Fall 2005 | English 6175-01 | Victorian Literature
Professor - Dr. Gregg A. Hecimovich
schedule
Week 01
(24 - 26 Aug.)
Wed. 24 • Introduction to the Course; Syllabus; Schedule; Note Card Introductions
Fri. 26 • No Class Meeting; class meets electronically
• Mini-lecture 01: "Introducing the Mini-Lecture Series and Victorian Britain"
• Mini-lecture 02: "The Victorian Paradox"
Week 02
(29 - 02 Sep.)
Mon. 29 • Trollope, Barchester Towers (Chapter 1-7, pp 1.01-1.60)
Due: Assigment 01 - Note Card Introduction E-Mail (5 pts); Assignment 02 - Sign-up for Context Reports (1 pt)
Wed. 31 • Trollope, Barchester Towers (Chapter 8-14, pp 1.61-1.133); "Chapter 1: The Longest Reign" (vpi 01-16); (optional) "The Victorian Age" (la 1009-31);
• Mini-lecture 03: "Victoria's Early Reign 1837 - 1861"
Fri. 02 • Trollope, Barchester Towers (Chapter 15-21, pp 1.133-1.210)
Due: Assignment 03: Trollope DSIR (5 pts)
Week 03
(05 - 09 Sep.)
Mon. 05 • Trollope, Barchester Towers (Chapter 22-28, pp 1.210-2.16)
• Mini-lecture 04: "The Industrial Revolution - 1750-1830"
Wed. 07 • Trollope, Barchester Towers (Chapter 29-35, pp 2.16-2.93); "Chaper 2: The Victorians - Actor and Audience" (vpi 17-72); "Chapter 3: The Spirit of the Age - Time, Place, and Change" (vpi 73-113); (optional) "Perspectives: The Industrial Landscape" (la 1047-49) and "The Steam Loom Weaver," Kemble, Macaulay; "Parliamentary Papers," Disraeli, Engles, and Mayhew (la 1049-54; 1059-1073)
• Mini-lecture 05: "Railways and Steamships"
• Mini-lecture 06: "Parliamentary Reform and Chartism"Due: 01 Illuminated Context Report - "The Condition of England" (35 pts)
Fri. 09 • Trollope, Barchester Towers (Chapter 36-42, pp 2.93-2.173)
Due: Assignment 04 - Reading Quiz on Barchester Towers
Week 04
(12 - 16 Sep.)
Mon. 12 • Trollope, Barchester Towers (Chapter 43-53, pp 2.173-2.271)
Wed. 14 • Bronte, Jane Eyre (Chapter 1-8, pp 13-87); (optional) "Perspectives: Victorian Ladies and Gentleman" (la 1600-1602) and Cobbe, Ellis, Bronte, Bronte, Newman, Norton, Hughes, Martineau, Beeton, Queen Victoria, Kingsley, Newbolt (la 1602-29).
• Mini-lecture 07: "The Upper- and Middle-Class Woman"
Due: 02 Illuminated Context Report - "The Rise of the Novel" (35 pts)
Fri. 16 • Bronte, Jane Eyre (Chapter 9-17, pp 88-205)
Week 05
(19 - 23 Sep.)
Mon. 19 • Bronte, Jane Eyre (Chapter 18-23, pp 206-277)
Due: Assignment 05 - Bronte DSIR (5 pts)
Wed. 21 • Bronte, Jane Eyre (Chapter 24-28, pp 278-378); "Chapter 4: The Utilitarian Spirit" (vpi 114-164)
• Mini-lecture 08: "The Working-Class Woman"
• Mini-lecture 09: "Domestic Servants"Due: 03 Illuminated Context Report - "Victorian Women, Sexuality, and Gender Report" (35 pts); Assignment 06 - Reading Quiz on Jane Eyre (30 pts)
Fri. 23 • Bronte, Jane Eyre (Chapter 29-34, pp 379-456)
Week 06
(26 - 30 Sep.)
