This section features the required texts and several links to their corresponding e-texts and audiobooks. Readings by session are also available below.
Required Texts
Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Any edition. The e-text and audiobook are available at Project Gutenberg.
Scott, Sir Walter. "The Highland Window." In Chronicles of the Canongate. New York, NY: Penguin Classics, 2003. ISBN: 9780140439892.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Any edition. The e-text and audiobook are available at Project Gutenberg.
Melville, Herman. Typee. Any edition. The e-text and audiobook are available at Project Gutenberg.
Flaubert, Gustave. "A Simple Heart." In Three Tales. Translated by Roger Whitehouse. New York, NY: Penguin Classics, 2005. ISBN: 9780140448009. This text is also known as "A Simple Soul." The e-text is available at Project Gutenberg.
Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Any edition. The e-text is available at Project Gutenberg.
Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. Any edition.
MacLeod, Alistair. No Great Mischief. Any edition.
Readings by Session
Course reading.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Introduction |
|
| 2 |
Jane Austen |
Volume I of Northanger Abbey. |
| 3 |
Volume II of Northanger Abbey. |
| 4 |
Northanger Abbey. |
| 5 |
Workshop |
|
| 6-7 |
Sir Walter Scott |
The Highland Window. |
| 8 |
Workshop |
|
| 9-11 |
Mary Shelley |
Frankenstein. |
| 12 |
Herman Melville |
Chapters 1-18 of Typee. |
| 13 |
Chapters 19-34, appendix, and sequel of Typee. |
| 14 |
Typee. |
| 15-16 |
Gustave Flaubert |
"A Simple heart." |
| 17-19 |
Kate Chopin |
The Awakening. |
| 20-22 |
Virginia Woolf |
"The Window." In To the Lighthouse. |
| 23 |
"Time Passes." In To the Lighthouse. |
| 24 |
"The Lighthouse." In To the Lighthouse. |
| 25-26 |
Alistair MacLeod |
No Great Mischief. |
