English 4390 - Schedule of Readings
| Tuesday | 1/11 | Introduction – Syllabus (online - Prezi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 1/13 | Syllabus Quiz From Novel Definitions (PDF) Spacks "The Excitement of Beginnings" (1-27) |
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| "True Histories" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 1/18 | Library Day - meet in Special Collections Reader Profile Due |
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| Thursday | 1/20 | Defoe, Roxana (41-117) Spacks, "Novels of Adventure" (28-58) |
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| Tuesday | 1/25 | Defoe, Roxana (117-181) |
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| Thursday | 1/27 | Defoe, Roxana (181-235) Selection of additional reading due today |
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| Tuesday | 2/1 | Defoe, Roxana (235-297) Initial Reponse Grades on Blackboard |
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| Thursday | 2/3 | Defoe, Roxana (297-326) |
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| The Mid-Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 2/8 | Richardson, from Pamela (307-314) |
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| Thursday | 2/10 | Haywood, Anti-Pamela (51-108) |
Discussion Leader: KC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 2/15 | Haywood, Anti-Pamela (108-165) | Discussion Leader: Rachel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 2/17 | Haywood, Anti-Pamela (165-227) | Discussion Leader: Britney | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 2/22 | Spacks, "Novels of Development" (59-91) Fielding (Sarah), David Simple (8-59) |
Discussion Leaders: Tyler & Kristen F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 2/24 | Fielding (Sarah), David Simple (60-114) |
Discussion Leader: Susan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 3/1 | Midsemester Response, Participation Grades on Blackboard
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Discussion Leaders: Maria & Rebecca | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 3/3 | Exam 1: Key Terms Exam |
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| Tuesday | 3/8 | Fielding (Sarah), David Simple (170-238) | Discussion Leaders: Gabrielle & Kelsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 3/10 | Coventry, The History of Pompey The Little (37-215) |
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| Tuesday | 3/15 | Spring Break: Read Sir Charles Grandison |
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| Thursday | 3/17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 3/22 | Spacks, "Novels of Consciousness" (92-126) Richardson, Grandison (discussion of whole text) |
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| Thursday | 3/24 | Richardson, Grandison (discussion of whole text) | Discussion Leader: Stephanie W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Late Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 3/29 | MacKenzie, The Man of Feeling Spacks, "Novels of Sentiment" (127-159) |
Discussion Leaders: Abby M, Cecilia & Claire | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 3/31 | Screening: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Tale Spacks, "Tristram Shandy and the Development of the Novel" (254-276) Dr. Friedman at Conference (BWWC) |
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| Tuesday | 4/5 | Wollstonecraft, Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman Spacks, "The Political Novel" (222-253) |
Discussion Leaders: Anna & Kristin E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 4/7 | Walpole, The Castle of Otranto Spacks, "Gothic Fiction" (191-221) |
Discussion Leaders: Megan & Katlyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 4/12 | Austen, Northanger Abbey (2-49) Spacks, "The Novel of Manners" (160-190) |
Discussion Leaders: Sarah & Abby T | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 4/14 | Austen, Northanger Abbey (49-94) | Discussion Leader: Nicole & Lane | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 4/19 | Austen, Northanger Abbey (94-150) | Discussion Leaders: Melissa & Beth | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday | 4/21 | Austen, Northanger Abbey (150-198) | Discussion Leaders: Steven & Candace | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 4/26 | Last Day of Class - Poster Sessions Spacks, "What Came Next" (277-end) |
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| Wednesday | 4/27 | Final Project - One Page Abstracts Due via Blackboard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Friday | 4/29 | Final Project - 10-12 page paper due (hard copy to ECF by 5 PM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday | 5/3 | Final Exam Period: 10 minute scheduled oral exams in HC 9002
SEE ME ASAP: Lane, Meagan, Nicole, Stephanie W |
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Additional 18C Novel Reading Selections
Protonovels & Romances
Behn, The History of the Nun - Candace
Manley, The Secret History of Queen Zara - Kristin E
Aubin, The Strange Adventures of the Count de Vinevil - Tyler
Haywood, Fantomina - Claire, Cecilia
Adventures of Rivella - Lane
The Mid-Century Novel
Scott, Millenium Hall - Meagan L
Fielding, The Governess - Marie G
Lennox, The Female Quixote - Anna
Gothic & Political Novels
Parsons, The Castle of Wolfenbach - Gabrielle, Britney
The Necromancer - Susan M
Caleb Williams - Steven G
Jane Austen & Friends
Austen, Sense & Sensibility - Abby T, Rebecca S
Austen, Mansfield Park - Beth, Kristen F
Austen, Emma - Nicole, Kelsey
Austen, Persuasion - Rachel B, Abby M
Brunton, Discipline - Stephanie W
Early American Novels
Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland - KC
Susana Rowson, Charlotte Temple - Melissa B, Katlyn
Cooper, Last of the Mohicans - Sarah H