CLASS LIST | READINGS | REQUIREMENTS | REPORT TOPICS |
CALENDAR WED. 8/27 -- INTRODUCTION |
MON. 9/1 -- Douglass, Narrative of the Life (in Classic Slave Narratives) |
WED. 9/3 -- Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (in CSN) |
MON. 9/8 -- ORAL REPORTS SELECTED FWP ORAL NARRATIVES |
WED. 9/10 -- Blackface Minstrelsy POSTER | HOMEPAGE | IMAGES | NOTICES | SONGS |
MON. 9/15 -- Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (Chapters 1 - 28) WED. 9/17 -- Uncle Tom's Cabin (Chapters 29 - end) UNCLE TOM'S CABIN & AMERICAN CULTURE: A MULTI-MEDIA ARCHIVE |
MON. 9/22 -- "Anti-Tom" Novels HOMEPAGE | IMAGES | AUNT PHYLLIS' CABIN (read Preface & Chaps 1-3, 9-11, 17, 19, 26) |
WED. 9/24 -- Cable, The Grandissimes (Chapters 1 - 29) MON. 9/29 -- The Grandissimes (Chapters 30 - end) WRITING ASSIGNMENT: CLOSE READING #1 LAURA'S ANALYSIS |
WED. 10/1 -- "Tom Shows" | HOMEPAGE |
MON. 10/6 -- Harris, Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings |
WED. 10/8 -- Page, "Mars Chan" |
MON. 10/13 -- FALL BREAK |
WED. 10/15 -- Chesnutt, The Conjure Woman (pages 31 - 120) MON. 10/20 -- Chesnutt, "Dave's Neckliss" |
WED. 10/22 -- Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson PW, SLAVERY AND RACE MON. 10/27 -- Pudd'nhead Wilson ILLUSTRATING THE NOVEL |
WED. 10/29 -- Slavery in Silent Movies 1903 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN | 1927 UTC |
MON. 11/3 -- Thirties Hollywood & Slavery |
WED. 11/5 -- Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! (Chapters 1 - 4) ELECTRONIC CHRONOLOGY MON. 11/10 -- Absalom, Absalom! (Chapters 5 - 7) WRITING ASSIGNMENT: CLOSE READING #2 WED. 11/12 -- Absalom, Absalom! (Chapters 8 - 9) |
MON. 11/17 -- Slavery Onscreen since the Civil Rights Movement |
WED. 11/19 -- Styron, Confessions of Nat Turner (Parts 1-2, thru page 253) MON. 11/24 -- Confessions of Nat Turner (Parts 3-4, pages 257-429) |
WED. 11/26 -- THANKSGIVING BREAK |
MON. 12/1 -- Morrison, Beloved (Part One, pages 1-165) WED. 12/3 -- Beloved (Part Two, pages 169-end) |