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While you’re welcome to discuss anything you’d like in the first 15 chapters of Jane Eyre, here are some prompts to get you started thinking: Critical discussion of Jane Eyre often revolves around the 5 main houses Jane lives in over the course of … Continue reading →

Like always, please write about anything that particularly interested you in the reading–the last few chapters of Frankenstein. Here are some questions you might consider:  How much do you think Victor has really changed by the end of the novel?  … Continue reading →

Many critics have pointed out that the women characters in Frankenstein seem relatively minor and passive, while the book focuses most fully on the relationship between Victor and his creature.  If this is the case, do you think there are things in … Continue reading →

Respond to anything that particularly interests you in the first part of Frankenstein.  But here are some prompts to get you started thinking: What are your reactions to the author’s introduction to the novel?  Does Shelley seem confident in her own … Continue reading →

What did you think about the ending of Northanger Abbey?  Please discuss anything that interested you…but here are some prompts you might want to consider: The one character about whom Catherine is inclined to think the worst is General Tilney. Why … Continue reading →

Please feel free to respond to anything in the middle part of Northanger Abbey that particularly struck you.  Here’s a prompt to get you started thinking: Provide a close reading of one of the following scenes.  In other words, discuss what … Continue reading →

Like always, you should feel free to respond to anything that particularly interested you in the first 10 chapters of Northanger Abbey.  But here are some prompts to get you started thinking: Discuss conventions of the Gothic that Austen satirizes, especially … Continue reading →

While you’re free to write about anything that interested you in the lengthy passages from Udolpho that you read, here are some prompts to get you started thinking: Consider Italy and the Italian background in the middle of the novel. How does … Continue reading →

Remember:  For blog posts, you may reply to one of the prompts I post (see below), but you may also reply to another student’s post or to anything in the work that interests you. Also:  remember that blog posts should … Continue reading →

For every day that we have assigned readings in the course, students may post a response on our class blog.  I will provide a prompt for each of these days to get you started thinking.  You may respond to the … Continue reading →