| Required texts: at Rutgers Bradley and NJBooks stores |
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| Charlotte Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper (Bedford Criticial Edition)
Mark Twain, Connecticut Yankee (Penguin) Stephen Crane, Maggie, Red Badge of Courage (New Riverside critical edition) Kate Chopin. The Awakening (Penguin or Signet) José Marti, Selected Writings (Penguin) Online texts: Walt Whitman, Henry James |
| Readings and Assignments (Revised 1 May 2009, * review item for final exam) | ||||
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| Week | Note: | Dates | Reading | |
| 1 | P | Jan. 21-23 | Introduction | Jewett | Harte | WEEK 1 (Online site TBA) | |
| 2 | 28-30 | Whitman online (handout numbers) *7 | *8 | 9 | *10 || 1 | 12 | 17 | ||
| 3 | P | Feb 4-6 | Gilman, *Yellow Wallpaper (Bedford crit. ed) PAPER 2 | |
| 4 | 11-13 | Twain, *Connecticut Yankee (Penguin) | ||
| 5 | X | 18-20 | Twain, cont. Feb 20: Twain Open book essay-quiz | |
| 6 | 25-27 | Crane, S. *Maggie (New Riverside. ed) | Feb. 27 short paper: Options | ||
| 7 | Mar 4-6 | *Red Badge of Courage, New Riverside ed. | ||
| 8 | P | 11-13 | Crane, continued | Mar. 11: Paper 3 | |
| 18-20 | Spring break | |||
| 9 | 25-27 | Henry James: *Real Thing | Beast in Jungle | *Daisy Miller | ||
| 10 | Apr 1-3 | James, cont. | ||
| 11 | 8-10 | Chopin, Kate, *The Awakening (Penguin) | ||
| 12 | X | 15-17 | Chopin, cont. April 17: Chopin Open Book Essay | |
| 13 | 22 | Marti: Notebooks, 21-24;Impressions, 32-40; Coney Island, 89-94 | ||
| 24 | Marti: Guiteau, 94-116; Brooklyn Bridge, 140-44; Whitman, 183-94 | |||
| 14 | 29 | Marti: America, 288-96;
Truth, 329-33; (War Diaries, 350-413); Alternate Readings: Whitman Locomotive *9 | Sleepers *16 | Brooklyn Ferry *14 | ||
| May 1 | Course Review | |||
| X | May 8 | Final exam: 8:30-11:30am | ||
| R=reports, E=essay, P=paper, X=quiz or exam | ||||