Senior Projects (ENGL 461)
Directed Reading & Discussion Groups

Instructor: Dr. Paul Marchbanks


Reading Schedule (click on links for study questions)
 

In the Shadow of
Kings (fantasy)

Moral Creep
(Gothic Lit.)

The Backhand of Genius (sci-fi)

C. S. Lewis
(single author)

Virginia Woolf (single author)

wk 1 A. Tennyson's Idylls of the King, "Dedication" thru "Geraint & Enid" M. Shelley's Frankenstein (1818, 1831), pp. 15-102 (letters I-IV & chps. 1-10 F. Herbert's Dune (1965), pp. 3-205 CSL's The Problem of Pain (1940), chps. 1-5 VW's Night and Day (1919), chps. 1-14
wk 2 A. Tennyson's Idylls of the King, "Balin & Balan" thru "Lancelot & Elaine," plus "The Lady of Shalott" M. Shelley's Frankenstein (1818, 1831), chps. 11-24 F. Herbert's Dune (1965), 206-407 CSL's The Problem of Pain (1940), chps. 6-10

VW's Night and Day (1919), chps. 15-25 / Saylor N, Bella W

wk 3 A. Tennyson's Idylls of the King, "The Holy Grail" thru "To the Queen" O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 1-6 F. Herbert's Dune (1965), pp. 408-617 CSL's The Screwtape Letters (1942), chps. 1-17

VW's Night and Day (1919), chps. 26-34 / Clara C, Sabrina C

wk 4 R. Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice, pp. 1-224 O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 7-14 U. K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) CSL's The Screwtape Letters (1942), chps. 18-31 VW's To the Lighthouse (1927), "The Window" & "Time Passes" / Sheridan R, Grace M
wk 5 R. Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice, pp. 225-448 O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 15-20 U. K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) CSL's The Abolition of Man (1943), qstns

VW's To the Lighthouse (1927), "The Lighthouse" / Sadie B, Laleh S

wk 6 B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010),
chps. 1-11
D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 1-9 O. S. Card's Ender's Game (1985), pp. 31-190 CSL's Till We Have Faces (1956), chps. 1-14

VW's Orlando (1928), chps. 1-3 / Saylor N, Clara C

wk 7 B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010),
chps. 12-27
D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 10-16 O. S. Card's Ender's Game (1985), pp. 191-368 CSL's Till We Have Faces (1956), chps. 15 - end

VW's Orlando (1928), chps. 4-6 / Grace M, Sabrina C

wk 8 B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), chps. 28-42 D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 17-21 M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 3-184 CSL's The Four Loves (1960), "Intro." thru "Friendship"

VW's The Waves (1931), pp. 7-107 / Bella W, Sadie B

wk 9 B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), chps. 43-57 D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 22-27 M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 185-261 CSL's The Four Loves (1960), "Eros" thru "Charity"

VW's The Waves (1931), pp. 108-206 / Sheridan R, Laleh S

wk 10 B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), chps. 58 - Epilogue G. Morrison's Batman: Arkham Asylum (1989), pp. 1-62, pp. 63-122 M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 265-374 CSL's An Experiment in Criticism (1961)

VW's The Waves (1931), pp. 207-97

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early impressionistic painting of dark storm clouds over pililared structure
Phaestumina Storm (1830-35)
J. M. W. Turner

 

 

 

Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu