Reading and Assignment Schedule

Tuesday

Thursday

Introductions

Jan 27

Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 3-42

Paper 1 Due

Jan 29

Douglass, 42-80

Feb 3

Zitkala Sa / Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, "Impressions of an Indian Childhood," "The Schooldays of an Indian Girl," and "An Indian Teacher among Indians" (coursepack)

Adah Isaacs Menken, "Judith," 50-52; "Working and Waiting," 52-54; "Infelix," 120-121

Feb 5

Selected Songs from A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border and "Juanita" (coursepack)

Menken, Introduction, 15-37; "My Heritage," 48-50; "One Year Ago," 78-79; "A Memory," 86-87; "Karazah to Karl," 103; "Infelix," 120-121; Early Poems, 122-26; "Some Notes," 199-208; and Correspondence 1, 2, and 7, 229-30, 237-38

Feb 10

W. E. B. Du Bois, "Of Our Spiritual Strivings," Chapter I of The Souls of Black Folk (coursepack

Carlos Bulosan, "Be American" and "Homecoming" (coursepack)

Menken, "Judith," 50-52; "Hear, O Israel," 92-95; "Where the Flocks Shall Be Led," 95-97; "To the Sons of Israel," 138-40; "Rosh Hashanah," 141-42; "The Jew in Parliament," 174-76; plus "The Mortara Abduction Case Illustrated," 256-59

Feb 12

Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 1-5

Paper 2 Due

Feb 17

Hurston, chapters 6-15

Feb 19

Hurston, chapters 16-20

Feb 24

Finish Hurston

Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Act I

Feb 26

Hansberry, Act II and III

Mar 2

Finish Hansbery

Carl Phillips, Selected Poems from Cort�ge and Rock Harbor (coursepack)

In-Class Writing Workshop

Mar 4

Cultural Studies Conference (No Class)

Mar 9

Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fisfight in Heaven, 1-109

Paper 3 Due

Mar 11

Alexie, 110-170

Mar 16

Alexie, 171-223

Mar 18

Mar 23

Spring Break (No Class)

Mar 25

Spring Break (No Class)

Mar 30

Sandra Cisneros, Caramelo, 1-126

Apr 1

Cisneros, 127-87

Paper 4A Due

Apr 6

Cisneros, 188-275

Paper 4B Due

Apr 8

Cisneros, 276-358

Paper 4C Due

Apr 13

Cisneros, 357-439

Paper 4D Due

Apr 15

Lan Cao, Monkey Bridge, 1-58

Apr 20

Cao, 59-132

Apr 22

Cao, 133-191

Apr 27

Cao, 192-260

Apr 29

Art Spiegelman, Maus, 1:1-69

May 4

Spiegelman, 1:70-159

Paper 5 Due

May 6

Spiegelman, 2:1-74

May 11

Spiegelman, 2:75-136

May 13

Conclusions

May 18 (9:40-11:30 a.m.)

Final Examination