Down the Mississippi with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Why, if Huck is trying to free Jim, does he take Jim further down the Mississippi? What
exactly happens in Cairo, Missouri? This colloquy will reread this American classic
paying attention to Mark Twain’s deep understanding of wronging and mistakes and
his unique relationship to the Mississippi River. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
published in the US in 1885, is fundamentally unlike its picaresque twin, The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We will study its singular achievement in the art of finding
escape velocity from broken families and broken systems.
Nan Da teaches literature and literary theory at Johns Hopkins University. Her
specialization is in nineteenth-century American literature and the history and praxis of
literary criticism.
Syllabus/Reading
Syllabus
Session 1: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Modern Library edition), Chapters
1-14
Session 2: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Modern Library edition), Chapters 15-29
Session 3: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Modern Library edition), Chapters
30-43
Session 4: Note that the readings for this session have changed from the original syllabus. These readings were sent out by email after Session 2, but in case you missed the emails, here they are:
Twain_Joan of Arc_intro Joan of Arc missing page
Prince and Pauper_Chapters 1-8 (23)
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