Date
|
Topic |
Reading Due |
Assignment Due |
Thur 1/27 |
Introductions: You, Me and
Managing a Literature Survey Course |
Greensheet Policies & Schedule
Handouts
Hints for Reading
Poetry &
Fiction
Timeline &
Reading Materials
Presentation Instructions |
Student Questionnaire |
Tues
2/1 |
Romanticism
(See
Online Resources)
Apocalypse & Revolution |
-
Introduction & Timeline (1-25)
- "The Revolution
Controversy" (148-9)
- Burke, Reflections
(152-157)
- Wollstonecraft,
Introduction to Vindications of Rights of Woman
(170-174)
- Barbauld, "The Rights of
Woman" (35-36)
- Hemans, "Casabianca"
(868-70)
Recommended Reading
British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution
Handouts
Wollstonecraft�s
Vindications Summary (read here) |
Sign up for
Presentations via email by 12pm |
Thur
2/3 |
NO CLASS --
HARRIS OUT SICK |
all readings moved by one day until 2/22 |
Intellectual Autobiography (400 words, typed,
double-spaced) � counts as an In-Class Essay;
email to me by 10am |
Tues 2/8 |
Landscape, Tourism & Beauty |
- Wordsworth,
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (305), "Lines Written
a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" (259-262)
- Shelley, "Ozymandias"
(768)
- Keats, Letter to George &
Thomas Keats (942), "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (905)
Handouts
Table of Contents,
Lyrical Ballads
Romantic Poetic Forms (see HO from first day)
ICE Writing Tips
Presentation Schedule (print yourself or see
schedule)
Powerpoint
Landscape, Tourism & Beauty (pdf)
Recommended Readings
Guide to the Lakes
Rap of Wordsworth�s "Daffodils"
New Yorker Cartoon
D. Wordsworth, Alfoxden
& Grasmere Journals (389-402)
Smith, "On Being
Cautioned" (41)
Wollstonecraft, Letters
Written (196-202)
Coleridge, "The Eolian
Harp" (426-28)
Shelley, "Hymn to
Intellectual Beauty" (766-68)
Relevant Websites
Literary Landscapes
A Picture of Britain,
a Tate Museum exhibit of
landscape artists from over 300 years
Lyrical Ballads,
Renascence Editions
Lyrical Ballads: A Concordance
Lyrical Ballads: An Electronic Scholarly Edition
Images of the Aeolian Harp
The Life & Death of Dr. Syntax (BBC)
For Better or For Verse (help w/reading poetry) |
|
Thur 2/10 |
The Gothic, Satan & Byronic Heroes |
Resources
Frankenstein Resources
Handouts
Gothic Novel Background
Some thoughts on Kant & Beauty (KDH lecture notes)
Powerpoint
The Gothic Beyond the Romantics (pdf)
Relevant Websites
Gothic Exhibition at the Tate Britain
"Xanadu" in
Oxford English Dictionary
Online Resources for the Gothic Novel
Pop Culture References to Romantic Literature
(Romantic Circles)
Fictional Representations of Romantics & Romanticism
(Romantic Circles)
Movies about the Romantics or Romantic Era
Recommended Readings
Coleridge, "Rime of the
Ancient Mariner" (430-46), "Kubla Khan"
(446-49)
Robinson, "To the Poet
Coleridge" (74)
Modern References to Kubla Khan
Lamb,
Glenarvon excerpt
Scott, "Wandering Willie�s
Tale," (410-23) |
Group Presentation on Novel
Nick & Alison (Group
PPT)
ICE/OCE |
Tues 2/15 |
|
- Shelley,
Frankenstein (Vol. II)
- Shelleys, excerpt
History of a Six Weeks' Tour (Frankenstein
256-58)
- Gilpin, excerpt
Three Essays (Frankenstein 216-18)
|
|
Thur 2/17 |
|
- Shelley,
Frankenstein (Vol. III)
|
ICE |
Consider testing yourself against the
Norton Romantic Period Quiz |
Tues 2/22 |
Victorian Age
(See
Online Resources)
Withering of the Individual & The Angel in the House
