The Novel in the History of Mediation |
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B. Warner, Professor of English, UC/ Santa Barbara |
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English 232/ Comp Lit 236 Seminar Schedule, Spring 2011 |
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I: (3/31) Introduction and discussion of the rise of the novel: |
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II: (4/7) Theoretical and historical framing |
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III: (4/14) The novel of the 17th century
Mme. de Lafayette, The Princess of Cleves (French 1678) (Gutenberg edition in html) Report by Judith Paltin |
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IV: (4/21) Formula Fiction and Richardson’s ‘overwriting’ of the novel of amorous intrigue: Questions: Why does Pamela become a 'media event'? How does Richardson change the novel? Eliza Haywood, Fantomina: or, Love in a Maze (1725) |
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V: (4/28) Elevating the novel: Questions:What is the effect of splicing Cervantes into the history of the English novel with Joseph Andrews? How does it produce an alternative to Richardson? |
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VI: (5/5)The Novel and the turn toward Sentiment: Questions: What is sentimentalism in Sterne? How does sentimentalism become part of the history of the novel? How does Austen critique but also incorporate sentimentalism? |
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VII: (5/12) The Novel and the Circulating Library: Questions: How does circulation increase the impact and value of novels? How do debates about intellectual property inflect the concept of the author and the self? Burney, Evelina (1779) Report by Bethany Wong |
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VIII: (5/19) The Novel, Anthology, and Literature: Questions: What is the effect of anthologizing the (eighteenth century) novel? How does the novel become the narrative of nations? |
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IX: May 26: Synthetic Discussion of the Theory of the Novel: Latour, Watt, Armstrong, Bakhtin, Moretti |
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X: (6/2) Presentations by Seminar Members: I’m asking each of you to take 10 minutes to report on your paper |
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Early Editions(In the approximate order in which they will be read) Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688) Eliza Haywood, Fantomina: or, Love in a Maze (1725) Samuel Richardson, Pamela (1741: 2nd edition) Samuel Richardson, Familiar Letters (1741), the kernel of the Pamela story (#138-139)Henry Fielding, Shamela (1741) & Joseph Andrews (1742) Denis Diderot: "Eloge de Richardson" in Journal etranger, Jan. 1762 (WBW selections) Henry Fielding,“An enquiry into the causes of the late increase of robbers; etc.” (1751) Samuel Johnson, Rambler #4 (Saturday, 31 March 1750), Lawrence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, by Mr. Yorick (1768) Frances Burney, Evelina; or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World. In a series of Letters. (2nd edition, 1779) Jane Austen,
Sir Walter Scott: Quarterley Reivew of Emma (January, 1821) (Project Gutenberg) |
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Articles and Book ChaptersArmstrong, Nancy. “The Fiction of Bourgeois Morality and the Paradox of Individualism.” Moretti, Novel, II: 349-388 ____. Ed. NOVEL: A FORUM IN FICTION. 3 Special Issues. Tables of Contents Cohn, Dorrit: "Transparent Minds: Narrative Modes for Presenting Consciousness in Fiction" Duncan, Ian. “Waverley (Walter Scott, 1814)" in Moretti, Novel, II: 173-180 Levine, Caroline. "Narrative Networks: Bleak House and the Affordances of Form." Novel: A Forum in Fiction, 42:3 517-523. Lynch, Deidre."Agoraphobia and Interiority in Frances Burney's Fiction," from The Economy of Character: Novels, Market Culture, and the Business of Inner Meaning. Chicago: U of Chicago Pr., 1998. 164-207. _____. "Jane Austen and the Social Machine," from The Economy of Character, Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1998, 207-239.) Lyons, John D. "The Emergence of the Novel." From A New History of French Literature. Ed. Denis Hollier. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard UP, 1998. 350-354. Kennedy, Meegan. "Some Body's Story: the Novel as Instrument." Novel: a Forum in Fiction. 42:3, 451-459. ____. ed. THE NOVEL. 2 vols. Preface and Table of Contents ____. "Network Theory, Plot Analysis. New Left Review 68, Mar April 2011. 80-102. Rose, Mark. "Authors as Proprietors" St. Clair, William. "The Political Economy of Reading" Trumpener, Katie. Bardic Nationalism: The Romantic Novel and the British Empire. Chapter 3, "National Character". Princeton: Princeton UP, 2000. Watt, Ian. The Rise of the Novel, chapters 1 "Realism and Novel Form" & 2 "The reading public and the rise of the novel", 9-59, and chapter 5 "Love and the novel, 135-173. Jane Austen Articles Johnson,Claudia. "Not at all what a man should be!": Remaking English Manhood in Emma," in Equivocal Beings: Politics, Gender, and Sentimentality in 1790s (Chicago: Univ of Chicago P, 1995), 191-201. Knox-Shaw, Peter. "Emma and the flaws of Sovereignty," (in Jane Austen and the Enlightenment, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004, 197-219) Tanner, Tony. "Secrecy and Sickness: 'Sense and Sensibility'" (from Jane Austen, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard: 1986, 75-102. Tanner, Tony. "Knowledge and Opinion: 'Pride and Prejudice'", (from Jane Austen, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard, 1986, 75-102) Zunshine, Lisa. "Why Jane Austen Was Different, and Why We May Need Cognitive Science to See It."
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Resource LinksUseful LinksGeneral Research Resources (accessible through UCSB Davidson Library proxy server): OED, Historical Dababases; e-journals; etc. Title pages of 18th and 19th century novels Pemberly.com - Wealth of online resources about Jane Austen Austen Society of North America - "Dedicated to the study and celebration of the classic English author. Find out how to join the Society, or order journals and newsletters." Stanford Center for the Study of the Novel Clarissa, 3rd edition http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/Clarissa/3rdEdition Homegrown Resources[These notes and questions were developed for students of the rise of the novel in Britain--WBW]General Paradigms for Interpreting NovelsThe Pamela Media Event (1740-1742)Bakhtin and Joseph AndrewsJane Austen & Mansfield Park & Persuasion : notes and questions on Cohn, Said, Trilling, Anderson, Lynch, Galeprin
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Latour, Bruno. Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. Paperback. ISBN-10: 0199256055 ISBN-13: 978-0199256051 Nixon, Cheryl. L. Novel Definitions: An Anthology of Commentary on the Novel: 1688-1815. Toronto: Broadview Press, 2009. Paperback. ISBN-10: 1551116464 ISBN-13: 978-1551116464 Siskin, Clifford and Warner, William. This is Enlightenment. Chicago: U of Chicago Pr. 2010 Mme. De Lafayette. Princess de Cleves. Publisher: Penguin Classics; First Edition edition (October 6, 1992) Language: English ISBN-10: 0140445870 ISBN-13: 978-0140445879 Richardson, Samuel. Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 12, 2001)
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ISBN-13: 978-0192829603 Burney, Francis. Evelina. Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's; First Edition edition (March 15, 1997) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312097298 ISBN-13: 978-0312097295 Sterne, Lawrence. A Sentimental Journey. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; New edition (December 15, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0199537186 ISBN-13: 978-0199537181 Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Publisher: Broadview Press (April 3, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 155111125X ISBN-13: 978-1551111254 Scott, Sir Walter. Waverley. Publisher: Penguin Classics (February 26, 1981) Language: English ISBN-10: 0140430717 ISBN-13: 978-0140430714 Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Penguin Classics Hardcover; Reprint edition (September 28, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0141192496 ISBN-13: 978-0141192499 |
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