English 253-38704 Syllabus (Fall '97)

Follow the links in the "author/event" column below for background information and general notes on the different authors we are exploring this semester.  Print and read each of these pages in turn before doing the readings: you are responsible for all of these "handouts."

Day/Date
Author/Event
Titles
Pages
Wednesday, 
August 27		 Introduction: What is fiction?    
Friday, 
August 29

Some novel history
Daniel Defoe

 Moll Flanders iii-viii, 1-50
Monday,
September 1		 Labor Day Labor Day Labor Day
Wednesday, 
September 3		 Moll Flanders 51-100
Friday,
September 5		 Moll Flanders 101-50
Monday,
September 8		 Moll Flanders 151-200
Wednesday,
September 10		 Moll Flanders 201-48
Friday,
September 12		 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice v-vi, 1-51
Monday,
September 15		 Pride and Prejudice 51-103
Wednesday,
September 17		 Pride and Prejudice 103-50
Friday,
September 19		 Pride and Prejudice 151-201
Monday, 
September 22		 Pride and Prejudice 201-62
Wednesday,
September 24		 Mary Shelley Frankenstein iii-x, 1-46
Friday,
September 26		 Frankenstein 46-104
Monday,
September 29		 Frankenstein 104-62
Wednesday,
October 1		 Charles Dickens Oliver Twist v-xvii, 1-78
Friday,
October 3		 Oliver Twist 79-154
Monday,
October 6		 Oliver Twist 155-239
Wednesday,
October 8		 Oliver Twist 240-318
Friday,
October 10		 Oliver Twist 319-401
Monday,
October 13		 Oliver Twist 402-93
Wednesday,
October 15		 Catch up Dickens    
Friday,
October 17		 Review Session    
Monday,
October 20		 Midterm exam part I    
Wednesday,
October 22		 Midterm exam part II    
Friday,
October 24		 Fall Break Fall Break Fall Break
Monday,
October 27		 Edgar Allan Poe "MS Found in a Bottle"
"The Oblong Box"
"The Purloined Letter"		 1-9
67-76
76-91
Wednesday,
October 29		 Mark Twain Huck Finn 1-57
Friday,
October 31		 Huck Finn 57-109
Monday,
November 3		 Huck Finn 109-57
Wednesday,
November 5		 Huck Finn 158-220
Friday,
November 7		 Leo Tolstoy "The Death of Ivan Ilych" 15-63
Monday,
November 10		 Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment v-ix, 13-93
Wednesday,
November 12		 Crime and Punishment 95-178
Friday,
November 14		 Crime and Punishment 179-275
Monday,
November 17		 Crime and Punishment 277-349
Wednesday,
November 19		 Crime and Punishment 351-445
Friday,
November 21		 Crime and Punishment 446-528
Monday,
November 24		 Kate Chopin The Awakening 1-53
Wednesday,
November 26		 The Awakening 53-116
Friday,
November 28		 Thanksgiving holiday Thanksgiving holiday Thanksgiving holiday
Monday,
December 1		 Franz Kafka "The Judgment"
"A Country Doctor"		 Handout/reserve
Wednesday,
December 3		 Henry James "The Beast in the Jungle" Handout/reserve
Friday,
December 5		 Paper Due; 
Zora Neale Hurston		 "Sweat" Handout/reserve
Monday,
December 8		 Edith Wharton;
Katherine Mansfield		 "The Other Two"
"The Garden Party"
"Miss Brill"		 Handout/reserve
Wednesday,
December 10		 Alice Walker "Everyday Use"
"1955"		 Handout/reserve
Friday,
December 12		 Review Session    
Tuesday,
December 16,
12:30 p.m.		 Final exam

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