Tuesday, February 1st

Burney, Evelina (Finish Volume II and read all of Volume III)

Thursday, February 3rd

Conclude discussion of Evelina in the context of the following reading from the Course Packet

From Vicesimus Knox, Essays, Moral and Literary (1778), Reread “On Novel Reading”, CP pgs. 21-24

From Clara Reeve, The Progress of Romance (1785), from “Introductory Comments”

From George Canning, The Microcosm, “On Novels” 

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Tuesday, February 8th

Horace Walpole, Read read all of the prefatory material (1-15), as well as the The Castle of Otranto in its entirety (17-105)

Useful websites on  Burke’s aesthetics of the sublime andand on the Gothic more generally.

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Special Office Hours today from 2-3

From the Illustrated Edition (1791)

Thursday, February 10th

Finish discussion of The Castle of Otranto

Essay Writing and Research workshop: Please read: Writing Presentation

In addition to the Purdue Owl and the  MLA Handbook, the following texts were used in preparing this handout: Langdon Elsbree, et. al. The Heath Handbook of Composition and John Trimble, Writing with style: Conversations on the art of writing

Finding your voice: An example of academic prose

Extra Credit Writing Prompt Now Posted on eLC

No Office Hours Today

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Tuesday, February 15th

Deserted Village (1779), CP pgs 72-78.

LITERARY TERMS AND RHETORICAL FIGURES AND HOW TO QUOTE POETRY

Office Hours Today from 2–3

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Special Office Hours today from 2-3

Thursday, February 17th

First Exam: Description

No office hours today

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Tuesday, February 22nd

Smith, Emmeline, Volume I and the dedicatory poem, “To My Children” (44-143)

No writing prompt on eLC this week! There will be a short in-class writing exercise instead.

Thursday, February 24th

Smith, Emmeline, Volume II (145-231)

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