English 159 - Winter, 2021

Topics in the Novel

Topic: The London Cityscape

Class Information

Instructor: Hulbert, Annette
CRN: 23212
Time: TR 4:40-6:00
Location: Remote Instruction
GE Areas: Writing Experience

Description

This course will explore the clamorous, crowded, chaotic streets of London as portrayed in a series of novels. We will examine stories that celebrate the freeing anonymity of London life and contrast them with critiques of social inequities. We will discuss who has access to London's famous urban spaces and what participation in city life looked life as modernity unfolded.

Grading

Grading:

Short writing assignments and quizzes (25%)

One 4-5 page paper (25%)

One 6-7 page paper (35%)

Final (15%)

Texts

Evelina, Burney
The Woman of Colour, Anonymous
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , Stevenson
A Journal of the Plague Year, Defoe
Mrs. Dalloway, Woolf