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LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
What is Fiction? Appearance vs. Reality
2 Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Vol. 1  
3 Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Vol. II  
4   Essay 1 (3 pages)
What's a Good Story? Confronting Evil
5 Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Ch. 1-12.  
6 Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. To Conclusion.  
7   Revision (3 pages)
8 Melville, Herman, Typee. Ch. 1-10.  
9 Melville, Herman, Typee. Ch. 11-22.  
10   Add Date
11 Melville, Herman, Typee. Through "Afterword".  
10   Essay 2 (5 pages)
Violence, Violation, and Fictional Form
12 Tolstoy, Leo. "Hadji Murad".  
13 Tolstoy, Leo. "Hadji Murad". Continued.  
14 Keller, Nora Okja. Comfort Woman. Ch. 1-10. Revision 2 (optional)
15 Keller, Nora Okja. Comfort Woman. To Conclusion. Special Class: Visit with Nora Okja Keller followed by evening reading.
16   Essay 3
Art and Life: What Matters?
17 Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Ch. 1-8.  
18 Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Ch. 9-20.  
19 Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Ch. 1-18. Revision 3 (optional)
20 Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Ch. 19-39.  
21 Woolf, Virginia. To The Lighthouse. Pp 3-62.  
22   Drop Date
23 Woolf, Virginia. To The Lighthouse. Pp 62-124.  
24 Woolf, Virginia. To The Lighthouse. Pp 124-143.  
25 Woolf, Virginia. To The Lighthouse. Pp 145-209.  
26   Essay 4 (7 pages)
27 Conclusion