(Readings adjusted for earlier
missed day in class) |
-
Introduction & Timeline (979-1002)
- Dickens, "A Visit to
Newgate" (1239-48)
- Darwin, Origin of
Species (1539-45)
Search
Database of Mid-Victorian Wood Engraved
Illustrations (1862) using Keyword Search:
"reading"; bring 2-3 images to class
- Patmore,
"Angel in the House" (1585-87)
Tennyson, "Lady of Shalott
(1114-19)
Morris, "Defence of
Guenevere" (1483-91)
- R. Browning, "My Last
Duchess" (1255)
- E.B. Browning, Sonnets
from the Portuguese (1084-85)
Recommended Readings
Ruskin, Of Queens�
Gardens (1587-89)
Handouts - Print yourself
Transition to the
Victorians
Images of Colonialism
Images of Evolution
Relevant Websites
Royal Bedlam Hospital (Dickens compares to Newgate
Prison)
Hanoverian Monarchy (Georges)
Madness of King George
A Rake's Progress (ends up in Bethlem Hospital)
Anatomy of a pregnant corpse
Carl Linneaus (botanist)
Facsimiles of conduct
manuals (pre-Victorian)
Frances Burney's
Mastectomy |
|
Thur 2/24 |
Scribbling Women |
Relevant
Websites
Jane Eyre Revisited
Stage Production of Jane Eyre
Recommended Reading
Eliot, "Silly
Novels by Lady Novelists" (1342) |
ICE/OCE
Group Presentation on Jane Eyre:
Molly & Shannon (Group PPT) |
Tues
3/1 |
Empire of the Sun |
Relevant Websites
Revising the Ending, YouTube
Marriage Certificates in Victorian England (a ? from
discussion)
Some Jokes/Modernizations
about the Brontes?
Cartoon
Cartoon
Brontes Garden Party Shirt
Bronte Action Figures (video)
Recommended Reading
Pear�s Soap Ad from 1899
Kipling, "White Man�s
Burden" (1821)
Imperial Views
Chamberlain, The True
Conception of Empire (1630-32) |
|
Thur 3/3 |
"...and reader I married
him" |
- Continue Jane
Eyre discussions
Relevant Websites
Victorian Periodicals & the Empire
Recommended Reading
First
Report of the Children�s Employment Commission
(1563-65)Engels, The Great Towns
(1565-72)
Mayhew, London Labour
and the London Poor (1576-77) |
OCE due Monday by 12pm (via
email)
|
Tues 3/8 |
Painterly Images of Poetry |
- Ruskin,
Of Pathetic Fallacy (1322-24)
- Rossetti, "Goblin Market"
(1466-78)
- Browning, "Fra Lippo
Lippi"
Relevant Websites
Christopher Walken reads "The Raven"
Overview of "Goblin Market"
Recommended Reading
Rossetti, "The Blessed
Damozel" (1443-47)
See accompanying illustration in Rossetti
Archive |
|
Thur 3/10 |
Decadent Fin de Siecle |
[Optional] Consider
testing yourself against the
Norton Victorian Period Quiz (Online)
Discussion & Interesting Things
"Reproduction"
Song from Grease 2
"Earthquake,"
Modern Family -- mentions Wilde |
ICE/OCE
Group Presentation on Play
Hannah, Sean, Jazzmine (Group
PPT)
|
Tues 3/15 |
Mid-Term Exam
(Bring exam booklets & pens) |
TAKE HOME
EXAM
Due Monday, 3/21 by 12pm via email
see instructions handed out in class |
|
Thur 3/17 |
Modernism
Disillusionment with Victorians & The Great War
Note: No class meeting;
video lectures & writing |
Recommended Reading
Yeats, "An
Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
Owen, "Anthem for Doomed
Youth" (1971) |
Out of Class Essay due by email, Mon, 12pm |
Tues 3/22 |
Modernist Experiments
CLASS CANCELLED --
HARRIS OUT SICK |
Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
(pub. 1925) - read at least 1/2
Relevant Websites
Flapper Jane |
Group Presentation on Mrs. Dalloway
Hortencia, Kathrin & Monica (Group PPT) |
Thur 3/24 |
Professional Women |
- Woolf,
Mrs. Dalloway -
ALL
Relevant Websites
