Greuze, Benjamin Franklin (1777)

Module Four: Varieties of Early American Autobiography

2/27
Reading: Anne Bradstreet (Heath, 394-413); Michael Wigglesworth (Heath, 414-419)

No Reflection

First Research Paper Due

3/1
Reading
: Eighteenth Century (Heath, 565-583); Jonathan Edwards (Heath, 645-7, 656-77)
Quiz

3/6: Spring Break

3/7: Spring Break

3/13
Reading
: Benjamin Franklin (Heath, 800-807, 828-890)
Reflection: How is Franklin's Autobiography similar to the earlier Puritan autobiographical forms?  How is it different?  In what ways do you find Franklin to be very "modern"?  In what was is he still very much a man of an earlier age?

Additional Resources on Benjamin Franklin: http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/

3/15
Reading:
J. Hector St. John de Crevecouer (Heath, 921-957)
Quiz

Additional Information about Crevecoeur: http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/crev.htm