Updated Sunday, 23 March 2003

English 374-901: Early Twentieth Century American Literature
Course Outline and Schedule of Assignments
Fall 2003 (Mondays and Wednesdays, 4-5:15)
Dr. Mangum

A. Course Outline
I. Country, Small Town, and City Life
Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson)

II. The Myth Perverted, Part One
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (Eliot)
The Waste Land (Eliot) First Reading

III. The American Dream
The Great Gatsby (Scott Fitzgerald)

IV. The Death of Romantic Love
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)

V. Search for the Lost Eden
Cane (Toomer)

VI. The Myth Perverted, Part Two
The Waste Land (Eliot) Second Reading
Desire Under the Elms (O'Neill)

VII. The Dark Night of the Soul
The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner)

VIII.Waste Land Reclaimed
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)

B. Schedule of Assignments
Week One (13, 15 January)
Course Introduction
from Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson): "Book of the Grotesque"; "Hands"; "Paper Pills"

Week Two (20, 22 January)
Holiday Monday, 20 January
from Winesburg: "Mother"; "Philosopher"; "Nobody Knows";

Week Three (27, 29 January)
"Adventure"; "Strength of God"; "Teacher"; "Departure"

Week Four (3, 5 February)
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
The Waste Land (first reading preview)

Week Five (10, 12 February)
The Great Gatsby

Week Six (17, 19 February)
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
HOUR TEST #1: Wednesday, 19 February, to include Winesburg, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," parts of The Waste Land, and The Great Gatsby

Week Seven (24, 26 February)
The Sun Also Rises

Week Eight (3, 5 March)
The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)

Week Nine (10, 12 March)
Spring Vacation

Week Ten (17, 19 March)
Cane: "Karintha," "Fern," "Becky," "Esther"
Friday, 21 March: Last Day to Withdraw and receive grade of W.

Week Eleven (24, 26 March)
Cane:  "Calling Jesus," "Rhobert";  "Carma," "Blood-Burning Moon," "Avey," "Theater," "Box Seat"
Take-home essay due Monday

Week Twelve (31 March, 2 April)
Desire Under the Elms (O'Neill)
Critical Reaction Paper Due Monday
HOUR TEST #2: Wednesday 2  April, to include The Sun Also Rises, Cane, Desire Under the Elms

Week Thirteen (7, 9 April)
The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner)

Week Fourteen (14, 16 April)
The Sound and the Fury

Week Fifteen (21, 23 April)
 Their Eyes Were Watching God

Week Sixteen (28 April)
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Final Take-home Examination Essay and Hour Test #3 (hour test to include: The Sound and the Fury, Their Eyes Were Watching God, selected parts of The Waste Land:  Monday, 5 May, 4-6:50