Historical Studies

Courses

American Intellectual History

John A. Taylor Fulbright Scholar

Smolny College Saint Petersburg State University

Autumn 2004

SYLLABUS

This course will be based on The Norton Anthology of American Literature.  Most readings will also be available from Internet sources.  The first class session will meet on September 21.  Holidays will cancel classes on November 9 and December 14.  Midterm results are due November 15.  The last class session will meet on December 21.  A date for the final exam will be decided later.

Week Reading Assignments

I INTRODUCTION: James Deetz, In Small Things Forgotten

II R. W. Emerson, «Self-Reliance» http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm

III William Bradford http://members.aol.com/calebj/bradford_journal.html

IV John Winthrop.  http://history.hanover.edu/texts/winthmod.html

V Cotton Mather. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~DRBR/cotton1.html

VI Cotton Mather. http://members.aol.com/calebj/bradford.html

VII Benjamin Franklin

VIII Benjamin Franklin

IX Jonathan Edwards

X Jonathan Edwards

XI Henry David Thoreau

XII Emerson’s essay on Nature, second series

XIII Summary

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