English 310/510

Note: This is an archived copy of a class I taught at Gonzaga University; it's included here so that those wishing to consult the assignments, etc. will be able to find them. Although they may be retained on the Gonzaga server for some time, all the materials have been moved to http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit. Except for the discussion list link, the links below lead to the American literature site pages now on the WSU server.

Donna M. Campbell, Department of English, Gonzaga University

Fall 2000 Course Description and Assignment Schedule
ENGL310-L Discussion List Archive

Narratives of Encounter
Travel Narratives Native American Literature		Bartholome de las Casas Alvar Nunez Cabeza da Vaca Bernal Diaz del Castillo John Smith
Puritanism and Dissent
Calvinism Selected Bibliography on Puritanism Puritanism in New England		William Bradford John Winthrop Thomas Morton Roger Williams
Puritan Poetry
Meditation Typology		Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor
Enemies Without and Within
Captivity Narratives Witchcraft in Salem Village Witchcraft Transcripts Assignment		Mary Rowlandson Cotton Mather Samuel Sewall
Varieties of Religious Experience
Jeremiads and Conversion Narratives Sermon Structure The Great Awakening		John Woolman Jonathan Edwards
Revolutionary Ideals: "What is an American?"
D. H. Lawrence on Franklin and Crevecoeur		Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Benjamin Franklin
Revolutionary Contradictions: Native American and African American Experiences
Slave Narratives		Phillis Wheatley Olaudah Equiano Samson Occom William Apess
Popular Literature and Culture
The Hudson River School of Painters		James Fenimore Cooper William Cullen Bryant Washington Irving Susanna Rowson
What is "American" Literature?
American Transcendentalism Concord, Massachusetts PowerPoint Slide Show on the Hudson River School of Painting Powerpoint Viewer (Download)		Philip Freneau Ralph Waldo Emerson Edgar Allan Poe Caroline Kirkland
The Legacy of Puritanism
"Hawthorne and His Mosses"		Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville
Assignments and Course Materials
Early American Literature Links Journals Foley Center English 310-l Discussion Archive		Fall 2000 Syllabus Report Schedule Witchcraft Transcripts Assignment Signup form for witchcraft transcripts assignment Paper 1 Paper 2 Study Guide for Exam 2