English 404.04/504.01 Contemporary British Fiction Course Schedule/Syllabus Spring 2007
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WEEK

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

1

 

01/11  Postwar Britain

2

01/16  The Remains of the Day (3-110)

01/18 The Remains of the Day (111-141)

3

01/23 The Remains of the Day (142-228)

01/25 The Remains of the Day (229-245); Journal Entry 1 due

4

01/30  Money: A Suicide Note (7-88)

02/01 Money: A Suicide Note (89-136)

5

02/06 Money: A Suicide Note (137-213)

02/08 Money: A Suicide Note (214-253)

6

02/13 Money: A Suicide Note (254-350); Journal Entry 2 due

02/15 Money: A Suicide Note (351-363)

7

02/20  The Winshaw Legacy: Or, What A Carve Up! (3-93)

02/22 What A Carve Up! (94-141)

8

02/27 What A Carve Up! (142-238)

03/01 What A Carve Up! (241-294)

9

03/06 What A Carve Up! (295-366); handout of Thurschwell's article on Coe

03/08 What A Carve Up! (369-419); Critical Response due

10

03/13 Spring Recess

03/15 Spring Recess

11

03/20 What A Carve Up! (423-498); Journal Entry 3 due

03/22  White Teeth (3-55)

12

03/27 White Teeth (56-152);

03/29 White Teeth (153-201); Exploratory Essay due

13

04/03 White Teeth (202-301)

04/05 White Teeth (302-339)

14

04/10 White Teeth (340-448); Head's article "Zadie Smith's White Teeth: Multiculturalism for the Millenium"; Journal Entry 4 due

04/12 On Beauty (3-42)

15

04/17 On Beauty (43-154)

04/19 On Beauty (155-208)

16

04/24 On Beauty (209-318); Journal Entry 5 due

04/26 On Beauty (319-369); Tolan's article on "Identifying the Precious in Zadie Smith's On Beauty"

17

05/01 On Beauty (370-443)

05/03 Waugh's article "Postmodern Fiction and the Rise of Critical Theory"

18

5/7 Term Essay due 4:30 pm