| Week 1
T, Jan. 6 - Introduction to the course
R, Jan. 8 - "The Victorian Age" (1008-1031); "Political
and Religious Orders" (xxviii-xxxiii)
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| Week 2
T, Jan. 13 - The introduction to Charles Dickens (1355-1357); Installments
1 and 2
Our Mutual Friend (Book the First. Chapters 1-7)
R, Jan. 15 - "Perspectives: The Industrial Landscape"(1047-1072)
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| Week 3
T, Jan. 20 - Excerpts from Thomas Carlyle's Past and Present
(1033-1046); Excepts from John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty"
(1073-1086)
R, Jan. 22 - "Perspectives: Victorian Ladies and Gentlemen"
(1515-1547); Installment 3 of Our Mutual Friend (Book the
First. Chapters 8-10)
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| Week 4
T, Jan. 27 - No Class (Instructor at Conference)
R, Jan. 29 - *Please note that we will meet
in Library East for an informational session on how to work in UF's
Special Collections (Rare Books and the Baldwin Library)* Elizabeth
Barrett Browning selections (1105-1136)
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| Week 5
T, Feb. 3 - Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret
R, Feb. 5 - Lady Audley's Secret contd.; Installments 4
and 5 of Our Mutual Friend (Book the First. Chapters 11-17)
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| Week 6
T, Feb. 10 - Essay One Due; How
to use the MLA bibliography (no reading)
R, Feb. 12 - Exam One; "Perspectives: Religion
and Science" (1273-1305)
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| Week 7
T, Feb. 17 - Lord Alfred Tennyson selections (1136-1156 -- read
to the end of "The
Epic [Morte d Arthur]"); Introduction
to Robert Browning (1305-1308) and Browning's "Fra
Lippo Lippi" (1328-1336)
R, Feb. 19 - Excerpts from John Ruskin's Modern Painters
(1473-1485);
Introduction to Matthew Arnold and
excerpts from Arnold's "The Function of Criticism at
the Present Time" and Culture and Anarchy (1573-1589);
Installments 6-8 of
Our Mutual Friend (Book the Second. Chapters 1-10)
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| Week 8
T, Feb. 24 - Introduction to Christina Rossetti (1611-1612);
Rossetti's "Goblin Market" (1618-1630) and "No,
Thank you, John" (1630)
R, Feb. 26 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "The Blessed Damozel"(1599-1604);
William Morris's "The Defence of Guenevere"(1634-1641);
Installments 9-11
of Our Mutual Friend (Book the Second.Chapters 11-16
; Book the Third. Chapters 1-4)
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| Week 9
T, March 2 - Walter Pater selections (1663-1677)
R, March 4 - "Perspectives: Travel and Empire"; Installments
12 and 13 of Our Mutual Friend (Book the Third.Chapters 5-10
)
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| Week 10
T, March 9 - Spring Break
R, March 11 - Spring Break
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| Week 11
T, March 16 - "Perspectives: Imagining Childhood"(1705-1747);
(Study Questions
for Exam Two due by 1pm on Monday, March 15th)
R, March 18 - Exam Two;
Periodical Prospectuses Due; Revisions of Essay One Due;
Installments 14 and 15 of Our Mutual Friend (Book
the Third.Chapters 11-17 )(catch up on character reports)
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| Week 12
T, March 23 - Essay Two Due
R, March 25 - No Class (Instructor at Conference)
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| Week 13
T, March 30 - "Perspectives: Aestheticism, Decadence, and
the Fin De Siécle" (1939-1989)
R, April 1 – Picture of Dorian Gray
(read both the whole text and all of the appendices)
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| Week 14
T, April 6 – Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case
of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (11819-1860)
R, April 8 - Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen;
Installments 16-20
of Our Mutual Friend (Book the Fourth. Chapters 1-"Postscript")
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| Week 15
T, April 13 - Periodical Presentations
R, April 15 - Periodical Presentations
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| Week 16
T, April 20 - Exam
Three (just objective part); All Periodical
Papers Due; Revisions of Essay Two Due
R, April 22 - No Class (Reading Day)
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