Fall, 1999
Syllabus
CRN 12697, 12:00 MWF, 204 Chapman
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Course Content
Eng 391, American Novel, the first of a two-term sequence, focuses on the development of the novel in the United States from 1789 to 1900.
Prerequisite
You must have sophomore standing or above to enroll in this course.
Required Texts
The editions listed are those ordered by your instructor and available in the University of Oregon Bookstore. You may use any edition, but using a different edition may present some problems during class discussion. One copy of each of the novels listed below (although not necessarily the same edition) has been placed on reserve in the Knight Library.
Please note that this list is alphabetical by author, not in the order in which we will read the novels. Check the Course Calendar for a schedule of when each novel should be completed.
Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland (1798), Prometheus
William Hill Brown, The Power of Sympathy (1789), Penguin
James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers (1823), Signet
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables (1851), Signet
William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885), Penguin
Henry James, The American (1877), Signet
Herman Melville, Billy Budd and Other Tales (1850-), Signet
Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple (1791), Oxford
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Signet
Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Bantam
Course Packet
Course Requirements
- Two short papers (3-4 pp.
double spaced), each worth 15%.
- Three exams, each worth 10%.
- Objective reading quizzes--the top five will each count
5%.
- Participation and discussion--15%. Each student will "volunteer" to begin class discussion of a study question 3-4 times during the term. This part of the grade will also reflect general participation in discussion throughout the term and attendance.
PLEASE NOTE: NO MAKE-UP EXAMS OR QUIZZES WILL BE SCHEDULED.
Attendance
As this course will be primarily discussion based, what happens in class generally cannot be duplicated or summarized for you if you are not there. Therefore, attendance is required. More than three unexcused absences will reduce your final grade (by one full letter grade for each absence over 3). Six absences will result in an automatic failing grade. Being late to class three times will count as one absence.
Books of Interest on Reserve
Richard Chase, The American Novel and Its Tradition, PS371.C5 1978
Leslie Fiedler, Love and Death in the American Novel, PS374.L6F5 1962
R. W. B. Lewis, The American Adam, PS201.L4
Jay Martin, Harvests of Change, PS214.M35
Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden, E169.1.M35
Henri Petter, The Early American Novel, PS375.P4
Donald Pizer, Realism and Naturalism in 19th Century American Literature, PS277.P5 1984
Richard Ruland and Malcolm Bradbury, From Puritanism to Postmodernism, PS88.R795 1991
Larzer Ziff, The American 1890s, PS214.Z5 1979
One copy of each of the novels assigned (although not necessarily the same edition)
Accommodation
If you have a documented disability (physical or learning) which you think may affect your performance in this class, during the first week of the term please first contact the University's Counselor for Students with Disabilities and request that a letter be sent verifying your disability, and then see me so we can discuss whatever accommodation may be necessary.
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Last Updated 9/20/99