Reading List

Week 8--November 12--Huck Finn through page 229

Week 9—November 19--Finish Huck Finn

Week 10—Thanksgiving—No class

Week 11—December 3

• Henry James, “The Real Thing,” 429-447

• Edith Wharton, “Roman Fever,” 843-853

• Henry Adams, “The Virgin and the Dynamo,” 347-359

• Charles Chesnutt, “The Wife of his Youth,” 696-704--This is a change--this reading's themes fit better with the balance of our readings

• Sui Sin Far, all, 879-886

Week 12--December 10—Final Exam—No new reading; final from 5:30-7:30 PM

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First Half

Week 2

Fiction:

·         Bret Harte, intro and all stories, 324-347

·         Mark Twain, "The Notorious Jumping Frog  . . .," 104-108, and excerpt from Roughing It, 303-307.

Theoretical Background (excerpted works as listed):

·         Frederick Jackson Turner, 1148-1153

·         Theodore Roosevelt, 1153-1159

Week 4

Frank Norris, all, 932-938

Jack London, all, 1051-1105

Additional London material at the following sites:

“The Chinago,” http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/GodLaughs/chinago.html

“When God Laughs,” http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/GodLaughs/godlaughs.html

“A Piece of Steak,” http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/GodLaughs/steak.html

Week 5

Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, all, 92-100

Jose Marti, all, 1164-1167

Corridos, all, 1132-1140

Zitkala Sa, all, 1105-1132

Week 6

Sarah Winnemucca, all, 501-512

Native American Oratory, all, 382-388

Charles Alexander Eastman, all, 716-724

Wovoka, all, 1144-1146

Helen Hunt Jackson, all, 1159-1164

John M. Oskison, all, 1046-1051