WEEK

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

1

8/23 Introductions; Burney, Evelina 99-152--Study Questions on Evelina

08/25 Evelina 153-242

2

8/30 ìIntroductionî to Evelina 11-78; 242-357; Bill and Lynn: discussion (starter)

9/1 Evelina 357-513;Kathryn: discussion

3

9/6 Evelina 514-54; recommended: Gina Campbell, "How to Read Like a Gentleman: Burney's Instructions to Her Critics in Evelina," ELH 57 (1990): 557-84, and slightly edited version in the Norton Critical edition of Evelina (431-53) on library reserve; Susan Fraiman, "Getting Waylaid in Evelina" in the Norton edition—original in Fraiman's Unbecoming Women: British Women Writers and the Novel of Development (Columbia UP, 1993) 32-58. See Julia Epstein, "Burney Criticism: Family, Romance, Psychobiography, and Social History"
3:4 (July 1991) in Eighteenth Century Fiction online archive;Virginia: discussion

9/8 "Introduction" to Cecilia; 5-91;George: discussion

4

9/13 Cecilia 93-244; Leah: discussion

9/15 Cecilia 245-320; Kendel: discussion

5

9/20 Cecilia 321-528; Laura: discussion

9/22 Cecilia 529-610; option: Miranda J. Burgess, "Courting Ruin: The Economic Romances of Frances Burney" Novel 28.2 (1995): 131-53.

6

9/27 Cecilia 611-714; Critical Response due

9/29 Cecilia 715-832; Leah: discussion

7

10/4 Cecilia 833-941

10/6 "Introduction" to Belinda; 7-88; Kathryn: discussion

8

10/11 Belinda 89-224; Beth: discussion; Virginia: discussion

10/13 Belinda 225-323; Lynn: discussion

9

10/18 Belinda 324-450; Virginia: discussion; Andrew McCann, "Conjugal Love and the Enlightenment Subject: The Colonial Context of Non-Identity in Maria Edgeworth's 'Belinda' " Novel 29.3 (1996): 56-77. More criticism on Belinda.

10/20 Belinda 451-478; Critical Summary-Response due

11

10/25 "Introduction" to Mansfield Park; Beth: discussion

10/27 Mansfield Park (film excerpt to be shown in class); Kaila: discussion

12

11/1 Mansfield Park; David: discussion

11/3 Mansfield Park; Kendel: discussion

13

11/8 Exploratory-Essay due; Mansfield Park; option: Eileen Cleere, "Reinvesting Nieces: "Mansfield Park" and the Economics of Endogomy" Novel 28.2 (1995): 113-30.

11/10 Emma; :more criticism on Austen, see also bibliographies in our texts

14

11/15 Emma; George & David: discussion

11/17 Emma; Laura: discussion

15

11/29 Emma; Kaila: discussion

12/1 Emma; Leah: discussion

16

12/6 Persuasion

12/8 Persuasion

17

12/12 Term Essay, due by noon

12/16 final class meeting, 1-3 p.m.