Calendar
Mon, Aug 20
First Day of Class
Go over syllabus
Wed, Aug 22
The Dumbest Generation?
Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
Price. “You Are What You Read.” The New York Times 23 Dec. 2007.
Price. “You Are What You Read.” The New York Times 23 Dec. 2007.
Fri, Aug 24
Victorian Reading Publics
Margaret Oliphant, “The Byways of Literature, Reading for the Million.”Blackwood’s Magazine 84 (Aug. 1858): 200-16.
Mon, Aug 27
Women and Reading
Austen, Northanger Abbey. Listen to Chapters 1-10
Cox, “The Art of the Actor and Reader,” “Dramatic Reading,” and “Public Reading,” from The Arts of Writing, Reading, and Speaking. London: Horace Cox, 1878.
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondants; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Cox, “The Art of the Actor and Reader,” “Dramatic Reading,” and “Public Reading,” from The Arts of Writing, Reading, and Speaking. London: Horace Cox, 1878.
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondants; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Wed, Aug 29
Women and Reading
Northanger Abbey,Ch. 11-20.
Fri, Aug 31
Interlude
Read extracts from Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho
Edison, “The Phonograph and its Future.” North American Review. 126 (May-June 1878). pp. 527-36.
Check out the Jane Austen Fight Club
Grading Contracts
Edison, “The Phonograph and its Future.” North American Review. 126 (May-June 1878). pp. 527-36.
Check out the Jane Austen Fight Club
Grading Contracts
Mon, Sep 3
No Class, Labor Day
Group 1, Respondants; Group 2, Searchers; Group 3, Roundup; Group 4, First Readers
Wed, Sep 5
Women and Reading 2
Finish Austen, Northanger Abbey
Fri, Sep 7
Prelude to Frankenstein
Read Ch. 1 of Mary’s text (second version) in The Original Frankenstein Compare to Act 1 of Peake, Presumption, or the Fate of Frankenstein
Mon, Sep 10
Gothic Reading
Shelley, The Original Frankenstein. Volume 1.
Group 1, Searchers; Group 2, Roundup; Group 3, First Readers; Group 4, Respondants
Group 1, Searchers; Group 2, Roundup; Group 3, First Readers; Group 4, Respondants
Wed, Sep 12
Gothic Reading
Shelley, The Original Frankenstein, Volume 2
Fri, Sep 14
Project 1 Due
Mon, Sep 17
Frankenstein and Popular Culture
Finish Whale’s Frankenstein
Wed, Sep 19
Hacking the Book - Close Reading
Read Harvard’s Guide to How to Do a Close Reading
N Katherine Hayles, “How We Read: Close, Hyper, Machine.”. WARNING: pdf.
N Katherine Hayles, “How We Read: Close, Hyper, Machine.”. WARNING: pdf.
Fri, Sep 21
Second Project
Discuss Second Project
Mon, Sep 24
Gender and Sensation
Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret, Volume 1
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondents; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondents; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Wed, Sep 26
Meet with JITP Publishers
Fri, Sep 28
Student Meetings
Mon, Oct 1
Student Meetings
Group 1, Respondents; Group 2, Searchers; Group 3, Roundup; Group 4, First Readers
Wed, Oct 3
Gender and Sensation
Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret, Volume 2
Fri, Oct 5
The Sensation Novel
Victorian Sensation Novel
Braddon, “Novels” (only pgs. 3-5 of the essay)
Braddon, “Novels” (only pgs. 3-5 of the essay)
Mon, Oct 8
Gender and Sensation
Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret, Volume 3
Group 1, Searchers; Group 2, Roundup; Group 3, First Readers; Group 4, Respondents
Group 1, Searchers; Group 2, Roundup; Group 3, First Readers; Group 4, Respondents
Wed, Oct 10
Hacking the Book - Distant Reading
Franco Moretti, “Conjectures on World Literature”. New Left Review. 1, January-February 2000.
Fri, Oct 12
Voyant
Mon, Oct 15
Lady Novelists
George Eliot, “Silly Novels by Lady Novelists,” Essays and Uncollected Novels. Ed. John Walter Cross. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. 186-220.
Group 1, Roundup; Group 2, First Readers; Group 3, Respondents; Group 4, Searchers
Group 1, Roundup; Group 2, First Readers; Group 3, Respondents; Group 4, Searchers
Wed, Oct 17
Project 2 Due
Fri, Oct 19
No Class, Prof at Conference
Mon, Oct 22
Detection
Doyle, A Study in Scarlett. Book 1.
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondents; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondents; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Wed, Oct 24
Detection
Doyle, A Study in Scarlett. Finish.
Fri, Oct 26
Meet with JITP Publishers
Two volunteers to show work
Mon, Oct 29
Sherlock
Watch BBC Sherlock in class.
Group 1, Respondents; Group 2, Searchers; Group 3, Roundup; Group 4, First Readers
Group 1, Respondents; Group 2, Searchers; Group 3, Roundup; Group 4, First Readers
Wed, Oct 31
Sherlock
Discuss BBC Sherlock in class.
Fri, Nov 2
Sherlock
Continue discussion of the television show and the book.
Mon, Nov 5
Hacking Books - Omeka
Group 1, Searchers; Group 2, Roundup; Group 3, First Readers; Group 4, Respondents
Wed, Nov 7
No Class, Prof at Conference
Fri, Nov 9
No Class, Prof at Conference
Mon, Nov 12
No Class - Prof at Conference
Wed, Nov 14
Hacking Books - Omeka
Fri, Nov 16
Curation Day
Discuss and start work on final project.
Mon, Nov 19
No Class - Thanksgiving
Wed, Nov 21
No Class - Thanksgiving
Fri, Nov 23
No Class - Thanksgiving
Mon, Nov 26
Secrets
Marsh, The Beetle. Book 1.
Group 1, Roundup; Group 2, First Readers; Group 3, Respondents; Group 4, Searchers
Group 1, Roundup; Group 2, First Readers; Group 3, Respondents; Group 4, Searchers
Wed, Nov 28
Secrets
Marsh, The Beetle, Book 2
Fri, Nov 30
Secrets
Marsh, The Beetle. Book 3.
Mon, Dec 3
Secrets
Marsh, The Beetle. Book 4.
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondents; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Group 1, First Readers; Group 2, Respondents; Group 3, Searchers; Group 4, Roundup
Wed, Dec 5
No Class - Go to Comics Conference and Work on Site
Fri, Dec 7
Final Meeting with JITP