English 164                                                                 Professor Grossman

Winter 2007                                                                Office 268 Humanities

MW 12-1:50                                                               Office Hours W 6-8 and by appointment

Life Sciences 4127                                                      grossman@humnet.ucla.edu  

 

The Victorian Novel

 

 

Required texts

 

Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son  (1848)                     Penguin, isbn 0140435468

George Eliot, Silas Marner (1861)                                  Penguin isbn 0141439750

Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone  (1868)                           Oxford isbn 0192833383

Rudyard Kipling, Kim (1901)                                           Penguin isbn 0140183523

 

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).

 

Requirements

 

6-page close-reading paper, due Monday, February 5                                    35%

 

8-page final paper, due Wednesday, March 14                                              55%

                                                                                           

one class presentation: pass/fail                                                                       10%

                                                                                                                

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.

 

- All the assigned reading is required. Class participation and individual meetings will usually indicate adequately to me whether you are doing the reading. I may request an individual meeting to assess your reading if I am unsure you have completed it.

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

 

  - E-campus contains course information. Grades will appear in MyUCLA, but read the above carefully 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

 

1/8       Introduction: The Victorian Novel, 1837-1901

1/10     Dickens

 

1/15     [Martin Luther King Day]

1/17     Dickens

 

1/22     Dickens

1/24     Dickens

 

1/29     Dickens

1/31     Dickens

 

2/5       Dickens                       First Paper due         

2/7       Eliot

 

2/12     Eliot               

2/14     Collins                                                

 

2/19     [President’s Day]

2/21     Collins

 

2/26     Collins

2/28     Collins

    

3/5       Kipling

3/7       Kipling

 

3/12     Kipling

3/14     Conclusion                  Final paper due