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Fall 2006

Booklist

Austen, Jane (17715-1817). Emma (1815). Signet
Bronte, Emily. (1818-1848). Wuthering Heights (1847). Signet.
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). Great Expectations (1860-1). Signet.
Eliot, George (1819-1880). Middlemarach (1871-2). Signet.
Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928). Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891). Signet.
Thackeray, WIlliam Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair (1847). Signet.

Syllabus


Day 1 Introduction
Day 2 Introduction (Computer Lab)
Day3 Austen, Emma, pp. 7-102
  Austen Overview
  The Narrator
Day 4 Emma, pp. 103-209 (Online, Caucus)
  Emma, Harriet, and Mr. Elton
Day 5

Emma, pp. 209-317

Day 6

Emma, pp. 317-412 (Online, Caucus)
  Mr. Knightley
Web paper due (1-2 pages)

Day 7

Thackeray, Vanity Fair. pp. ix-170
Overview of Thackeray and Vanity Fair
The Narrator, the Reader, and Ambiguity
The Structure
Themes
Characterization
Thackeray's Illustrations

Day 8 Vanity Fair. pp. 171-326 (Online, Caucus)
Amelia
Attitude Toward Women
Day 9 Vanity Fair. pp. 326-488
Day10 Vanity Fair. pp. 489-662 (Online, Caucus)
Becky's Innocence
Society
Day 11 Vanity Fair. pp. 663-822 (Online, Caucus)
The Ending
Amelia: The Ending
Becky: The Ending
Dobbin: The Ending
The Gentleman and the Lady
First paper due
Day 12 Bronte, Wuthering Heights, pp. 9-91
Day 13 Wuthering Heights, pp. 91-182 (Online, Caucus)
Day 14 Wuthering Heights, pp. 182-252
Day 15 Wuthering Heights, pp. 252-320 (Online, Caucus)
Day 16 Midterm
Sample Midterm and Student Answers
Day 17 Dickens, Great Expectations, pp. 1-124 (Online, Caucus)
    Overview of Dickens
    Some General Comments
    Dickens and Society
    The Opening of Great Expectations
    Pip's Sense of Guilt
Day 18 Great Expectations, pp. 125-253
    Pip, Estella, and Miss Havisham
Day 19 Great Expectations, pp. 254-366 (Online, Caucus)
    Pip's Expectations
Day 20 Great Expectations, pp. 367-490
    Redemption and Love
    The ending
Second paper due
Day 21 Eliot, Middlemarch, pp. vii-165 (Online, Caucus)
Day 22 Middlemarch, pp. 165-347
Day 23 Middlemarch, pp. 347-494 (Online, Caucus)
Day 24 Middlemarch, pp. 494-663
Day 25 Middlemarch, pp. 664-811 (Online, Caucus)
Day 26 Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, pp. 1-100
Overview of Hardy
The Opening
    Tess's Personal Traits
    Tess and Alec
    Rape or Seduction?
Third paper due
Day 27 Tess of the D'Urbervilles, pp. 101-297
    Nature and the Froom Valley
    Tess and Angel
Day 28 Tess of the D'Urbervilles, pp. 297-405
    Tess and Angel Part
    Flintcomb-Ash
    Alec Again
    A Pure Woman
8-10 AM, Thursday, May 25 Final
Noon, T, June 1 Last day to hand in revised and/or late papers


Revised: August 25, 2006