English 513/513-01        The Serial Novel, 1837-2001                 Fall 2001

 

11:00/11:50 MWF; Library 147A; Dr. Lund (T1G; 395-2168; http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/mlund.html.  Office Hours:

MW 10:00-11:00; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment)

 

 August      29:  "Living on Route 66"; "Preface" Eric Kraft, Inflating a Dog (as time

                        allows)

                 31:  Trollope, The American Senator (Oxford) Chapters 1-10

 

September     3:  Melville, "Bartleby the Scrivener" (Dover)

                      5:  Melville, "Benito Cereno" (Dover) pp. 37-60

                        Inflating a Dog, chapters 1-4

                         http://www.erickraft.com/peterleroy/inflating/index.html

              7:  The American Senator 11-15; "Benito" (60-84)

 

             10:  Thomas Hardy, The Laodicean (Everyman) pp. 7-63

             12:  Inflating a Dog, chapters 5-8; Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of

                 the Pointed Firs (Dover) chapters I-VII

             14:   The American Senator 16-20; "Benito" (84-1-4)

 

             17:  The Laodicean pp. 63-126

             19:  Inflating a Dog, chapters 9-12;  The Country of the Pointed Firs

                    VIII-XI

             21:  The American Senator 21-25

             24:   The Laodicean 126-183

             26:  Inflating a Dog, chapters 13-16; The Country of the Pointed Firs

                    XII-XV

             28:  The Laodicean 183-236

 

October      1:  Paper # 1 Due

                   3:  Inflating a Dog, chapters 17-20; The Country of the Pointed Firs

                        XVI-XX

                  5:  The American Senator 26-35

 

                  8:   The Laodicean 237-294

               10:    Inflating a Dog, chapters 21-24

               12:    Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage) pp. 1-50

 

      *** Fall  Break ***

 

               17:  The American Senator 36-40

               19:  The Laodicean pp. 294-383

 

               22:   Death Comes pp. 50-114

                24:   Inflating a Dog, chapters 25-28; Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of

                      Mars (Ballantine) chapters 1-5

                 26:  The American Senator 41-50

 

                 29:  Death Comes 115-195

                 31:  Inflating a Dog, chapters 29-32; A Princess of Mars chapters 6-8

November  2:  The American Senator 51-60

                5:  Death Comes 196-260

                7:  Inflating a Dog, chapters 33-5; A Princess of Mars chapters 9-13

                9:  Paper # 3 Due

 

              12:   Death Comes 261-97

              14:  Inflating a Dog chapter 36; A Princess of Mars chapters 14-23+

              16:  The American Senator 61-70

 

              19:  Amanda Cross, The James Joyce Murder (Ballanatine) Prologue;

                     Chapters 1-5

* * * * Thanksgiving * * * *

             26:  The James Joyce Murder 6-10

             28 : A Princess of Mars chapters 23+-28; Inflating a Dog 37-38

             30:  The James Joyce Murder 11-15; Epilogue

 

December  3:  The American Senator 71-80

               5:   A Princess of Mars chapters 26-28; Inflating a Dog 39

               7:   Paper # 3 Due

 

             12:  Final Exam (8:00-10:30)

 

Course Requirements:  read the material specifically assigned for discussion on the dates shown (200 points); write three essays (600 points) and one essay final exam (200 points).  You should save all returned written work from the course.  Grading scale:  90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 60%=D; less than 60%=F.

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lower a final grade one letter.  Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from more than 25% of classes may be an automatic F

in the course.  Students are expected to abide by the college Honor Code.

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