• recognize narrative conventions, dominant and emergent, in eighteenth-century fiction

• independently evaluate a novel and write cogently about it

• apply historical and contemporary criticisms of the novel to your analysis

• increase your life "have read" list

• perhaps increase your life "have read and liked" list

1. The Novels
Behn, Aphra Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave (1688), Bedford/St. Martins ed.
Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe (1719), Norton ed.
---.. Roxana: or, the Fortunate Mistress (1724), Oxford ed.
Richardson, Samuel. Pamela (1741), Oxford ed.
Fielding, Henry. Joseph Andrews & Shamela (1742), Oxford ed.
Sterne, Laurence. Tristram Shandy (1760-67), Norton ed.
Burney, Frances. Evelina (1778), Oxford ed.

Nixon, Cheryl, ed. Novel Definitions: An Anthology of Commentary on the Novel 1688-1815. Broadview, 2009. Print.

• Armstrong, Nancy. How Novels Think: The Limits of Individualism from 1719-1900. New York: Columbia UP, 2005. Print.
• Hunter, J. Paul. Before Novels : The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth-Century English Fiction.  New York: Norton, 1990. Print.
• McKeon, Michael. The Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1987. Print
• Spacks, Patricia. Imagining a Self : Autobiography and Novel in Eighteenth-Century England. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1976. Print.
• Spencer, Jane. The Rise of the Woman Novelist: from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen. New York: Blackwell, 1986. Print.
• Watt, Ian P. The Rise of the Novel : Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding. 1957. 2nd. ed. Berkeley: U California P, 2001.

18th-Century Studies Discussion List, "Selected Readings," bibliography of current studies in the field. http://www.personal.psu.edu/special/C18/sr/sr.htm

• Attendance = See policy below
  
•  Participation = 20% 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.
  
• Close-reading paper (4-6 pages) = 15%
  
• Team Literature Review of one novel (2-3 pages written) = 10% ;
  
• Oral Presentation of Selected Criticism from Literature Review  (10 minutes = 10%
  
• Proposal for research paper (2-3 pages) = 15%
  
• Final research paper (12-15 pages) = 30%
• Percentages for each required graded category are figured via a percentage of a 12-pt. scale in which an A+ =12 and an F=0 points. For example, a B+ on the Close-Reading paper would net you 9 x .15 or .1.35 points.  I then add up the percentage points for each required category to determine your grade.  For example, an 8.2 final score = B for the class.

Attendance: You are allowed 3 absences. If you are absent, unexcused, more than 3 times over the course of the semester, your absences will count progressively against your final grade . Every 2 unexcused absences beyond the allowed 3 loses you a half letter grade for the final course grade. Anyone who misses the first two classes can be immediately dropped from the class. For the definition of an unexcused absence, see http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/pols_regs/REG205.00.4.php

You must complete all the required work to pass the class.  I will grade plus/minus.

Plagiarism: Anyone convicted will receive an F for the paper, or the course at my discretion.
And yes, I have caught people in the past.

Late Papers: Papers received ONE class session late will be accepted but docked a full grade.
No late papers will be accepted after one class session late.

Disabilities: Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, students must register with Disability Services for Students at 1900 Student Health Center, Campus
            Box 7509, 515-7653. http://www.ncsu.edu/dss/

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