The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson

What do you think about the following claim?

Jekyll and Hyde are like a dual personality, a single entity dissociated into two. They have become what Otto Rank calls opposing selves. According to Rank, the double in primitive societies is conceived of as a shadow, representing both the living person and the dead. This shadow survives the self, insuring immortality and thus functioning as a kind of guardian angel. In modern civilizations, however, the shadow becomes an omen of death to the self-conscious person. Doubles become opposites and demons rather than guardian angels (Rank, 71-76). This is particularly true in inhibited or self-restrained modern societies like that of Victorian Britain.

"Wuthering Heights" (2009 film)

Here I send you a link to watch the 2009 version of "Wuthering Heights":

http://www.alluc.org/movies/watch-wuthering-heights-online/watch1392842.html?hc=2fd2b15056239f3af050bac345fe88ee|1315929588

Enjoy it!

Constanza

American Revolution & Independence

Seven Years' War

Industrial Revolution

Napoleonic Wars

French Revolution

New Schedule

Language and Culture III
Schedule 2011
Second Semester

August_& September

Literature:

 “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Coleridge.
 Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.
 “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by Keats.
 “Summer and Winter” by Shelley.
 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
 Hard Times by Charles Dickens.
Historical context:
 Napoleonic wars.
 Congress of Vienna.
 Unification of Italy and Germany.
 Napoleon III.

October

Literature:

 “Helpstone”, “Singing in Winter”, “The Primrose” and “The Setting Sun” by John Clare
 Adam Bede by George Eliot (written assignment).
 The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Historical context:
 Tories ans Whigs.
 Queen Victoria.
 Palmerston.
 Crimean war.

November

Literature:

 Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Historical context:
 Gladstone and Disraeli.
 Suez, Egypt.

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge

Dear all,
Have a look at this link:

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/Rime.html

Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein

Oral Presentations (August, 30th & September,1st)

Analysis of:
 Characters (1 student).
 The role of Nature and natural surroundings in the novel (1 student).
 Gothic elements present in the novel (2 students - see file N°36)
 The criticism this novel proyects towards science (1 student).
 The structure of the novel (1 student).

Shamela (Criticism)

Henry Fielding Shamela Criticism

Pamela vs. Shamela (link)

http://mural.uv.es/pagamo/lit2links.html

Pamela

Frank W. Bradbrook in his article about Samuel Richardson ( The New Pelican Guide to English Literature) claims “Unfortunately, the character of Pamela does not create the impression of pure and injured innocence that Richardson intended. The weakness of Richardson as a moralist is that he appears to be unconscious of the implications of the situations that he describes. There are elements of hypocrisy and coarse-grained vulgarity in his heroine. What repels the reader is not merely the inconsistency of a supposedly chaste maiden whose dreams are filled with ideas of rape, but whose waking moments resound to prate about her honour”.
Do you agree or not? Justify your opinion basing yourself on what you have read.

Robinson Crusoe (excerpt film 1997)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbeYkSrW2Q

Robinson Crusoe

The book was published on April 25, 1719. Before the end of the year, this first volume had run through four editions. Within years, it had reached an audience as wide as any book ever written in English.

By the end of the 19th century, no book in the history of Western literature had more editions, spin-offs and translations than Robinson Crusoe, with more than 700 such alternative versions, including children's versions with mainly pictures and no text. Why do you think this novel gained so much popularity?

First debate

What relevance do you think The Battle of the Books might have today in the context of the controversy the opening of the Book Fair has generated?

Book of History

Book of History (XVIII-XIX)

Selection of poems by Clare

Clare, J Selection of poems and sonnets

On the Sublime by Burke

Edmund Burke (On the Sublime)

"Ode to a Grecian Urn" by Keats

John Keats (Ode on a Grecian Urn)

Joseph Andrews by Fielding

Joseph Andrews (chapters I-X)

Map

Map Great Britain

Periodical Essays

Periodican Essays (A Country Sunday; Westminster Abbey)

Poetry Terminology

Poetry Terminology

Shamela by Fielding

Shamela by Fielding

"Summer and Winter" by Shelley

Summer and Winter (Shelley)

The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Coleridge)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge)

"The Battle of the Books" by Jonathan Swift

The Battle of the Books (Swift)

Schedule 2011 (First Semester)

1^st & 2^nd Weeks (April, 8^th,11^th 15^th)

• Introduction to the subject and period.

• “What is Literature?” by Terry Eagleton.

• Context previous to XVIII century

• Mercantilism

3^rd week (April,18^th)

• XVIII century England

• Jonathan Swift: The Battle of the Books.

4^th week (April 25^th ; 28^th)

• Periodical essays: “Westminster Abbey” and “A Country Sunday”

• The Enlightenment

• Ana Stuart

• Spanish Succession War

5^th week (May, 3^rd; 6^th )

• Louis XIV & European context

• The rise of the novel

• Robinson Crusoe by Defoe

6^th week (May, 10^th; 13th)

• Robinson Crusoe by Defoe

• George I

• George II

7^th week (May, 17^th; 20^th)

• The Sentimental novel: Pamela by Richardson (extracts)

• Pamela’s parody: Shamela by Fielding

8^th week (May, 24^th; 27^th)

• Pamela’s parody: Shamela by Fielding

• 1st written test

9^th week (May, 31^st; June, 3^rd)

• Austrian Succession War

• Seven Yeras’ War

• The Industrial Revolution

• Colonies (written assignment)=> time devoted to teacher’s guidance

10^th week (June, 7^th; 10^th)

• Colonies (written assignment)=> time devoted to teacher’s guidance

• Colonies (oral exposition and deadline- written assignement)

11^th week (June,14^th; 17^th)

• The Independence of the American colonies

• The French Revolution

• Blake:Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience (“The Tyger”; “The Lamb” and “Holy Thursday”)

12^th week (June, 21^st; 24^th)

• Preface to Lyrical Ballads.

• “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Coleridge.

13^th week (June, 28^th; July 1^st)

• Napoleonic wars

• Shelley and Keats (“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by Keats and “Summer and Winter” by Shelley).

• Gothic fiction: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

14^th week (July 5^th ; 8^th)

• Gothic fiction: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Material (number of files)

Material en fotocopiadora

Syllabus and Schedule (2011)

Syllabus 2011