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ENG 329 (73566), 394 (09403): Fall 2002
Syllabus
This is the combined syllabus for ENG 329,
Victorian Sensations, and ENG 394, Victorian Sensations Technology
Lab. N.B. The Wednesday night technology lab sessions will normally
last only an hour [6-7 pm]. However, students without access to
the software otherwise may use the computers in the lab until 9
pm if they wish.
You should complete the readings in advance
of the due date so that you are prepared to discuss them in class.
We will divide the reading of the 4 novels so you should, for instance,
be prepared to discuss the first half of Woman in White on
the first day of discussion (9/12) and the entire novel on the second
day of discussion (9/19).
Your grade will be based on the following:
20%: Contributions to class discussion and
Webboard conferences
10%: Web resources exercise
10% Basic website exercise
10%: Sophisticated
website with archival sources | Cajsa
Baldini's Sample hypertext edition
10% Powerpoint presentation. For
resources click here.
10%: Access research notes database
30%: Final critical paper
All students are expected to post at least
6 questions to the group on the Webboard over the course of the
semester. In addition, all are responsible for making at least one
thoughtful response to Webboard questions each week before 12 pm
on each Wednesday. You may ask questions about the use of the computer
technology in addition to questions about the literary texts we
will be reading, but you will be responsible for posting at least
6 questions about the literary material over the course of the 14-week
semester.
See below for details about the assignments.
Date |
Topic |
Assignment |
Wed. 8/28 |
Introduction to Humanities
Computing |
|
Thurs. 8/29 |
Introduction to Victorian
Sensations |
|
Wed. 9/4 |
Web Resources in the Humanities |
|
Thurs. 9/5 |
Troubled Domestic Relationships |
Shelley, The
Cenci
Introducory
lecture (PP) |
Wed. 9/11 |
Web Resources in the Humanities |
Web
resources exercise due 1 |
Thurs. 9/12 |
Secret Madness |
Collins, Woman in White |
Wed. 9/18 |
Constructing websites |
Introduction
to Web Page Design Assignment
sheet here |
Thurs. 9/19 |
|
Collins, Woman in White |
Wed. 9/25 |
Constructing websites |
Basic
website exercise due, 2 |
Thurs. 9/26 |
Madness and
Murder |
Browning,
Selected Poems
"My
Last Duchess"
"Childe
Roland"
"Porphyria's
Lover"
Supplementary:
Browning bio and other interesting information |
Wed. 10/2 |
Archival Sources: Scanning
and editing |
|
Thurs. 10/3 |
The Dangerous Wife
Lecture:
Victorian Evangelicalism and Middle Class Morality (PP
format) |
Braddon, Lady Audley's
Secret |
Wed. 10/9 |
Archival Sources:
Scanning and editing |
|
Thurs. 10/10 |
|
Braddon, Lady Audley's
Secret |
Wed. 10/16 |
Presentations with Powerpoint:
Presentation theory
PowerPoint
Tutorial (MS PP format. View
in Full screen mode)
Microsoft's
own PP Tutorial (a bit flaky, but useful) |
Complex
website with archival material due 3 |
Thurs. 10/17 |
Domestic Unrest |
Wood, East Lynne |
Wed. 10/23 |
Adobe Photoshop: Logos
and Image enhancement:
Basic
Photo editing | Using
filters | Other
resources |
|
Thurs. 10/24 |
The Ian Fletcher Memorial
Lecture |
|
Wed. 10/30 |
Introduction to Access databases
101 |
In-class
Powerpoint presentations begin 4 |
Thurs. 10/31 |
Sensational Journalism |
Wood, East Lynne
|
Wed. 11/6 |
Cont. Access Database 101 |
In-class
Powerpoint presentations cont. 4 |
Thurs. 11/7 |
Lecture: "Representing
the Poor and Working Classes in Victorian Journalistic DiscourseRepresenting
the Poor and Working Classes in Victorian Journalistic Discourse"
(WebPP presentation) |
"The
Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon"
"The
Bitter Cry of Outcast London" |
Wed. 11/13
|
Cont. Adobe Photoshop |
|
Thurs. 11/14 |
Poverty
and Legislature introduction
Discussion of "Bitter Cry"
and "Maiden Tribute"
|
"The
Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon"
"The
Bitter Cry of Outcast London" |
Wed. 11/20 |
Securing
a web folder (password protecting) |
Research
Notes database due 5 |
Thurs. 11/21 |
Gothic Sensation |
"The Whitechapel
Horrors"
The
Times
articles
Stoker, Dracula |
Wed. 12/4 |
no class |
|
Thurs. 12/5 |
|
Stoker, Dracula
|
Fri. 12/13 |
|
Final
critical research paper due 6 |
Explanations
for assignments:
-
In
this exercise, you will be asked to answer approximately 15
research questions requiring research on the Worldwide Web.
They will all be related to the topic of 19th-century sensationalism.
Click here for assignment sheet.
-
You
will have reserved your webspace and uploaded a basic home page.
You should submit the Web address of the home page to fulfill
this assignment. Click
here for assignment sheet.
-
You
should scan and copyedit a minimum of 2out-of-copyright archival
resources (stories, essays, etc.), convert them to html, and
upload and link to your home page. Submit the Web address of
your home page to fulfill this assignment. Click
here for assignment sheet. | Click
here for Cajsa Baldini's Sample hypertext edition.
-
You
should give an in-class Powerpoint presentation of approximately
10 minutes in length. Once you have given the presentation and
received feedback from classmates, you should attach an audio
narrative to the Powerpoint presentation, convert it to html,
and upload and link it to your home page.
-
Create
and submit on cd a simple research notes database in Access.
It should contain notes and full citations (MLA format) from
at least 8 sources (primary and secondary) that you will make
use of for your final critical research paper. In technology
lab, you will be asked to demonstrate that you know how to use
Access filters and to generate a simple report.
- Write
a critical research paper that makes use of at least 8 primary
and secondary sources (topics will be given early in the semester
so that your Powerpoint presentation and research notes database
project can be built around the same research base). The final
paper should be 10-12 pages in length and use MLA format. It should
be converted to html and uploaded to the password-protected folder
on your website. On the final day of class, submit the Web address
for the paper and the ID and password allowing access to your
protected folder.
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