibals (e-text)

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IMAGINING THE NEW WORLD

    

January 14

Shakespeare, The Tempest: Ed.'s intro. lxiii-lxxvii & Acts I-II

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January 16**

The Tempest: Acts III-IV

    

January 21

Martin Luther King Holiday: No Classes

    

January 23

The Tempest: Act V

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NATIVE AMERICAN AND PURITAN COMMUNITIES AND BELIEFS

    

January 28

We'll finish up Tempest in 10 minutes or so; please read Jan. 23 "Prof. Stuff" summation of  Tempest so we can move fast today--thanks folks! And thank you, too, for thoughtful discussion in class on the 23rd.  I'll give a quick lecture (basically same as "Prof. Stuff" to the right and then we'll turn to the Cherokee tales.

Cherokee Indian Creation/Trickster/Hunting Tales (e-text)

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January 30**

Sioux Indian "Younger Brother" Tale (handout given last week) (e-text version)

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February 4

Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity" (e-text)
Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (e-text)

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17TH/18TH-CENTURY NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY & ASSIMILATION

    

February  6**

Rowlandson, "A Narrative of the Captivity ..." (in Journeys)
don't have a paper topic? think about writing on Rowlandson or Equiano!

 Go essay
guidelines		 Go

February 11

"A Narrative of the Captivity ..." continued

Folks who have missed more than 2 or 3 classes thus far (and the semester is yet young!) should check out the absence policy on the syllabus.  I make a tradeoff: I don't put you thru a lot of testing hoops, because I believe the "action" is in the class discussion--but then you got to be there.  "Nuff" said!

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February 13**

Equiano, The Life of Olaudah Equiano (Ed.'s intro. ix-xii, Chapters I-III, IV 77-m79, V, VII, VIII, X, XI, & XII 220-m223 & m233-36) m=middle of page

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February 18

The Life of Olaudah Equiano continued
Essay Writing Review Day  I will bring sample Rowlandson & Equiano papers to class

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DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE: SELF AND NATION MAKING

    

February 20**

Franklin, Autobiography of B. Franklin (Parts One & Two)

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February 25

ESSAY DUE
Film day
Crevecoeur, "What is an American?" (e-text)

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February 27

Ashbridge, Autobiography (in Journeys)

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March 4

Irving, "Rip Van Winkle" (e-text)

Folks: I have sympathy, up to a certain point, with midterm stress and overwork.  But way too many of you have missed too many classes.  Reread what I say in the red paragraph above.  Some of you have already, potentially, obliged me to not to give you a passing grade because of the number of days missed.  If you have missed 4 or more days, I think you will need to have a serious exchange with me..... pronto.  Apparently, nuff said was not enough said.  If you have missed 5 or 6 days, you should think about dropping the class.

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PIONEERS AND VANISHING AMERICANS

    

March 6

Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (skip/skim 136-165m, 212-266m, 299-326)
Film version of Last    Read in 1/3rd chunks. 

Go Go Go

March 11

The Last of the Mohicans continued
Film version of Last continued  Look at pictures/sculpture in Go's; click on blank x pictures--the links should work.

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 paper revision
instructions		 Go Go
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March 13**

The Last of the Mohicans continued

   

March 18

Spring Break

    

March 20

Spring Break

    

March 25

Black Elk Speaks   (e-text) 37 pages (!) of excerpts taken from "Go" link

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March 27**

Black Elk Speaks continued

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April 1

Cather, My Antonia (Cather's "Introduction" 1-5 and Book I)

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April 3**

My Antonia (Book II)

Film day

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April 8

My Antonia (Books III-V)

   

 

20TH-CENTURY IMMIGRANTS: HYBRID IDENTITIES

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course summary		  

April 10

REVISED ESSAY DUE
Mukherjee, Jasmine  Review, Wrap-Up, and Class Evaluation

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final instructions		  Go  Go

April 15

Jasmine continued (NO CLASS)

    

April 17

Review, Wrap-Up, and Class Evaluation

    

April 22

Final Exam from 6:25-9:05 (but only really will take one hour)