THE DALLAS INSTITUTE
OF HUMANITIES AND CULTURE
Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Spring Semester 2015
Dr. Larry Allums
Syllabus and Schedule of Readings
Mar
4
Introduction: History and Social Context of the Novel; the Controversy;
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 1-13
Mar
11
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 14-21
Mar
18
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 22-31
Mar
25
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 32-Chapter the Last
Text: Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I’ll be using the Norton Critical Third
Edition, but any edition will do. We have copies of the Norton Critical available for
purchase at the Institute. The Norton Critical Edition’s value partly lies in its being a kind
of miniature library of commentaries on the novel. We’ll be referring to some of those
commentaries in our class, but don’t worry; I’ll have them as handouts for those who
are using different texts.