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
| 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. |