Readings

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.