What does it mean to read a text closely and analyze it? Why do we do close reading in literary study? Professor Kelley has developed a guide for students that answers these questions and assists students as they read the course texts (PDF).
Below are the readings for the course by author, along with supplementary Web sites for each author. Many of the required readings my be downloaded from the Project Gutenberg Web site. See the calendar for readings due each class session.
Jane Austen
Required Readings
Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Supplementary Material
Jane Austen Society of North America
The Republic of Pemberley - A site on Austen and literary influences. A number of links.
Literary Allusions in Austen
Voice of the Shuttle Gothic Literature page
The Northanger Canon - Isabelle Thorpe’s “horrid” novels and others.
Mary Shelley
Required Readings
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Supplementary Material
EText of Frankenstein - A link to electronic texts of Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Romantic Circles Shelley site - Links to chronologies, etexts.
Mary Shelley Biography
Herman Melville
Required Readings
Melville, Herman. Typee. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Supplementary Material
Perspectives on American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide
American Authors (Gonzaga)
Leo Tolstoy
Required Readings
Tolstoy, Leo. “Hadji Murad,” Great Short Works.
Supplementary Material
Images of Leo Tolstoy
Online text of “Hadji Murad”
Tolstoy Studies Journal - Good links to images, historical context, resources.
Nora Okja Keller
Required Readings
Keller, Nora Okja. Comfort Woman.
Supplementary Material
Case Watch - International Human Rights - Comfort Women
Interview with Nora Okja Keller
Oscar Wilde
Required Readings
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Supplementary Material
Oscar Wilde Overview from the Victorian Web
Kate Chopin
Required Readings
Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. (Download from Project Gutenberg)
Supplementary Material
Kate Chopin/PBS site
Kate Chopin/American Authors site
Virginia Woolf
Required Readings
Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. (Harcourt Brace)
Supplementary Material
Virginia Woolf Web - Use E-texts and links
Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain
International Virginia Woolf Society
