Virginia Woolf (Vanessa Bell, 1912)

Monday, April 2nd

Virginia Woolf, “Modern Fiction” (BABL 1199-1203)

Please read the first section of Woolf’s 1927 novel To the Lighthouse.

Glossary: stream-of-consciousness

Wednesday, April 4th

James Joyce, “Araby” (BABL B 1239-1241) and “Eveline” (BABL 1242-1244)

Glossary: first-person point of view, third-person limited point of view

Your introductory paragraph and a detailed outline are due by Thursday, April 5th at 5:00PM so that your classmates have time to complete a peer review in advance of class on Friday. 

Friday, April 6th

Second Essay Writing Workshop: The class will meet in breakout peer groups to discuss each other’s work. I will forward materials to the peer groups along with instructions on how to proceed. You should print up all materials and bring them to class today.

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Monday, April 9th

Introduction to the Late Twentieth Century and Beyond: From 1945 to the Twenty-First Century (BABL B 1405-1422)

Larkin, “Church Going” and “Annus Mirabilis” (BABL B 1429-1430, 1431)

Walcott, “Ruins of a Great House“. Please print and bring to class. Here is an annotated copy with hyperlinks: “Ruins of a Great House.

Wednesday, April 11th

In-class viewing of Victor Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein. Directed by Paul McGuigan, screenplay by Max Landis, performances by Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy, Davis Entertainment, 2015. (1 hour, 50 minutes)

Please keep notes when viewing Victor Frankenstein since we’ll be discussing the ways in which the movie “transforms” Shelley’s text during our April 23rd class discussion. I’ll be taking  a quick look at these notes and assigning some extra credit points dependent on how extensive your notes are. Please date your entries for April 11th and April 13th.

Friday, April 13th

Continue viewing Victor Frankenstein

Please keep notes when viewing Victor Frankenstein since we’ll be discussing the ways in which the movie “transforms” Shelley’s text during our April 23rd class discussion. I’ll be taking  a quick look at these notes and assigning some extra credit points dependent on how extensive your notes are. Please date your entries for April 11th and April 13th.

Second Essay Due via google doc or gmail (roxanne.eberle@gmail.com)  by 10:00pm

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Monday, April 16th

Finish viewing Victor Frankenstein

Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (Begin discussion of Part One)

On Never Let Me Go from the biographical headnote on Ishiguro: the novel has an “atmosphere is at once warmly familiar and deeply disturbing . . . [and] explores, against a futuristic dystopian background, the roots of social exclusion, the sometimes frightening conjunction of medical science and human notions of progress, the nature of love, and the shadow cast by death on human existence” (1554)

Please read the headnote on Ishiguro in our anthology (BABL B 1553-1554). You don’t need to bring the anthology to class.

Wednesday, April 18th

Continue discussion of Never Let Me Go (Parts One and Two)

Terms: First-person Narration and Bildungsroman

Bildungsroman: “A novel that recounts the development (psychological and sometimes spiritual) of an individual from childhood or adolescence to maturity, to the point at which point the protagonist recognizes his or her place and role in the world” (The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms 39)

Translation from the German: “novel of formation” or “novel of education” (Abrams 193)

“The subject of these novels is the development of the protagonist’s mind and character, in the passage from childhood through varied experiences — and often through a spiritual crisis — int o maturity, which usually involves recognition of one’s identity and role in the world” (Abrams 193). If you have a different edition of the Abrams, the definition of “bildungsroman” can be found under the Novel subheading.

 

It’s time to evaluate English 2320! 1 course evaluation = 1 donut

Friday, April 20th

Never Let Me Go (Part Three)

Chronology of Never Let Me Go

It’s time to evaluate English 2320! 1 course evaluation = 1 donut

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Monday, April 23rd

Discussion of Frankenstein and Never Let Me Go

REVIEW FOR FINAL: Please come into class having thought about potential essay topics for the final exam. You’ll begin class by submitting some essay questions for Parts I and II of the final. You should also come in with any questions you have about course materials (literary term definitions as well as questions about the primary texts).

TODAY: Dr. Scott Mackenzie will be speaking on “The Scarcities of Udolpho” at 4:45pm in Park Hall 265. You are also invited to the reception afterwards.

You may receive up to 1 extra point on your final exam grade by attending this talk. Please pay close and respectful attention during the presentation. After the talk, submit a 2-paragraph response. Your response should go beyond mere summary, making connections to other literature you have studied or read. 

Link to department website: http://english.uga.edu/events/content/2017/scarcities-udolpho-dr-scott-mackenzie

 

It’s time to evaluate English 2320! 1 course evaluation = 1 donut

CORRECTED DATE:

Tuesday, April 24th

TUESDAY: Dr. Deanna Kreisel will be speaking on “The Future and its Discontents: Eco-time in Three Victorian Texts” at 4:45pm in Park Hall 265. You are also invited to the reception afterwards.

You may receive up to 1 extra point on your final exam grade by attending this talk. Please pay close and respectful attention during the presentation. After the talk, submit a 2-paragraph response. Your response should go beyond mere summary, making connections to other literature you have studied or read. 

Link to department website: http://english.uga.edu/events/content/2017/future-and-its-discontents-eco-time-three-victorian-texts-dr-deanna-kreisel

 

Wednesday, April 25th

Salman Rushdie, “Is Nothing Sacred?” (BABL B: 1536-1543)

DONUT DAY!  1 course evaluation1 donut

 

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Final Exam: Wednesday, May 2nd, 12:00-3:00pm (Description of exam format)