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 be at least 150 words to receive credit and they are due by 11:00 a.m. on the day we’re discussing the material in class.

Prompts:

• Discuss your impression of the opening of The Mysteries of Udolpho.  How do you react to the first 4 chapters?  Do you like the book, not like the book?  What did you notice about it thematically?  Does Ann Radcliffe seem to have particular obsessions? What’s interesting to you about this opening?  Was it what you might have expected of a 1790’s Gothic novel or it was surprising to you?
• Discuss something from one of the critical background essays that either struck you or interested you.

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 prompt if you like, but you may also respond to other students’ comments, or to anything else that interests you in the reading.  Blog posts must be at least 150 words to receive full credit for the day, and they must be posted before 11:00 a.m. on the day they’re due.  Blog posts will not receive letter grades, but you will receive credit for the number of comments you post, with 15 posts throughout the semester equaling 100%.