Course Calendar

American Novel

Fall, 1999

CRN 12697, 12:00 MWF, 204 Chapman

Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10

Week 1	09/27	Introduction to Course. Lecture--Background information on the early American novel.
	09/29	Lecture--Background Information on the epistolary novel, the sentimental novel, William Hill Brown, Power of Sympathy, Susanna Rowson, and Charlotte Temple. Sign up for The Power of Sympathy discussion questions.
	10/01	Discussion, Power of Sympathy. Complete reading Power of Sympathy prior to class. Sign up for Charlotte Temple discussion questions.
Week 2	10/04	Discussion, Charlotte Temple. Complete reading Charlotte Temple prior to class.
	10/06	Lecture--Background information on the gothic novel, Charles Brockden Brown, and Wieland. Reading Quiz, Wieland. Complete reading Wieland before class. Sign up for Wieland discussion questions.
	10/08	.TBA
Week 3	10/11	Discussion, Wieland.
	10/13	Lecture--Background information on the historical novel, James Fenimore Cooper, and The Pioneers. Reading Quiz, The Pioneers. Complete reading The Pioneers before class. Sign up for The Pioneers discussion questions.
	10/15	TBA
Week 4	10/18	Discussion, The Pioneers.
	10/20	Discussion, The Pioneers.
	10/22	Lecture--Background information on the romance, use of allegory and symbolism, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The House of the Seven Gables. Reading Quiz, The House of the Seven Gables. Complete reading The House of the Seven Gables before class. Sign up for The House of the Seven Gables discussion questions.
Week 5	10/25	Discussion--The House of the Seven Gables
	10/27	Discussion--The House of the Seven Gables
	10/29	Exam #1
Week 6	11/01	Lecture--Background information on Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Reading Quiz, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Complete reading Uncle Tom's Cabin before class. Sign up for Uncle Tom's Cabin discussion questions.
	11/03	Discussion--Uncle Tom's Cabin
	11/05	Discussion--Uncle Tom's Cabin
Week 7	11/08	Lecture--Background information on Mark Twain and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Reading Quiz, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Complete reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn before class. Sign up for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn discussion questions.
	11/10	Discussion--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
	11/12	Discussion--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Sign up for Benito Cereno discussion questions.
Week 8	11/15	Lecture--Background information on Herman Melville, Moby Dick, and Benito Cereno. (See note about extra credit, below). Discussion--Benito Cereno. Complete reading Benito Cereno before class.
	11/17	Exam #2
	11/19	Lecture--Background information on Henry James, James on the novel, and The American. Reading Quiz, The American. Complete reading The American before class. Sign up for The American discussion questions.
Week 9	11/22	Discussion--The American
	11/24	Discussion--The American
	11/26	Thanksgiving Vacation.
Week 10	11/29	Lecture--Background information on William Dean Howells, American realism and naturalism, and The Rise of Silas Lapham. Reading Quiz, The Rise of Silas Lapham. Complete reading The Rise of Silas Lapham before class. Sign up for The Rise of Silas Lapham reading questions.
	12/01	Discussion--The Rise of Silas Lapham
	12/03	Discussion--The Rise of Silas Lapham. Course Summary.
Finals Week	12/07	Exam #3

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