Reading and Assignments: (Updated 4/26/07 - subject to change)

WEEK DATES ASSIGNED READINGS   Week 1  Jan 16-18  Introduction: Melville's Work. Life, Times, Influence; Typee Week 2  Jan 23-25   Typee; In class quiz Week 3  Jan 30-Feb. 1  Jan. 30: Paper 1; Redburn Week 4  Feb 6-8   Redburn Week 5  Feb. 13-15   Redburn; Moby-Dick Week 6  Feb 20-22  Feb 20: Paper 2; Moby-Dick Week 7  Feb 27-Mar 1  Moby-Dick Week 8  Mar 6-8  Moby-Dick    Mar 13-16 Spring break Week 9  Mar 20-22  Confidence Man Week 10  Mar 27-29   Confidence Man | See research Week 11  Apr 3-5   Confidence Man | See research Week 12  Apr 10-12   Apr 10: Bartleby |Apr. 10: Paper proposal due | Apr 12: Paradise-Tartarus Week 13  Apr 17-19   Benito Cereno | Apr. 19: Term paper due on Blackboard Week 14  Apr 24-26  Billy Budd. TBA         Final exam: Wednesday, May 9, 3:00-6:00pm ·Take-Home Research Question

SUPPLEMENTS ·Bibliography 1 | Bibliography 2 ·Redburn Documents ·"Hawthorne and his Mosses" ·Moby-Dick chapter guide ·Moby-Dick study questions ·Selected Letters | Journals ·Biography (Newton Arvin) ·Melville.org (out of date) ·NY Times Forums (search "Melville") CONCORDANCES ·Oxford Shakespeare | Bible | Melville ASSIGNMENTS ·Paper 1 (Jan. 30) ·Paper 2 (Feb. 20) ·On Research 1 (Mar. 19) ·On Research 2 (Mar. 20) ·On Research 3 (Mar. 22-29) ·On Research 4 (Apr. 3) ·On Research 5 (more ideas) ·On Research 6 (Apr..5) ·On Research 7 (self-grading) ·On Research 8 (writing papers)