Week

Tuesday

Thursday

1

8/26 Bennett and Royle, chapters 1-3 (The beginning, Readers and Reading, The Author) of Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory

8/28 B&R, chs. 4-6: The text and the world; the uncanny; monuments

2

9/2 Bertens' Literary Theory: The Basics, chapters 1-2-- Reading for Meaning: Practical Criticism and new criticism;Reading for Form I: formalism and early structuralism, 1914-1960; TSs: George; Michelle

9/4 LT, ch. 3--Reading for form II: French structuralism, 1950-1975; TSs: Megan.; Ellen

3

9/9 LT, ch. 4--Political reading: the 1970s and 1980s; TSs: Neil; Mary

9/11 B&R, chs. 7-9: narrative; character; voice; TSs: Justin

4

9/16 James’s The Portrait of a Lady, chapters 1-7; TSs: Catherine; Chris.

9/18 PL, chs. 8-13; B&R, ch. 11: laughter; TSs: Kelli; Seth.

5

9/23 PL, chs. 14-19; B&R, ch. 10: figures and tropes; ch. 12: the tragic; TSs: Ryan; Matthew.

9/25 PL, chs. 20-26; B&R, ch. 13: history; TSs: Nat; Andrew.

6

9/30 PL, chs. 27-37; B&R, ch. 14: me; TSs: George; Megan; Ellen.

10/2 PL, chs. 38-42; B&R, ch. 15: ghosts; TSs: Michelle; Neil; Nat.

7

10/7 PL, chs. 43-49; B&R, ch. 16:sexual difference; Critical-Summary Response due

10/9 PL, chs. 50-55; B&R, ch. 17: god; TSs: everyone!

8

10/14 LT, ch. 5--The poststructuralist revolution: Derrida, deconstruction, and postmodernism; B&R, ch. 18: ideology; TSs: Justin; Mary

10/16 LT, ch. 6--Postructuralism continued: Foucault, Lacan, and French feminism; B&R, ch. 19: desire; TSs: Catherine; Chris.

9

10/21 LT, ch. 7--Literature and Culture: the new historicism and cultural materialism; B&R, ch. 20: queer; TSs: Andrew; Kelli; Seth.

10/23 B&R, chs. 21-22: suspense; racial difference; TSs: Ryan; Matthew.

10

10/28 LT, ch. 9--Sexuality, literature, and culture; B&R, ch. 23: the colony; Essay 1 due

10/30 “Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts” The House of Mirth; HM, 1.1-3 (Bk 1, chs. 1-3); TSs: everyone.

11

11/4 HM, 1.4-9; B&R, ch. 24: the performative; TSs: Catherine; Chris.

11/6 HM, 1.10-14; TSs: Justin; Seth; Mary

12

11/11 HM, to 2.5; B&R, ch.25: secrets; TSs: Ryan; Matthew; George; Megan

11/13 HM, 2.6-9; TSs: Andrew; Kelli; Ellen

13

11/18 HM, 2.10-14; B&R, ch.26: the postmodern; TSs: Neil; Nat; Michelle.

11/20 Cultural Criticism and HM; Robinson, “The Traffic in Women: A Cultural Critique of The House of Mirth; Critical Response on The House of Mirth due

14

Fall Recess 11/24-28

15

12/2 Benstock, “A Critical History of The House of Mirth”; Marxist Criticism and the HM; Dimock, “Debasing Exchange: Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth”; B&R, ch. 27:pleasure; TSs:Megan; Michelle; Catherine;Ellen; Matthew.

12/4 Feminist Criticism and the HM; Restuccia, “The Name of the Lily: Edith Wharton’s Feminism(s)”; B&R, ch.28: the end; TSs: George; Mary; Neil; Justin; Andrew.

16

12/9 Deconstruction and the HM; Norris, “Death by Speculation: Deconstructing The House of Mirth”; B&R, ch.28; TSs: Chris;Kelli; Ryan; Nat; Seth.

12/11 Psychoanalytic Criticism and the HM; Sullivan, “The Daughter’s Dilemma: Psychoanalytic Interpretation and Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth”;

17

12/15 Monday—final class meeting 1-3 p.m.;Term Essay due