AFTER WE FINISH STUDYING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, we will focus on reading your junior theme novel outside of class. Within class, our attention will turn to literature relating to nature and the way Americans conceive of wilderness. We will have a packet of materials to read, similar to the one we read in tandem with The Round House and The Awakening.

MONDAY

Today class will not meet in lieu of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. seminars. Know that we will review some of the materials on race when we read Ralph Waldo Ellison's novel Invisible Man, what may be the best American novel ever written.
HW: The first draft of the Emerson essay is now due Wednesday.

TUESDAY

Review of the structure of Tuesday's paper. Lecture on how to incorporate additional information on your American literary source into the paper. Remember that the paper has three parts: 1) the Emerson quote and what he meant by it; 2) how the quote applies to American life and your experience; 3) how the quote is illustrated by one literary source (a poem, play, short story, novel, essay, etc.).
HW: Finishing your Emerson paper. Due tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY

Collecting the essays. Turning our attention to annotated bibliographies, and will begin reviewing the Cornell University information on the earlier post. We will also begin reading Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience," an interactive version residing here.
HW: Finish reading and annotating the second handout on annotated bibliographies.

THURSDAY

Entering lists and summaries of your top five novels. For your choices you must include in the google sheet: a) the author's full name; b) the entire title; c) a brief biography of the author; d) a short summary of a published, non-profit review. This must be completed by Monday.
If you had not done so, you should complete written annotations for the five sources. Remember that you want to include the author's professional expertise and qualifications, the source's intended audience and purpose, and well as a critical analysis of how the source explores the theme of your Emerson quote.

FRIDAY

NOT in the library. We are in the classroom reviewing
Annotated bibliography for your five novels is due Wednesday. Your annotation should include the author's background--what are their other works? Themes they have explored? How has her work been critically received?--as well as reviews of the actual book--what's been written by the experts, about her book? What articles or reviews are out there, and how have they changed over time? What's been written about the author?