English 3700 schedule, spring 2026
Updated 4/12/2026
This schedule is tentative (even after it's completed!).
English 3700 schedule, spring 2026
Updated 4/12/2026
This schedule is tentative (even after it's completed!).
Focus |
Dates |
Readings |
Assignments |
Introduction(s) |
Jan 12-14 |
– Discussion 1: greetings and introductions |
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What is fiction? What's a novel? |
Jan 13-15 |
– What is fiction? – Definition of Plagiarism |
– Plagiarism pledge (D2L dropbox) |
Drop/Add ends |
Jan 16 | ||
Moll Flanders |
Jan 14-19 |
Daniel Defoe overview |
– Discussion 3a: Moll Flanders – Possible critical response |
| Jan 19-24 | Moll Flanders pp. 100-248 | – Discussion 3b: Moll Flanders – Possible critical response |
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Pride and Prejudice |
Jan 25-31 | Jane Austen overview Pride and Prejudice 1-132 (chaps. 1-34) |
– Discussion 4a: Pride and Prejudice – Possible critical response |
Feb 1-6 |
Pride and Prejudice 132-262 (chaps. 35-61) |
– Discussion 4b: Pride and Prejudice – Possible critical response |
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Our Mutual Friend |
Feb 9-14 |
Charles Dickens overview 1864-1865 original serial version in PDF Our Mutual Friend: Part 1, chaps 1-4 (First monthly installment) Part 1, chaps 5-7 (Second monthly "part") Part 1, chaps 8-10 (Third monthly part) |
– Discussion 5a: Our Mutual Friend – Possible critical response |
| Feb 15-22 | Our Mutual Friend: Part 1, chaps 11-17 Part 2, chaps 1-12 |
– Discussion 5b: Our Mutual Friend – Possible critical response |
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| Feb 22-March 1 | Our Mutual Friend: Part 2, chaps 13-16 Part 3, chaps 1-15 |
– Discussion 5c: Our Mutual Friend – Possible critical response |
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| March 1-11 | Our Mutual Friend: Part 3, chaps 16-17 Part 4, chaps 1-16 |
– Discussion 5d: Our Mutual Friend – Possible critical response |
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Madame Bovary
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March 13-17 |
Gustave Flaubert overview Madame Bovary 1-120 |
– Discussion 6a: Madame Bovary – Possible critical response |
March 17-22 |
Madame Bovary 120-247 | – Discussion 6b: Madame Bovary – Possible critical response |
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| Spring Break | March 23-27 | ||
Crime and Punishment |
March 28-April 5 | Fyodor Dostoyevsky overview Crime and Punishment Parts 1-2, pp. 1-155 |
– Discussion 7a: Crime and Punishment – Possible critical response |
| April 13-19 | Crime and Punishment Parts 3-4, pp. 156-283 | – Discussion 7b: Crime and Punishment – Possible critical response |
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April 20-26 |
Crime and Punishment Parts 5-6 & Epilogue, pp. 284-430 | – Discussion 7c: Crime and Punishment |
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| The Things They Carried | April 27-May 5 | The Things They Carried tba | – Possible formal paper assigned |
Reading Days |
May 6-7 | – Possible paper due | |
Final exam |
May 8 |
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– Possible Final exam in D2L |