Plan to complete the schedule of reading assignments detailed below in sequence. Questions for these assignments
may not specifically require you to read every item by that particular writer, but you should read all of the assigned pages nevertheless. All page numbers are to the
Norton Anthology of American Literature, Vol. II, 5th edition.
| Assignment |
Author(s) and Title(s) |
| Lecture 1 |
Reconstruction, Reaction, and the Rise of an Imperial America. |
| 01 |
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (pp. 28-81). |
| 02 |
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (pp. 81-171). |
| 03 |
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (pp. 171-216). |
| 04 |
Charles Chesnutt, "The Goophered Grapevine" (pp. 615-624). |
| 05 |
Henry James, Daisy Miller: A Study (pp. 281-302). |
| 06 |
Henry James, Daisy Miller: A Study (pp. 302-323). |
| 07 |
Hamlin Garland, "Under the Lion's Paw" (pp. 645-655). |
| 08 |
Sarah Orne Jewett, "A White Heron" (pp. 431-438).
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, "The Revolt of 'Mother' " (pp. 568-579). |
| 09 |
Bret Harte, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (pp. 231-238).
Jack London, "The Law of Life" (pp. 812-817). |
| 10 |
Stephen Crane, "The Blue Hotel" (pp. 768-787). |
| 11 |
Kate Chopin, The Awakening (pp. 467-506). |
| 12 |
Kate Chopin, The Awakening (pp. 506-535). |
| 13 |
Kate Chopin, The Awakening (pp. 535-558). |
| 14 |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wall-Paper" (pp. 657-669). |
| 15 |
Booker T. Washington, from Up From Slavery (pp. 579-615).
W.E.B. Du Bois, from The Souls of Black Folks (pp. 711-736). |
| 16 |
A Simulated Exam. |
| Lecture 2 |
Modern Times, Modernist Responses. |
| 17 |
Henry Adams, from The Education of Henry Adams (pp. 877-909). |
| 18 |
Robert Frost, selected poems (pp. 1117-1133). |
| 19 |
T.S. Eliot, selected poems (pp. 1393-1395). |
| 20 |
T.S. Eliot, "The Waste Land" (pp. 1380-1392). |
| 21 |
Wallace Stevens, selected poems (pp. 1166-1177). |
| 22 |
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (pp. 1534-1563). |
| 23 |
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (pp. 1563-1599). |
| 24 |
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (pp. 1599-1630). |
| 25 |
Langston Hughes, selected poems (pp. 1731-1740).
Countee Cullen, "Heritage" (pp. 1753-1755).
Zora Neal Hurston, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (pp. 1436-1438). |
| 26 |
Ernest Hemingway, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (pp. 1687-1704). |
| 27 |
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (pp. 1919-1949). |
| 28 |
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman (pp. 1949-1985). |
| 29 |
Flannery O'Connor, "Good Country People" (pp. 2020-2038).
Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" (pp. 2274-2280). |
| 30 |
Allen Ginsberg, "Howl" (pp. 2634-2641).
Robert Lowell, selected poems (pp. 2531-2539). |
| 31 |
Silvia Plath, "Lady Lazarus" (pp. 2774-2747).
Adrienne Rich, "Diving into the Wreck" (pp. 2719-2721).
W.S. Merwin, "For a Coming Extinction" (pp. 2683-2684).
Robert Pinsky, "A Woman" (pp. 2782-2783).
Louise Gluck, "Terminal Resemblance" (p. 2798). |
