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American Literature

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  1. INTRODUCTION & MATERIALS

    What You Need To Know & Buy Before You Begin
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  2. Introduction to American Lit & The Foundation of Story
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  3. The American Story Begins
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  4. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
    Lecture - "A Country That Neither Was Destined to Retain" - The Last of the Mohicans
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  5. Lecture - "Ashamed to Prove Other Than a Hero"
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  6. Lecture - "To Fight With His Father's Brother"
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  7. Lecture - "The Curse of My Ancestors Has Fallen Heavily on Their Child."
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  8. SHORT STORIES: HAWTHORNE, et al.
    Lecture - "Interlude: Selected Poetry & Short Stories to 1850"
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  9. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
    Lecture - "The Point of Humor Part 1"
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  10. Lecture - "The Point of Humor Part 2"
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  11. ESSAYS: THOREAU, ET AL.
    Lecture - "Truth, Error, and Culture"
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  12. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
    Lecture - "A Slang Phrase"
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  13. LITTLE WOMEN
    Lecture - "Distinguishing Characters Part 1"
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  14. Lecture - "Distinguishing Characters Part 2"
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  15. SHORT STORIES
    Lecture - "The Gift of the Magi"
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  16. Lecture - "The Lady or the Tiger?"
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  17. THE GREAT GATSBY
    Lecture - 'The Great Gatsby" (Pt. 1)
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  18. Lecture - "The Great Gatsby" (Pt. 2)
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  19. POETRY
    Lecture - "Dickinson, Frost, and Eliot"
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  20. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
    Lecture - "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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  21. Snow Day Homework
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  22. Lecture - "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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  23. SHORT STORIES
    Lecture - Short Stories
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  24. TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY
    Lecture - "Travels with Charley Part 1"
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  25. Lecture - "Travels With Charley Part 2"
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  26. Lecture - “Travels With Charley Part 3”
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  27. PEACE LIKE A RIVER
    Lecture - “Peace Like a River”
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  28. Lecture - "Peace Like a River"
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  29. PAPER PRESENTATIONS
    Lecture - Thesis Defense Preparation
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  30. Thesis Defense
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  31. Final Lecture
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All handouts for the course can be found in a single file on the Materials section of this course’s homepage. You can download it directly here.

Reading

Read Deuteronomy chs. 1-11, “Apologia” by Christopher Columbus, The Mayflower Compact, and “A Modell of Christian Charity” by John Winthrop (this will be the most challenging task this week), and the Declaration of Independence. 

Journals

Students, write down these things in your choice of journal, notebook, or looseleaf paper:

  1. Write one paragraph: How does Moses help the children of Israel understand where they are in God’s story?
  2. Write one good sentence: What was Columbus’s purpose in sailing to the New World?
  3. Write one good sentence: Restate the purpose of the agreement in your own words.
  4. Write one good sentence: In what ways did Winthrop mean the colony would be a “city upon a hill”?
  5. Write one paragraph: Why do the American authors tell a story of their troubles instead of just listing what they are going to do?

Discussion

Have a dinner table discussion with your family this week around the following question: What makes a good American story? Report your findings either in discussion or in writing.

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