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Instructor: Ann Warren Office Hours: Via Zoom, by appointment. Email me to make an appointment to meet. E-mail: annw708@gmail.com |
Course Schedule: Week 1 Course Schedule: Weeks 2-5 Course Schedule: Weeks 6-9 Course Schedule: Weeks 10-15 Course Schedule: Final Exam |
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 Feb. 6-12 INTRODUCTION Themes and issues in American Literature Writing About Literature Go to Discussion Questions 1 We will be using the Canvas Discussion Board for this class. Click on the link below to get to the LACCD portal, sign in, and then click on the link for Canvas in the right column. This will take you to the Canvas dashboard. From there, click on the square with the name of our class. Once you've entered the class, you will find the "Discussions" link on the left side of the screen:
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Reading: Lecture 1 |
| Week 2 Feb. 13-19 American Indian Literature No Discussion Questions due this week |
Reading: Lecture 2 For example, if you choose Aleut Indian Legends, you will find 7 tales listed. Read 3 of them. (You are certainly welcome to read more, but you are required to read only 3.) |
| Week 3 Feb. 20-26 The Explorers and the Colonists Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: Lecture 3 Extracts from the Diario of Christopher Columbus The Settlement of Jamestown by Captain John Smith The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson |
| Week 4 Mar. Feb. 27-Mar. 5 The Puritans Go to Discussion Questions 3 |
Reading: Lecture 4 "William Bradford, The Puritan Ethic, and the Mayflower Compact" A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop |
| Week 5 Mar. 6-12 The Influence of The Puritans Go to Discussion Questions 4 |
Reading: Lecture 5 The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin |
| Week 6 Mar. 13-19 Witchcraft No Discussion Questions due this week  Paper 1 due
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Reading: Lecture 6 Interactive Salem Witch Hunt The Crucible, by Arthur Miller |
| Week 7 Mar. 20-26 The Democratic Revolution Go to Discussion Questions 5 |
Reading: Lecture 7 The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia: Religion by Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia: Manners by Thomas Jefferson |
| Week 8 Mar. 27-30 Slavery No Discussion Questions due this week |
Reading: Lecture 8 Choose any one of the following three narratives to read; read the entire work:
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| ***************HOLIDAYS/SPRING BREAK Mar. 31-Apr. 9**************** | |
| Week 9 Apr. 10-16 The American Gothic Go to Discussion Questions 6 |
Reading: Lecture 9 "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Week 10 Apr. 17-23 Transcendentalism No Discussion Questions due this week Paper 2 due
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Reading: Lecture 10 "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson "Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau |
| Week 11 Apr. 24-30 Nathaniel Hawthorne Go to Discussion Questions 7 |
Reading: Lecture 11 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Week 12 May 1-7 Herman Melville Go to Discussion Questions 8 |
Reading: Lecture 12 Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville |
| Week 13 May 8-14 Walt Whitman No Discussion Questions due this week Paper 3 due |
Reading: Lecture 13 "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman |
| Week 14 May 15-21 Whitman in the 21st Century Go to Discussion Questions 9 |
Reading: Lecture 14 Specimen Days, by Michael Cunningham |
| Week 15 May 22-28 CATCH YOUR BREATH WEEK | No reading assignment for this week |
| Week 16 FINAL EXAM Final Exam due |
The final exam is due on or before Tuesday, May 30th, by midnight. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |