Jane Austen's England Syllabus 2008-2009
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First Semester
Week 1, 9/10: Sense and Sensibility Vol. 1
Week 2, 9/17: Sense and Sensibility Vol. 2-3
Week 3, 9/24: Cecilia Vol. I-III
Week 4, 10/1: Cecilia Vol. IV-V
Week 5, 10/8: Pride and Prejudice Vol. 1
Week 6, 10/15: Pride and Prejudice Vol. 2-3
Week 7, 10/22: The Vicar of Wakefield
Week 8, 10/29: Minor Works: Juvenilia
Week 9, 11/5: Minor Works: Lady Susan
Week 10, 11/12: Presenting Miss Jane Austen
Week 11, 11/19: selections of Samuel Johnson essays
THANKSGIVING BREAK, 11/26 (No Class)
Week 12, 12/3: Mansfield Park Vol. 1
Week 13, 12/10: Mansfield Park Vol. 2-3
Week 14, 12/17: Emma Vol. 1
CHRISTMAS BREAK, 12/23 and 12/30 (No Class)
Week 15, 1/7: Emma Vol. 2-3
Week 16, 1/14: First Semester Wrap-Up, EXAM (Timed In-Class Essay)
Second Semester
Week 17, 1/21: Project Conferences
Week 18, 1/28: The Romance of the Forest
Week 19, 2/4: The Romance of the Forest
Week 20, 2/11: Northanger Abbey Vol. 1
Week 21, 2/18: Northanger Abbey Vol. 2
Week 22, 2/25: selections of William Cowper poetry
Week 23, 3/4: Persuasion Vol. 1
Week 24, 3/11: Persuasion Vol. 2
Week 25, 3/18: Minor Works: Sections III-VII
Week 26, 3/25: selected letters of Jane Austen
Week 27, 4/1: Wives and Daughters
Week 28, 4/8: Wives and Daughters
SPRING BREAK, 4/15 (No Class)
Week 29, 4/22: Jane Eyre
Week 30, 4/29: Jane Eyre
Week 31, 5/6: The Warden
Week 32, 5/13: The Warden
Week 33, 5/20: Wrap-Up, FINAL EXAM (Timed In-Class Essay)