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ENGL 655 Multicultural American Literature | Gregory Eiselein | Fall 2004

Reading Schedule

Aug 18 W: Introductions

Aug 20 F: Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1-51

 Aug 23 M: Twain, 51-126

Aug 25 W: Twain, 126-72; Informal Writing Assignment #1 Due

Aug 27 F: Twain; Michael Rogin, "Francis Galton and Mark Twain: The Natal Autograph in Pudd'nhead Wilson" (CP)

Aug 30 M: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America, 1-63

Sept 1 W: Cabeza de Vaca, 64-129

Sept 3 F: Cabeza de Vaca, 129-151; Rolena Adorno, "The Negotiation of Fear in Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios" (CP)

 Sept 6 M: Labor Day/No Class

Sept 8 W: Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 1-57

Sept 10 F: Jacobs, 57-108

Sept 13 M: Jacobs, 108-158

Sept 15 W: Jacobs; Valerie Smith, "Form and Ideology in Thee Slave Narratives" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 222-236

Sept 17 F: Emma Lazarus, Selected Poems and Other Writings: Introduction, 15-31: "Clytie," 41-43; "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport," 49-51; "Arabesque," 63-65; "The Cranes of Ibycus," 65-66; "Leda & the Swan," 67; "The South," 67-69; "The Creation of Man," 73-79; "A Letter, from Judah Hallevi to His Friend Isaac," 79-80; From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, 98-103. "Appendix C: Critical Response," in Lazarus, 320-332

Sept 20 M: Lazarus, "Songs" from Songs of a Semite, 175-85. Selections from "Appendix D: Cultural Contexts," in Lazarus: "The Persecution of the Jews in Russia," 342-45; Samuel Cox, 349-53; from The American Jew, 357-61

Sept 22 W: Lazarus: specific readings/poems to be announced in class. Group 1: Emily Mattingly, Kate, Yvette

Sept 24 F: Zitkala-Sa, American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings: Introduction, xi-xlvi; Poetry, Pamphlets, Essays, and Speeches, 217-263.           

Sept 27 M: Zitkala-Sa: American Indian Stories, 65-160. Group 2: Kristin, Mary Buick, Mark

Sept 29 W: Zitkala-Sa: Old Indian Legends, 1-63

Oct 1 F: Zitkala-Sa: Selections from American Indian Magazine, 161-218. Paper #1 Due

Oct 4 M: Zitkala-Sa. Paula Gunn Allen, "Kochinnenako in Academe: Three Approaches to Interpreting a Keres Indian Tale" (CP)

Oct 6 W: Langston Hughes, Selected Poems, 1-46, 201-218 Zora Neale Hurston, "Characteristics of Negro Expression" (CP)

Oct 8 F: Midterm Examination

Oct 11 M: Fall Break/No Class

Oct 18 M: Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, 1-105

Oct 20 W: Bellow, 106-175

Oct 22 F: Bellow, 176-236. Alfred Kazin, "The Jew as Modern Writer" (CP). Martin Amis and Jonathan Rosen  (Handout)

Oct 25 M: Bellow, 237-309. Group 6: Jessie, Jamie, Aaron

Oct 27 W: Bellow, 310-378

Oct 29 F: Bellow, 379-446 

Nov 1 M: Bellow, 447-536

Nov 3 W: Bellow

Nov 5 F: Contemporary Latina Author: Reading: Sandra Cisneros; Gloria Anzaldúa, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" (CP). Group 7: Mickayla, Emily Merrifield, Diana

Nov 8 M: Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony, 1-63

Nov 15 M: Silko, 201-262. Kenneth Lincoln, "Blue Medicine" (CP). Group 8: Anna, Kendra, Becky

Nov 22 M: Maxine Hong Kingston, Tripmaster Monkey, 1-65. Paper #2 Due

Nov 24 W: Thanksgiving Break/No Class

Nov 26 F: Thanksgiving Break/No Class

Nov 29 M: Kingston, 67-164. Cyrus R. K. Patell, "From Marginal to Emergent" (CP)

Dec 1 W: Kingston, 165-222

Dec 3 F: Kingston, 223-288. Group 9: Alyanna, Nasrina, Sarah

Dec 6 M: Kingston, 289-340

Dec 10 F: Conclusions

Dec 16 Thu: Final Examination (11:50-1:40)


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