“...on or about December, 1910, human character changed.”
— Virginia Woolf

syllabus

week readings anything extra

1 17–23 Jan


Victorianism and its discontents
possible photocopied reading for Thursday

 
2 24– 30 Jan

The Good Soldier
read at least Parts I & II for Tuesday
finish for Thursday

 
3 31 Jan–6 Feb

Brighton Rock

 

 
4 7–13 Feb

A Passage to India
chapters I–XI for Tuesday
chapters XII–XXIII for Thursday

 

 
5 14–20 Feb

finish A Passage to India for Tuesday

Women in Love
chapters I–XIII for Thursday

 
6 21-27 Feb

Women in Love
chapters XIV–XX for Tuesday
film on Thursday

Meet Thursday in Library 321
n.b. film is 131 minutes long. Those who can’t stay till the end should arrange to see the film over the weekend on their own.

Some guidelines on taking notes during screenings
7 28 Feb–6 Mar

Women in Love
finish for Tuesday

Thursday film screening: A Canterbury Tale

Film in Library 206. Please be prompt: the movie is exactly 2 hours long, and another class gets the room at 2:00.
8 7–13 Mar


Tuesday: discussion of film

 

 
    Spring Break!  
9 21–27 Mar

Ulysses, Chapters 1–3

  
10 28 Mar–3 Apr

No class Tuesday—Advising Day

Ulysses, chapters 4–5

 
11 4–10 Apr

Ulysses, chapter 18

To the Lighthouse
“The Window” for Thursday

 

 

 

 
12 11–17 Apr

To the Lighthouse
“Time Passes” and “The Lighthouse” for Tuesday

Brideshead Revisited
to end of Book I for Thursday

 
13 18–24 Apr

no class Tuesday

Brideshead Revisited
to end of novel for Thursday

  
14 25 Apr–1 May

Gaudy Night

  
15 Saturday, 7 May Final session—2:00–4:15 p.m. Term paper due
I strongly urge everyone, but particularly people who haven’t written papers for me before, to look at my on-line paper-writing guidelines. They’re aimed at a less experienced audience than you, but still contain useful and relevant information about my expectations.