Novels to Study: British Literature 1798-1890

	English 362: British Literature 1798-1890 Novels to Study Fall 2005 Dr. Tina L. Hanlon Ferrum College
	Syllabus Home Page for this course Norton Anthology Web Site
Nineteenth-Century British Novels Mary Shelley: Frankenstein, 1818- in Norton anthology George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss, 1860, Book I in Norton anthology (Also by Eliot: Adam Bede 1859, Silas Marner 1861, Middlemarch 1872) Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles, 1891 (need to buy or borrow) (Also by Hardy: Under the Greenwood Tree 1872, Far from the Madding Crowd 1874, The Return of the Native 1878, The Mayor of Casterbridge 1886, The Woodlanders 1887, Jude the Obscure 1895; also wrote many shorts stories and poems) Need to choose at least two more for the class to read together: Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility, 1811 Pride and Prejudice, 1813 Emma, 1816 Persuasion, 1818 Charles Dickens: Hard Times, 1854 (shorter than most of his novels) Pickwick Papers, 1836 Oliver Twist, 1837-38 Nicholas Nickleby, 1840 David Copperfield, 1850 Bleak House, 1852-53 A Tale of Two Cities, 1859 Great Expectations, 1860-61 (Christmas stories include A Christmas Carol, 1843) Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre, 1847 Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights, 1847 Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1865, sequel Through the Looking Glass George MacDonald: At the Back of the North Wind, 1871 The Princess and the Goblin, 1872 Other fiction and plays worth considering for your own projects: Sir Walter Scott: Waverley, 1814 The Heart of Midlothian, 1818 Ivanhoe, 1819 William Makepeace Thackeray: Vanity Fair, 1848 Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado, 1885 (operetta) George Meredith: The Egoist, 1879 The Ordeal of Richard Feveral, 1859 Modern Love, 1862 (novel in sonnets) Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island, 1883 Doctor Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, 1886 Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince and Other Tales (fairy tales), 1888 The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891 The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895 An Ideal Husband, 1895 Anthony Trollope: Barchester novels 1855-67
Professor's Office Hours Fall 2005: M/W/F 11-11:50, 2-2:45, T/Th 3:15-4:00. And by appointment Composition Center: M/W: 3-4:30; T/Th 1-3:00 Office: Britt 205 . Phone: 365-4327 e-mail thanlon@ferrum.edu Classroom for British Literature 1798-1890: Garber 124
Ferrum College Links: Academic Resources Center ARC Tutoring Center Ferrum College Composition Center Stanley Library at Ferrum College Resources: In Stanley Library web site, go to Resources by Subject and then Language and Literature Resources, for links to reference books giving overviews of authors and illustrators, such as Contemporary Authors, and Literature Resource Center; also online books and other reference sources on literature are linked here. Study Guides: Guidelines for Proofreading: Marking Symbols and Terms for English Papers General Guidelines for Writing Literature Papers Pointers for Taking Essay Tests General Guidelines for Reading and Analyzing Literature

August 30, 2005 10:33 AM
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