The Discovery of America

Survey of American Literature II

English 232 Spring 2013
Dr. Theado
Tentative Reading Schedule / Subject to change
Jan 10:

First day of class: syllabus, schedule, overview, prerequisite

Look over American Literature 1865 1914 INTRODUCTION 1 30
and Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism Introduction 31 39

Jan 15:
Jan 17:

Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 1 5

Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 6 11

Jan 22:
Jan 24:

Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 12 15

Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 16 18

Jan 29:
Jan 31:

Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 19 23

Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 24 32

Feb 5:

Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 33 the end

Project 1 Due
Project 1 Continued if necessary

Feb 7:
Feb 12:
Feb 14:

Reader Profile 1 Due and also a reading assignment:

Howells Editha 109 122
Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wall-Paper 251 266

Feb 19:
Feb 21:

Chopin At the Cadian Ball and The Storm 213 227

No Class. I am making a presentation at the Louisville Conference on 20 th
Century Literature and Culture.

Feb 26:
Feb 28:

Sin Sin Far In the Land of the Free 296 305

Theodore Dreisser Butcher Rogaums Door 359 372

Mar 5:
Mar 7:

Look over American Literature 1914 1945 INTRODUCTION 499 529

Robert Frost poems 581 590
Robert Frost poems 591 594

Mar 12 - 14

Spring Break

Mar 19:
Mar 21:

Langston Hughes poems 752 765 AND Claude McKay poems 704 709
Flanner OConnor A Good Man Is Hard To Find 1301 1315

Mar 26:

Project 2 Due

Mar 28:

Easter Break

Apr 2:
Apr 4:

Susan Glaspel Trifles 780 792

Hisaye Yamamoto Seventeen Syllables 1274 1284 The class will meet. A
student leader will run the class session. I will not be here; I am giving a talk at
the University of Seattle.

Apr 9:
Apr 11:

Wiley Cash A Land More Kind than Home

Wiley Cash A Land More Kind than Home

Apr 16:
Apr 18:

Wiley Cash visit

Leslie Marmon Silko Yellow Woman 1472 1481 AND Joy Harjo 1481 - 1487

Apr 23:
Apr 25:

Sherman Alexie What You Pawn I Will Redeem 1502 1520

Project 3 Due

Apr 30:
May 2:

Reader Profile 2 Due

In-class workshops. You will meet to work on your Project 4. I will appoint a
student leader. However, I will not be here; I am giving a talk at Salem State
University in Massachusetts.

Final Exam: Wednesday, May 8, 8:00 a.m. We will deliver our Project 4 at this time.