Teaching Huck Finn and James back-to-back to start this year, thinking of it as a single unit of study about classics and their role in contemporary life, and I’m having a hard time deciding at what point/how I’ll explain what James will eventually do to this book.
Consider teaching 1984.
Yes, but anticipating the inside-outing of the predecessor novel doesn’t convey the joy, humor, ferocity, or gorgeous, brilliant craft Everett applies to Huck Finn. I would love to teach or take a class doing these as a pair! Have a blast!
“Inside-outing” is such a great way to describe it—thank you!
Doing the same reading, on my own. Also read This Tender Land/ Krueger. Has an Indigenous slant added
Feel like a lot of them will anticipate the need for a lot of what Everett does without knowing anything about his book
I read HF and James 37 years apart - and I’m actually a little envious of your students. What a great way to start the new school year.