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LTEL 102D
U.S. Literary Canon: 1900-the present
(Fall 2010)
This course will examine major works and literary movements in U.S. literature spanning
the twentieth century, with particular concern for the historical, social, and political
conditions in which texts were written and received. The texts selected include examples
from fiction, poetry, and drama and, taken together, reflect aspects of emergent concerns
with issues of gender, class, and race in U.S. literature.
Required Texts
(Available at Literary Guillotine, 204 Locust Street, Santa Cruz, CA, [831] 457-1195)
Author
Title
ISBN
Kate Chopin
The Awakening (1899)
9780142437322
Willa Cather
My Antonia (1918)
9780199538140
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (1930)
978679732259
Richard Wright
Native Son (1940)
9780061148507
Allen Ginsberg
Howl (1956)
9780872860179
Luis Valdez
Zoot Suit (1977)
1558850481
William Kennedy
Ironweed (1982)
9780140070200
Toni Morrison
Beloved (1987)
9781400033416
Discussion Sections:
Section
01A
01B
Class #
23109
23110
Days
M
M
Time
05:00PM-06:10 PM
06:30PM-07:40 PM
Location
Cowell Com 134
Cowell Com 134
01C
01D
01E
23111
23112
23113
Tu
W
F
08:30AM-09:40 AM
03:30PM-04:40 PM
12:30PM-01:40 PM
Cowell Com 134
Oakes Acad 106
Kresge Clrm 323
Section Instructors (TAs):
Dennis Brand, Keegan Finberg, Laurel Peacock, Brenda Sanfilippo, Melissa Yinger.
Course Policies:
Attendance: You are expected to attend lectures and section meetings consistently. If you
miss more than two section meetings you will fail. Section instructors (a.k.a. “TAs”) will
keep tabs on you to “encourage” lecture attendance.
Discussion sections will meet eight times this quarter. There will be no section meetings
the first full week of the semester; section meetings are cancelled the week of
Thanksgiving as well. Lecture is cancelled the Wednesday immediately preceding
Thanksgiving.
Course Work: There will be two 5-6-page essays and one final exam (with objective
questions, short answers, and two essay questions). At his or her discretion, your section
instructor give reading quizzes at any given time.
Essay #1: Due on Wednesday, October 22, 2010. Focus your argument on
Chopin, Cather, or Faulkner.
Essay #2: Due on Monday, November 22, 2010. Focus your argument on Wright,
Valdez, or Kennedy. (You may also write about Ginsberg, but only in conjunction
with another text).
Papers should be revised, typed, proofread and stapled on the day indicated in the
schedule. Requests for extension (maximum of two days) should be made in advance of
the due date (generally by emailing your TA). All papers should be typed and thoroughly
proofread. Papers should follow MLA format, using parenthetical citations and a Work(s)
Cited page.
Schedule:
Friday
9/24/10
Course Introduction
Monday
9/27/10
Chopin, I through XXI (43-116)
Wednesday 9/29/10
Chopin, XXII through XXXIX (116-176)
Friday
10/1/10
Cather, Introduction and Book I (5-55)
Monday
10/4/10
Cather, Finish Book I and Book II (entire) (56137)
Wednesday 10/6/10
Cather (139-172)
Friday
10/8/10
Cather (173-196)
Monday
10/11/10
Faulkner (3-74)
Wednesday 10/13/10
Faulkner (75-119)
Friday
Faulkner (120-164)
10/15/10
No section
meetings this
week.
Monday
10/18/10
Faulkner (165-225)
Wednesday 10/20/10
Faulkner (226-261)
Friday
10/22/10
Paper #1 due
Monday
10/25/10
Wright (3-95)
Wednesday 10/27/10
Wright (97-154)
Friday
10/29/10
Wright (173-234)
Monday
11/1/10
Wright (235-359)
Wednesday 11/3/10
Wright (360-381)
Friday
11/5/10
Wright (381-430)
Monday
11/8/10
Ginsberg, Howl
Wednesday 11/10/10
Valdez, Act I (1-50)
Friday
11/12/10
Valdez, Act II (51-83)
Monday
11/15/10
Kennedy, Books I through III (1-90)
Wednesday 11/17/10
Kennedy (91-152)
Friday
11/19/10
Kennedy (153-227)
Monday
11/22/10
Paper #2 is due
Wednesday 11/24/10
No class. Thanksgiving Break begins.
Friday
11/26/10
Thanksgiving Break
Monday
11/29/10
Morrison, Book I (3-195)
Wednesday 12/1/10
Morrison, Book II (200-277)
Friday
Morrison, Book III (257-324)
12/3/10
Wednesday 12/8/10
8-11AM
Final Examination. Bring Scantron, writing
paper, and pencils.
No section
meetings this
week.