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Passion, Melancholy, and the Spiritual Self
January
Week 1
M 10: Introduction: The passions and the interests
(Recommended reading: Albert Hirschman,
"The Passions and the Interests," on reserve at Marriott Library)
W 12: Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847)
"Biographical Notice" and "Preface" (xxvi-xxxvii),
Vol. 1, Ch. 1-10 (p. 3-106)
F 14: Wuthering Heights: Vol. 1, Ch. 11- Vol.
2, Ch. 6 (p. 107-208) - discussion
Week 2
M 17- Martin Luther King/ Human Rights day -
no school
W 19: Wuthering Heights: Vol. 2, Ch. 7-Ch. 10
(p. 208-243); Sigmund Freud, "Mourning and Melancholia" (packet)
F 21: Wuthering Heights: Vol. 2, Ch. 11-16 (p.
253-295) - quiz/ discussion
Last day to add/ withdraw from classes
without tuition penalty
Week 3
M 24: Finish Wuthering Heights: Vol. 2, Ch. 17-20
(p. 296-334); poetry by Emily Brontë (packet)
W 26: Melancholy, Masochism, Sadism and Victorian
poetry:
Alfred
Tennyson, "The Lotos-Eaters," "Ulysses," "The Lady of Shalott," "Mariana"
(1830-1842)
Robert Browning, "Porphyria’s Lover," "My Last
Duchess" (1842) (all in xerox packet)
F 28: Purity: Christina Rossetti,
Goblin
Market (1859) - discussion
Week 4
M 31- Victorian painting: lecture
*PAPER #1 DUE (1-2 pgs)
The Country and the City
February
W 2: Elizabeth Gaskell, "Libbie Marsh’s Three
Eras" (1847)
Matthew Arnold, "Lines - Kensington Gardens"
(all in xerox packet)
F 4: Friedrich Engels, Condition
of the Working Class in England (1845): "Introduction" (p. 50-55,
61-64), "The Industrial Proletariat" (p. 65-67), "The Great Towns"
(p. 68-110)
Week 5
M 7: Continue discussion of Engels;
begin Elizabeth Gaskell, North
and South (1855)
W 9: North
and South: Ch. 1-10 (p. 5-86)
F 11: North
and South: Ch. 11-18 (p. 87-146) - quiz/ discussion
Week 6
M 14: North
and South: Ch. 19-27 (p. 146-214)
W 16: North
and South: Ch. 28-33 (p. 215-265); Friedrich Engels, "Results" (142-155),
"The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie towards the Proletariat" in Condition
of the Working Class (p. 275-278)
F 18: North
and South: Ch. 34-40 (p. 265-334) - discussion
Week 7
M 21: Washington’s birthday- no school
T 22: Substitute meeting day; North
and South: Ch. 41-46 (p. 334-392)
W 23: North
and South: Ch. 47-52 (p. 392-425); Thomas Carlyle, "The Captain of
Industry" (1843) (packet)
F 25: MIDTERM
Troubled Marriages and Shattered Nerves
Week 8
M 28: Wilkie Collins, The
Woman in White (1860): "Preface," "Preamble," Walter Hartright’s story
-parts 1-11 (p. 31-116)
March
W 1: The
Woman in White: Complete the "First Epoch" (p. 116-217) - discussion
F 3: The
Woman in White: Second Epoch (Marian’s diary), parts 1-6 (p. 219-310)
-quiz
Last day to withdraw from classes
Week 9
M 6: The
Woman in White: Second Epoch - conclude Marian’s diary, "The Story
Continued by Frederick Fairlie," (p. 310-378)
W 8: The
Woman in White: Complete the Second Epoch (p. 379-431) - discussion
F 10: The
Woman in White: Third Epoch, "The Story Continued by Walter Hartright"
- parts 1-7 (p. 433-498)
Georg Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life"
(1903) (packet)
Week 10: March 13-17 - SPRING BREAK
Read The
Woman in White
Week 11
M 20: The
Woman in White: Third Epoch- conclude Walter’s narrative, "The Story
Continued by Mrs. Catherick," resume Walter’s narrative -parts 1-2
(p. 498-576) - quiz
W 22: The
Woman in White: Third Epoch, Walter’s narrative -parts 3-6 (p. 576-605)
Caroline Norton, "A Letter to the Queen" (1855)
(packet)
F 24: Complete The
Woman in White (p. 605-646)
*PAPER #2 DUE (3-5 pgs)
City Life and the Enchantments of Domesticity
Week 12
M 27: Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend (1864-5):
Book 1, Ch. 1-8 (p. 13-103)
Henry Mayhew, London Labour and London
Poor (1851): "Of the Dredgers, or River Finders" (p. 147-150) (packet)
W 29: Our Mutual Friend: Book 1, Ch. 9-11 (p.
103-146)
Karl Marx, "The Fetishism of Commodities
and the Secret Thereof" (1867) (packet)
F 31: Our Mutual Friend: Book 1, Ch. 12-17 (p.
146-211) - quiz
April
Week 13
M 3: Henry Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor
(1851): Read "Of the Dustmen of London" (packet)
Continue reading Our Mutual Friend for the next
meeting.
BBC film presentation
W 5: Our Mutual Friend: Book 2, Ch. 1-7 (p. 215-303)
Discussion: dust, the urban environment,
family relations, the film adaptation.
F 7: Our Mutual Friend: Book 2, Ch. 8-14 (p.
303-384)
Emphasis on Ch. 8 ("A Solo and a Duet")
- Harmon's 'dead-alive' identity
Week 14
M 10: Our Mutual Friend: Book 2, Ch. 15- Book
3, Ch. 5 (p. 384-470)
BBC film presentation
W 12: Our Mutual Friend: Book 3, Ch. 6-10 (p.
470-535)
Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger (packet)
Dicussion: garbage, recycling, the articulation
of bones (Venus's "Perfect Beauty") - 'old' and 'new' objects
F 14: Our Mutual Friend: Book 3, Ch. 11-17 (p.
535-613)
BBC film presentation
Week 15
M 17: Our Mutual Friend: Book 4, Ch. 1-7 (p.
617-696) - quiz
T 18 - F 21: optional appointments -- paper topics
W 19: Our Mutual Friend: Book 4, Ch, 8-14 (p.
696-770)
*1 PARAGRAPH ON YOUR TOPIC FOR PAPER
#3 (open topic) DUE IN CLASS
F 21: Our Mutual Friend: Book 4, Ch. 15- "Postscript"
(p. 759-800)
John Ruskin, "Of Queen’s Gardens" (1865) (packet)
Week 15
M 24: Start reading Oscar Wilde, The
Picture of Dorian Gray (1891): "Preface," Ch. 1-9 (p. 3-130)
BBC film presentation (Our Mutual Friend)
*PAPER #3 DUE (8-10 pgs) IN CLASS
W 26: The
Picture of Dorian Gray: Ch. 10-20 (p. 131-246); Walter
Pater, "A Novel by Mr. Oscar Wilde" (1891) (packet)
Discussion of Dorian Gray: art, boredom,
urban life
FINAL EXAM (cumulative): 9:15 - 11:45 AM, Tuesday,
May 2.
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