Texts:
The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Poetry, ed. Thomas
J. Collins and Vivienne J. Rundle (Broadview)
Ann Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Penguin)
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Bedford)
Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh (Penguin)
Charles Dickens, Selected Short Fiction (Penguin)
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss(Penguin)
Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England
(Penguin)
Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton (Penguin)
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (Puffin)
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine (Dover)
All texts are available at the University Bookstore. PLEASE
buy
only the specific editions listed above! It will be difficult to
coordinate matters if we are always on different pages.
Requirements:
Two (2) papers of 5-6 pages, a midterm, a final, weekly response papers,
class presentations, and active participation. Upon prior arrangement,
students may choose to write one longer research paper (12 pages) rather
than two shorter ones.
Grading:
•Active participation: 10%
Includes intelligent contributions
to class discussion, regular attendance, and short class presentations:
See "attendance policy" below.
•Weekly response papers: 15%
1-page papers due each week
on Tuesday in class
•Two papers-- both 5-6 pages (or one longer one): 50%
If I detect substantial improvement in your
writing, I will weight your later paper grade more heavily. See the
"style
sheet" on the course web page if you have questions about grammar,
paper format, proper citation, etc.
•Midterm: 10%
•Final exam: 15%
Attendance
policy:
Prompt and regular attendance is required. You are allowed up to two
absences for reasons of illness, family/ work emergencies, etc: Consider
this your ‘sick leave.’ Any additional absences will substantially
lower your participation grade. If you know that you must miss class,
call or email me ahead of time. It is your responsibility to contact
the instructor about missed assignments or late work.
A note about reading:
As this is a graduate-level course, the amount of reading required
is fairly substantial -- 300 or more pages a week -- plus excerpts from
selected historical and critical texts, ranging anywhere from 5 to 20 additional
pages. Plan to budget your time so that you can set aside a few evenings
to do the reading. Readings which I have labeled "suggested" are
entirely optional.
Incompletes will only be allowed in the case of documented medical emergencies.
Students with disabilities should
contact the instructor during the first week of class about any arrangements
they may require.
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