ENG 241: Survey of American Literature I

Judy Riggin

Week 15

[Introduction] [Your Responsibility] [Syllabus] [Assignments] [Exams] [Resources]

Text Reading :

• Introduction, pp. 2789-2791, browse “Songs and
• Ballads,” pp. 2791-2811
• Longfellow, pp. 2822-2824
• Whitman, pp. 2935 (“The Dalliance of the Eagles”), 2952 (“To a Locomotive in Winter”), 2868-2879 and 2911-2914 (more sections of Song of Myself )
• Dickinson , pp. 2969-2974, and poems numbered #J67, #J130, #J241, #J249, #J288, #J301, #J303, #J324, #J328, #J341, #J401, #J435, #J441, #J465, #J501, #J709, #J986, #J1207, #J1129, #J1463, #J1545, #J1583, #J1755. These numbers can be found after the last line at the end of each poem.

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Program Twelve :

The following link is to an outline of the main ideas in Program Twelve. Use this interactive outline to guide you through the video. Print off a copy of this outline and add your own notes. Using this link requires a broadband connection and Windows media player 8 or higher.

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Journal # 5 :

Directions:

1. Using MS Word, write a discussion approximately 300 words in length ( no more than ONE typed page) on ONE of the following topics:

   • A. Explain why Thoreau's experiment in living "deliberately" at Walden Pond does or does not appeal to you as a way to know what life is all about.

   • B. Explain the similarities of the accounts given by Douglass and Jacobs of the life of the wife of a slaveholder.

   • C. Explain why the type of individualism Emerson calls for in “Self-Reliance” is or is not desirable and possible in American society today.

   • D. Copy a short poem or group of lines from either Whitman or Dickinson. Write your own poetry imitating that short poem or those lines, with subject matter and style similar to the original. (Length and quote requirements don't apply.)
2. Save your file as: [your last name]_journal5.doc (example: Riggin_journal5.doc)
3. Attach document to an email and email as directed below:

   Email instructions:

   Email to jriggin@nvcc.edu

   subject line should read:

   [your last name] Journal # 5

   Example: Riggin Journal # 5

Grading Criteria:

This writing will earn thirteen (13) points when submitted, regardless of content or style. It will earn an additional seven (7) points if it meets these criteria:

•  The central idea has been narrowed to a thesis that responds to one of the topics and that can be explained in some detail in approximately 300 words.

•  The thesis is supported or illustrated by at least three brief quotations from the literary work(s) being discussed. (Quotes from the editor's introductory materials don't count!)

•  Your writing is virtually free of errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Review 'How To: Read, Watch, and Write About Literature'

Email instructions:

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