American Literature 201October 20

Michael SimpsonSection 051

In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds something as beautiful as his own nature [953]

Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”

Next Week’s Assignments

October 25Read “Rip Van Winkle”Blog #12

October 27Read “The Big Bear from ArkansasIdentify blog for grade #5

Assignment StatusCurrent through graded blog #4, mid-term, and final drafts of summary research paperWill review all graded blogs due

“American Scholar” Topics

Based on topics sheet

Last QuestionsRemember for October 25

Read “Rip Van Winkle”Blog #12Catch up on all revisions due

It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson *

* Sante, Luc. “The Fiction of Memory” The New York Times. March 14, 2010.