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English 158A - Spring, 2013
The American Novel to 1900
Class Information
Instructor:
Kilgore, John
CRN:
62584
Time:
TR 12:10-1:30
Location:
118 Olson
Description
This course examines a diverse selection of important US novels from 1791-1901. We will read examples from some of the many generic traditions significant to the period, including the seduction tale, the gothic thriller, the historical romance, the reform/sentimental narrative, the maritime adventure story, regionalist satire, naturalist novella, and historical/documentary fiction. Lectures will focus on the historical contexts of the individual novels and the relationship between novelistic form and narrative content.
Grading
Attendance: 10%
Quizzes: 15%
Paper 1: 25%
Paper 2: 30% (higher scoring paper)
Final: 20%
Texts
Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth
, Susanna Rowson
Wieland; or, The Transformation
, Charles Brockden Brown
Hope Leslie; or, Early Times in the Massachusetts
, Catharine Maria Sedgwick
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
, Edgar Allan Poe
Pudd\'nhead Wilson, A Tale
, Mark Twain
Clotel; or, The President\'s Daughter
, William Wells Brown
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York)
, Stephen Crane
The Marrow of Tradition
, Charles Chesnutt