ENGL 3906 Schedule

English 3906: Methods for Literary Study

University of Minnesota Duluth

Professor Carolyn Sigler

Spring Semester 2006

TTh 12:00-1:50 BohH 108

READING AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

The following schedule may be modified during the course of the semester, but students will be notified of any change via e-mail at least one class day in advance. Detailed descriptions of the exams, reports and project will be distributed in class. All reading assignments must be completed by the first date listed. To receive participation credit, texts must always be brought to class on the day they are to be discussed.

1/17 WELCOME! Introduction to literary study and methods.

1/19 Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (1847): Vol. 1 (pp. 17-156).

1/24 Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (1847): Vols. 2 & 3 (pp.157-441). 1/26 Feminist Criticism and Jane Eyre: Sandra M. Gilbert, "Plain Jane's Progress" (459-501).
Psychoanalytic Criticism and Jane Eyre: Diane F. Sadoff, "The Father, Castration, and Female Fantasy in Jane Eyre " (502-535).

1/31 Cultural Criticism and Jane Eyre: Elsie Mitchie, "White Chimpanzees and Oriental Despots: Racial Stereotyping and Edward Rochester" (565-598).
Marxist Criticism and Jane Eyre: Susan Fraiman, "Jane Eyre's Fall from Grace " (614-31).

2/2 Writing Day: Work on Close Textual Analysis Essays

2/7 Intertextuality and Jane Eyre: Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca (1940).

**Close Textual Analysis Essays due

2/9 Intertextuality and Jane Eyre: Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca (1940).

2/14 Introduction to EPortfolio and Research on the Web

2/16 Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (1966): (complete text, pp. 9-112).
Intertextuality and Wide Sargasso Sea: Michael Thorpe, "The Other Side": Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre" (173-181); Caroline Rody, "Burning Down the House: The Revisionary Paradigm..." (217-225).

2/21 Postcolonial Criticism and Wide Sargasso Sea: Sandra Drake, "Race and Caribbean Culture as Thematics of Liberation..." (193-206).
Psychoanalytic Criticism and Wide Sargasso Sea: Mona Fayad, "Unquiet Ghosts: The Struggle for Representation..." (225-240).
2/23 MIDTERM EXAM

2/28 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1901): "Biographical and Historical Contexts"; Complete Text (pp. 3-95). 3/2 Deconstructive Criticism and Heart of Darkness: J. Hillis Miller, "Heart of Darkness Revisited" (185-220).

3/7 Cultural Criticism and Heart of Darkness: Patrick Brantlinger, "Heart of Darkness: Anti-Imperialism, Racism, or Impressionism?" (pp. 258-298). 3/9 Research Day: No Class

3/14 SPRING BREAK
3/16 SPRING BREAK

3/21 Shaping Research Papers: MLA documentation; using and incorporating secondary sources. Bring MLA Handbook.

3/23 CONFERENCES

**Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography due

3/28 CONFERENCES

**Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography due

3/30 Toni M0rrison, Beloved (1988)

4/4 Toni M0rrison, Beloved (1988)

**Group Presentations 4/6 Toni M0rrison, Beloved (1988)

**Group Presentations

4/11 Jane Campion, The Piano (1991)
4/13 Jane Campion, The Piano (1991)

Postcolonial Criticism and The Piano : Leonie Pihama, "Ebony and Ivory: Constructions of Maori in The Piano."

4/18 Peer Editing Workshop

**Complete, typed draft of research essay due for peer evaluation and editing.

4/20 Draft Workshop

**Bring edited draft, and a copy of your research essay on a PC-formatted zipdisk or flash-drive in MS Word.

4/25 Individual Presentations of Research Projects

**Research Project due
4/27 Individual Presentations of Research Projects

5/2 Individual Presentations of Research Projects
5/4 Conclusions: Readings TBA

FINAL EXAM: Tuesday 9 May, 4:00-5:55 p.m.

1/17 WELCOME! Introduction to literary study and methods.	1/19 *Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre* (1847):** Vol. 1 (pp. 17-156).
1/24 *Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre* (1847):** Vols. 2 & 3 (pp.157-441).	1/26 *Feminist Criticism and Jane Eyre:* Sandra M. Gilbert, "Plain Jane's Progress" (459-501). *Psychoanalytic Criticism and Jane Eyre:* Diane F. Sadoff, "The Father, Castration, and Female Fantasy in Jane Eyre " (502-535).
1/31 *Cultural Criticism and Jane Eyre:* Elsie Mitchie, "White Chimpanzees and Oriental Despots: Racial Stereotyping and Edward Rochester" (565-598). *Marxist Criticism and Jane Eyre:* Susan Fraiman, "Jane Eyre's Fall from Grace " (614-31).	2/2 Writing Day: Work on Close Textual Analysis Essays
2/7 Intertextuality and Jane Eyre: Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca (1940). **Close Textual Analysis Essays due	2/9 Intertextuality and Jane Eyre: Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca (1940).
2/14 Introduction to EPortfolio and Research on the Web	2/16 Jean Rhys, *Wide Sargasso Sea* (1966): (complete text, pp. 9-112). Intertextuality and Wide Sargasso Sea: Michael Thorpe, "The Other Side": Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre" (173-181); Caroline Rody, "Burning Down the House: The Revisionary Paradigm..." (217-225).
*2/21 Postcolonial Criticism and Wide Sargasso Sea: Sandra Drake,* "Race and Caribbean Culture as Thematics of Liberation..." (193-206). *Psychoanalytic Criticism and Wide Sargasso Sea:* Mona Fayad, "Unquiet Ghosts: The Struggle for Representation..." (225-240).	2/23 MIDTERM EXAM
2/28 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1901): "Biographical and Historical Contexts"; Complete Text (pp. 3-95).	3/2 Deconstructive Criticism and Heart of Darkness: J. Hillis Miller, "Heart of Darkness Revisited" (185-220).
3/7 Cultural Criticism and *Heart of Darkness*: Patrick Brantlinger, "Heart of Darkness: Anti-Imperialism, Racism, or Impressionism?" (pp. 258-298).	3/9 Research Day: No Class
3/14 SPRING BREAK	3/16 SPRING BREAK
3/21 Shaping Research Papers: MLA documentation; using and incorporating secondary sources. Bring MLA Handbook.	3/23 CONFERENCES **Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography due
3/28 CONFERENCES **Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography due	3/30 *Toni M0rrison, Beloved* (1988)**
4/4 Toni M0rrison, Beloved (1988) **Group Presentations	4/6 Toni M0rrison, Beloved (1988) **Group Presentations
4/11 *Jane Campion, The Piano* (1991)**	4/13 *Jane Campion, The Piano* (1991) Postcolonial Criticism and The Piano :** Leonie Pihama, "Ebony and Ivory: Constructions of Maori in The Piano."
4/18 Peer Editing Workshop **Complete, typed draft of research essay due for peer evaluation and editing.	4/20 Draft Workshop **Bring edited draft, and a copy of your research essay on a PC-formatted zipdisk or flash-drive in MS Word.
4/25 Individual Presentations of Research Projects **Research Project due	4/27 Individual Presentations of Research Projects
5/2 Individual Presentations of Research Projects	5/4 Conclusions: Readings TBA
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday 9 May, 4:00-5:55 p.m.