Seminar, English 181                                                   Professor Grossman

Spring 2006                                                                 Office 1332 Rolfe

W 4-6:50                                                                     Office hours M 4-6 & by appt

Haines A6                                                                    grossman@humnet.ucla.edu

 

Dickens and the Novel

 

Required texts

 

You must purchase these editions, uniquely identified by the imprinted isbn:

Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39)      isbn 0140435123

Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit (1855-57)               isbn 0141439963

 

Requirements

 

One 5-page close-reading paper, 1 outside source, due Wednesday, May 3                      35%

 

One 12-page research paper, 3+ outside sources, due Wednesday, May 31                      50%

 

weekly reading response via our ecampus class discussion board.                                    15%
150-word minimum due by Tuesday at noon. ‘A’ assigned for full

participation, reduced by a letter grade for each omission.                                   

 

class participation                                                                      raise or lower final grade

 

In addition:

- You are strongly encouraged to meet with me to discuss your writing in individual conferences; at least one individual meeting is required.

- With approval, your first paper may become part of your final paper.

- Lively class participation is expected. Obviously attendance is required; please contact me if you are going to miss a class meeting.

- This is your seminar. Don’t hesitate to help shape its direction.

- You must use your email account. If you use an address other than the one known to MyUCLA, please be sure to give it to me.

- E-campus contains important 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. This seminar involves research. Always note your sources and do not hesitate to ask me about the correct ways of citing them. Plagiarizing, which means taking words or ideas from a published or unpublished source without proper acknowledgment, is wrong and violates your UCLA Student Conduct Code.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


4/5       Introduction

4/12     Nicholas Nickleby up to Number VI

4/19     Nicholas Nickleby up to Number XIV

4/26     Nicholas Nickleby to the end.

5/3       Nicholas Nickleby        First paper due

5/10     Little Dorrit up to Number VII                                      

5/17     Little Dorrit up to Number XIV

5/24     Little Dorrit to the end.

5/31     Little Dorrit                  Final paper due

6/7       Conclusion