8:158 Victorian Fiction

Syllabus

Tuesday 21 January 2014

introduction to course, remarks on how to read Victorian fiction; circumstances of publication

Thursday 23 January 2014

Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, first third

Tuesday 28 January 2014

Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, middle third

Thursday 30 January 2014

Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, final third

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Charlotte Bronte, Villette, pp. 1-100

Thursday 6 February 2014

Charlotte Bronte, Villette, pp. 100-300

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Charlotte Bronte, Villette, pp. 300-500

Thursday 13 February 2014

Charlotte Bronte, Villette, pp. 500-end

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, first quarter (about 16 chapters)

Thursday 20 February 2014

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, second quarter (chapters 17-32)

Title and bibliography for research paper due.

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, third quarter (chapters 33-48)

Abstract and outline for research paper due.

Tuesday 27 February 2014

Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, fourth quarter (chapters 49-64)

Abstract and outline for research paper due.

Tuesday 4 March 2014

review and class discussion: Mary Barton, Villette, David Copperfield

Thursday 6 March 2014

test, Mary Barton, Villette, David Copperfield

Tuesday 11 March 2014

George Eliot, Middlemarch, book 1 and 2

Thursday 13 March 2014

George Eliot, Middlemarch, books 2 and 3

Tuesday 18 March 2014 and Thursday 20 March 2014

spring break

Tuesday 25 March 2014

George Eliot, Middlemarch, book 4 and 5

Thursday 27 March 2014

George Eliot, Middlemarch, book 6 and 7

Tuesday 1 April 2014

George Eliot, Middlemarch book 8, review

Thursday 3 April 2014

test, Eliot

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

Thursday 10 2014

Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

Tuesday 15 April 2014

Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

Thursday 17 April 2014

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Thursday 24 April 2014

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Richard Jeffries, After London

Thursday 1 May 2014

Richard Jeffries, After London

Tuesday 6 May 2014

Richard Jeffries, After London

Thursday 8 May 2014

test Hardy, Wilde, Jeffries; student presentations

final 6 page comparison/contrast papers due Friday16 May 2014