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.
<Wednesday, February 9th>
Special Office Hours today from 2-3
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
<Wednesday, February 16th>
Special Office Hours today from 2-3
Thursday, February 17th
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)