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Victorian Fiction

Professor Florence S. Boos

Syllabus

January 23rd, 2008 Wednesday

introduction, course content, Victorian publication

January 25th, 2008 Friday

discussion of Moran handout, Elizabeth Gaskell, "The Old Nurse's Tale"

January 28th, 2008 Monday

discussion of Moran handout, Elizabeth Gaskell, "Lois the Witch"

January 30th, 2008 Wednesday

Elizabeth Gaskell, "Lois the Witch"

February 1st, 2008 Friday

two stories: Thomas Cooper, "Merrie England" and Ernest Jones, "The Working-Man's Wife"

February 4th, 2008 Monday

Moran, pages 78-95; Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

February 6th, 2008 Wednesday

Our Mutual Friend

February 8th, 2008 Friday

Our Mutual Friend

February 11th, 2008 Monday

Our Mutual Friend

February 13th, 2008 Wednesday

Our Mutual Friend

February 15th, 2008 Friday

Our Mutual Friend

February 18th, 2008 Monday

Our Mutual Friend

February 20th Wednesday

Our Mutual Friend

February 22nd, 2008 Friday

slides of Victorian narrative art

February 25th, 2008 Monday

Moran, 117-34; George Eliot, Middlemarch

February 27th, 2008 Wednesday

Middlemarch

February 29th, 2008 Friday

Middlemarch

March 3rd, 2008 Monday

Middlemarch

title for paper due; short bibliography

March 5th, 2008 Wednesday

Middlemarch

March 7th, 2008 Friday

Middlemarch

outline or first draft for paper due

March 10th, 2008 Monday

Middlemarch

March 12th, 2008 Wednesday

Middlemarch

March 14th, 2008 Friday

Rudyard Kipling, Kim

paper due

March 24th, 2008 Monday

Rudyard Kipling, Kim

March 26th, 2008 Wednesday

Kim

March 28th, 2008 Friday

Flora Annie Steel, "Mussumat Kirpo's Doll" (h)

March 31st, 2008 Monday

George Gissing, The Odd Women

April 2nd, 2008 Wednesday

The Odd Women

April 4th, 2008 Friday

The Odd Women

April 7th, 2008 Monday

Margaret Oliphant, "The Open Door"

April 9th, 2008 Wednesday

Margaret Oliphant, "The Portrait"

April 11th, 2008 Friday

Ella Dixon, The Story of a Modern Woman

April 14th, 2008 Monday

The Story of a Modern Woman

April 16th, 2008 Wednesday

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April 18th, 2008 Friday

William Morris, News from Nowhere

April 21st, 2008 Monday

William Morris, News from Nowhere (slides)

April 23rd, 2008 Wednesday

William Morris, News from Nowhere

April 25th, 2008 Friday

News from Nowhere

April 28th, 2008 Monday

News from Nowhere

April 30th, 2008 Wednesday

Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

May 4th, 2008 Monday

final class presentations

May 6th, 2008 Wednesday

final class presentations

May 8th, 2008 Friday

Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

Because the instructor will be giving talks in New Zealand during finals week, presentations will take place in class on Monday and Wednesday May 4th and 6th, but final drafts of the essay will not be due until Friday May 16th, 2008.