Memoir and Memory 2013 syllabus

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Leslie Fishbein
American Studies Department
F.A.S., Rutgers University
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Fall 2013
Ruth Adams Building 018
Monday: 12:35-3:35 P.M.
AMERICAN STUDIES 01:050:487:01: SEMINAR IN AMERICAN STUDIES:
MEMOIR AND MEMORY
BOOKS REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE:
1. Harriet A. Jacobs. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself. L. Maria Child:
Editor; Jean Fagan Yellin: Editor, Introduction. 1987; reprinted Cambridge, Massachusetts: The
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. ISBN-10: 0674035836; ISBN-13: 9780674035836. $19.00. [Prior editions with Jean Fagin Yellin as editor are acceptable.]
2. David Thompson, River of Memories: An Appalachian Boyhood. New York: Writers Club
Press, an imprint of iUniverse, 2002. ISBN-10: 0595261949; ISBN-13: 978-0595261949.
$14.95.
3. Sandra Day O'Connor and H. Alan Day, Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the
American Southwest. 2002; reprinted New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003.
ISBN-10: 0812966732; ISBN-13: 978-0812966732. $16.00.
4. Hamilton Holt, ed. The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans As Told By Themselves.
1990; reprinted with a New Introduction by Werner Sollors. New York: Routledge, 2012.
ISBN-10: 1440063001; ISBN-13: 978-1440063008. $9.72. [Order from amazon.com]
5. Paul Clemens, Made in Detroit. 2005; reprinted New York: Anchor Books, A Division of
Random House, Inc., 2006. ISBN-10: 1400075963; ISBN-13: 978-1400075966. $15.95.
6. Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir. 2005; reprinted New York: Scribner, 2006.
ISBN-10: 074324754X; ISBN-13: 978-0743247542. $16.00.
7. Domenica Ruta, With or Without You: A Memoir. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2013. ISBN10: 0812993241; ISBN-13: 978-0812993240. $25.00. [May be available only in hard cover
edition.]
8. Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. 1975;
reprinted New York: Vintage International Edition, 1989. ISBN-10: 0679721886; ISBN-13:
978-0679721888. $14.00.
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9. Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets. 1967; reprinted New York: Vintage Books, A
Division of Random House, Inc., 1997. ISBN-10: 0679781420; ISBN-13: 978-0679781424.
$14.95.
10. Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying. 2007; reprinted New York: Vintage Books, A
Division of Random House, Inc., 2008. ISBN-10: 1400034302; ISBN-13: 978-1400034307.
$15.00.
11. Sonya Sotomayor, My Beloved World (2013). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. ISBN-10:
0307594882; ISBN-13: 978-0307594884. $27.95. [Available only in hard cover edition.]
12. Martin Duberman, Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition. 1992; reprinted
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2002. ISBN-10:
0813339545; ISBN-13: 978-0813339542. $16.00.
13. Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2007): Mariner Books; Reprint edition
(June 5, 2007); ISBN-10: 0618871713; ISBN-13: 978-0618871711. $14.95.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The design of this course has been assisted by advice from Ann Fabian of the History Department at
Rutgers and from my colleagues in American Studies: Louise Barnett and Andrew Urban.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Memoir and Memory examines classic and modern American memoirs in order to understand how
these memoirs sought to interpret their subjects’ lives both as they had been lived and as their
subjects would like to have them understood retrospectively.
LEARNING GOALS:
Departmental learning goals:
• Students will be able to describe the methods of American Studies and synthesize the debates that
have shaped the field.
• Students will learn to investigate American culture and society across time and space by
examining history, politics, literature, and the arts.
• This course will contribute to the department’s long-term goal that students learn to articulate
ideas in well-organized oral presentations and clearly written prose.
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• Assignments are designed to help students learn to think critically, analytically, and creatively.
Additional learning goals met by this course:
Students will learn:
• to examine memoirs as primary sources and to situate them historically in their cultural, social, and
political context
• to understand and apply a critical vocabulary in memoir and memory studies to a whole series of
texts: historical, literary, film, and other cultural artifacts
• to do in-depth research on a topic related to memoir and memory in American cultures
• to identify central concerns about memoir and memory in primary source documents and write
thoughtful response papers, responding critically to the primary text’s central concerns or question
ABSENCES:
Regular class attendance is required by Rutgers and is essential to this class. You will be
allowed one unexcused absence without grade penalty. The consequences of unexcused
absences are as follows:
1 unexcused absence = No penalty
2 unexcused absences = 20% grade penalty = final grade no higher than a B
3 unexcused absences = 30% grade penalty = final grade no higher than a C
4 unexcused absences = failure in the course
Excused absences are those that result from documentable family emergencies, illness, religious
observance, court dates, jury service, etc., that is, situations over which you have no individual
control. Please inform me as soon as possible if you are unable to attend class on a regular basis.
ABSENCE AND LATENESS POLICY
Students are expected to arrive at class promptly and to attend the entire class.
