Jane Austen's England Syllabus 2010-2011
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First Semester
Week 1, 9/8: Sense and Sensibility Vol. 1
Week 2, 9/15: Sense and Sensibility Vol. 2-3
Week 3, 9/22: Cecilia Vol. I-III
Week 4, 9/29: Cecilia Vol. IV-V
Week 5, 10/6: Pride and Prejudice Vol. 1
Week 6, 10/13: Pride and Prejudice Vol. 2-3
Week 7, 10/20: The Vicar of Wakefield
Week 8, 10/27: Minor Works: Juvenilia
Week 9, 11/3: Minor Works: Lady Susan
Week 10, 11/10: Presenting Miss Jane Austen
Week 11, 11/17: selections of Samuel Johnson essays
THANKSGIVING BREAK, 11/24 (No Class)
Week 12, 12/1: Mansfield Park Vol. 1
Week 13, 12/8: Mansfield Park Vol. 2-3
Week 14, 12/15: Emma Vol. 1
CHRISTMAS BREAK, 12/22 and 12/29 (No Class)
Week 15, 1/5: Emma Vol. 2-3
Week 16, 1/12: First Semester Wrap-Up, EXAM (Timed In-Class Essay)
Second Semester
Week 17, 1/19: Project Conferences
Week 18, 1/26: The Romance of the Forest
Week 19, 2/2: The Romance of the Forest
Week 20, 2/9: Northanger Abbey Vol. 1
Week 21, 2/16: Northanger Abbey Vol. 2
Week 22, 2/23: selections of William Cowper poetry
Week 23, 3/2: Persuasion Vol. 1
SPRING BREAK, 3/9 (No Class)
Week 24, 3/16: Persuasion Vol. 2
Week 25, 3/23: Minor Works: Sections III-VII
Week 26, 3/30: selected letters of Jane Austen
Week 27, 4/6: Wives and Daughters
Week 28, 4/13: Wives and Daughters
Week 29, 4/20: Jane Eyre
Week 30, 4/27: Jane Eyre
Week 31, 5/4: The Warden
Week 32, 5/11: The Warden
Week 33, 5/18: Wrap-Up, FINAL EXAM (Timed In-Class Essay)