VICTORIAN SOCIALPROBLEM NOVEL

Presentation Sign-ups:

Week 2

T Jan 17 Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton

From Cambridge Companion: “Introduction,” Deirdre David; “Industrial Culture,” Joseph Childers.

Short oral report: _Tripp Madden_____________________________

Week 3

T Jan 23 Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil.

From CC: “The Victorian Novel and its Readers,” Kate Flint.

Group B: 1^st response.

Short oral report: _Ted Smith________________________________

Critical Presentation: _Tripp Madden_____________________________

Week 4

T Jan 31 Charlotte Brontë, Shirley

From CC: “Gender and the Victorian Novel,” Nancy Armstrong.

Short oral report: _Diana Sullivan________________________________

Critical presentation: _Paul Johnson__________________________________

Week 5

T Feb. 7 Charles Dickens, Bleak House

From CC: “Dickens, Melville, and a Tale of Two Countries,” Robert Weisbuch.

Short oral report: _Jessica Wise________________________________________

Critical presentation: Ted Smith_________________________________________

Week 6

T Feb. 14 Charles Dickens, Bleak House

From CC: “Detection in the Victorian Novel,” Ronald B. Thomas.

Short oral report: _Jade Kierbow__________________________________

Critical presentation: _Diana Sullivan____________________________________

Week 7

T Feb. 21 George Eliot, Adam Bede

From CC: “Sexuality in the Victorian Novel,” Jeff Nunokawa.

Short oral report: _Kyle Crews_________________________________

Critical presentation: _Margaret Sullivan________________________________

Week 8

T Feb. 28 George Eliot, Adam Bede

From CC: “Sensation and the Fantastic in the Victorian Novel,” Lyn Pykett.

Short oral report: _Nancy Blair_____________________________________

Critical presentation: _Candy Marsh____________________________________

Week 9

T Mar. 7 Olive Schreiner, Story of an African Farm

From CC: “Race and the Victorian Novel,” Patrick Brantlinger.

Short oral report: _Candy Marsh_______________________________________

Critical presentation: __Kyle Crews___________________________________

Week 10

T Mar. 14 George Gissing, The Odd Women

Short oral report: __Jenn Grazer_____________________________________

Critical presentation: _Jessica Wise___________________________________

Week 11

Spring Break

Week 12

T Mar. 28 George Moore, Esther Waters.

Short oral report: _Paul Johnson___________________________________

Critical presentation: _Nancy Blair_________________________________

Week 13

T Apr. 4 Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure.

Research Prospectus due.

Short oral report: _______________________________________

Critical presentation: _Jenn Grazer_______________________________

Week 14

T Apr. 11 Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure.

From CC: “Intellectual Debate…,”John Kucich.

Short oral report: _Margaret Sullivan_____________________________

Critical presentation: _Jade Kierbow___________________________________

Week 15

T Apr. 18

Critical reading TBA.

Week 16

T Apr 25 Research Presentations.