August
January 31 Introduction
2 Emerson, from Nature, Introduction and Chapter One; "Farming" [NB: print out the readings and number your paragraphs--we won't all have the same copies]
4 Emerson "The Poet"; Report—Nature and Modernism, Oelschlaeger 58-96
7 Thoreau, Walden: “Sounds”; “Solitude”
[NB: I will assume some familiarity with at least the first 13 pages of “Economy” and the famous section “Where I Lived, What I Lived For.”]
9 Thoreau, Walden: “The Bean Field”; “The Village”; Report—Pastoral, Garrard 33-58
11 Thoreau, Walden: “The Ponds”; “Higher Laws”
14 Thoreau, Walden: “Brute Neighbors”; “The Pond in Winter,”
16 Thoreau, Walden: “ Spring”; “Conclusion”
18 Whitman, Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Rocking ; Spontaneous Me
21 Thoreau, Ktaadn 6 , from The Maine Woods; and Fuller, Chapter 1 from Summer on the Lakes ; Report—Kant, on the Sublime, 97-125
23 Dickinson : 291, 311, 328, 575, 629, 634, 668, 750, 916, 1463
25 Pollan, The Botany of Desire: xiii-110
28 Pollan, The Botany of Desire: 113-245
30 Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: January, February, April, July, November, December
2 Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: 101-111; 119-124; 137-141; 188-202; Report—Leopold 237-279
5 Sanders, Staying Put: 3-56
7 Sanders, Staying Put: 57-121
9 Sanders, Staying Put: 125-194; Report—Berry, “Economy and Pleasure” and “The Work of Local Culture”
12 open
14 Midterm
Fall Break, October 15-18
19 Abbey, Desert Solitaire: ix-47
21 Abbey, Desert Solitaire: 141-170; Report—Cronon, “Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”
23 Abbey, Desert Solitaire: 188-258
26 Abbey, Desert Solitaire: 300-337; Austin, "The Walking Woman"
28 Frost: 90, 167, 168, 173, 192, 219 and The Most of It
30 Frost: 93, 95, 116, 123, 181, 185, 208, 240 and Wallace Stevens, The Snow Man
2 Frost: 176, 178, 180, 182, 196, 220 and Desert Places
4 Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: chs. 1-3
6 Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: chs. 4-6
9 Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: chs. 7-10
11 Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: chs. 11, 13, 14 (section 2), 15
13 Faulkner, "The Bear," I- III
16 Faulkner, "The Bear," IV
18 Faulkner, "The Bear," V; Eric Zencey, "On Hunting" and "In Search of Virgin Forest"
11/19-11/22, Conference to discuss final essay
20 Poems, Berry
23 Poems, (tba)
Thanksgiving Break, November 25-29
30 Cather, O Pioneers: 3-45
2 Cather, O Pioneers: 49-115
4 Cather, O Pioneers: 119-199
Final Paper Due, Saturday, Dec. 5, midnight
Final Exam: Thurs., Dec. 10, 1:30-4:30