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Topic
SILL: (Re)Reading Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn though Percival Everett's James
Date & Time

Selected Sessions:

Mar 28, 2025 11:45 AM

Description
Fridays, March 7, 14, 21, 28 from 11:45AM-12:45PM Stockton University Galloway Campus (Room F 118) Percival Everett's 2024 novel James reimagines Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. The first class (March 7) will compare the two novels' openings. In the following weeks, we will complete part 1 (March 14), part 2 (March 21), and part 3 (March 28) of James along with selected readings from Huckleberry Finn. Kristin Jacobson is a professor of American literature, American studies, and women’s, gender and sexuality studies and the author of two books, Neodomestic American Fiction and The American Adrenaline Narrative.