P = Possible group presentation dates
* = Longer readings
| Class # | Readings | Important Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Journals due weekly. |
| 2 | Ender's Game. | |
| 3 | Ender's Game. | |
| 4 | Machiavelli. The Prince. | |
| 5 | Machiavelli. The Prince. | |
| 6 | Sahagún. The War of Conquest. | Writing Conferences. |
| 7 |
Sahagún. The War of Conquest. Cortés. Second Letter. (CP) | Paper #1 due, a day prior to Class #8. |
| 8 | Voltaire. Candide. | |
| 9 | Voltaire. Candide. | Revision of Paper #1 due. |
| 10 | Blake. Songs of Innocence and Experience. | |
| 11 | Blake. Songs of Innocence and Experience. | NOTE: Makeup class - time TBA. |
| 12 | Williams. Letters from France. | Draft #2 due, a day prior to Class #13. |
| 13 | Williams. Letters from France. | |
| 14 | Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. | |
| 15 | *Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. P | |
| 16 | Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. | Paper #2 due. |
| 17 | *Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin. P | |
| 18 | Whitman. Drum Taps. | |
| 19 | Whitman. Drum Taps. P | |
| 20 | Lincoln. Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural. | |
| 21 | Field trip: Levinson. Written in Stone. | |
| 22 | *Card. Speaker for the Dead. | |
| 23 | *Card. Speaker for the Dead. | |
| 24 | Robert Lowell, Derek Walcott. P | Paper #3 due. |
| 25 | *Ondaatje. Anil's Ghost. P | |
| 26 | *Ondaatje. Anil's Ghost. |