Sequence 5: 19th-Century British & American Lit.
Calendar for Class Discussion & Exams ("Path 1")

“Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining
the privilege, of individuality" (140).
C. S. Lewis's An Experiment in Criticism (1961)

for pre-class "points for reflection," click on colored bar above assigned readings

Date	Readings: Path I	Topics
UNIT ONE: SIGNPOSTS

R, 9-18	The Cost of Art E. B. Browning’s “A Musical Instrument” (1860; 1860) M. Arnold's "Dover Beach" (ca.1851; 1867) E. Dickinson's poems #448, #519 P. L. Dunbar's "Sympathy" (1899) DUE: Tues., Sept. 23 / Post Impassioned Plea about Dr. M's video on A.I. (If you subscribe, for free, you'll know immediately when it drops.)	course guidelines topics: the uses, abuses, and costs of art mini-lecture: "The Woman Question" PDF
T, 9-23	NO CLASS / this session will be made up with the required film screening on Wed., Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at The Palm Theater in SLO] DUE: Impassioned Plea--posted comment/response to A.I. Ate My Homework

R, 9-25	Death and the Maiden R. Browning's “Porphyria’s Lover” (1834; 1836, 1842) R. Browning's "My Last Duchess" (1842; 1842) A. Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott” (1831-32; 1832 & 1842) C. Rossetti's "In an Artist's Studio" (1856; 1896)	concepts: parabolic drift, monodram format: asynch lecture & YouTube comment post

T, 9-30	Faith & the Ineffable E. B. Browning's "The Soul's Expression" (1844) E. B. Browning's "Exaggeration" (1844) M. Arnold's "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse" (c.1852; 1855)E. Dickinson's #207, #236 G. M. Hopkins's “Pied Beauty” (1877; 1918) G. M. Hopkins's "Carrion Comfort" (1885; 1918)	topics: faith, religious doubt, the Ineffable format: directed discussion; mini-lecture on Christianity in Britain, PDF

R, 10-2	Slavery and Trafficking E. B. Browning's "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" (1846; 1848, 1850) [content warning: sexual assault] E. B. Browning's "Hiram Powers's Greek Slave" (1850) James Monroe Whitfield's "The Misanthropist" (1853) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "The Slave Auction" (1854) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "Bury Me in a Free Land" (1858)	topics: Nature, beauty, madness, religion format: mini-lecture on the slave trade; free-form roundtable

T, 10-7	Dueling Interiorities J. Clare's "I Am" (1845; 1848) M. Arnold's "The Buried Life" (1852) C. R. Rossetti's "Winter: My Secret" (1857; 1862) D. G. Rossetti's "Jenny" (1848, 1870)	concepts: interiority; imagination vs. empiricism format: roundtable
UNIT TWO: A MATTER OF DEPTH

R, 10-9	The Contours of Realism G. Eliot's "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story" (1857, 1858), chps. 1-8 of "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story" in Scenes of Clerical Life G. Eliot's "Silly Novels by Lady Novelists" (1856; 1856)	mini-lecture: G. Eliot & Realism, PDF format: roundtable discussio

T, 10-14	A Question of Characterization G. Eliot's "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story" (1857, 1858), chps. 9 - Epilogue of "Mr. Gilfil's Love Story" in Scenes of Clerical Life	format: sml grp argumentation

R, 10-16	The Purpose(s) of Art J. Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice (1851-53), on "savageness" in Gothic architecture, Vol. 2, chp. 6 R. Browning's "Andrea del Sarto" (c.1853; 1855) W. Pater's Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1868; 1873) Graphing Narrative Modalities: video	topics: Romanticism, Sentimentalism, & Realism narrative modalities / PDF format: guided discussion w/ slideshow

T, 10-21	The Pre-Raphaelites: Purity & Power [ASYNCHRONOUS SESSION / VIDS / Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 D. G. Rossetti’s “The Blessed Damozel” (1846; 1850) Neil Gaiman's "How They Met Themselves" (Jan. 2000) C. Rossetti's "Goblin Market" (1859; 1862) W. Morris's "The Defence of Guenevere" (1858) Exam #1 study guide: sec 01 / sec 02	topics: tone, voice, allegory mini-lecture: The Pre-Raphaelites, PDF

R, 10-23	What Is Real? H. James's "The Real Thing" (1892, 1909) Midterm Exam: true/false, multiple choice, & essay [bring scantron & unsigned blue book]	topics: literary realism format: roundtable discussion
UNIT THREE: SPLIT IN TWO

T, 10-28	The Power of Beauty O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Preface and chps. 1-4)	format: sml grp discuss & report

R, 10-30	The Shadows of Art O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 5-8 G. M. Hopkins's "[Carrion Comfort]" (1885; 1918)	format: roundtable conversation
M, 11-3 thru F, 11-14	PATH 2 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION IN OFFICE

T, 11-4	A Life of Sensations O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 9-12 E. B. Browning's "Lord Walter's Wife" (1862) DISCUSS MIDTERM EXAM ESSAYS (bring to class) BRING a copy of "Carrion Comfort" [from last Thursday]	format: sml grp thesis & argumentation exercise

R, 11-6	This Seemingly So Solid Body O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 13-20 O. Wilde's "The Harlot's House" (1885, 1908)	format: sml grp exercise
T, 11-11	NO CLASS / VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY

R, 11-13	A Delicious, Grotesque, Impossible Dream K. Chopin's The Awakening (1899), chps. 1-12	format: intructor-directed discussion

T, 11-18	Alone Together K. Chopin's The Awakening (1899), chp. 13-23	format: discuss PORs; Path 2 chalk or dry erase drawings and discussion
W, 11-19	REQUIRED FILM SCREENING: The Palm required screening: Mary Lambert's Grand Isle (1991), 7 p.m. at The Palm [alternative: write essay about film during office visit after watching online but before we discuss the film in class on Nov. 20] Post online response to Dr. M's YouTube video prior to Tuesday's class.	format: Path 2 chalk or dry erase drawings and discussion

R, 11-20	That Monster Made Up of Beauty and Brutality K. Chopin's The Awakening (1899), chp. 24-39 *students create and print out 4-5 discussion questions concerning chp. 24-39; turn in hard copies*

T, 12-2	Race Matters Charles Chesnutt's "The Goophered Grapevine" (1887), PDF P. L. Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" (1897), PDF B. T. Washington’s "The Atlanta Exposition Address" (1895, 1901), PDF W. E. B. Dubois’s The Souls of Black Folk (1904), chps. 1 & 3, PDF

R, 12-4	Extraordinary Bodies & Minds W. Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric" (1855), PDF R. Browning's "Deaf and Dumb" (1864), PDF E. Dickinson's poems:#320, #620 (1861-84), PDF C. P. Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper" (1892), PDF	format: synergetic roundtable
T, 12-9	FINAL EXAM: bring 1-2 blue books for open-book, open-note exam addressing Path 2 novel and select Path 1 texts sec 01: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1:10-4:00 p.m. sec 02: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 4:10-7:00 p.m.