American Authors: Autobiography and Memoir

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
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