English 352B CD & WI

Survey of American Literature II

Dr. Susanne Bloomfield

Spring 2005

Requirements
Course description, objectives, expectations, and requirements for the Spring 2005.

Assignments
A Syllabus of daily reading and writing assignments for Spring 2005.

Literary Periods
A concise summary of the literary periods being studied in this survey course beginning with Romanticism.

"An Ornament to Society," "The Rebellion of Mrs. McLelland," and "The New Man."
Full text of three short stories by Kate M. Cleary.

American Humor
Notes on theoretical uses of humor in American literature, humor characteristics and devices, and a Selected Bibliography.

Crane Notes
Notes on Stephen Crane and the Red Badge of Courage.

Ted Kooser
Ted Kooser's website "American Life in Poetry" that features a poem a week and commentary.

Primary Research Resources

Internet Links

Mark Twain

Click here for the winner of the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee.

Click here for the text and criticism of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Click here for Mark Twain in His Times.

Click here for Political Cartoons and Cartoonists in the Nineteenth Century.

Click here for excerpts of William Dean Howell's "My Mark Twain" (North American Review 1901).

Click here for a Teacher's Guide to Huck Finn from PBS.

Click here discussion of plot, style, figurative language, irony, and diction in Huck Finn.

Click here for a comparison of Kerouac's On the Road to Huck Finn.

Click here for a 1901 article published in Century magazine entitled "A Retrospect of American Humor."

Charles Waddell Chesnut

Click here for a short biography and workjs by Charles Waddell Chesnutt.

Click here for Chesnutt biography and scholarly resources.

Click here for Perspectives in American Litrerature biography and photo of Chesnutt.

Click here for a good Selected Bibliography of critical works on Chesnutt.

Kate M. Cleary

Click here for an article on frontier humor in the writings of Kate Cleary and Elinore Pruitt Stewart.

Click here for the Kate M. Cleary Home Page.

Click here for "The New Woman in the West: The Social Satire of Kate M. Cleary."

Joel Chandler Harris

Click here for the University of Virginia's e-texts and contemporary reviews.

Click here for teaching strateges for Joel Chandler Harris.

Click here for "The New Woman in the West: The Social Satire of Kate M. Cleary."

William Dean Howells

Click here for the William Dean Howells Society Site.

Click here for the Gonzaga University William Dean Howells Site.

Click here for the Anti-Imperialist Writings of William Dean Howells.

Click here for study and discussion questions on "Editha."

Click here for Perspectives in American Literature: William Dean Howells."

Click here for some background on American Realism.

Click here for for the Library of Congress site on the Spanish American War.

Click here for journalism and the Spanish American War.

Click here for the PBS site on the Spanish American War.

Henry James

Click here for the Henry James Society.

Click here for full text articles from the Henry James Review.

Click here for the Henry James Scholar's Guide to Web Sites.

Click here for the Henry James Center at Creighton University.

Click here and for the history of the Gibson Girl.

Click here for more background on the Gibson Girl.

Click here for biography of Gibson and illustrations.

Click here for "Money for Titles: The American Dollar Princesses."

Click here for other noveau riche American women marrying Europeans for titles.

Kate Chopin

Click here for a Public Broadcast Profile on Kate Chopin entitled "A Reawakening."

Click here for Kate Chopin on the "Domestic Goddess" web site.

Click here for bibliographies on Kate Chopin.

Click here for a picture of her house in Cloutierville and background on her life there.

Click here for Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor.

Click here for "Exploring Chopin's Awakening."

Click here for "The Degradation of Married Women in the Victorian Era."

Click here for a game titled "Victorian Women's Rights."

Click here for A Kate Chopin site with photographs and links.

Click here for a short student essay on Victorian women's clothing.

Click here for "Women's Work in the 19th Century" and many good historical links.

Click here for many Chopin and Emily Toth video clips and transcripts. Excellent!

Click here for classroom strategies on teaching Chopin.

Click here for a searchable e-text of The Awakening for selected names (Reisz, Leonce) but not key words.

Click here for a site to download The Awakening. Click on "ibiblio" zip in download links. When a file appears on your screen, click on it to open it and find story. Then go to "edit" in your toolbar and click on "find." Type in word you are looking for to search the text.

Stephen Crane

Click here for Stephen Crane Society Home Page.

Click here for a searchable e-text of The Red Badge of Courage as well links to criticism.

Click here for TreasureNet Historical Image Collection for photos of the Civil War.

Click here for the Red Badge of Courage Home Page.

Click here for some criticism of Stephen Crane's poetry.

Click here for Classic Notes about Stephen Crane.

Click here for the Valley of the Shadow web site and searchable primary documents.

