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Victorian Women Writers Syllabus Florence Boos, 319 EPB, florence-boos@uiowa.edu; office hours before and after class and Tuesdays 4-5; home phone 338-4383; office phone 335-0434. Texbooks Ordered for Course at IMU: Joan Perkin, Victorian Women George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince Charlotte Bronte, Villette George Paston, A Writer of Books Harriet Jump, ed. Women's Writing of the Victorian Period August 28th introduction, "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" August 30th Elizabeth Gaskell, "Lizzie Leigh" September 4th book one, Mill on the Floss September 6th books two and three, Mill on the Floss September 11th books four and five, Mill on the Floss September 13th books six and seven, Mill on the Floss September 19th Perkin, first chapter; Augusta Webster, “The Castaway” September 21st Perkin, second chapter; “The Castaway” or selections from Women’s Writing of the Victorian Period September 25th Perkin, third chapter; selections from Women’s Writing of the Victorian Period September 27th Perkin, fourth chapter; The History of Mary Prince October 2nd Perkin, fifth chapter; more on The History of Mary Prince October 4th Perkin, sixth chapter; working-class women’s autobiographies, Campbell and Johnston; poems by Janet Hamilton and Ellen Johnston October 9th Perkin, seventh chapter; slides on women artists of the Victorian period October 11th Perkin, eighth chapter; Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market” October 16th Perkin, ninth chapter; selections from Women’s Writing of the Victorian Period October 18th Perkin, tenth chapter; selections from Women’s Writing of the Victorian Period October 23rd Perkin, eleventh chapter; first section of Villette October 25th Perkin, twelfth chapter; second section of Villette October 30th third section of Villette November 1st short stories by Margaret Oliphant and Flora Steele November 6th end of Villette November 8th Amy Levy, “Xantippe” November 13th essays by Frances Power Cobbe and Mona Caird November 15th short stories by Sarah Grand and Ella D’Arcy November 20th poetry by Mary Coleridge and Michael Field Thanksgiving 22nd November 27th --------- November 29th A Writer of Books December 4th A Writer of Books December 6th poems by Alice Meynell; short story and poems by Charlotte Mew; discussion of feminist modernism In addition to the discussion responses on our class web site, students are also asked to write two papers: a 6 page essay with background research, due October 30th, and a 6 page essay comparing works by two or three authors we have read, due December 11th (this is in essence a take-home final, to be used as the basis for a brief oral summary and discussion). |
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