"Mrs. Dalloway" Band, Netherlands
Flapper Jane
Recommended Readings
Woolf, "Professions for
Women" (2152-55) |
Group Presentation on Mrs. Dalloway
Hortencia, Kathrin & Monica (Group PPT)
-- MOVED FROM 3/22
OCE
Discuss Final Essay/Project
(See Instructions) |
Tues
3/29 |
SPRING BREAK - No Class
|
Thur 3/31 |
Tues
4/5 |
Nation & Language |
- Rhys, Wide Sargasso
Sea (pub. 1966) (through page 56 in the Norton
edition)
|
Group Presentation on Wide Sargasso Sea
NONE
|
Thur 4/7 |
|
- Rhys,
Wide Sargasso Sea
(finish entire novel)- Rushdie, "English is an
Indian Literary Language" (2540-41)
|
OCE due by 12pm on Monday via
email
|
Tues 4/12 |
Postmodernism
(See
Online Resources)
Performing Postmodernity |
|
OCE due by 5pm on Friday via email
Group Presentation on Play
Melanie (Group PPT) |
Thur 4/14 |
Realizing Postmodern Frankensteins |
- A Clockwork Orange
(pub. 1962) - read through Part II, Chp. 3
Handouts
Study Question & Questions for A Clockwork Orange
Relevant Websites
Nasdat to English Glossary
SLC Punk (movie mimics Chp. 21) |
ICE/OCE
Group Presentation on A Clockwork Orange
Brett, Eric & Brittani (Group PPT) |
Tues 4/19 |
Magic, Realism, Empire |
NO CLASS
TODAY -- SEE REVISED SCHEDULE BELOW |
Project Proposal |
Thur 4/21 |
A New Depthlessness |
|
ICE/OCE
Group Presentation on The Hours
Ensrakiel, Marica & Michelle (Group PPT) |
Tues 4/26 |
|
- Cunningham, The Hours
(our edition pub. 1998; first pub. 1989) -- read half
Digital Project
Experimental Project on Woolf, letters,
Mrs. Dalloway
& other "afterings"
Interesting Websites
International Virginia Woolf Society
Talking to Virginia Woolf |
Group Presentation on The Hours
Ensrakiel, Marica (Group PPT) |
Thur 4/28 |
|
|
OCE |
Tues 5/3 |
Reflections of Victorians |
- Cunningham, The Hours
-- finish the novel
Fforde, The Eyre
Affair (pub. 2001)
Relevant Websites
Official site for
The Eyre Affair
Meeting my Publisher for the First Time - Jasper Fforde
|
|
Thur 5/5 |
21st
Century
The Uncontrollable Page |
- Jackson, Patchwork
Girl (pub. 1995)
Handouts & PPT
Background &
Summary of
Frankenstein
PPT on hypertext fiction &
Patchwork
Girl |
OCE
Group Presentation on Patchwork Girl
Peter, Kenneth (Group PPT) |
Tues
5/10 |
HTML is a Language (?) |
Relevant Websites
Introduction to Patchwork Girl
Helpful Guide for Reading Patchwork Girl
Wordpress
Interview with Shelly Jackson
"Skin," another project
by Jackson
Using StorySpace
A new, networked novel: Flight Paths
Web References
Introducing the Book (Video)
Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us (Video,)
Turning the Pages, British Library
Semaphore Exhibit
Spore game Trailer (Video) |
|
Thurs 5/12 |
What is "Literature?" |
Relevant Websites
Neil Gaiman's discusses his work (video)
Electronic
Literature Collection
Vol. I
Stardust Movie Trailer (video)
Neil Gaiman's Website/Blog
Review of Endless Nights
Plot Summary for Endless Nights
Crossing Mediums: TV's Heroes and Graphic Novels
Top Ten Graphic Novels
|
ICE/OCE
Group Presentation on Graphic Novel
Orion, Heather & Jason (Group PPT)
|
Tues 5/17 |
Review for final
exam |
[Optional] Consider
testing yourself against the
Norton 20th Century Quiz
Possible Visit from
Prof. Barron Storey, graphic artist on Endless Nights?
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Final Essay/Project
|
Final Exam
May 23,
2:45-5pm
(Bring exam booklets)
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