| English 563 | Dr. Morillo |
| Eighteenth-Century British Novel | MWF 12:25-1:15 Winston 17 (ground floor) |
| Fall 2006 |
Office=Tompkins 270; phone: 513-8040 |
| email = morillo@unity.ncsu.edu | |
| web page syllabus = http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/m/morillo/public/56306.html | |
| Office Hours M 2-4:30; W 2-4:30; F 2-4, and by appointment | |
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
Learning outcomes
recognize narrative conventions, dominant and emergent, in eighteenth-century fiction
independently evaluate a novel and write cogently about it
apply contemporary theories of novel as discourse of the subject to reading eighteenth-century fiction
increase your life "have read" list
perhaps increase your life "have read and liked" list
Required Texts, all at NC State Bookstore:
The Novels
Behn, Aphra Oroonoko: or, the Royal
Slave (1688), St.
Martins ed.
Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe (1719), Norton ed.
Defoe, Daniel. Roxana: or, the
Fortunate Mistress (1724), Oxford ed.
Richardson, Samuel. Pamela (1741), Riverside ed.
Haywood, Eliza and Henry Fielding. Anti-Pamela
(1741)
and Shamela (1741), Broadview ed.
Fielding, Henry. Joseph Andrews (1742), Broadview ed.
Lennox, Charlotte. The Female
Quixote (1752), Oxford ed.
Sterne, Laurence. Tristram Shandy (1760-67), Norton ed.
Mackenzie, Henry. The Man of Feeling (1771), Broadview ed.
*Burney, Frances. Evelina (1778),
Oxford ed.
*Burney will not be discussed in class, but is available for the
final paper choices.
Armstrong, Nancy. How Novels Think.
Columbia UP, 2005.
Recommended Reserve Readings, in D. H. Hill Library Reserve Room
Before
novels : the cultural contexts of eighteenth-century English fiction
Author: Hunter, J. Paul, 1934-
Published: 1990.
The
rise of the novel : studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding
Author: Watt, Ian P.
Sources
of the self : the making of the modern identity
Author: Taylor, Charles, 1931-
Published: 1989.
Imagining
a self : autobiography and novel in eighteenth-century England
Author: Spacks, Patricia Ann Meyer.
Published: 1976.
Imagining
monsters : miscreations of the self in eighteenth-century England
Author: Todd, Dennis.
Published: 1995.
Space
and the eighteenth-century English novel
Author: Varey, Simon, 1951-
Published: 1990.
Utopian
imagination and eighteenth-century fiction
Author: Rees, Christine.
Published: 1996.
The
origins of the English novel, 1600-1740
Author: McKeon, Michael, 1943-
Published: c1987.
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY
STUDIES RESEARCH RESOURCES
18th-Century Studies Discussion
List, "Selected Readings,"
bibliography of current studies in the field.
Course Requirements/ % of Grade:
Keeping up with the reading is essential.
The fundamental requirement to do well is coming to class ready and
able to discuss and otherwise contribute intelligently.
Stamina to read constantly, desire to debate, question, argue, cajole
and persuade a plus.
TheThree papers:
Paper One: 5-p. paper will be
on your choice of one of the first three novels, Oroonoko, Robinson
Cruose, or Roxana. Choose a brief passage or scene (no longer
than several paragraphs) that best captures any critical problem or
issue you consider especially relevant to interpreting the whole novel
in which the passage appears. Complete
Assignment Description
Paper Two:
The second paper will be a collaborative project: with a partner you
will compile a literature review, a kind of annotated bibliography, of
what you consider the most
interesting, useful work on one of our novels. Complete Assignment Description
Paper Three Proposal:
A short research proposal for your final paper, with preliminary
bibliography. Complete
Assignment Description
Paper Three:
Your paper will explore some aspect(s) of Armstrong's theory of the
novel in How Novels Think to
your choice of novel. You will first write a short prospectus and
discuss it with me. Complete Assignment Description
|
W
8-23 |
Introduction novels and individuals; Aphra Behn, Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave | start reading Armstrong |
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F
8-25 |
Oroonoko | |
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M
8-28 |
Oroonoko | |
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W
8-30 |
Daniel Defoe, The Life and Strange, Surprising
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
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|
F
9-1 |
Crusoe | |
|
M
9-4 |
labor day, no class | |
|
W
9-6 |
Crusoe | |
|
F
9-8 |
Crusoe | presentation
Harrell & Youngs |
|
M
9-11 |
Daniel Defoe,
Roxana: the Fortunate Mistress |
|
|
9-13 |
Roxana | |
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F
9-15 |
Roxana | |
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M
9-18 |
Roxana | |
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W
9-20 |
Roxana | presentation
Allen & Shia |
|
F
9-22 |
Samuel Richardson, Pamela:
or, Virtue Rewarded |
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M 9-25 |
Pamela | Paper 1 Due |
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W
9-27 |
Pamela | |
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F
9-29 |
Pamela | |
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M
10-2 |
Pamela *read on your own: Henry Fielding, An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews |
presentation Roy & Willis |
|
W
10-4 |
Eliza Haywood, Anti-Pamela: or, Feign'd Innocence Detected | |
|
F10-6 |
Anti-Pamela | |
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M
10-9 |
Anti-Pamela | presentation
Jackson & Swarney |
|
W
10-11 |
open |
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F
10-13 |
fall break, no class | |
|
M
10-16 |
Henry Fielding, The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews | |
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W
10-18 |
Joseph Andrews | |
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F
10-20 |
Joseph Andrews | |
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M
10-23 |
Joseph Andrews | |
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W
10-25 |
Joseph Andrews |
presentation
Burgess & Woodard |
|
F
10-27 |
Charlotte Lennox, Female Quixote: or, the Adventures of Arabella | |
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M
10-30 |
Female Quixote | |
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W
11-1 |
Female Quixote | |
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F
11-3 |
Female Quixote | presentation
Geiser & Diller |
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M
11-6 |
Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | |
|
W
11-8 |
Tristram Shandy | |
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F
11-10 |
Tristram Shandy | Research
Proposal Due |
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M
11-13 |
Tristram Shandy | |
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W
11-15 |
Tristram Shandy | |
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F
11-17 |
Tristram Shandy | |
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M
11-20 |
Tristram
Shandy |
presentation Carroll & Mzyk |
| W 11-22 | Thanksgiving,
no class |
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|
F
11-24 |
Thanksgiving, no class | |
|
M
11-27 |
Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling | |
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W
11-29 |
Man of Feeling | |
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F
12-1 |
Man of Feeling | |
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M
12-4 |
Man of Feeling | |
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W
12-6 |
Man
of Feeling |
presentation Merril & Mills |
|
F
12-8 |
open, TBA |
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| 12-11-18 |
exam week |
Final
Paper Due |
Final Paper due in Exam week, TBA