| SES # | READINGS |
|---|---|
| 2 | Moby-Dick. Chapters 1-23 (include "Etymologies," "Extracts"). |
| 3 | Moby-Dick. Chapters 24-50. |
| 4 | Moby-Dick. Chapters 51-79. |
| 5 | Moby-Dick. Chapters 80-108. |
| 6 | Moby-Dick. Chapters 109-"Epilogue." |
| 8 | Israel Potter. "Dedication," Chapters 1-13. |
| 9 | Israel Potter. Chapters 14-25. |
| 10 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapters 1-16. |
| 11 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapters 17-27. |
| 12 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapter 28-"Chapter the Last." |
| 13 | Pudd'nhead Wilson. |
| 15 | The Sound and the Fury. Section 1. |
| 16 | The Sound and the Fury. Section 2. |
| 17 | The Sound and the Fury. Section 3. |
| 18 | The Sound and the Fury. Section 4. |
| 19 | As I Lay Dying. pp. 3-136. |
| 20 | As I Lay Dying. pp. 137-261. |
| 22 | Beloved. pp. 3-165. |
| 23 | Beloved. pp. 169-235. |
| 24 | Beloved. pp. 239-275. |
| 25 | Love. pp. 3-106. |
| 26 | Love. pp. 109-202. |
Courses:
Major Authors: After the Masterpiece: Novels by Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and Morrison >> Content Detail
Table of Contents
Study Materials
Readings
 When you click the Amazon logo to the left of any citation and purchase the book (or other media) from Amazon.com, MIT OpenCourseWare will receive up to 10% of this purchase and any other purchases you make during that visit. This will not increase the cost of your purchase. Links provided are to the US Amazon site, but you can also support OCW through Amazon sites in other regions. Learn more. |
The required texts for the class are listed here, as well as a schedule of readings which are outlined in the table below.
Required Texts
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick. Edited by Andrew Delbanco. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780142437247.
———. Israel Potter. Chicago, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780810115910.
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780142437179.
———. Pudd'nhead Wilson. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1969. ISBN: 9780140430400.
Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780679732242.
———. As I Lay Dying. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780679732259.
Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York, NY: Plume, 1998. ISBN: 9780452280625.
———. Love. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2005. ISBN: 9781400078479.
Schedule of Readings