The required texts for the class are listed here, as well as a schedule of readings which are outlined in the table below.
Required Texts
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick. Edited by Andrew Delbanco. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780142437247.
———. Israel Potter. Chicago, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780810115910.
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780142437179.
———. Pudd'nhead Wilson. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1969. ISBN: 9780140430400.
Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780679732242.
———. As I Lay Dying. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780679732259.
Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York, NY: Plume, 1998. ISBN: 9780452280625.
———. Love. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2005. ISBN: 9781400078479.
Schedule of Readings
Course readings.
| SES # |
READINGS |
| 2 |
Moby-Dick. Chapters 1-23 (include "Etymologies," "Extracts"). |
| 3 |
Moby-Dick. Chapters 24-50. |
| 4 |
Moby-Dick. Chapters 51-79. |
| 5 |
Moby-Dick. Chapters 80-108. |
| 6 |
Moby-Dick. Chapters 109-"Epilogue." |
| 8 |
Israel Potter. "Dedication," Chapters 1-13. |
| 9 |
Israel Potter. Chapters 14-25. |
| 10 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapters 1-16. |
| 11 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapters 17-27. |
| 12 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapter 28-"Chapter the Last." |
| 13 |
Pudd'nhead Wilson. |
| 15 |
The Sound and the Fury. Section 1. |
| 16 |
The Sound and the Fury. Section 2. |
| 17 |
The Sound and the Fury. Section 3. |
| 18 |
The Sound and the Fury. Section 4. |
| 19 |
As I Lay Dying. pp. 3-136. |
| 20 |
As I Lay Dying. pp. 137-261. |
| 22 |
Beloved. pp. 3-165. |
| 23 |
Beloved. pp. 169-235. |
| 24 |
Beloved. pp. 239-275. |
| 25 |
Love. pp. 3-106. |
| 26 |
Love. pp. 109-202. |
