Spring
2007
Office 268 Humantities
Humanities A56
grossman@humnet.ucla.edu
Dickens Seminar
Required texts
Charles
Dickens, Little Dorrit (1855-57) isbn 0141439963
On
reserve
Lionel
Trilling, “Little Dorrit”
John
Lucas, “Little Dorrit” from The Melancholy Man
Silvia
Manning, “Social Criticism and Texutal Subversion in Little Dorrit”
Requirements
Topic proposal, 6-page first
draft, and peer-review comment, due as indicated 15%
One 14-page research paper,
3+ outside sources, due Wednesday, June 6
70%
6 weekly reading responses
via our ecampus
class discussion board. 15%
150-word minimum due Sunday evening. Grade of ‘A’ or ‘B’ assigned
for full participation, reduced by a letter grade for each omission.
class participation may raise or lower final grade by
one third of a grade or more
In addition:
Finally, a word about academic
integrity. Academic integrity is fundamental to University work and life.
This seminar involves research. Always note your 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means taking words or ideas from a published or unpublished source without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
4/4 Introduction
4/11 Little
Dorrit to Number IV (p.148)
4/18 Little
Dorrit to Number VIII
4/25 Little
Dorrit to Number XII, Trilling
5/2 Little
Dorrit to Number XVI
5/9 Little
Dorrit to End, Lucas, Manning
5/16 Final-paper topic proposals (1 page, with
2 outside sources)
5/23 Six-page draft to reader
5/30 Peer-review comment
6/6 Final paper due