Required Texts
Melville, Herman. Typee. Penguin.
———. Moby-Dick. Penguin.
———. Tales, Poems, and Other Writings. Edited by John Bryant. Modern Library.
———. The Confidence-Man. Oxford.
Morrison, Toni. Sula. Dutton, Signet.
———. Beloved. Penguin.
———. Jazz. Plume.
———. Paradise. Plume.
———. Playing in the Dark. Knopf.
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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1 | Introduction | |
2 | Typee | Chap. 1-18 |
3 | Typee | Chap. 19- "Afterword" |
4 | Moby-Dick | Chap. 1-23 |
5 | Moby-Dick | Chap. 24-50 |
6 | Moby-Dick | Chap. 51-79 |
7 | Moby-Dick | Chap. 80-108 |
8 | Moby-Dick | Chap. 109-"Epilogue" |
9 | "Bartleby, the Scrivener" "The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids" (in Bryant anthology) |
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11 | "Benito Cereno" (Bryant) | |
12 | The Confidence-Man | Chap. 1-22 |
13 | The Confidence-Man | Chap. 23-45 |
14 | Playing in the Dark | Chap. 1-2 |
15 | Sula I | |
16 | Sula II | |
17 | Beloved | Pp. 3-165 |
18 | Beloved | Pp. 169-275 |
20 | Jazz | Pp. 3-113 |
21 | Jazz | Pp. 115-229 |
22 | Paradise | Pp. 3-138 |
23 | Paradise | Pp. 141-217 |
25 | Paradise | Pp. 221-318 |
27 | Conclusion |