PROFESSOR STEELE

CONCEPTIONS OF RACE IN 19TH AND EARLY 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE

CALENDAR

Abbreviations: R = Course Reader; D = student-led discussion.

Sept. 2 F

  • INTRODUCTION.
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    5 M
  • LABOR DAY--NO CLASS.
    7 W
  • 1845-1861. Frederick Douglass, Narrative (1845), pp. 245-285.
    9 F
  • Douglass, Narrative, pp. 285-331.
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    12 M
  • Edgar Allan Poe, excerpt from Narrative of A. Gordon Pym (1837-38),
  • Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno" (1856) (R1 & R2).
    14 W
  • "Benito Cereno" cont'd.
  • D1.
    16 F
  • Harriet Wilson, Our Nig (1859), Introduction, pp. 7-77.
  • RESPONSE PAPER #1.
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    19 M
  • Our Nig, pp. 78-140.
  • D2.
    21 W
  • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, "The Angel over the Right Shoulder" (R3);
  • Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), pp. 335-397 (Beginning-chap. 12).
    23 F
  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, pp. 397-456 (chap. 13-26).
  • RESPONSE PAPER #2.
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    26 M
  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, pp. 456-515 (chap. 27-end).
  • D3.
    28 W 1879-1894.
  • George Washington Cable, "Belles Demoiselles Plantation" (1879);
  • Joel Chandler Harris, "Free Joe and the Rest of the World" (1887) (R4 & R5).
    30 F
  • George Washington Cable, "The Freedman's Case in Equity" & "The Silent South" (1889). (R6 & R7).
  • RESPONSE PAPER #3.
  • D4.
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    Oct. 3 M
  • Thomas Nelson Page, "Marse Chan" & "No Haid Pawn" (1887);
  • Page, "The Negro Question" (1892) (R8, R9, R10).
    5 W
  • Anna Cooper, selections from A Voice from the South, (1892) (R11).
  • D5.
    7 F
  • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Iola Leroy (1892), Introduction, pp. 1-96 (chap. 1-11).
  • RESPONSE PAPER #4.
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    10 M
  • Iola Leroy, pp. 97-197 (chap. 12-22).
  • D6.
    12 W
  • Iola Leroy, pp. 198-282 (cap. 23-33).
    14 F
  • MIDTERM.
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    17 M
  • Kate Chopin, "Desiree's Baby" (1894) (R12);
  • Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), Introduction, pp. 53-110 (A Whisper to the Reader-chap.8).
    19 W
  • Pudd'nhead Wilson, pp. 111-172 (chap. 9-15).
  • D7.
    21 F
  • Pudd'nhead Wilson, pp. 173-226 (chap. 16-Conclusion).
  • RESPONSE PAPER #5.
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    24 M 1900-1903.
  • Charles Chesnutt, The Marrow of Tradition (1901), Introduction, pp. 1-108 (chap. 1-11).
    26 W
  • The Marrow of Tradition, pp. 109-221 (chap. 12-26).
  • D8.
    28 F
  • The Marrow of Tradition, pp. 222-329 (chap. 27-36).
  • RESPONSE PAPER #6.
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    31 M
  • Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), "Impressions of an Indian Childhood," "The School Days of an Indian Girl," "An Indian Teacher among Indians" (1900) (R13).
    Nov. 2 W
  • Booker T. Washington, selections from Up from Slavery (1901) (R14).
  • D9.
    4 F
  • W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903), Introduction, pp. 3-99 (The Forethought-chap. 7).
  • RESPONSE PAPER #7.
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    7 M
  • The Souls of Black Folk, pp. 100-191 (chap. 8-The After- Thought).
  • D10.
    9 W
  • Pauline Hopkins, Of One Blood (1903), Introduction, pp. 441-525 (chap. 1-11).
    11 F
  • Of One Blood, pp. 526-621 (chap. 12-24).
  • RESPONSE PAPER #8.
  • D11.
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    14 M 1912-1936.
  • James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), Introduction, Preface, pp. 1-79 (chap. 1-7).
    16 W
  • The Autobiog. of an Ex-Colored Man, pp. 80-154 (chap. 8-11).
  • D12
    18 F
  • Mourning Dove, Cogewea, The Half-Blood (written 1916, pub. 1927), Introduction, pp. 10-71 (chap. 1-7).
  • 6-8 PAGE PAPER DUE (FOR THOSE NOT COMPLETING ALL THE RESPONSE PAPERS).
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    21 M
  • Cogewea, pp. 72-150 (chap. 8-16).
  • D13.
    23 W
  • Cogewea, pp. 151-227 (chap. 17-24).
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    THANKSGIVING RECESS NOV. 24-27.
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    Nov. 28 M
  • Cogewea, pp. 228-285 (chap. 25-31).
  • D14.
    30 W
  • Selections from The New Negro (1925):
    *Alain Locke, "The New Negro";
    *William Stanley Brathwaite, "The Negro in American Literature";
    *Alain Locke, "Negro Youth Speaks"; Jean Toomer, "Carma" & Fern";
    *Zora Neale Hurston, "Spunk" (R15).
    Dec. 2 F
  • Charles S. Johnson, "The New Frontage on American Life" (from The New Negro, R16);
  • Nella Larsen, Quicksand (1928), Introduction, pp. 1-72 (chap. 1-13).
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    5 M
  • Quicksand, pp. 73-135 (chap. 14-25).
  • D15.
    7 W
  • Walter White, "The Paradox of Color" (from The New Negro, R17);
  • Nella Larsen, Passing (1929).
    9 F
  • D'Arcy NcNickle, The Surrounded (1936), pp. 1-97 (chap. 1-9).
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    12 M
  • The Surrounded, pp. 98-202 (chap. 10-22).
  • 7-10 PAGE PAPER (UNDERGRADUATES),
  • 10-15 PAGE RESEARCH PAPER (GRADUATE STUDENTS).
    14 W
  • The Surrounded, pp. 203-297 (chap. 23-34).
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