English 164                                                                 Professor Grossman

Spring 2006                                                                Office 1332 Rolfe

MW 2-3:50                                                                Office Hours M 4-6 & by appointment

Rolfe 3126                                                                  grossman@humnet.ucla.edu  

 

 

The Victorian Novel

 

 

Required texts

 

Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby  (1838-39)              Penguin, ISBN 0140435123

Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (1854-5)                  Norton, ISBN 0393979083

Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White (1860)                   Oxford, ISBN 0192834290

 

We will use the specific editions of the novels listed above. Books may be ordered using the isbn number (imprinted on the back of the book). You should read each novel’s endnotes and other editorial matter, including appendices.

 

Requirements

 

5-page close-reading paper, due Monday, May 1                                           35%

 

8-page final paper, due Wednesday, June 7                                                   50%

                                                                                           

one class presentation (pass/fail)                                                                     15%

                                                                                                                

class participation & reading assessments may raise/lower final grade 1/3 or more

 

In addition:

- You are strongly encouraged to meet with me to discuss your writing in individual conferences.

- Lively class participation is expected. More than two unexcused absences will lower your final grade, and two such absences within the first two weeks will result in a failing grade for the course.

- An in-class reading assessment may be taken at any time. Students who fail or miss any such assessment will be given an opportunity to show me they have done the reading.

- You must use your email account. Please have a current address in MyUCLA.

- E-campus contains course information. Grades for the written essays will appear in MyUCLA, but see above for the actual calculation of final grades.

Finally, a word about academic integrity. Academic integrity is fundamental to University work and life. Always note your sources and do not hesitate to ask me about the correct ways of citing outside sources. Plagiarizing, which means taking words or ideas from a published or unpublished source without proper acknowledgment, is wrong and violates your UCLA Student Conduct Code.

 

Schedule

 

4/3       Introduction: The Victorian Novel, 1837-1901

4/5       Dickens

 

4/10     Dickens

4/12     Dickens

 

4/17     Dickens

4/19     Dickens

 

4/24     Dickens

4/26     Dickens

 

5/1       Gaskell                        Paper 1 due

5/3       Gaskell

 

5/8       Gaskell                       

5/10     Gaskell                                                           

 

5/15     Collins

5/17     Collins

 

5/22     Collins

5/24     Collins

            Yom Kippur, 11/11

5/29     Memorial Day

5/31     Collins

 

6/5       Collins

6/7       Conclusion                  Final paper due