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"The Dramatic Shoe-Black"
John Thompson, Street Life in London (1877)
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This
course meets on Monday nights from 6-9. Readings are listed
below on the syllabus. In addition to completing the weekly
reading, submitting the writing assignments, and attending
class regularly and participating in in-class discussion, you are
required to participate in asynchronous Blackboard discussions
every week. . |
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This course surveys the nineteenth-century novel. Readings range from Austen, Bronte, and Thackeray through Kipling and Conrad. You need not have studied nineteenth and twentieth century British literature previously to take this course. Assignments include 2 critical papers, 1 critical research paper, and regular participation in both Blackboard discussions and in-class discussions.
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Assignment |
Where it can be found |
Due Date |
% of Final Grade |
1st critical paper, 3-5 pages in length* |
Topics in the "Writing Assignments" area
of Blackboard |
due in the Digital Drop Box on September 17, 11:59 PM |
20% |
2nd critical paper, 3-5 pages in length* |
Topics in the "Writing Assignments" area
of Blackboard |
due in the Digital Drop Box on October 29 , 11:59 PM |
20% |
3rd paper: critical research paper |
Topics in the "Writing Assignments" area
of Blackboard |
due in the Digital Drop Box on December 3, 11:59 PM |
35% |
weekly contributions to class discussion, on Blackboard
and in class; weekly quizzes on the reading |
"Discussion Board" area of Blackboard and
in class |
throughout |
25% |
Total |
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100% |
*You have the option to revise and resubmit one of the two critical
papers for an additional grade. If you choose to do so, your
first draft grade will count for 10% of your final grade
and the
revision grade will count for 10%. Revisions
are due in the digital
drop box on the final day of class, December 3.
The first two papers should
be 3-5 pages in length. Topics can be found on Blackboard
by following the "Writing Assignments" link. These
papers are to be submitted to the digital drop box in Blackboard
no later than 11:59.59 pm on the due date. Papers will be
reduced a grade for every day they are late. Use MLA
Format for citations.
A note on getting started: Effective note-taking
on the novels is very important, because you will need to
use your notes to find the evidence to support the claims you make in your papers.
An effective literary thesis should assert something about
the meaning of the work that is not obvious to everyone who
has read it. Moreover, an effective literary thesis takes a stand on an issue of significant controversy over the meaning of the novel. The papers topics, which can be found on Blackboard in the "Writing Assignments" area, will provide you with question prompts.
The final paper, a critical
research paper, should be 10-12 pages in length. You should
use at least three secondary sources. Again, topics will
be found on the course Blackboard in the "Writing Assignments"
area.
Weekly contributions to online
class discussion: These are mandatory in this
class. Everyone is required to pose at least 6 questions
to the group online over the course of the 16-week term.
In addition, every student is required to respond at least
once per week to other students' or my questions. You will
be graded both on the frequency of your contributions and
on the quality of them. The best strategy is to post at
least 3 or 4 thoughtful responses and/or questions per
week. Please be sure to make them thoughtful,
paragraph-long responses, not quick, two-word responses,
and be sure to observe the conventions of civil online
discourse (no flaming or personal remarks about other students
in the class). Questions
may deal with the previous week's reading or with the upcoming
week's reading. You
may ask questions or make responses that relate current
material to material introduced earlier in the course,
but please do not pose questions about a novel that the
rest of the class will not have read for two more weeks.
Questions and responses should be posted no later than midnight
MST on Sunday of
each week to be counted for that week.
Please note that
all work done for this course must be your original work.
If you make use of the insights of other writers, you must
cite them in your papers using MLA
citation format. Punishments for plagiarism can be
very severe and may include a permanent grade of "failure
with academic dishonesty" or suspension from the University.
If you have any questions about what constitutes plagiarism,
please ask me.
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Author |
Title |
Edition |
W. M. Thackeray |
Vanity Fair |
Oxford UP |
Charles Dickens |
Great Expectations |
Penguin |
Charlotte Brontë |
Jane Eyre |
Bedford |
Rudyard Kipling |
Kim |
Dover |
Joseph Conrad |
Lord Jim |
Bantam |
Oscar Wilde |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Penguin |
Jane Austen |
Pride and Prejudice |
Penguin |
These books are currently available at the ASU Bookstore.
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Week |
Topic |
Reading/Assignments |
Aug. 20 |
Introduction to the course
Topic: The Novel in the 18th and 19th Century |
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Aug. 27 |
Embarrassing relatives |
Austen, Pride and Prejudice |
Sep. 3 |
No Class: Labor Day Holiday |
Sep. 10 |
Invitations to fish and marriage |
Austen, Pride and Prejudice cont. |
Sep. 17* |
Getting ahead |
Thackeray, Vanity Fair |
Sep. 24 |
Nabobing around |
Thackeray, Vanity Fair |
Oct. 1 |
What's in your attic? |
Bronte, Jane Eyre |
Oct. 8 |
What's in his attic? |
Bronte, Jane Eyre |
Oct. 15 |
Don't feed escaped prisoners |
Dickens, Great Expectations |
Oct. 22 |
Ok, feed escaped prisoners |
Dickens, Great Expectations |
Oct. 29* |
Your picture is not you |
Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Nov. 5 |
Your friends are not you |
Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Nov. 12 |
No Class: Veterans' Day Holiday |
Nov. 19 |
Don't play Rajah Brooke of Sarawak |
Conrad, Lord Jim |
Nov. 26 |
Work, play, and multiple identities |
Kipling, Kim |
Dec. 3** |
India as a game |
Kipling, Kim |
* Due dates of first two critical papers.
**Due date of final critical research paper. |
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Pictures of England |
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