ENGL 1146

ENGL 1146: An Introduction to the Novel

Three (3) credit hours

In this course, we will survey the development of the novel in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on representative works by five writers. We will explore the social contexts, the innovations in narrative form, and the elements of fiction, including plot, narration, characters, setting, and dialogue. We will also cover key sub-genres, such as the domestic drama, the bildungsroman, the Gothic novel, the stream of consciousness novel, and the postwar novel. Some of these novels are lengthy, so you should start on the reading right away and take careful notes on the books as you progress through the course.

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Dr. Vicky Simpson, Department of English, University of New Brunswick
Email: vsimpson@unb.ca; Telephone: (506) 453-4676 

ENGL 1146 is presented online through lecture notes, writing lessons, quizzes, and essays. Students write a three-hour invigilated final exam at the end of the course.

Required texts:

• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813)
• Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (1861)
• Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898)
• Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
• Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair (1951)

Recommended text:

• A Short Guide to Writing About Literature, edited by Barnet and Cain

Students may use any editions of these books but might want to look for good scholarly editions (by Oxford or Broadview, for instance) because the critical introductions, detailed footnotes, and contextual information will likely be useful.

Textbooks can be ordered from the UNB Fredericton Bookstore:
506-453-4664
unb.bkstr.ca

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