English 4/805B: Nineteenth Century Fiction:

Fiction of the Romantic Period

Fall 2002

Stephen C. Behrendt
319 Andrews; 472-1806
office: 10:00 -11:00 TR
and by appointment

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James Gillray, Presages of the Millenium (1795)

Tentative Schedule

Aug 27  T     Introductory matters:
                     – History, cultural history, literary history and the parameters of this course
       29  R     The English novel in an era of national transition

Sep   3  T     Charlotte Smith, Desmond; or, The Young Philosopher
         5  R     Smith
         6  F     Last day to drop and have this course removed from your permanent record. After today (and until 15 November) a "W" will appear on your record with a withdrawal notation.

       10  T     Smith
       12  R     Smith
                     report:  Thomas Holcroft

       17  R     William Godwin, Things as they Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
       19  R     Godwin
                     Group presentation 1:  Godwin

       24  T     Godwin
       26  R     Godwin
                     reports:  Ann Radcliffe and Maria Edgeworth

Oct   1  T     Mary Hays, The Victim of Prejudice
         3  R     Hays
                    Group presentation 2:  Hays

         8  T     Hays
       10  R     Midterm Examination

       15  T     Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
       17  R     Austen
                    Group presentation 3:  Austen
       18  F     Last day to change your registration for this course to or from "Pass/No Pass"

       22  T     Fall Semester Break — No Class
       24  R     Austen
                     report:  Sydney Owenson

       29  T     Percy Shelley, Zastrozzi
       31  R     Shelley, Zastrozzi
                    Group presentation 4:  P. B. Shelley

Nov  5  T     Shelley, St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian
         7  R    Shelley, St. Irvyne
                    report: Thomas Love Peacock

       12  T    Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
       14  R    Shelley
                    report: some literary (and other) sources: Aeschylus, Milton, Coleridge, P. B. Shelley, Fuseli, E. Darwin
                    report: Science and technology in the wake of the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution
       15  F    Last day to withdraw from this course

       19  T    Shelley
                   Group presentation 5:  M. W. Shelley
       21  R    Shelley
                    report: Walter Scott

       26  T    Corvey Collection novelists presentations
       28  R    Thanksgiving holiday

Dec  3  T     Corvey Collection novelists presentations
                    Individual Corvey Novels Project materials due today
        5  R     Corvey Collection novelists presentations

      10  T     Corvey Collection novelists presentations
      12  R     Concluding matters

Final Examination: 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 Noon, Thursday, 19 December