Senior Projects (ENGL 461)
Directed Reading & Discussion Groups
Instructor: Dr. Paul Marchbanks
C. S. Lewis & |
Moral Creep |
The Backhand of Genius (sci-fi) |
Virginia Woolf (single author) |
In the Shadow of |
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| wk 1 | FO's "The Nature & Aim of Fiction" FO's "On Her Own Work" CSL's "On Stories" (1947) CSL's "On Three Ways of Writing for Children" (1952) |
M. Shelley's Frankenstein (1818, 1831), pp. 15-102 (letters I-IV & chps. 1-10 | F. Herbert's Dune (1965), pp. 3-205 | VW's Night and Day (1919), chps. 1-14 | B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), |
wk 1 |
| wk 2 | CSL's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe(1950) FO's "The Enduring Chill" |
M. Shelley's Frankenstein (1818, 1831), chps. 11-24 | F. Herbert's Dune (1965), 206-407 | VW's Night and Day (1919), chps. 15-25 / Saylor N, Bella W |
B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), chps. 28-42 | wk 2 |
| wk 3 | CSL's The Last Battle FO's "The River" |
O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 1-6 | F. Herbert's Dune (1965), pp. 408-617 | VW's Night and Day (1919), chps. 26-34 / Clara C, Sabrina C |
B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), chps. 43-57 | wk 3 |
| wk 4 | CSL's The Great Divorce (1945) | O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 7-14 | U. K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) | VW's To the Lighthouse (1927), "The Window" & "Time Passes" / Sheridan R, Grace M | B. Sanderson's The Way of Kings (2010), chps. 58 - Epilogue | wk 4 |
| wk 5 | FO's "The Artificial N--er" FO's "The Displaced Person" |
O. Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), chps. 15-20 | U. K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) | VW's To the Lighthouse (1927), "The Lighthouse" / Sadie B, Laleh S |
J. R. R. Tolkien's "On Fairy-Tales" (1938, 1947) & The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), Prologue & Bk 1: chps. 1-5 | wk 5 |
| wk 6 | CSL's The Four Loves, chps. 1-4 |
D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 1-9 | O. S. Card's Ender's Game (1985), pp. 31-190 | VW's Orlando (1928), chps. 1-3 / Saylor N, Clara C |
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), Bk 1: chps. 6-12 & C. S. Lewis's "On Stories" (1947) & "On Three Ways of Writing for Children" (1952) | wk 6 |
| wk 7 | CSL's The Four Loves, chps. 5-6 |
D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 10-16 | O. S. Card's Ender's Game (1985), pp. 191-368 | VW's Orlando (1928), chps. 4-6 / Grace M, Sabrina C |
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), Bk 2: chps. 1-4; chps. 5-10 | wk 7 |
| wk 8 | FO's The Violent Bear It Away, chps. 1-4 |
D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 17-21 | M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 3-184 | VW's The Waves (1931), pp. 7-107 / Bella W, Sadie B |
Ursula K. LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea (1968) / stdnts generate 10 detailed qstns each, spaced throughout novel; generate 2 qstns for LeGuin's essay | wk 8 |
| wk 9 | FO's The Violent Bear It Away, chps. 5-12 |
D. DuMaurier's Rebecca (1938), chps. 22-27 | M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 185-261 | VW's The Waves (1931), pp. 108-206 / Sheridan R, Laleh S |
R. Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice, chps. 1-6 (pp. 2-118), chps. 7-12 (pp. 119-218) | wk 9 |
| wk 10 | CSL's A Grief Observed (1961) |
G. Morrison's Batman: Arkham Asylum (1989), pp. 1-62, pp. 63-122 | M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 265-374 | VW's The Waves (1931), pp. 207-97 |
R. Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice, chps. 13-18 (pp.219-343), chps. 19- Epilogue (pp. 344-435 | wk 10 |
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Phaestumina Storm (1830-35)
J. M. W. Turner
Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu