The American Renaissance: Classic Literature of the 19th Century
Intermediate
Online
4 WeeksQuick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study, Virtual Classroom | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
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| no |
The Syllabus
- Welcome and Background Information
- Required: Login to Lacuna Stories and YellowDig
- Introduce Yourself
- Pre Course Survey
- Getting help in this course
- Introduction to Emerson
- Discussion: Emerson
- Turning Point: Transcendentalism
- Emerson as an American Scholar
- Turning Point: The Anti-Slave (1 Question)
- Emerson Annotations (1 Question)
- Introduction to Douglass
- Discussion: Douglass
- Turning Point: Abolitionism
- Turning Point: The Decision to Narrate His Life
- Turning Point: Life and Times (1 Question)
- Douglass Annotations (1 Question)
- Office Hours: Emerson and Douglass
- Discussion: Whitman
- Introduction to Whitman
- Turning Point: Whitman the Printer
- Turning Point: Revisionist
- Writing Assignment: Whitman (1 Question)
- Whitman Annotations (1 Question)
- Discussion: Hawthorne
- Introduction to Hawthorne
- Turning Point: Shift from Civil Servant to Author
- Turning Point: The Scarlet Letter wins world-wide acclaim as a representative American classic
- A Series of Turning Points: The Scaffolding of The Scarlet Letter
- Turning Point: Hawthorne’s Art of Second Thinking
- Writing Assignment: Hawthorne (1 Question)
- Hawthorne Annotations (1 Question)
- Office Hours: Whitman and Hawthorne
- Melville Checklist
- Discussion: Melville
- Introduction to Melville
- Turning Point: Melville’s Introduction to Whaling
- Turning Point: Scenes of Survival
- Writing Assignment Melville (1 Question)
- Melville Annotations (1 Question)
- Office Hours: Melville
- Stowe Checklist
- Discussion: Stowe
- Introduction to Stowe: The Melodramatic Imagination
- Turning Point: Protest and Evangelism
- Turning Point: The Power of Sympathy
- Stowe Annotations (1 Question)
- Twain Checklist
- Discussion: Twain
- Introduction to Twain
- Turning Point: Confronting the Past
- Turning Point: The Black Mirror
- Turning Point: Huck Finn's Autobiography
- Writing Assignment: Looking Backward (1 Question)
- Twain Annotations (1 Question)
- Office Hours: Stowe and Melville
- Post-Course Survey