| 6 August | Introduction: the Victorians |
| 8 August | Introduction: fantastic literature |
| 13 August | Children's literature and the fairy tale.
Reading: Zipes, Introduction to Victorian Fairy Tales |
| 15 August | Fairy tale: Nesbit, Dickens, Macdonald "Little Daylight" - Self-awareness, genre
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| 20 August | Fairy tale: Wilde, Macdonald "Light Princess" - Morality, satire
Reading: Dickens, “Frauds on the Fairies”
MSHORT EXERCISE DUE |
| 22 August | Fairy tale: the Victorian child |
| 27 August | Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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| 29 August | Carroll, Alice through the Looking Glass
MFIRST ESSAY: Fairy tale topic due |
| 3 September | Carroll and children
Readings: Auerbach (Falling Alice), Gordon |
| 5 September | Nonsense verse: Edward Lear
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| 8-16 Sept | 10-day vac |
| 17 September | Nonsense verse: Edward Lear
Reading: Sewell, The Field of Nonsense,ch. 1, 3, 4.
MSHORT EXERCISE DUE. |
| 19 September | Nonsense verse: Edward Lear |
| 24 September | Public holiday |
| 26 September | Introduction: Victorian novelists; Dickens, Christmas Carol
Reading: Prickett Ch 2
MFIRST ESSAY: Carroll topic due |
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| 1 Oct | Dickens, Christmas Carol - Supernatural fiction
MFIRST ESSAY: Nonsense topic due |
| 3 Oct | Dickens, Christmas Carol - Christmas and Social conscience; memory; family |
| 8 Oct | Stoker, Dracula: the Gothic novel
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| 10 Oct | Stoker, Dracula: the vampire and morality/sexuality
Reading: Botting, "Gothic Returns".
MSHORT EXERCISE DUE |
| 15 Oct | Stoker, Dracula: text and genre |
| 17 Oct | Wells, The Time Machine and Victorian Science
MSECOND ESSAY: Dickens topic due |
| 22 Oct | Wells, The Time Machine: Utopia/Dystopia and social criticism
MSECOND ESSAY: Stoker topic due |
| 24 Oct | Wells, The Time Machine: the man's adventure novel.
Reading: Showalter |
| 26-31 Oct | Study week |
| 29 Oct | MSECOND ESSAY: Wells topic due |
