English 7320, Fall 2012


Seminar in Textual Analysis: Shorter Works of Hawthorne and James


The class meets every Thursday beginning Aug. 30, except November 22 (Thanksgiving), 4:30 - 6:10 p.m., in 2307 Boylan. Last meeting: Dec. 6.

Summer Preparation: If you have not (recently) read The Scarlet Letter, please do so.

If you have time, you should (re)acquaint yourself with some of James's longer works, such as:

The Portrait of a Lady (early/middle period);
The Bostonians (middle)
The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl (late)

Assigned texts:

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales (Norton Critical Edition);
Tales of Henry James (Norton Critical Edition);
Henry James, Washington Square (Signet);
Henry James, The Turn of the Screw (Penguin);

These books are on order at the college bookstore and at Shakespeare & Co, Campus Road.


Assigments: One short paper; one term project; one final exam exercise.


Tentative schedule:

August 30 INTRODUCTION to Hawthorne; "Young Goodman Brown"
September 6 "My Kinsman, Major Molineux"
13 "The Minister's Black Veil"; "Endicott and the Red Cross"
20 "The Birthmark"; "Ethan Brand"
27 "Rappaccini's Daughter"
October 4 INTRODUCTION to James
11 Washington Square
18 "Daisy Miller"
25 "The Aspern Papers"
November 1 "The Real Thing"; "The Pupil"
8 "In the Cage""
15 "The Jolly Corner"
22 COLLEGE CLOSED (Thanksgiving)
29 "The Turn of the Screw"
December 6 "The Beast in the Jungle"
13 READING DAY
20 FINAL EXAM assignment due




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