EL 205(H): Week 14

WEEK 1: 1-5 SEPTEMBER For Wednesday (9.3): Review Syllabus on Canvas Come prepared to learn Wednesday, 3 September We’ll start with some general introductions and then move to a discussion of the syllabus, all to build a solid foundation for the upcoming term. From there, we’ll set some context for our study that stretches from […]

EL 205(H): Week 10

Week 10: 3-7 November For Monday (11.3): Read Douglass, from Narrative of the Life, Chapter 10 (B, 813-828) Record two entries in your common-place book 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 […]

EL 205(H): Week 9

Week 9: 27-31 October For Wednesday (10.29): Read Emerson, “Self-Reliance” (B, 211-225) Record two entries in your common-place book Monday, 27 October NO CLASS – FALL BREAK            For Wednesday (10.29): Read Emerson, “Self-Reliance” (B, 211-225) Record two entries in your common-place book   Wednesday, 29 October Today we return to the 19th century […]

EL 205(H): Week 8

Week 8: 20-24 October SELF-DETERMINATION For Monday (10.20): Read Equiano, from An Interesting Narrative (A, 601-640) Record two entries in your common-place book Monday, 20 October Today we continue our second unit by turning to our excerpt from Olaudah Equiano’s Interesting Narrative. We’ll not only discuss the specifics related in Equiano’s story, but also consider […]

EL 205(H): Week 7

Week 7: 13-17 October For Monday (10.13): Read Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (A, 299-312) Record two entries in your common-place book Week 7 – A Most Famous American Monday, 13 October On this second day with Rowlandson’s text, we examine the conclusion of her narrative and spend some time thinking about its […]

EL 205(H): Week 6

WEEK 6: 6-10 OCTOBER For Monday (10.6): 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 Monday, 6 October Exam #1         For Monday (10.8): Read Indigenous Oral […]

EL 205(H): Week 5

WEEK 5: 29 SEPT. – 3 OCT. For Monday (9.29): Read Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” (B, 274-281) Record two entries in your common-place book Work on Take-Home Essay and prep for Exam #1 Monday, 29 September Today we dig into one of the most famous imaginative nineteenth-century American authors, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and one of his […]