English 4390 - Schedule of Readings
| Tuesday | 1/11 | Introduction – Syllabus Handout: Key Terms for the Semester |
| Thursday | 1/13 | Haywood, Fantomina Reader Profile Due |
| "True Histories" | ||
| Tuesday | 1/18 | Defoe, Roxana |
| Thursday | 1/20 | Defoe, Roxana Selection of additional reading due today |
| Tuesday | 1/25 | Defoe, Roxana Initial Reponse Grades on Blackboard |
| Thursday | 1/27 | Defoe, Roxana |
| Tuesday | 2/1 | Defoe, Roxana |
| Thursday | 2/3 | Defoe, Roxana |
| The Mid-Century | ||
| Tuesday | 2/8 | Fielding (Henry), Joseph Andrews |
| Thursday | 2/10 | Fielding (Henry), Joseph Andrews |
| Tuesday | 2/15 | Fielding (Henry), Joseph Andrews |
| Thursday | 2/17 | Fielding (Henry), Joseph Andrews |
| Tuesday | 2/22 | Fielding (Henry), Joseph Andrews |
| Thursday | 2/24 | Exam 1: Key Terms Exam |
| Tuesday | 3/1 | Midsemester Response, Participation Grades on Blackboard
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| Thursday | 3/3 | Fielding (Sarah), David Simple |
| Tuesday | 3/8 | Fielding (Sarah), David Simple |
| Thursday | 3/10 | Fielding (Sarah), David Simple |
| Tuesday | 3/15 | Spring Break: Read Sir Charles Grandison |
| Thursday | 3/17 | |
| Tuesday | 3/22 | Richardson, Grandison (discussion of whole text) |
| Thursday | 3/24 | Richardson, Grandison (discussion of whole text) |
| Late Century | ||
| Tuesday | 3/29 | Walpole, The Castle of Otranto |
| Thursday | 3/31 | Exam 2: The Eighteenth-Century and Novel Criticism Professor at Conference (BWWC) |
| Tuesday | 4/5 | MacKenzie, The Man of Feeling |
| Thursday | 4/7 | Sterne, A Sentimental Journey |
| Tuesday | 4/12 | Austen, Northanger Abbey |
| Thursday | 4/14 | Austen, Northanger Abbey |
| Tuesday | 4/19 | Austen, Northanger Abbey |
| Thursday | 4/21 | Austen, Northanger Abbey |
| Tuesday | 4/26 | Last Day of Class - Oral Exam Component? |
| TBA | Final Exam Period: Final Project Presentations | |
Additional 18C Novel Reading Selections (by year)
Anything out of Backscheider & Richetti's Popular Fiction by Women 1660-1750
Anonymous, The London Jilt
Defoe, Moll Flanders
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
Richardson, Pamela
Fielding, Shamela
Haywood, Anti-Pamela
Fielding, Tom Jones
Scott, Millenium Hall
Fielding, The Governess
Haywood, Betsy Thoughtless
Fielding, Amelia
Lennox, The Female Quixote
Fielding, The History of Ophelia
Sheridan, Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph
Lennox, Henrietta
Anon, The History of Pompey the Little
Smollett, Humphry Clinker
Burney, Cecilia
Inchbald, A Simple Story
Parsons, The Castle of Wolfenbach
Godwin, Caleb Williams
Burney, Camilla
Hays, The Victim of Prejudice
Anonymous, The Woman of Colour
Edgeworth, Belinda
Edgeworth, The Absentee
Austen, Sense & Sensibility
Scott, Waverley
Burney, The Wanderer
Austen, Mansfield Park
Austen, Emma
Brunton, Self Control
Brunton, Discipline
Austen, Persuasion
Edgeworth, Harrington