English
232/ Comp Lit 236:
The Novel in the History of Mediation
Professor
William Warner
Office:
South Hall 2507
Office
hours, Monday 3:00-4:00PM, by appointment
The
full syllabus, with each weekÕs reading, as well as the online Ôcourse readerÕ
is at this Ôblind linkÕ:
http://emc.english.ucsb.edu/emc-courses/Novel-Mediation-S2011/novel-mediation/
Definition of a Ôblind linkÕ: an http:// address that is
linked to no other site. It therefore cannot be found by web-crawlers and added
to search engines. This enables us to put up the copyrighted materials for use
in our seminar.
The
Online Reader includes: 1-a schedule with title pages, 2-early editions,
3-critical articles, 4-resources links, 5-a
bibliography for the rise of the novel.
I: (3/31)
Introduction and discussion of the rise of the novel
Question: "What is the novel?
II: (4/7) Theoretical and historical framing
Questions: What is the
history of mediation? What is Enlightenment? What is an actor-network? What do
novels have to do with the Enlightenment?
Bruno Latour, Reassembling
the Social, 1-86, 159-362.
from Siskin &
Warner, This is Enlightenment:
ÒIntroduction: this is Enlightenment,Ó 1-33.
Ian Watt, The
Rise of the Novel, chapters
1&2, 9-59.
III:
(4/14) The novel of the 17th century
The question of origins: where does 'the
novel' begin? How is it related to romance and novella?
Mme.
de Lafayette, The Princess of Cleves (French
1678)
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, or, The Royal Slave (1688)
IV:
(4/21) Formula Fiction and RichardsonÕs ÔoverwritingÕ 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)
Samuel Richardson, Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded(1740)
Samuel Richardson, Familiar
Letters (1741), the
kernel of the Pamela story
(#138-139)
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?
Fielding, Shamela (1741) & Joseph
Andrews(1742)
Bakhtin, The Dialogic Imagination, selections
by McKeon.
VI: (5/5)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)
VII: (5/12) 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?
Sterne, A Sentimental
Journey (1768)
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?
Scott, Waverley (1814)
IX: (5/26) Novel
Reading as a National Pastime:Questions: How does the novel become an
institution? How do the new formats of the novel—published by weekly
installments in magazines and then as a Ôtriple-deckerÕ—change the social
life of the novel? What is the relationship between the novel and the long
history of visualization (detailed description, illustration, photography)?
Dickens; Oliver Twist (1838) with Cruckshank illustrations
X: (6/2)
Presentations by Seminar Members
Research activities:
2 short presentations (of 7-10 minutes): these might include, a summary of the argument of the 18th century text or the modern critical text; application to the primary text under discussion; statement of general issues or questions for seminar discussion.
Short overview of seminar paper will be presented on 6/2/2011. The seminar paper should offer a reading of some facet of one novel, perhaps drawing upon some of the issues pursued in the seminar. Length, 12 pages, plus a list of works cited (MLA format). Due Friday, June 10th.
Preferred editions:
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) Language: English ISBN-10: 0192829602
ISBN-13: 978-0192829603
Fielding, Henry. Joseph Andrews and Shamela. Publisher: Oxford University
Press, USA; Reissue edition (November 11, 2008) Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199536988 ISBN-13: 978-0199536986 Burney,
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