MAY

31 (W)

Review syllabus, reading and writing assignments, final exam questions.

View Gone with the Wind.

Assignment: Write a paragraph (50-100 words) on some significant historical event that occurred in The South between 1750 and 1970 and be prepared to present it to the class during our next meeting (June 1).

JUNE

1 (Th) Finish viewing GWTW.

Discuss student paragraphs and the history of The South.
• Center for the Study of Southern Culture, (http://imp.cssc.olemiss.edu/)
• Y’all - Webzine of the South, (http://www.accessatlanta.com/global/local/ yall.index.html)

2 (F) Discuss short stories, poetry, and plays as well as our literary reports.

NOTE: This is the only Friday meeting in our schedule.

William Dawson, "Anacreontic," pp. 49-50
Samuel Davis, "Three Epitaphs," pp. 50-51


A "Southern" Literature, pp. 69-76


Edgar Allan Poe, pp. 132-34; "To Helen," p. 135


• Edgar Allan Poe, (http://www.cais.com/webweave/poe/poe.htm)
• Precisely Poe, (http://www.poedecoder.com/PreciselyPoe/)
• Edgar Allan Poe’s House of Usher, (http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/)
• Poe’s Virtual Library, (http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/library.html)
• CyberTour: Edgar Allan Poe, (http://dcls.org/reference/poe.html)
• Edgar Allan Poe: The Dark Genius of the Short Story, (http:.//www.cais.com/ webweave/poe/poebio.htm)
• Poe Webliography, (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~erlich/poesites/4220/poe.html)

Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven," pp. 138-41

Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher," pp. 143-58

P.P. Cooke, p. 175; "Florence Vane," pp. 175-76
G.W. Cable, pp. 311-12; "Belles Demoiselles Plantation," pp. 312-24
• George Washington Cable Assignment: Prepare one of the following prewriting materials to bring to the literary report in-class work session on June 8:
  • thesis statement and supporting argument for critical analysis or personal relationship to character.
  • kernal passage for sequel or alternate ending.
  • rough stanza of poetry or a page of script for cross-medium.
  • sample passage of modernized parody of poem, short story, or play.

• The Kate Chopin Page, (http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/chopink.htm)

The Southern Literary Renascence, pp. 411-17
In-class work session
Assignment: Submit final draft of your literary report to next class (June 12).

• William Faulkner on the Web, (http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html)
• William Faulkner Foundation, France, (http://www.uhb.fr/Faulkner/)
• William Faulkner Additional Resources, (http://cypress.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/r-index.html)
• Center for Faulkner Studies, (http://www2.semo.edu/cfs/)

View video, “Barn Burning”

Submit literary report.

• The Erskine Caldwell Birthplace and Museum, (http://www.newnan.com/ec/)
• The Erskine Caldwell Website, (http://id.mind.net/~fletch)

K.A. Porter, pp. 529-30; “The Grave,” pp. 530-35

• Katherine A. Porter Page, (http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/porterka.htm)

R.P. Warren, pp. 542-44; “Summer Storm,” pp. 545-46

Richard Wright, pp. 561-62; “Big Boy Leaves Home,” pp. 562-92

• Richard Wright Resources on the Web, (http://gwisz.circ.gwu.edu/~cuff/wright/resources.html)

Tennessee Williams, pp. 603-04; “This Property Is Condemned,” pp. 604-12

Assignment: Submit final draft of your literary report to next class (June 19).

• Tennessee Williams, (http://www.gatewayno.com/Culture/TWilliams.html)
• Tennessee Williams on the Web, (http://ils.unc.edu/~mauer/williams/tenn.html)

After the Renascence, pp. 615-21

Submit literary report.

• Flannery O’Connor, (http://cheshire.cwrl.utexas.edu/~mmaynard/Voices/flan_biblio.html)
• The Flannery O'Connor Collection, (http://peacock.gac.peachnet.edu/~sc/foc.html)
• Links to Flannery O’Connor Sites, (http://peacock.gac.peachnet.edu/~sc/links.html)

James Dickey, p. 683; “The String,” pp. 685-86

Review for final exam.