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Lit. 7-270R: American Literature and Culture:
From Colonial Times to Industrialization
Winter Semester 2021-2022
Section B
SYLLABUS
Week 1 Introduction, “Beginnings to 1820” from Norton Anthology,
Oct. 12 T Vol. A. pages 3-13.
Week 2 Explorers and Colonists (15th and 16th centuries); the Discovery
Oct. 19 T of the New World; Beginnings of European Colonization
Christopher Columbus, biography, Vol A. pages 58-59
Christopher Columbus, Letter of Discovery (1493); Vol A. pages 59-64
Christopher Columbus, Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella Regarding
the Fourth Voyage (1503); Vol A. pages 64-66
Week 3
Oct. 26 T LOCAL RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY/ NO CLASS
Week 4 Literature of Witness and Protest
Nov. 2 T Bartolome De Las Casas, biography, Vol A. pages 66-67
Bartolome De Las Casas, From An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies (1552); Vol A. pages 68-71.
The Native American Perspective
William Apess, “An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man” (1833);
Vol. B. pages 135-140.
Week 5 Pilgrims and Puritans (17th century)
Nov. 9 T William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-50; 1856); Vol. A;
From Book I, Chapter IV: “Reasons and Causes of their Removal”; pages 134-137.
Chapter IX: “Of their Voyage …” pages 141-144.
From Book II, chapter XI, “The Remainder of Anno 1620”; and “Difficult Beginnings”; Vol. A. pages 149-151. (The Mayflower Compact).
Week 6 Declaration of Political Independence in the 18th century
Nov. 16 T Thomas Jefferson, From The Declaration of Independence (1776)
Vol. A. pages 704-710.
Gender Politics in the 19th century
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions: (1848) pdf (elearning)
Week 7 American Transcendentalism (1830s-1850s)/American Individualism
Nov. 23 T Ralph W. Emerson, “Self-Reliance” (1841); Vol. B. pages 236-253.
Week 8 American Romanticism (1820s-1865) The sinful side of human nature
Nov. 30 T Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” (1835)
Vol. B, pages 345-354.
Week 9 American Romanticism (1820s-1865)
Dec. 7 T Gothic Fiction and the dark side of the human psyche
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Imp of the Perverse” (1842) in pdf
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Black Cat” Vol. B. pages 670-676.
Week 10 American Realism (1870s-1900)
Dec. 14 T William Dean Howells, “Editha” Vol. C; pages 353-362.
Week 11 American Realism (1870s- 1900)/Gender Issues
Dec. 21 T Lucy Stone, “Marriage of Lucy Stone Under Protest”
Lucy Stone, “Disappointment Is the Lot of Women” pdf
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, “The Revolt of Mother” (1891) Vol. C;
pages 649-659.
Dec. 24 – Jan. 7 CHRISTMAS BREAK
Week 12 American Naturalism (1890-1920)
Jan. 11 T Stephen Crane, “The Open Boat”; Vol. C. pages 1030-1046.
Week 13 American Naturalism/Capitalism and the American Farmer
Jan. 18 T Hamlin Garland, “Local Color in Art”; Vol. C. pages 946-947.
Hamlin Garland, “Under the Lion’s Paw” (1891); Vol. C. pages 775-784.
Λέξεις Κλειδιά
Αμερικανική λογοτεχνία και πολιτισμός, αποικιοκρατία, Πουριτανισμός, Ρομαντισμός, Υπερβατισμός, Ρεαλισμός, Νατουραλισμός
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