EN 399 Transatlantic Influences: Slavery and Literature
Week 1
Tues. Sept. 3
Introduction to the course and its requirements
Thurs. Sept. 5
Historical context to British and American slavery, and the transatlantic slave trade.
Read excerpts from The Narrative of the Life of Ouladah Equiano and The Narrative of Mary Prince, Written by Herself
Week 2
Tues. Sept. 10
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
TRAINING DAY for STORYMAP Projects
Tues. Sept. 17
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
Thurs. Sept. 19
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
Fri. Sept. 20 (Makeup day for Nov. 1)
Jane Austen Mansfield Park
Week 4
Tues. Sept. 24
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Thurs. Sept. 26
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Week 5
Tues. Oct. 1
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs
Thurs. Oct. 3. FIRST ESSAY DUE
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs
Week 6
Tues. Oct. 8
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs
Thurs. Oct. 10
Charles Dickens Dombey and Son
Week 7
Tues. Oct. 15
Charles Dickens Dombey and Son
Thurs. Oct. 17
Charles Dickens Dombey and Son
Week 8
Tues. Oct. 22
Charles Dickens Dombey and Son
Thurs. Oct. 24
Charles Dickens Dombey and Son
Week 9
Tues. Oct. 29
NO CLAS (Makeup class Storymap presentations in last week of class TBA)
Thurs. Oct. 31 Term Test
Week 10
Tues. Nov. 5
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
Thurs. Nov. 7
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
Week 11
Tues. Nov. 12
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
Thurs. Nov. 14
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
Week 12
Tues. Nov. 19
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
Thurs. Nov. 21
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
Week 13
Tues. Nov. 26 Second Essay Due
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
Thurs. Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 14
Tues. Dec. 3
Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
Thurs. Dec. 5
Summing up and Storymap presentations