Week 1    -   Intro to the Course and Course Policies.

(16/2)          By week 4 (8 March) read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by                            Lewis Carroll.

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Week 2    -    The Romantic View of Childhood.

(23/2)           Read:

                     Ode: Intimations of Immortality (1807) by William                                                          Wordsworth

                    The First Golden Age by Humphrey Carpenter p.56-70

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Week 3  -     Domestic Fiction in the 19^th century.

(1/3)           Read:

                   NACL: Domestic Fiction p.2067-2074 (materials from the                                    instructor)

                   Psyche's Art (1868) by Louisa May Alcott (approx. 16 pages)

                   Have a look at:

                   The facsimile of the original book Psyche's Art here.

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Week 4  -    Read:

(8/3)          Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll.

       Homework for next week: Find at least one pun in Alice’s                        Adventures in Wonderland and be able to explain it.

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Week 5    -   Fantasy & Lewis Carroll. 

(15/3)         Read :

                   NACL, Fantasy. p.551-554

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Week 6     -  George MacDonald - inspiration for many a fantasy writer.

(22/3)          Read: 

                   The Light Princess (1864) by George MacDonald.

                    Seminar paper deadline (all students). 

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Week 7    -  Easter.

(29/3)       

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Week 8   -   Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.

(5/4)           Read: Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie (a play from 1904) here

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Week 9    -   The Happy Prince.

(12/4)          Read: The Happy Prince (1888) by Oscar Wilde here.

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Week 10    - The First Golden Age in America. The Wonderful Wizard of            (19/4)          Oz.

                    Read: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by Lyman Frank Baum  

                    here.

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Week 11    - Beatrix Potter.

  (26/4)       Read: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) here

                   The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903) here

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Week 12  -  Poetry written for children.

 (3/5)         Read: p.1122-1126 from NACL (materials from the instructor)
                    

                  Task: Choose one poem by any author of the given period (The                            Golden Age) and interpret it.

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Week 13   -  Project deadline for all students.

                   Credits.

(10/5)       

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