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November 17, 2006 I have posted some notes on Howells in "Resources." For our class on November 20th, please writeup and pass in a draft of the opening graph or graphs of your research paper and be prepared to comment briefly to the class on the progress of your project. Post a response to A Hazard of New Fortunes if you have not already done so. (The "Student Profiles" page needs more pictures!) The rest of the class will concentrate on A Hazard of New Fortunes as an illustration of Howells's theory of realism.
October 12, 2006 Please post all 1 pp. papers on your website. (Post pictures and commentaries as well.) Pass in critical paper #1 in class (due Oct. 16th). Think about your research paper projects (due Oct. 23rd).
September 27, 2006 Reminder: Monday, October 2nd meeting will be in the Center for Library Instruction, 4th floor, Healey Library. I am told by Janet DiPaolo that we will be joined by Paul Bookbinder's History 636 graduate seminar. George Hart will meet with both classes to discuss such matters as locating primary material by using some of the library's databases (American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900; JStor; NYT, 1851+; Boston Globe, 1872+, etc.), Google Search, and some frequently overlooked library services, like the Boston Library Consortium, Interlibrary Loan, etc. Temporary Revised office hours: Thursday (9/28): no office hours Monday (10/2): 1:30-3:30 Wednesday (10/4) 10:00-11:30 Thursday (10/5): no office hours Thursday (10/12): 10:00-12:00 Thereafter: Monday 1:30-3:00; Thursday 10:00-12:00 & by appointment
September 18, 2006 NOTE: Revised office hours: Monday 1:30-3:00; Thursday 10:00-12:00 & by appointment.
September 16, 2006 I have posted your email address under "Student Profiles." Your password is the last 4 digits of your student ID number. Try it out. Let me know if the email needs to be changed. I have also posted an assignment for paper #1 under "Assignment."
September 8, 2006 At the E 651 website find: Syllabus: Course syllabus, requirements, goals, bibliography of critic works on reserve at Healey Library. Resources: postings for background and class discussions. Student Profiles: students’ names and email addresses. Writing Room: Use the first part of your email address, your name (before @, as listed in student profiles) to log in. Your password is the last 4 digits of your student ID number. There, you may post a picture and comments.
August 19, 2006
At our first class on Sept. 11th, we will discuss the course requirements (see syllabus) and then the substance of the course: an examination of 19th century American literature’s transition from romanticism to realism. (See Karl Becker & Arthur Ganz, Literary Terms: A Dictionary, C. Hugh Holman, A Handbook to Literature or another dictionary of literary terms.) For the purposes of discussion, please read Hawthorne’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown,” available at several websites – for example:
During class discussion we will place this story in several contexts: Hawthorne’s thematic and artistic intentions, its relations to other works of the period, and its subsequent range of readings by various critics. I have also posted several sets of notes on the ways Herman Melville and Henry James saw the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne. See "Resources."
July 27, 2006
On October 2nd (class #4) our seminar will meet in the Healey Library Center, on the 4th floor, in the Library Instruction room, where we will be briefed on library resources (available now on-line) to be drawn upon for your research projects. Librarians Janet Di Paolo and George Hart have been invaluable in setting up these amazing resources. At this meeting Janet DiPaolo will cover the location of research materials by using some of the library’s databases and some new tools (Google Scholar, for example) and frequently overlooked library services (Boston Library Consortium, Interlibrary Loan, etc.).
July 12, 2006
Welcome to E 651: Nineteenth-Century American Literature. As you have discovered, the website for this course can be found at www.litandwriting.umb.edu. I have there posted a syllabus with course requirements and a reading list. I hope you will be able to read some of these works over the summer, the best time to read long novels: The Last of the Mohicans, Hope Leslie, The Portrait of A Lady, A Hazard of New Fortune, for example. With some of these already read, you will be able to think about your research paper topic earlier. The critical works listed will be on reserve at the UMB Library. You may reach me directly at shaun.oconnell@comcast.net. I will be posting more information and links throughout the summer and during the semester, so please check the website weekly. As The Happenings so eloquently put it, see you in September.
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