English 252
Dickens, The Transport Revolution, & Narrative Form

TEXTS

Please purchase the editions of Dickens and Sade ordered, which are uniquely identified by their isbn numbers. We will refer to page numbers in discussion.

Secondary readings / Handouts / Course Reserves in ERR

Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Chapters One to Four in The Railway Journey
Stephen Levinson, “Deixis” in Pragmatics
Judith Butler, Preface & Introduction to Bodies That Matter
Angela Carter, “Polemical Preface” to The Sadeian Woman
Frances Ferguson, Chapters Two and Three of Pornography, The Theory
Niklas Luhmann, Introduction and Chapter Ten of Social Systems
Brian Massumi, Chapter Two of Parables for the Virtual
Eve Sedgwick, “Paranoid Reading” in Novel Gazing
Irene Tucker, Introduction to A Probable State

REQUIREMENTS

• weekly reading response via our ecampus class discussion board. 15%
150-word minimum due by Tuesday at noon. Grade based on participation.
‘A’ assigned for full participation, reduced by a letter grade for each omission.

• presentation in class March 15 of a fifteen-minute conference paper (no more than 8 pages double-spaced, 12 point).

• a 17-page original research paper, not on The Old Curiosity Shop or Little Dorrit, due 5pm, Wednesday, March 22. 85%

• at least one individual writing conference to discuss final paper and presentation

SCHEDULE