English 753X R43: Victorian Conversations Spring 2008
Instructor: Patricia Laurence
Book/Web List
Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland (Barnes & Noble, Tenniel illustrations)
Holmes, Sherlock. Weekly installments of stories (http://sherlockhholmes.stanford.edu)
Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend (excerpt, xerox)
Kipling, Rudyard. Kim (Penguin, with Said introduction)
Anand, Mulk Raj, Untouchable (Penguin)
Bronte, Emily. Jane Eyre(Dover Thrift Edition)
Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea (Norton)
Wollstonecraft, Mary. Vindication of the Rights of Women (Dover)
Victorian Poetry (Dover)
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Syllabus
English 753: Victorian Conversations Spring 2008
P.Laurence
Syllabus
I. Introduction
Victorian Skirts: The View from Above
Jan. 31: Phyllis Rose: Victorian Couples
Photography: Victorian Families, Children, Travel, Performances
II. Children of Empire
Feb. 7: Girls-- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Boys-- Lord Baden Powell on the Boy Scouts (Xerox)
III. The Subterranean: The View from Below
Feb. 14: The Underground, the Mines, the Dust:
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend (excerpt); Sherlock Holmes installment
Feb.21: Victorian Poety (poems to be announced)
IV. Inscriptions of Minority
Feb. 28 Irish, Muslims, Hindus:
Rudyard Kipling, Kim
(pp.49-144, ch.1-5;)
Feb. 28th: Short paper due (5 pp.)
March 6
Kipling, (pp.145-338)
V. Enlightenment in the Colonies
March 13
Muslims, Hindus, Christians
Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable
(pp.9-92)
March 20: class cancelled,
make-up class, May 16
VI. Inscriptions of Minority
March 27
Orphans, Women, Indians:
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
(pp.7-232, ch.1-22)
April 3
Bronte (pp.233-422)
VII. Enlightenment in the Colonies
April 10
Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
(pp.17-118)
April 17
Rhys (pp.119-90)
April 19-27: Spring Recess
May 1: Women at Home and Abroad
Mary Wollstonecraft’s Own
Vindication of the Rights of Women
Mary Seacole (excerpt)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
May 1: Long Paper due (10-15 pp)
May 8: Victorian Poetry (poems to be assigned)
May 16: Make-up class
Overview
Student Oral Reports will begin Feb. 21st: Important intellectual documents of the time will be assigned so that we can attend to the specific set of historical, political, class, gender and imperial themes that form the background of Victorian literature
(i.e. Darwin’s Origin of Species, Mayhew’s London Labour and the London Poor).
P.Laurence
Syllabus
I. Introduction
Victorian Skirts: The View from Above
Jan. 31: Phyllis Rose: Victorian Couples
Photography: Victorian Families, Children, Travel, Performances
II. Children of Empire
Feb. 7: Girls-- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Boys-- Lord Baden Powell on the Boy Scouts (Xerox)
III. The Subterranean: The View from Below
Feb. 14: The Underground, the Mines, the Dust:
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend (excerpt); Sherlock Holmes installment
Feb.21: Victorian Poety (poems to be announced)
IV. Inscriptions of Minority
Feb. 28 Irish, Muslims, Hindus:
Rudyard Kipling, Kim
(pp.49-144, ch.1-5;)
Feb. 28th: Short paper due (5 pp.)
March 6
Kipling, (pp.145-338)
V. Enlightenment in the Colonies
March 13
Muslims, Hindus, Christians
Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable
(pp.9-92)
March 20: class cancelled,
make-up class, May 16
VI. Inscriptions of Minority
March 27
Orphans, Women, Indians:
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
(pp.7-232, ch.1-22)
April 3
Bronte (pp.233-422)
VII. Enlightenment in the Colonies
April 10
Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
(pp.17-118)
April 17
Rhys (pp.119-90)
April 19-27: Spring Recess
May 1: Women at Home and Abroad
Mary Wollstonecraft’s Own
Vindication of the Rights of Women
Mary Seacole (excerpt)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
May 1: Long Paper due (10-15 pp)
May 8: Victorian Poetry (poems to be assigned)
May 16: Make-up class
Overview
Student Oral Reports will begin Feb. 21st: Important intellectual documents of the time will be assigned so that we can attend to the specific set of historical, political, class, gender and imperial themes that form the background of Victorian literature
(i.e. Darwin’s Origin of Species, Mayhew’s London Labour and the London Poor).
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