Discussions

Beginning next week, your classmates will lead part of the class discussion.  During the weeks when we discuss the novels, you will lead discussion on the week's Eagleton chapter. Please send your discussion questions to me by Wednesday evening so  I can give them to your classmates in advance.

The novels we'll discuss are short and can be read in a week; please read the whole novel for the first week of class. For the second week of class, I will ask you to read at least one critical article about the novel in question; I will present a selection of possible choices or you may choose your own. I hope in this way to focus the first week's discussion on issues within the text and in the second week, broaden the discussion to think about a variety of critical approaches to the text.

Please note that I changed the readings for November 3 and 17.

Sep 29             Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Eagleton, Literary Theory, Chapter 2

Discussion Leaders:  Brian, Nate

Oct 6               Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Eagleton, Literary Theory, Chapter 3

Discussion Leaders:  Emma, Darisse

Oct 13             Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

                        Eagleton, Literary Theory, Chapter 4  

Discussion Leaders:  Erin, Kassidy

Oct 20             Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

Eagleton, Literary Theory, Chapter 5

Discussion Leaders:  Emily, Tricia

Oct 27             Gold, Debates in the Digital Humanities (selections TBA; see blog)

Discussion Leaders:  Effie, Sheelan

Nov 3              Moore and Miller, 1, 2, 4, 6.

Harner, “On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography” (link on blog)

Discussion Leaders: Rita,

Nov 10            Felski, Uses of Literature

Discussion Leaders: Justin, Bill

Nov 17            McComiskey, Chapter 3; Eagleton, Chapter 6

                        Discussion Leaders: Rob,