READING SCHEDULE

& DUE DATES

 

Note that the reading assignments for Monday are longer than the assignments for Wednesday, as there is more time to complete them. Feel free to read ahead if it suits your schedule. These assignments represents the minimum you are to have read by the date assigned.

 

 

MONDAY

 

WEDNESDAY

 

 

1/12

Introduction

1/17

Emma chaps 1-21 (pp. 7-169)
Which characters are egotists? In what ways does their egotism manifest itself?

1/19

Emma chaps 22-28 (pp. 170-229)
David Cannadine, The  Rise and Fall of Class in Britain,  chap. 1 (electronic reserves)
Who fits where in the social hierarchy of Emma , and how can we tell?

1/24

Emma chaps 29-48 (pp. 230-396)
What does Mrs Elton have in common with Emma? Why is she a threat to Emma? Given her similarities to Emma, why does she come off so badly?
Box Hill

1/26

Emma 49-end (pp. 397-453)
What is Emma trying to do? Entertain? Instruct? Satirize? Does it promote social reform? If so, how is this compatible with Austen's reputation as a ÒconservativeÓ author?

1/31

Jane Eyre chaps 1-15
What causes Jane's problems at Gateshead?

2/2

 

Jane Eyre chaps 16-26 (vol. 2, chaps 1-11)
Harold Perkin, Origins  of Modern English Society, chap. 7  (electronic reserves)

2/7

Jane Eyre vol. 3, chaps 1-8

2/9

Jane Eyre chaps vol. 3, chaps 9-12

2/14

David Copperfield chaps 1-15

2/16

David Copperfield chaps 16-21
Why does David fail to see the shortcomings in his friend Steerforth?

2/21

David Copperfield chaps 22-37
In what ways does Dora Spenlow resemble David's mother, and what do we makes of the resemblance?

2/23

David Copperfield chaps 38-43

2/28

David Copperfield chaps 22-37
In what ways does Dora Spenlow resemble David's mother, and what do we make of the resemblance?

3/2

David Copperfield chaps 58-64

3/7

SPRING BREAK

3/9

SPRING BREAK

3/14

What Makes a Good Seminar Paper Topic?
North and South Vol 1, chaps. 1-12

3/16

North & South vol. 1, chaps. 13-25

3/21

The Critical Conversation
North & South vol. 2, chaps. 1-15
Discuss Margaert's lie.
Topics for seminar paper due

3/23 

North & South vol. 2, chaps. 16-27
Discuss the ending as resolution of the marriage plot and the industrial plot.

3/28

Easter holiday: no class

3/30

Joining the Critical Conversation

4/4         

The Woman in White 1-158

4/6   

From Topic to Thesis
Annotated bibliography for seminar paper due

4/11

The Woman in White 158-322

4/13

Prospectus for seminar paper due (see instructions)

4/18

The Woman in White 322-488

4/20

Discussion of prospectuses
Critiques due

4/25

Drafts due by 8 a.m. (see instructions) No class meeting

4/27

The Woman in White 488-643

 

Final Paper Due: May 2