LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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1 | Introduction | |
2 | Mary Rowlandson, Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson | |
3 | Benjamin Franklin, selections from the Autobiography | |
4 - 5 | Frederick Douglass, A Narrative of Frederick Douglass | |
6 | Harriet Jacobs, selections from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl | |
7 | Mark Twain, selections from Roughing It | |
8 | Discussion and peer review of Essay 1 | Essay 1 due by midnight |
9 - 12 | Tobias Wolff, This Boy's Life | |
12 - 14 | Art Spiegelman, Maus: A Survivor's Tale | |
15 - 17 | Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven | Essay 2 due by midnight |
18 -20 | Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Among the White Moon Faces | |
21 - 23 | Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying | Essay 3 due by midnight |
24 - 25 | Alison Bechdel, Fun Home | In-class report |
26 | Conclusion | Essay 4 due by midnight |