Schedule

As we have done in the past, we will meet for this course on Wednesdays, from 10:45 to 12:00 noon, and from September 8 through November 17.

Wed.Sept. 1--Orientation session.

This is not officially a class, just an opportunity for everyone to make sure the Zoom link works and to log in to the class. We will discuss the Zoom features I plan to use--muting, breakout rooms, chat--the Zoom features that I have used in past class sessions.

Down South

Wed. Sept. 8—Intro to course—and the literature of the South

Wed. Sept. 15—Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier

Wed. Sept. 22--lecture on the Southern Renaissance, including Faulkner's A Rose for Emily

Wed. Sept. 29—Southern Women Writers, Selected Short Stories

• • • Kate Chopin, The Story of An Hour

    • Kate Chopin, Desiree’s Baby

    • Eudora Welty, A Worn Path

Wed. Oct. 6—More Southern Women Writers

• • • Carson McCullers, A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud (sent over email)

    • Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People (sent over email)

Wed. Oct. 13--The Warmth of Other Suns

Out West

Wed. Oct. 20--lecture on the characteristics of western literature

Wed. Oct. 27--The Pioneers, David McCullough

Wed. Nov. 3--My Antonia and O Pioneers, by Willa Cather

Wed. Nov. 10--lecture on the western genre, its mythology, and dime novels

Wed. Nov. 17--The Round House, by Louise Erdrich

Wed. Dec. 1--Partner in Crime, by J. A. Jance