BRUCE A. HARVEY

MODERN SOUTHERN FICTION: SUMMER A 2005

SYLLABUS
 

Underneath the class date, I will put links to websites relevant to the issues/texts of the week.  In the syllabus per se (right column) I will post miscellaneous updates and notes.

 

Class 1:
May 9

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PAST & PASTORAL

   

Introduction
Some Southern poetry & photos
Documentary or film (Birth of a Nation)
Pancake: "Trilobites" (handout)
Class 2:
May 11

Faulkner: Go Down, Moses (about 1/2 of it)
Class 3:
May 16

Film: All the King's Men
Meet at professor's house
Cash: "The Mind of the South (handout)
Class 4:
May 18

Warren: All the King's Men
Class 5:
May 23

RACIAL RELATIONS & VERSIONS OF SOUTHERN MANHOOD

 

Gaines: A Lesson Before Dying

Tyler: "The Geologist's Maid" (handout)
 

PAPER GUIDELINES NOT UPDATED FOR THIS CLASS
Class 6:
May 25
 

SOUTHERN WOMAN &  FOLK COMMUNITIES

 

Film: The Color Purple
Meet at professor's house
Class 7:
June 1

Walker: The Color Purple
Class 8:
June 6

Smith: Fair and Tender Ladies
Wealty: The Wide-Net (handout)
Class 9:
June 8



 

MISFITS AND ISOLATED HEARTS

 
McCullers: Ballad of the Sad Cafe

OR O'Connor: Three by ...

 Email me a 1/2 page statement of your essay topic.
Class 10:
June 13
 

Faulkner: The Sound and Fury
Read this in its entirety rapidly.
Class 11:
June 15

Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury: Parts 1 and 2 again
Film: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Meet a professor's house
Class 12:
June 20

Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury: Parts 3 and 4 again and criticism

 Email me a draft of your essay.
Class 13:
June 22

CONTEMPORARY GRIT LIT.

 

Lewis Nordon: Wolf Whistle

Wrap Up
June 27 Sunday

Essay due via email by 12:00 afternoon