Students are expected to attend all classes; if you expect to miss one or two classes for reasons
such as jury duty, illness, family funeral, etc., please use the University absence reporting
website //https://sims.rutgers.edu/ssra// /to indicate the date and reason for your absence. An
email is automatically sent to me.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:
All special accommodation requests must be brought to my attention during the first two
weeks of class. Full disability policies and procedures are available for review at:
http://disabilityservices.rutgers.edu/.
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Students with disabilities requesting accommodations must follow the procedures outlined at
http://disabilityservices.rutgers.edu/request.html.
CURRENT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY:
http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/integrity.shtml. Violations include: cheating, fabrication,
plagiarism, denying others access to information or material, and facilitating violations of academic
integrity.
Honor Pledge: I pledge on my honor that I will adhere to all aspects of the Rutgers Academic
Integrity Policy.
_____________________________________
Take interactive‐tutorial on Plagiarism and Academic Integrity: http://sccweb.scc‐
net.rutgers.edu/douglass/sal/plagiarism/Intro.html.
Consult Don't Plagiarize: Document Your Research! For tips about how to take notes so that you
don’t plagiarize by accident:
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/lib_instruct/instruct_document.shtml
Online Learning Tools from Rutgers University Libraries including Rutgers RIOT, Searchpath
and RefWorks: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/lib_instruct/lib_instruct.shtml; Academic
Support Programs: http://lrc.rutgers.edu/
NO CELL PHONES OR COMPUTERS ARE PERMITTED IN THIS SEMINAR EXCEPT
IN THE CASE OF STUDENTS WITH CLASSIFIED DISABILITIES THAT REQUIRE
SUCH USE.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Class participation. This is a seminar. Its success depends on your active and informed
participation in our weekly discussions. Therefore, attendance is required at ALL class
meetings, and class participation constitutes an essential part of the final grade. (15% of final
grade)
Each student will be the primary moderator of one class and the assistant moderator of
another. (15% of final grade)
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October 14th:
Last date to consult on term paper topics.
October 21st:
First 3-4 page critical paper due.
October 28th:
Preliminary bibliography due. E-mail to me at [email protected].
November 4th:
Second 3-4 page critical paper due.
November 25th:
Thesis statement due. E-mail to me at [email protected].
December 9th:
12-15 page term paper due on topic to be decided in consultation with
instructor. Please supply stamped self-addressed large (e.g. 9” x 13”)
manila envelope for return of paper.
AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT CONTACT INFORMATION:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanStudiesAtRutgersNewBrunswick
TWITTER: @RUAmerStudies
SITE: http://amerstudies.rutgers.edu/
OFFICE HOURS:
Office: Ruth Adams Building 024C
Office telephone: (848) 932-8650
E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours: Monday:
3:30-5:00 P.M.
Tuesday:
3:45-5:15 P.M.
and by appointment
GRADING COMPONENTS:
Moderation….................15%
Class participation…......15%
First short critique..........15%
Second short critique…..15%
Term paper......................40%
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FILM SHOWINGS:
FILM
Family Gathering (1988, 30 minutes)
SHOW DATE
September 9th
Harlan County, USA (1976, 103 minutes)
September 23rd
Sandra Day O’Connor: Biography (2004,
60 minutes)
September 30th
The Stories of Maxine Hong Kingston
(1994, 60 minutes)
November 4th
Every Child is Born a Poet: The Life and
Work of Piri Thomas (2003, 59 minutes)
November 11th
Daughters of Dykes (1994, 14 minutes)
December 9th
ASSIGNMENTS: All readings on reserve at Mabel Smith Douglass Reserve Desk and articles
available on electronic reserve.
No.
Week of:
Readings and Films: (*on reserve)
I.
September 9th
No readings.
FAMILY GATHERING (1988, 30 MINUTES) SHOWN
IN CLASS
Slavery and Race:
II.
September 16th
Harriet A. Jacobs. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by
Herself. L. Maria Child: Editor; Jean Fagan Yellin: Editor,
Introduction. 1987; reprinted Cambridge, Massachusetts: The
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. Portrait of
Harriet Jacobs in 1894; Preface by Jean Fagan Yellin: pp. vii-viii;
Introduction: pp. xix-liii; Note on the Text: lv; Chronology: lvii-lx;
Title page of the first edition lxi; Cast of Characters: lxii; Preface
by the Author: pp. 1-2; Introduction by the Editor: pp. 3-4; pp. 5259; Appendix: pp. 261-264; Illustrations: pp. 295-306;
Abbreviations: p. 309; Correspondence: pp. 310-342; Notes: pp.
343-391.
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No.
Week of:
Region:
III.
September 23rd
IV.
September 30th
David Thompson, River of Memories: An Appalachian Boyhood.
New York: Writers Club Press, an imprint of iUniverse, 2002.
