Schedule

African-
American Lit I
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Terry
Wheatley
Walker
Equiano
Stewart
Douglass
Brown
Truth
Jacobs
Horton
Whitfield
Harper
Wilson
Grimke
Washington
Chesnutt
Cooper
Hopkins
DuBois
J. W. Johnson
Corrothers
Dunbar
Nelson
Braithwaite
F. Johnson

Schedule

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE I, ENGL 215
Timothy E. Trask, Professor

Syllabus
Tentative Calendar, Spring 2004:
January                   Page numbers in boldface are from 1st edition.
                                   Page numbers in plain face are from 2nd edition.
                    21          Introduction; Background of class and anthology.
                    23          Lucy Terry (127-138)(186-187); Phillis Wheatley (172-177)(213-226)
                    26          Phillis Wheatley (172-177)(213-226)
                    28          David Walker (178-190)(227-238)
                    30          Olaudah Equiano (138-164)(187-212)
February
                      2          Maria Stewart (201-207)(249-255); begin Harriet Jacobs
                      4          Harriet Jacobs (207-245)(279-315)
                      6          Frederick Douglass (Chapters I - V)
                      9          Frederick Douglass (Chapters VI - IX)
                    11          Frederick Douglass (Chapters X - XI)
                    13          EXAMINATION I
                    16          Presidents' Day (no classes)
                    18          William Wells Brown (245-269)(315-345)
                    20          George Moses Horton (190-195)(239-244); Sojourner Truth (196-200)(245-249);
                                  James M. Whitfield (401-408)(483-490)
                    23          Frances W. Harper (408-438)(491-520); see also 588-593
                    25          Frances W. Harper
                    27          Harriet E. Wilson (439-459)(521-540)
March
                      1          Charlotte Grimke (472-485)(554-569)
                      3          Booker T. Washington (488-521)(570-601); see also 581-588
                      5          Booker T. Washington
                      8          Charles W. Chesnutt (522-544)(602-624)
                    10          Anna Julia Cooper (553-569)(635-649)
                    12          Pauline E. Hopkins (569-581)(650-674)
                    15          Spring Break
                    17          Spring Break
                    19          Spring Break
                    22          W. E. B. DuBois (606-609; 613-642)(686-689; 692-742)
                    24          W. E. B. DuBois
                    26          W. E. B. DuBois
                    29          EXAMINATION II
                    31          James Weldon Johnson (765-777)(791-802)
April
                      2          Spirituals and slave songs
                      5          James Weldon Johnson (777-803)(803-827)
                      7          James Weldon Johnson
                      9          Ragtime Music
                    12          James Weldon Johnson (803-835)(827-858)
                    14          James Weldon Johnson (835-861)(858-883)
                    16          James Weldon Johnson
                    19          Patriots' Day (no classes)
                    21          RESEARCH PAPER DUE; Other music
                    23          James D. Corrothers (760-765)(786-790); begin P. Dunbar
                    26          Paul Laurence Dunbar (884-906)(905-928)
                    28          Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson (914-919)(936-941)
                    30          William Stanley Braithwaite (919-923)(942-945)
May
                      3          Fenton Johnson (924-928)(946-952)
                      5          Harlem Rennaissance introduction (929-936)(953-961)
                      7          LAST CLASS; Preview of final exam.

Other reading will be assigned in class.
Assignments are subject to change.
Final Examinations: May 10 - 13

Syllabus

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