Intended primary for my Creative Inquiry on Woolf and Place (2012-2013)
and my capstone seminar on Virginia Woolf (Fall 2010),
this blog also contains an account of our Woolf trip in May 2012
as well as posts about flowers and gardens in the life and work of Virginia Woolf.



*Photo of Monk's House Garden taken from door of Woolf's bedroom*

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Tentative Syllabus for Virginia Woolf Seminar

EK Sparks
Tentative Syllabus for Virginia Woolf Seminar
Fall 2010

1. Th, Aug 19 : Course Intro
2. T, Aug 24: Resources, References, Libraries, Journals, etc. Biographical PPT.
3. Th, Aug 26: “A Sketch of the Past” (1939) (VWR)
4. T, Aug 31: “The Mark on the Wall” (1917) (VWR)
5. Th, Sep 2: “Kew Gardens” (1919) (VWR)
6. T, Sep 7: Jacob’s Room (1922)
7. Th, Sep 9: Jacob’s Room
8. T, Sep 14: Early Essays: “Modern Fiction” (1919; 1925) (VWR), “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” (1923) (VWR); “Lives of the Obscure: Miss Ormerod” (1924); “On Not Knowing Greek “(1925) (VWR) ; “Jane Austen” (1925) (VWR)
9. Th, Sep 16: T, Sep 21: Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
10. Th, Sep 23: Mrs Dalloway
11. T, Sep 28: To the Lighthouse (1927)
12. Th, Sep 30: To the Lighthouse
13. T, Oct 5: To the Lighthouse
14. Th, Oct 7: Orlando (1928)
15. T, Oct 12: Orlando
16. Th, Oct 14: Middle Essays: “How Should One Read a Book?” (1926) (VWR); “Street Haunting” (1927) (VWR); “On Being Ill” (1930) (VWR); “Memories of a Working Women’s Guild” (1930); “Professions for Women” (1931) (VWR)
17. T, Oct 19: A Room on One’s Own (1929)
18. Th, Oct 21: A Room of One’s Own
19. T, Oct 26: The Waves (1931)
20. Th, Oct 28: The Waves
FALL BREAK
21. Th, Nov 4: The Waves
22. T, Nov 9: Late Short Stories and Essays: “Walter Sickert: A Conversation” (1934); “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid” (1941); “Death of the Moth” (p.h.)
23. Th, Nov 11: Three Guineas (1938)
24. T, Nov 16: Three Guineas
25. Th, Nov 18: Between the Acts (1941)
26. T, Nov 23: Between the Acts
THANKSGIVING
27. T, Nov 30: Late Short Stories: “Lappin and Lappinova” (1938) (VWR); “The Searchlight” (1929,39,p.h.); “The Legacy” (1940)
28. Th, Dec 2: Wrap-up
WOOLF MINI-CONFERENCE: Students present final projects during scheduled exam time

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