315 Novel Analysis

Fall 2013

Class times: Section (03): Thursdays 11.40-14.30 in EFB 19A;

Section (04): Fridays 08:40-11:30 in EFB 18A

Office hours: Thursdays 0840-11.30 in EF-B33 (or call 4073)

In this course students read three classic English novels and their progress and understanding is followed by classroom discussion, regular quizzes, a mid-term exam and a final exam. Class lectures introduce different ways of analyzing novels and in the mid-term and final exams the students write essays analyzing the novels, referring to and using the issues and techniques discussed in class and supported by their own readings of the novels. Students are required to read the assigned parts of the novels before each class, and there the quiz each week checks that the reading has been done. In order to enjoy, as well as understand, the novels students are recommended to read them fast and early, and then return to the assigned chapters for closer readings before class each week.

Course Outline:

Week 1 (26^th/27^th Sept)	Introduction
Week 2 (3/4 Oct)	Jane Eyre
Week 3 (10/11 Oct)	No class. Students to continue reading Jane Eyre
Week 4 (17/18 Oct)	No class. Religious Holiday
Week 5 (24/25 Oct)	Jane Eyre
Week 6 (31 Oct/1 Nov)	Jane Eyre
Week 7 (7/8 Nov)	Jane Eyre and discussion about Mid-term exam
Week 8 (14/15 Nov)	Mid-term Exam
Week 9 (21/22 Nov)	Great Expectations
Week 10 (28/29 Nov)	Great Expectations
Week 11 (5/6 Dec)	Great Expectations
Week 12 (12/13 Dec)	Great Expectations
Week 13 (19/20 Dec)	The Passion
Week 14 (26/27 Dec)	The Passion
Week 15 (2 Jan [both groups together])	The Passion
Week 16 (8/9 Jan)	The Passion and discussion about Final exam

Grading:

Quizzes 20%

Mid-term exam 35%

Final exam 45%

Please note that students who have been absent without medical reports for 30% or more of classes will be given the grade N/A.