Click here for the American Civil War Homepage from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Click here for the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System to search for specific people, regiments, or battles.

Click here for Shotgun's Home for the American Civil War.

Click here for the American Civil War.Com.

Click here for Civil War Album containing photographs, maps, and records.

Click here for yet another Civil War Home Page.

Robert Frost

Click here for the national society Friends of Robert Frost. Includes Frost's readings.

Click here for Robert Frost site with poetry criticism.

Click here for the complete 288 page text of the book Robert Frost's Poems.

Click here for some delightful Robert Frost quotations.

Click here for the Frost New Hampshire Farm state historic site.

Willa Cather

Click here for Harvard University's Willa Cather site

Click here for the official WCPM Willa Cather site

Click here for the 1929 edition of A History of Czechs "Bohemians" in Nebraska.

Click here for a a photograph of John and Mary Rosisky, one of the best known pioneer Czechs in Nebraska and

here for a photograph of a Czech farm in Nebraska.

Click here for Women of the West Museum's Internet Links to sites about pioneer women

E.E. Cummings

Click here for Modern American Poetry's web site for E.E. Cummings

Click here for the paintings of E.E. Cummings

Click here for Spring, the Journal of the E.E. Cummings Society

William Carlos Williams

Click here for Modern American Poetry's web site for William Carlos Williams

Click here for the William Carlos Williams Review

Click here for Classroom Issues and Strategies for Teaching William Carlos Williams

Flannery O'Connor

Click here for the Georgia College and State University O'Connor Website. Good links!

Click here for "Reflections on the Grotesque" by Joyce Carol Oates.

Tillie Olson

Click here for the Nebraska Writers Website on Tillie Olsen

Click here for an essay on Proletarian Literature

Tomas Rivera

Click here for the University of California-Riversiade's Home Page for Tomas Rivera.

Click here for the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute

Sandra Cisneros

Click here for a Web Site on Sandra Cisneros

Click here for the Internet Library Resource File on Sandra Cisneros

Click here for links to and evaluations of Cisneros Websites

Leslie Marmon Silko

Click here for the official Website of Leslie Silko.

Click here for an interview with Leslie Silko.

Louise Erdrich

Click here for the Women Writers of Color Website of Louise Erdrich.

Click here for the Native American Author's Project website for Louise Erdrich.

Ralph Ellison

Click here for the Ralph Ellison Webliography of online sources.

Click here for the PBS site for Ralph Ellison.

Click here for Ralph Ellison and his ties with Jazz music.

James Baldwin

Click here for the PBS site on James Baldwin.

Click here for the Teacher Resource File on Ralph Ellison.

Alice Walker

Click here for an Alice Walker website.

Click here for "Alice Walker, Womanist Writer."

Zora Neale Hurston

Click here for a Zora neale Hurston website.

Click here for "I Am Zora" Home Page.

Click here for for background on the Harlem renaissance.

Backgrounds for American Literature

Click here for a concise summary of literary periods.

Click here for the Project Gutenberg Home page where complete texts of important works can be searched.

Click here for information on Timelines, American Authors, American Literature, and Literary Movements.

Click here for background on PUCK magazine.

Click here and here for more about PUCK magazine.

Click here for 19th century political cartoonist Thomas Nast.

Click here for THE MASSES, a socialist journal with literature, poetry, and political cartoons

Backgrounds in American History

Click here for the First World War.

Click here for Encyclopedia of the United States 1840-1980.

Click here for the Second World War.

Victorian Women

Click here for article entitled "The Cult of Domesticity and True Womanhood"

Click here for background on Coventry Patmore and "The Angel in the House"

Click here for background on women's roles in the 19th Century

Click here for article entitled "Wrestling with the Angel of the House: Interviews with Women Writers"

Click here for article entitled "Killing the Angel in the House" by Elaine Showalter

Click here for Godey's Ladies Book, a nineteenth century women's magazine.

Click here for article entitled "Domesticity to Danger."

Click here for a Victorian Woman's World

Click here for Women's History site

Click here for Domestic Goddess Home Page about 19C Women Writers

Black Writers

Click here for National Archives article"From Slave Women to Free Women"

Click here for a Research Guide to the History of Black African American Women

Native American Writers

Click here for Indian Country Today newspaper Home Page.

Click here for Native American Times newspaper Home Page.

Click here Native American Authors Online.

Click here for Native Web

Click here for Internet Public Library's Native American Authors Project.

Hispanic Writers

Click here for a Annotated Bibliography of Hispanic works.

Click here for a Chicano Resources page.

bloomfields@unk.edu

Dr. Susanne George Bloomfield
Professor of English
204 Thomas Hall
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-1320
(308) 865-8867