Monday, 3 November

As we steer toward the completion of our second unit, we continue to contrast Emerson’s idealism with the harsh realities served up in excerpts from Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life. In this text, we consider the contrast between Douglass’s representations of captivity and freedom, investigating both individual and collective frameworks that Douglass employs.

      For Monday (11.5):

• Read Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” (B, 848-863)
• Record two entries in your common-place book

Wednesday, 5 November

In this as his famous speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”

      For Friday (11.7):

• Complete your take-home essay. Bring a printed copy to class as ticket of admission to your exam.
• Prep for exam. Bring your own paper for answers.
• Bring your common-place book to class for a check.

Friday, 7 November

Exam #2

      For Monday (11.10):

• Read Tyler, The Contrast (pdf on Canvas)
• Record two entries in your common-place book