Major African-American Authors Daily Assignment Sheet

Please note that there are several editions of many of these books in circulation. Therefore, the page numbers for assignments listed below may not always correspond with the numbers in your book. If that is the case, try to judge approximately what portion of the text you should read for that day's assignment. Please have that day's assignment read prior to class.

September	4	Introduction
	6	Zora Neale Hurston: Jonah's Gourd Vine, pp. 1-69

	11	Zora Neale Hurston: Jonah's Gourd Vine, pp. 71-140
	13	Zora Neale Hurston: Jonah's Gourd Vine, pp. 141-end

	18	Langston Hughes: Selected Poems, pp. 3-27, 68, 132-198
	20	Langston Hughes: Selected Poems, pp. 199-252

	25	Langston Hughes: Selected Poems, pp. 253-end
	27	Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun, Acts I

October	2	Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun, Act II
	4	:Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun, Act III FIVE-SIX PAGE PAPER ASSIGNED

	9	FIRST EXAMINATION
	11	Richard Wright: Native Son, pp. 1-108

	16	Richard Wright: Native Son, pp. 109-199
	18	Richard Wright: Native Son, pp. 199-314

	23	Richard Wright: Native Son, pp. 315-421
	25	Richard Wright: Native Son, pp. 422-end

	30	Dorothy West: The Wedding, pp. 1-101
November	1	Dorothy West: The Wedding, pp. 102-179

	6	Dorothy West: The Wedding, pp. 180-end
	8	SECOND EXAMINATION

	13	Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, pp. 1-87
	15	Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, pp. 87-164

	20	Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, pp. 164-end: FIVE-SIX PAGE PAPER DUE
	22	THANKSGIVING VACATION

	27	John Edgar Wideman: Hiding Place, pp. 13-54
	29	John Edgar Wideman: Hiding Place, pp. 55-104

December	4	John Edgar Wideman: Hiding Place, pp. 105-end
	6	Walter Mosley: Walkin' the Dog, pp. 5-85

	11	Walter Mosley: Walkin' the Dog, pp. 89-173
	13	Walter Mosley: Walkin' the Dog, pp. 177-end

	20	FINAL EXAM 8:00-10:00

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GRADING POLICY Your grade will be based as follows: (1) two exams--40%; (2) five-six page paper--20%; (3) final exam--20%; (4) class participation (including arriving to class on time)--20%.

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harlinks (http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html) An interesting link to various studies relating to the Harlem Renaissance, including music, art, literature, and culture. Contains photographs.

slave narratives (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html) A site devoted to stories of ex-slaves. It includes an annotated index along with photographs.

Alice Walker (http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/alicew/) Contains links to critical articles about Walker as well as to biography.

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Section 19	TR 9:35-10:50	END 266