Sumários

Feedback on the midterms. H. D. Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience" and chap. XIV of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

6 Novembro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Delivery and feedback on the midterm exercises.

Presentation on "Civil Disobedience" by H. D. Thoreau and debate on the legitimation of (non)violent protests.

Blog post:

https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/11/reading-promts-for-november-6-huck-finn.html

Conclusion of the last class and text analysis tip. Midterm exercise.

30 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Conclusion of the last class and text analysis tip. Midterm exercise.

Women who no longer want to be veiled: Margaret Fuller ... and The Declaration of Sentiments (E. Cady Stanton, et al.)

25 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Continuation of the last class.

Presentation on "The Declaration of Sentiments" and comparison both with "The Declaration of Independence" and points raised by Margret Fuller in "Woman in the 19th Century."

https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/10/reading-prompts-for-oct-25-margaret.html

Female stereotypes and the Woman Question: chapter XI of Huck Finn and Ellen Watkins, "The Two Offers"

23 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

How characters are shown through direct speech: text analysis and conclusion of Frederick Douglass, "The Heroic Slave".

The woman question and female stereotypes. Chapter XI of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - impersonating a girl.

Presentation on a poem by Frances Sargent Osgood, "Reply to One who Said, 'Write from the Heart'"

Beginning of the analysis of Frances Ellen Watkins (Harper), "The Two Offers":

https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/10/reading-prompts-for-class-of-october-23.html

"Young Goodman Brown" (concl. + "The adventures of Hucleberry Finn", chap. 10). Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" and "The Heroic Slave"

18 Outubro 2024, 09:30 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Huckleberry Finn, chapter 10, from “After dinner Friday...” until “the end of it yet” - comparison with the shaft/serpent episode in "Young Goodman Brown" (ambivalence of symbols - evil and healing).

Discussion of Huck making fun of Jim’s ignorance: https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/10/reading-prompts-for-class-of-october-18.html

Cultural and political context of mid-19th C US: https://euliteratura.blogspot.com/2024/10/chronology-of-political-events-in-us.html

Presentation on "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" by Frederick Douglass. Introduction to "The Heroic Slave."

Instructions for the midterm (see moodle).