Dedication/ Preface: ix; Acknowledgments: xi; Quotation from
Denis Waitley; Introduction: pp. 1-9; pp. 11-207; Epilogue: pp.
209-211.
EXCERPTS FROM HARLAN COUNTY, USA (1976, 103
MINUTES) SHOWN IN CLASS
Sandra Day O'Connor and H. Alan Day, Lazy B: Growing up on a
Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest. 2002; reprinted New
York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003. Biographical
sketches of Sandra Day O’Connor and H. Alan Day. Dedication,
photographs, maps. Preface: vii-xi; pp. 3-312; Epilogue: pp. 313318; Acknowledgments: p. 319.
SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR: BIOGRAPHY (2004, 60
Poverty, Class, and Addiction:
V.
October 7th
Hamilton Holt, ed. The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans
As Told By Themselves. 1990; reprinted with a New Introduction
by Werner Sollors. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Acknowledgments: vii-viii; Note on the Second Edition: ix;
Foreword by Werner Sollors: From the Bottom Up: xi-xxviii;
Note: xxix-xxx; Introduction: Undistinguished Americans by
Edwin E. Slosson: pp. 1-5; pp. 6-224.
VI.
October 14th
Paul Clemens, Made in Detroit. 2005; reprinted New York:
Anchor Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., 2006.
Quotations from Coleman A. Young and Bernard
Malamud. Author’s Note; 1-241; Acknowledgments.
LAST DATE TO
CONSULT ON
TERM PAPERS
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Week of:
VII.
October 21st
Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir. 2005; reprinted New
York: Scribner, 2006. Wedding photograph of Rose Mary and Rex
Walls; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Quotation from Dylan
Thomas; 1-299; About the Author: p. 299.
FIRST
CRITICAL
PAPER DUE
VIII.
October 28th
Domenica Ruta, With or Without You: A Memoir. New York:
Spiegel & Grau, 2013. Dedication; Quotation from Kurt Vonnegut;
PRELIMINARY Prologue: Glass: pp. 3-6; pp. 7-200; Epilogue: Just Keep Coming:
BIBLIOGRAPHY pp. 201-207; Acknowledgments: pp. 209-210; About the Author:
DUE
[p. 211]. If available, examine the book’s dust jacket.
Immigration and Ethnicity:
IX.
November 4th
SECOND
CRITICAL
PAPER DUE
X.
Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a
Girlhood Among Ghosts. 1975; reprinted New York: Vintage
International Edition, 1989. Pp. 1-209.
THE STORIES OF MAXINE HONG KINGSTON (1994, 60
November 11th
Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets. 1967; reprinted New
York: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., 1997.
Piri Thomas/Down These Mean Streets: unnumbered page;
Author’s Acknowledgments: vii-viii; Prologue: ix-x; Harlem: [p.
1]; pp. 3-331; Afterword to the Thirtieth-Anniversary Edition: 333337; Glossary: 339-340.
EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET: THE LIFE AND WORK
OF PIRI THOMAS (2003, 59 MINUTES) SHOWN IN CLASS
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XI.
November 18th
Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying. 2007; reprinted New York:
Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., 2008.
Dedication; Quotation from Paul Auster; pp. 3-269;
Acknowledgments: pp. 271-272.
XII.
November 25th
Sonya Sotomayor, My Beloved World (2013). New York: Alfred
A. Knopf, 2013. Quotation from José Gautier Benítez. Preface:
vii-x; Prologue: pp. 3-9; 111-297; centerfold photographs;
Acknowledgments: pp. 305-308; Glossary: pp. 309-312: “A Puerto
Rico (Regreso)”/ “To Puerto Rico (I Return)” by José Gautier
Benítez, Translated by Lyn Di Iorio: pp. 313-315; A Note about
the Author: [p. 317]
THESIS
STATEMENT
DUE
E-mail thesis statement to me at [email protected].
Sexuality:
XIII.
XIV.
December 2nd
December 9th
Martin Duberman, Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey, Tenth
Anniversary Edition. 1992; reprinted Boulder, Colorado: Westview
Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2002. Dedication;
Acknowledgments; Note; Prologue: pp. 1-3; pp. 5-301; 2002: An
Afterword: pp. 303-313; Notes: pp. 317-319; Martin Duberman
biographical sketch.
Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. 2006; reprinted
Boston: A Mariner Book, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. Pp.1232; Acknowledgements: [p. 234].
DAUGHTERS OF DYKES (1994, 14 MINUTES) SHOWN IN
CLASS
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XIV. December 9th
(continued)
TERM PAPER DUE: (12-15 pages). Paper actually must use
and document in footnotes or endnotes THREE of the sources
provided by the instructor at meeting at which term paper
topic is approved. Please e-mail your paper to me at
[email protected] and supply stamped self-addressed large
(e.g. 9” x 13”) manila envelope for return of paper, which must
be submitted in hard copy at the December 9th class.

Memoir and Memory 2013 syllabus

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