Mon. 26 • Bronte, Jane Eyre (Chapter 35-38, pp 457-502)
Wed. 28 • Bronte, Jane Eyre; "Chapter 5: The Evangelical Temper" (vpi 165-202); (optional) "Perspectives: Religion and Science" (la 1273-74) and Macauly, Dickens, Strauss, and Bronte (la 1274-1283)
• Mini-lecture 10: "The State Church and Evangelical Revival"
• Mini-lecture 11: "The Oxford Movement"Due: 04 Illuminated Context Report - "Victorian Religion and Evangelicalism" (35 pts); 05 Illuminated Context Report - "The Oxford Movement" (35 pts)
Fri. 30 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 1-7, pp 13-117)
Week 07
(03 - 07 Oct.)
Mon. 03 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 8-14, pp 118-225)
Wed. 05 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 15-20, pp 226-306);
• Mini-lecture 12: "Work and Working-Class Life"
• Mini-lecture 13: "Poverty and the "Hungry Forties"
• Mini-lecture 14: "Ireland, Famine, and Robert Peel"Due: 06 Illuminated Context Report - "Society and Political Economy" (35 pts)
Fri. 07 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 21-26, pp 307-407)
Due: Assignment 07 - Reading Quiz on David Copperfield (30 pts)
Week 08
(10 - 14 Oct.)
Mon. 10 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 27-32, pp 408-479)
Wed. 12 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 33-38, pp 480-567)
• Mini-lecture 15: "Progress and Optimism"
• Mini-lecture 16: "Victorian Literature I"Due: 07 Illuminated Context Report - "Victorian Serial Publishing" (35 pts)
Fri. 14 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 39-44, pp 568-655)
Due: Assignment 08 - DSIR Dickens (5 pts)
Week 09
(17 - 21 Oct.)
Mon. 17 • NO CLASS MEETING, SEE ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Wed. 19 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 45-50, pp 656-727)
Fri. 21 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 51-56, pp 728-807)
Week 10
(24 - 28 Oct.)
Mon. 24 • Dickens, David Copperfield (Chapter 57-64, pp 808-882)
Wed. 26 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 1-4, pp 5-46)
• Mini-lecture 17: "The Crimean War"
• Mini-lecture 18: "The British in Africa-1840-1880"
• Mini-lecture 19: "Medicine and Public Health"Dickens, Bleak House
• Mini-lecture 20: "Education"Due: 08 Illuminated Context Report - "19th-Century Education and Literacy Reports" (35 pts)
Group # 1 (elementary education, secondary education, and literacy)
Group # 2 (mechanics institutes, book trade, and circulating libraries)
Fri. 28 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 5-9, pp 47-99)
Due: Fri. 29 Assignment 09: Reading Quiz on Vanity Fair (30 pts)
Week 11
(31 - 04 Nov.)
Mon. 31 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 10-14, pp 100-164)
Wed. 02 • Examination
Due: Assignment 10: Exam (120 pts)
Fri. 04 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 15-19, pp 165-219)
Week 12
(07 - 11 Nov.)
Mon. 07 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 20-24, pp 220-272)
Wed. 09 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 25-29, pp 273-333)
• Mini-lecture 21: "Later Victorian Literature"
• Mini-lecture 22: "Victoria After Albert-1861-1901"Fri. 11 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 30-34, pp 334-405)
Week 13
(14 - 18 Nov.)
Mon. 14 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 35-39, pp 406-469)
Wed. 16 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 40-44, pp 470-523)
• Mini-lecture 23: "Victorian Britain and the American Civil War"
Due: 09 Illuminated Context Report - "Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Abolition in Britain" (35 pts)
Fri. 18 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 45-49, pp 524-574)
Week 14
(21 - 25 Nov.)
Mon. 21 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 50-54, pp 575-635)
Wed. 23 • Thanksgiving Break 24 - 28 - no class meeting
Fri. 25 • Thanksgiving Break 24 - 28 - no class meeting
Week 15
(28 - 02 Dec.)
Mon. 28 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 55-59, pp 636-699)
Wed. 30 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 60-64, pp 700-764)
Due: Assignment 11 - Thackeray DSIR (5 pts)
Fri. 02 • Thackeray, Vanity Fair (Chapter 65-67, pp 765-809)
Week 16
(05 - 09 Dec.)
Mon. 05 • Documented Paper Conference
Wed. 07 • Semester Review; Classes End
• Mini-lecture 24: "The Victorian Legacy"
Fri. 09 • Documented Paper Due
Due: Assignment 12: Documented Paper Due (150 pts) by 4:30 PM, Erwin 221
