English 4380: Schedule of Readings
| Week 1: Introduction | ||
| Tuesday | 8/18 | ‣Introduction – Syllabus ‣Exercise 1 – Where Are We? (in-class) |
| Thursday | 8/20 | From James Lackington's Memoirs (1792) (Broadview) |
| Connections to the Past: The Page and the Stage | ||
| Tuesday | 8/25 | Reader Profile Due Lennox, The Female Quixote, Books 1-3 |
| Thursday | 8/27 | Lennox, The Female Quixote, Books 4-6 |
| Tuesday | 9/1 | Lennox, The Female Quixote, Books 7-9 |
| Thursday | 9/3 | Library Day: Meet at RBD Library, Mell Entrance |
| Tuesday | 9/8 | Sheridan, The School for Scandal, Acts 1-2 (Broadview) |
| Thursday | 9/10 | Sheridan, The School for Scandal, Acts 3-5 (Broadview) |
| Tuesday | 9/15 | Burney, The Witlings, Acts 1-3 (Broadview) |
| Thursday | 9/17 | Burney, The Witlings, Acts 4-5 (Broadview) |
| Poetry of Many Voices | ||
| Tuesday | 9/22 | Project Proposal Worksheet Due Goldsmith, "The Deserted Village" |
| Thursday | 9/24 | Crabbe, "The Village" |
| Tuesday | 9/29 | Yearsley, "To Stella; On A Visit to Mrs Montagu," "On Mrs Montagu" |
| Thursday | 10/1 | Duck, "The Thresher's Labor" Collier, "The Woman's Labor" |
| Tuesday | 10/6 | Macpherson, "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: 7 & 8" Chatterton, "Mynstrelles Songe" from Ælla |
| Thursday | 10/8 | Midterm Exam Instructor at Conference (Burney/EC-ASECS) |
| Life and Lives: Johnson and His Friends | ||
| Tuesday | 10/13 | Johnson, Rasselas |
| Thursday | 10/15 | Boswell and Piozzi's Lives of Johnson (PDF and Broadview p. 135) |
| Tuesday | 10/20 | Excerpts from Hester Thrale Piozzi (PDF) |
| Thursday | 10/22 | Excerpts from Frances Burney (PDF) |
| Gothic Revolutions: Walpole and Godwin | ||
| Tuesday | 10/27 | Walpole, The Castle of Otranto (Broadview) |
| Thursday | 10/29 | Godwin, Caleb Williams (Vol I) |
| Tuesday | 11/3 | Godwin, Caleb Williams (Vol I) |
| Thursday | 11/5 | Instructor at Conference (Aphra) Project Work Day: Progress Report and Annotated Bibliography Due Friday |
| Tuesday | 11/10 | Godwin, Caleb Williams (Vol II) |
| Thursday | 11/12 | Godwin, Caleb Williams (Vol II) |
| Tuesday | 11/17 | Godwin, Caleb Williams (Vol III) |
| Thursday | 11/19 | Godwin, Caleb Williams (Original Ending and Reviews: Appendices A & F) |
| Tuesday | 11/24 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Thursday | 11/26 | |
| Tuesday | 12/1 | Final Projects Due Excerpts from Wheatley (PDF) |
| Thursday | 12/3 | Discussion of Final Projects, Evaluations |
| Tuesday | 12/15 | Exam - 8 AM |