Richard Lowry
rslowr@facstaff.wm.edu
Tucker 214, 221-3926
College Apartments 6D, 221-1285
Office Hours: T 2:30 - 5:00 and by appointment
web site: http://courseinfo.wm.edu/courses/ENG363_01/index.html

Required Texts:

 Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
 William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes
 Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
 Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
 Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs
 Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie
 James Weldon Johnson, Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

 There will also be other materials distributed from time to time in class.  These are marked below by *.

Requirements:

Participation: You are expected to have done the reading for each class, and be ready to discuss what you have read.  You are also expected to participate in the listserv discussion for the course.  Every student must contribute at least 6 comments during the semester, 3 of which must come before Spring Break.  Finally, students will be asked to give group presentations on specific topics.

Writing: There will be two papers assigned in the course of the semester, each of which should be 5-7 pages long.  The first one will be due Monday, February 22, at 5 pm.  The second will be due near the end of the semester on a date arranged with me.  In addition there will be a midterm and a final exam.

Evaluation: Grades will be figured roughly on a percentage scale: 20% each for the first paper and the midterm; 25% each for the last paper and the final; and 10% on participation. All late assignments will be downgraded one grade (from for instance B+ to B) for each half day it is late unless you arrange for an extension at least 24 hours before it is due.

Class Schedule (subject to some change):

Jan. 21  Introduction

OF MOMS & APPLE PIES
Jan. 26  Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Finish Part I
Jan. 28  Alcott, Little Women

Feb. 2   Alcott, Little Women
Feb. 4   Alcott, Little Women and Mary Wilkins Freeman, "The Revolt of Mother"*

BOYS WILL BE BOYS
Feb. 9   Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer
Feb. 11  Twain, Tom Sawyer

BOYS TO MEN
Feb. 16  Stephen Crane, Red Badge
Feb. 18  Crane, Red Badge

Feb. 22 Paper #1 (5 pages) due by 5 pm at my office

THE WIDE WIDE WORLD
Feb. 23  William Dean Howells, "Editha,"* & Fortunes
Feb. 25  Howells, Fortunes

March 2 Howells, Fortunes
March 4 Howells, Fortunes

March 9   Spring Break
March 11 Spring Break

March 16 Midterm

DREADFUL KNOWLEDGE
March 18 Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,"*

March 23 Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
March 25 James, Turn of the Screw, "The Jolly Corner"*

HOSTESSES & GUESTS
March 30 Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs
April 1  Jewett, Firs

THE COLOR LINE
April 6  Charles Chesnutt, "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po' Sandy," "The Conjurer's Revenge," "Dave's Neckliss"
April 8  Chesnutt, "The Wife of His Youth," "Her Virginia Mammy," "The Sheriff's Children"

WHAT A WOMAN WANTS
April 13 Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie
April 15 Dreiser: Sister Carrie

April 20 Dreiser: Sister Carrie
April 22 Dreiser: Sister Carrie

THE CULTURE GAME
April 27 James Weldon Johnson, Autobiography
April 29 Johnson, Autobiography

Final Exam: Monday, May 3, 1:30 pm