E 349S Virginia Woolf

Instructor: Echols, R Areas: Unique #: 35535 Flags: Writing, Global Cultures Semester: Spring 2020 Restrictions: Cross-lists: WGS 345 Computer Instruction:

Description: This reading-intensive course will examine Woolf’s writing across a number of genres: her short fiction and self- described “sketches”; her essays, reviews, and correspondence; her modernist manifestos; and her major novels. We will explore not only the meaning and method of these works, but their engagement with the tumultuous times in which they were written: Woolf’s productive (and sometimes problematic) wrestling with issues of class, gender, race, violence, and politics. Classes will be devoted to careful and collaborative analysis of the texts assigned, though students are encouraged to pursue their interest in theoretical approaches to Woolf in their written work. We will meet weekly in the Harry Ransom Center to work with archival materials related to Woolf and her literary networks, and students will conduct and present research on these materials. We will consider Woolf from a variety of angles: writer, modernist, literary tastemaker, feminist, white feminist, advocate, antagonist, publisher, and critic. We will also explore what it meant to be all of these things at the height (and decline) of the British Empire, amidst the earth-shaking events that have come to define modern life.

Texts: Books: Essays and Additional Readings: The Complete Shorter Fiction ISBN: 9780156212502 By Woolf: “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” The Voyage Out (1915) “Modern Fiction” ISBN: 9780156028059 “The Leaning Tower” “Thoughts of Peace in an Air Raid” Mrs. Dalloway (1925) ISBN: 9780156628709 By Others: Gloria Anzaldúa, “Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers" Orlando (1928) Winifred Holtby, “The Advantages of Being Virginia Stephen” ISBN: 9780156701600 Other readings as assigned. These shorter pieces will be made available through Canvas. A Room of One’s Own (1929) ISBN: 9780156787338

The Waves (1931) ISBN: 9780156949606

The Years (1937) ISBN: 9780156997010

Between the Acts (1941) ISBN: 9780156118705

Requirements & Grading:

Students will be assessed on the following assignments this term: Two short critical essays (3-5 pages; 25% each) 50% In-Class Writing Assignments, Quizzes, and Participation 20% Archival Research Project and Essay (3-6 pages) 30%

Final grades will be determined on the following scale. Please note: To ensure fairness, all numbers are absolute, and will not be rounded up or down at any stage. For example, a B- will be inclusive of all scores of 80.0000 through 83.9999. The University does not recognize the grade of A+.

A=94-100 A-=90-93 B+=87-89 B=84-86 B-=80-83 C+=77-79 C=74-76 C-=70-73 D+=67-69 D=64-66 D-=60-63 F=0-60

Late Work: Late work will incur a penalty of one letter grade for each calendar day (NOT class day) after the due date until it is turned in. So, a paper turned in two days late would have 20 points deducted from its total grade, and so on.

Attendance/Tardiness: Attendance is crucial to your success and to the community that is this class. You are allowed three absences without penalty. After that, one letter grade (10 points) will be deducted off of your final grade for the course for each day you miss. In accordance with University policies, absences for documented medical, personal, or religious reasons will be excused provided reasonable notice is given, in advance when possible. I will take attendance each day at the beginning of class. If you arrive at any point after I have taken the roll, I will mark you as tardy for that class day. Three tardies equate to an absence, which will be counted against the three absences you are allowed for the course. If you have extenuating circumstances that will contribute to consistent tardiness, let me know within the first two weeks of class.

Schedule:

DATE READING ASSIGNMENT

Syllabus and Course Policies; Biographical and historical contexts: Woolf, The Bloomsbury 1/22 Circle, and the Hogarth Press Woolf’s early fiction and backgrounds of Modernism. From Complete Short Fiction, [CSF]: 1/24* "Phyllis and Rosamond" (1906), pp. 17-29. *Meet in HRC for class.

1/27 CSF: "The Mark on the Wall" (1917), pp. 83-89; “Kew Gardens” pp. 90-95.

"A Woman's College from Outside" (1922), pp. 145-148; "A Simple Melody" (1925), pp. 1/29 Sign up for HRC research dates. 201-207

1/31* Precocious Youth: Woolf’s first novel. Read The Voyage Out Chapters 1-2

2/3 The Voyage Out Chapters 3-6

2/5 The Voyage Out Chapters 8-9

2/7* The Voyage Out Chapters 10-11

2/10 The Voyage Out Chapters 12-16

2/12 The Voyage Out Chapters 17-19 2/14* The Voyage Out Chapters 20-22

2/17 The Voyage Out Chapters 23-25

2/19 The Voyage Out Chapters 26-27

2/21* HRC Workshop Day

2/24 Woolf on Method: Read “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” (1919) [Canvas] Critical Essay 1 Due

Woolf and the Modernist Day Novel. Read “Mrs. Dalloway on Bond Street” (CSF pp. 152- 2/26 160) and Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 1-13

2/28* Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 14-48

3/2 Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 49-94

3/4 Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 95-127

3/6* HRC Orientations/Research Workshop

3/9 Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 128-194

3/11 Woolf and Feminism: A Room of One’s Own, Ch. 1-3

3/13* A Room of One’s Own, Ch. 4-6

3/16 Spring Break

3/18 Spring Break

3/20 Spring Break

3/23 Woolf in Context: Winifred Holtby, “The Advantages of Being Virginia Stephen” [Canvas]

3/25 Gloria Anzaldúa, “Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers" [Canvas]

HRC Workshop; read Woolf, “Thoughts of Peace in an Air Raid” 3/27* [handout] Woolf, “The Cinema”; “Thunder at Wembley”; “Memories of a Working Women’s Guild” 3/30 Critical Essay 2 Due [Canvas] *fill out Ranked Preference form to 4/1 Unit Selection Workshop: The Waves; The Years, Orlando select our next novel

4/3* HRC Workshop

4/6 Student-selected novel 4/8 Student-selected novel

4/10* Student-selected novel

4/13 Student-selected novel

4/15 Student-selected novel

4/17* Student-selected novel

4/20 Woolf, “The Leaning Tower” [Canvas]

4/22 Shrinking Islands: Woolf’s final novel, Between The Acts, pp. 3-43

4/24* Between The Acts, pp. 44-95

4/27 Between The Acts, pp .96-154

4/29 Between The Acts, pp. 155-219

5/1* Research Presentations

5/4 Research Presentations

5/6 Research Presentations

5/8 Final Class Day

Archival Research Essay Due on 5/12 Canvas

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