Syllabus

Week
(Starting date)

Assignments
Readings, lessons, quizzes, essays

1
(28 Aug)

During this week, you should explore our website, post a message to the practice thread on the Discussion Forum, and read the FAQ carefully.

Prologue: Neoclassicism to Romanticism
Read this carefully and take the self-test at the end.

2
(4 Sep)

Wordsworth

3
(11 Sep)

Coleridge

4
(18 Sep)

Byron

5
(25 Sep)

Shelley

6
(2 Oct)

Keats

7
(9 Oct)

Victorian Issues
First major examination: the Romantics
(You will receive a reminder and complete instructions well in advance.)

8
(16 Oct)

Tennyson

Note: you may wish to begin reading HardTimes now.

9
(23 Oct)

Browning
Essay 1 is due. Make certain that it is completed and emailed to me before midnight, Wednesday, 25 October. Review the instructions in the FAQ if you have any questions about posting. Remember: no late papers will be accepted.

10
(30 Oct)

Arnold

11
(6 Nov)

Hard Times

12
(13 Nov)

Transitional Poets
Second major examination: the Victorians
(This is a take-home test. You will receive a reminder and complete instructions well in advance.)

13
(20 Nov)

Yeats and Eliot

14
(27 Nov)

The Novelists. During this week we will focus on Joyce and The Dead.
Essay 2 is due. Make certain that it is completed and emailed to me before midnight, Wednesday, 29 November. Review the instructions in the FAQ if you have any questions about posting. Remember: no late papers will be accepted.

15
(4 Dec)

Continue with the Novelists. Focus on Lawrence and the two short stories you have been assigned.

16
(11 Dec)

Final examination
(You will receive a reminder and complete instructions well in advance.)