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Syllabus for English 332:
The Victorians Fall 2010
Monday, January 25
First day: introductions and course outline
Wednesday, January 27
Group 1 special interest (or wild card) blog post: Point us to a specific place in the text (from 1-10 lines) that you want us to discuss further in class because it raises an issue or problem in the novel as a whole. Use your blog post to explain your choice. Note: here and throughout this syllabus, the first (less indented) readings or links are required, while the second (more indented) readings or links are supplemental and optional. Here, for example, the novel is required, whereas the Gamer and Harris readings are optional.
Monday, February 1
Group 2 special interest (or wild card) blog post: Point us to a specific place in the text (from 1-10 lines) that you want us to discuss further in class because it raises an issue or problem in the novel as a whole. Use your blog post to explain your choice. You may find useful information in Stuart Curran's electronic edition of the novel (1818 version; the edition includes this and the 1831), especially in the annotations of highlighted words and phrases.
Wednesday, February 3
Group 3 special interest (or wild card) blog post: Point us to a specific place in the text (from 1-10 lines) that you want us to discuss further in class because it raises an issue or problem in the novel as a whole. Use your blog post to explain your choice. You may find useful information in Stuart Curran's electronic edition of the novel, especially in the annotations of highlighted words and phrases. This is the first page of Volume II (1818 version; the edition includes this and the 1831).
Monday, February 8
Group 4 special interest (or wild card) blog post: Point us to a specific place in the text (from 1-10 lines) that you want us to discuss further in class because it raises an issue or problem in the novel as a whole. Use your blog post to explain your choice. You may find useful information in Stuart Curran's electronic edition of the novel, especially in the annotations of highlighted words and phrases. This is the first page of Volume III (1818 version; the edition includes this and the 1831).
Wednesday, February 10
Group 1 blog post: As usual, you may use this blog post to develop your special interest or as a wild card blog post. Write your blog post as a discussion of some specific issue that arises from the readings. Note that the assigned readings include the option of using the Longman edition's bibliography to discover a reading that relates directly to your special interest.
Monday, February 15
Group 2 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Wednesday, February 17
Group 3 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Monday, February 22
Group 4 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Wednesday, February 24
Group 1 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Monday, March 1
Group 2 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Wednesday, March 3
Group 3 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Monday, March 8
Group 4 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Wednesday, March 10
Group 1 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Monday, March 15
Group 2 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt. Wednesday, March 17
NO CLASS TODAY:
Thursday, March 18 SHORTER PAPERS DUEIN HARD COPY TO MY OFFICE BY 3:00 PM
Monday, April 5
Group 3 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post. You may wish to take on the issue of genre-shifting. What breaks or continuities of language from the novels do you see as Darwin writes his scientific prose?
Wednesday, April 7
Group 4 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Monday, April 12
Group 1 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Wednesday, April 14
Group 2 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt. Thursday, April 15 PAPER PROSPECTUS DUE BY EMAIL
Monday, April 19 We will devote today's class time to conferences on your paper topics and the research process. You may want to get started on The Mill on the Floss over the weekend.
Wednesday, April 21
Group 3 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Monday, April 26 NO CLASS TODAY Note that you have more reading than usual for Wednesday (because it includes today's as well). Be sure to spread it out.
Wednesday, April 28
Group 1 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Monday, May 3
Group 2 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Wednesday, May 5 We will devote today's class time to individual conferences on your bibliographies and paper projects.
Thursday, May 6
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
Monday, May 10
Group 3 blog post: special interest (or wild card) blog post, open prompt.
Tuesday, May 11 PAPER PROGRESS REPORT DUE BY EMAIL
Wednesday, May 12
Last day: wrapping up, last questions, festooning the class float for the term paper parade
Thursday, May 20
FINAL PAPER DUE BY NOON
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