Burney, Fanny (1752-1849), Evelina
(1778). Penguin.*
Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731). Robinson Crusoe (1719). Signet.**
Fielding, Henry (1707-1754). Joseph Andrews (1742). Penguin
Classics.*
Radcliffe, Ann (1764-1823). A Sicilian Romance (1790).
Oxford World's Classics.
Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761). Clarissa (1747). Riberside.
Smollett, Tobias (1721-1771). Humphrey Clinker (1771). Norton
Critical Edition.*
Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768). Tristram Shandy (1760-68). Oxford
World's Classics.
* The page numbers in my online discussion of
this novel are different from the numbers in the text you are reading
for class. The text I originally used has been
discontinued and I do not have the time to change the page numbers.
** The page numbers in my online discussion of
this novel are different from the numbers in the text you are reading
for class. The publisher issued a new edition and changed the
page numbers.
| Day 1 (M, Aug. 30) |
Introduction |
| Day 2 (W, Sept. 1) |
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, pp.
xv-67
Overview of Daniel Defoe
Overview of Robinson
Crusoe
The Sources of Robinson
Crusoe
Alexander Selkirk |
| Day 3 (W, Sept. 8) |
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, pp.
68-121
Puritanism
Increase Mather, Remarkable
Providences
|
| Day 4 (M, Sept. 13) |
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, pp. 121-188
|
| Day 5 (M, Sept. 20) |
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, pp. 189-261
Religion in Robinson
Crusoe
|
| Day 6 (W, Sept. 22) |
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, pp. 262-299
Robinson Crusoe as
Economic Man
Web paper due
(1-2 pages)
|
| Day 7 (M, Sept. 25) |
Fielding, Joseph Andrews, pp.
25-105 |
| Day 8 (W, Sept. 29) |
Fielding, Joseph Andrews, pp.
105-177 |
| Day 9 (M, Oct. 4) |
Fielding, Joseph Andrews, pp.
166-258 |
| Day 10 (W, Oct. 6) |
Fielding, Joseph Andrews, pp.
258-323
First paper due |
| Day 11 (W, Oct. 13) |
Sterne, Tristram Shandy
Books I and II
A Few General Remarks |
| Day 12 (M, Oct. 18) |
Sterne, Tristram Shandy
Book III,
Book IV, Chapters 10-14, 31
The Organization
of Trisram Shandy
Themes in Tristram
Shandy
|
| Day 13 (W, Oct. 20) |
Sterne, Tristram Shandy
BookV, Chapters 2- 14, 31
Book IX, Chapters 18-33
Time in Tristram Shandy |
| Day 14 (W, Oct. 25) |
Midterm
Sample Midterm and Student
Answers |
| Day 15 (W, Oct. 27) |
Richardson, Clarissa, pp.
xix-86 |
| Day 16 (M, Nov. 1) |
Richardson, Clarissa, pp.
86-172 |
| Day 17 (W, Nov. 3) |
Richardson, Clarissa, pp.
172-288 |
| Day 18 (M, Nov. 8) |
Richardson, Clarissa, pp.
288-360 |
| Day 19 (W, Nov. 10) |
Richardson, Clarissa, pp.
360-433 |
| Day 20 (M, Nov. 15) |
Richardson, Clarissa, pp.
434-516
Second paper due |
| Day 21 (W, Nov. 17) |
Smollett, Humphrey Clinker,
pp. 1-111 |
| Day 22 (M, Nov. 22) |
Smollett, Humphrey Clinker,
pp. 112-214
Listserv paper
due (1-2 pages) |
| Day 23 (M, Nov. 29) |
Smollett, Humphrey Clinker,
pp. 215-223 |
| Day 24 (W, Dec. 1) |
Burney, Evelina, pp. 3-153 |
| Day 25 (M, Dec. 6) |
Burney, Evelina, pp. 153-300 |
| Day 26 (W, Dec. 8) |
Burney, Evelina, pp. 318-450
Third paper due |
| Day 27 (M, Dec. 13) |
Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance,
pp. 1-103 |
| Day 28 (T, Dec. 14) |
Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance,
pp.104-199 |
| M, Dec. 20, 3:30-5:30 |
Final |
| M, Jan. 3, Noon |
Last day to hand in revised and/or
late papers |
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