21L.003 | Fall 2003 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Fiction

Readings

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

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