English
305A: English Novel 1700-1900
English
305A:
English Novel 1700-1900
Spring
2006
Stephen C. Behrendt
319 Andrews; 472-1806
office hours: 11-12 and 2-3 TR
and by appointment
sbehrendt1@unl.edu
Study Materials available on this site
Study Questions, Internet Resources, Materials for Further Study
General Questions for the Study and Analysis of Novels These questions will help you analyze matters of form and content. There are a lot of questions here; pick and choose among them to help you develop your skill at reading within a variety of contexts.
Questions for exploring Authors' Relations to their Texts and their Audiences There are two sets of questions here. The first set will help you analyze the ways in which the authors may have thought about their texts and how they "work." The second set will guide you as you think about the relations that texts in general suggest between themselves and their reading audiences — including ourselves.
Some Notes and Comments on the Reading Activity This is just what it says: a brief commentary on the dynamics of reading, with two intriguing comments from modern theorists on reading.
Questions and Resources for Individual Novels
Materials for Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
Materials for Mrs. Mathews, Simple Facts; or, The History of an Orphan
Materials for Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
Materials for Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Materials for Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Materials for Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Materials for Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Materials for Robert Louis Stevenson,The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Useful Websites for English Literature and Culture, especially
19th-Century