In an attempt to approximate a Victorian reading experience, this class will read Dickens's great novel Bleak House in serial installments throughout the semester, alongside other texts.
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: The Victorian Period |
| 2 | Dickens |
| 3 | Thomas Carlyle John Ruskin |
| 4 | Thomas Carlyle (cont.) John Ruskin (cont.) Dickens (cont.) |
| 5 | Elizabeth Gaskell |
| 6 | Elizabeth Gaskell (cont.) Dickens (cont.) |
| 7 | Elizabeth Gaskell (cont.) |
| 8 | Elizabeth Gaskell (cont.) Dickens (cont.) |
| 9 | John Stuart Mill |
| 10 | John Stuart Mill (cont.) Dickens (cont.) |
| 11 | John Stuart Mill (cont.) |
| 12 | Henry Mayhew Dickens (cont.) |
| 13 | Henry Mayhew (cont.) Isabella Beeton |
| 14 | Henry Mayhew (cont.) Isabella Beeton (cont.) Dickens (cont.) |
| 15 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| 16 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (cont.) Dickens (cont.) |
| 17 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (cont.) |
| 18 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (cont.) Dickens (cont.) |
| 19 | Dickens (cont.) |
| 20 | Lewis Carroll |
| 21 | Lewis Carroll (cont.) |
| 22 | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 23 | Arthur Conan Doyle (cont.) Rudyard Kipling |
| 24 | Dickens (cont.) |
| 25 | Dickens (cont.) |