Syllabus, ENG 460, Spring 1996
January
12 Documents of empire
first oral presentations: Characterize the imperial frame of mind as you reflected in the commonplace book & other documents you examine in class on Friday. Reports next week (15-19)
15/17/19 oral reports & discussion: empire then and now
22 The Sign of the Four (1890) exercise in class
24 The Sign of the Four, discussion of exercises
26 The Sign of Four, film
29 The Speckled Band (1892) exercise in class
31 The Speckled Band, discussion of exercises
february
2 The Speckled Band, film
5 Hodgson, "The Recoil of The Speckled Band" (Hodgson, 335-52)
7 Hennessy & Mohan, "The Construction of Woman in a Popular Text of Empire" (Hodgson, 389-401)
9 Jaya Mehta, "English Romance; Indian Violence"
12 Kipling, Stories of India (exercise)
14 Kipling (3-147), discussions of exercises
16 Kipling stories
19 Kipling, Soldiers' Tales, Jungle Books (exercises)
21 Kipling (149-254), discussion of exercises
23 Kipling tales
26 Kipling, Late Stories (exercises)
28 Kipling (451-557), discussions of exercises
march
4 Kipling, poems (reports)
6 Kipling, poems (reports)
8 Kipling, poems (reports
11 (schedule change)
13 (schedule change)
15 (schedule change)
18 Conrad, Heart of Darkness (exercise)
20 Conrad, Heart of Darkness, discussions of exercises
22 Conrad, Heart of Darkness, conclusions
25 Murfin, "The Critical Background" (97-112)
27 reports on Karl (psychoanalytic criticism)
29 reports on Rosmarin (reader-response criticism)
april
1 reports on Smith (feminist criticism)
3 reports on Miller (deconstructive criticism)
5 reports on Thomas (new historical criticism)
8 George Orwell, Burmese Days (exercise)
10 Orwell, discussion of exercises
12 (no class)
15-26 SCREENING OF FORSTER'S A PASSAGE TO INDIA (discussion)