Reading Schedule

Week 1
Th Jan 9
  •  Course Introduction
Week 2: 
Tu Jan 14
  • Background readings on the Female Gothic (Moers, Milbank) (Class website)
  • Excerpts from The Mysteries of Udolpho (Vol. 1, Chs. 1-4, Chs. 12-13)  (Class website)
Th Jan 16
  • Excerpts fromThe Mysteries of Udolpho (Vol. 2, Chs. 5-10; Vol. 3, Chs. 1-6) (Class website)
  
Week 3:
Tu Jan 21
  • Northanger Abbey (Chapters 1-10)
  • Paper 1 Due
Th Jan 23
  • Northanger Abbey (Chapters 11-21–if you have the 2 volume edition, that’s Vol 1, Chs. 11-15 & Vol 2, Chs. 1-6)
  
Week 4:
Tu Jan 28
  • Northanger Abbey (Chapters 22-31)
  • Presentations/Paper 2 Due (those working on Austen)
Th Jan 30
  • Frankenstein (Author’s Introduction-Chapter 6, pp. 1-46)
  
Week 5:
Tu Feb 4
  • Frankenstein (Chapters 7-21)
Th Feb 6
  • Frankenstein (Chapters 22-end)
  • Presentations/Paper 2 Due (those working on Shelley)
  
Week 6:
Tu Feb 11
  • Jane Eyre (through Chapter 15)
Th Feb 13
  • Jane Eyre (through Chapter 28)
  
Week 7:
Tu Feb 18
  • Jane Eyre (finish the novel)
Th Feb 20
  • Continue Jane Eyre
  • Presentations/Paper 2 Due (those working on Brönte)
  
Week 8:
Tu Feb 25
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (Class website)
Th Feb 27
  • Work on Website Project
  
Week 9:
Tu March 4
  • Spring Break
Th March 6
  • Spring Break
  
Week 10:
Tu March 11
  • Mid-Term Exam
Th March 13
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Chapters 1-4)
  
Week 11:
Tu March 18
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Chapters 5-8)
Th March 20
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle (finish book)
  • Presentations/Paper 2 Due (those working on Jackson)
  
Week 12:
March 25
  • Beloved (Part I)
March 27
  • Beloved (Part II)
  
Week 13:
April 1
  • Beloved (Part III)
April 3
  • Continue Beloved
  • Presentations/Paper 2 Due (those working on Morrison)
  
Week 14:
April 8
  • Work on Final Website Project
April 10
  • Work on Final Website Project
  • Paper 3 Due
  
Week 15:
April 15
  • Flannery O’Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (Class website)
  • Joyce Carol Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” (Class website)
April 17
  • Angela Carter, “The Bloody Chamber” (Class website)
  • Carmen Maria Machado, “The Husband Stitch” (Class website)
  
Week 16:
April 22
  • Last Day; Class Wrap-Up
  
Final Exam:
  • Saturday, April 26, 1-3 p.m.