Back to courses | GUIDE to the FORMATS | Calendar (term structure |
GO TO: | Seminar 1 - Week 1 | Seminar 2 - Week 3 |
Seminar 3 - Week 5 | Seminar 4 - Week 7 | Seminar 5 - Week 9 |
Seminar 6 - Week 11 | Seminar 7 - Week 13 | Exam |
Week 1
30 min (in-Course) |
Metaphysical Poetry |
Read about the Metaphysical poets at: | website | |
The Flea by John Donne | > | Webage at Luminarium. Has also sound file. | ||
A fine presentation of John Donne in The Guardian | Donne's life and personality. | |||
Week 3 |
Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe |
Robinson Crusoe - annotated DOC | ZIP archive (password-protected) containing a printable Word DOC file. 252 pages and 850 footnotes for words and data. | |
Robinson Crusoe, EPUB formatted by MobileReads. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth | ePUB format. Viewable (and scaleable) on e-readers, smarthones, tablets or computer displays. See Guide to the formats | |||
Robinson Crusoe - illustrated, abbreviated for children | ZIP archive (password-protected) containing a PDF file. 120 pages in very large print. This is OPTION A of the minimal 6-grade package, to go with a minimum reading of 20 pages of text from the original book! |
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Robinson Crusoe - illustrated, written anew for children | ZIP archive (password-protected) containing an EPUB file of simplified novel text. This is OPTION B of the minimal 6-grade package, to go with a minimum reading of 20 pages of text from the original book! Guide to the formats |
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Robinson Crusoe - graphic novel | ZIP archive (password-protected) containing a CBR file (large file: 44 MB!). 65 pages in graphic novel format. Readable with CDisplayEX reader. Guide to the formats This is OPTION C of the minimal 6-grade package, to go with a minimum reading of 20 pages of text from the original book! |
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Week 420 min(in-Course) |
Samuel Pepys - Diary |
Samuel Pepys org | You have to present some interesting facts you have found out from the Samuel Pepys website about everyday life in this age. | |
Week 5 |
Jonathan Swift - Gullivers Travels |
Gulliver's Travels - annotated book | A password-protected ZP file containing a Word DOC. 284 pages with 951 footnotes in English and Romanian | |
Gulliver's Travels - EPUB book, B&N | EPUB file from B&N. Has many annotations in English (hyperlinked clickable notes). Readable on a portable device (ereader, tablet) with Adobe Digital Editions or Calibre. See Guide to the formats |
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Gulliver's Travels - EPUB book, with colour illustrations | EPUB file from MobileReads, edited by Hamlet53. Has splendid color illustrations. Readable on a portable device (ereader, tablet) with Adobe Digital Editions or Calibre. Large file: 12 MB. See Guide to the formats |
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Gulliver's Travels - graphic novel | ZIP archive (password-protected) containing a CBR file (large file: 13 MB!). 52 pages in graphic novel format. Readable with CDisplayEX reader. Guide to the formats This is OPTION A of the minimal 6-grade package, to go with a minimum reading of 20 pages of text from the original book! |
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Week 7 |
Samuel Richardson - Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded |
Annotated - Word DOC | A password-protected ZIP file containing a Word DOC. 500 pages with hundreds of footnotes in English and Romanian | |
Pamela - EPUB book, B&N | EPUB file from Mobile Read. Readable on a portable device (ereader, tablet) with Adobe Digital Editions or Calibre. See Guide to the formats |
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Pamela - annotated fragments | DOC file, annotated in just a few fragments. See Guide to the formats |
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Week 9 |
Henry Fielding - Jonathan Wild the Great |
Annotated - Word DOC | A ZIP file containing a Word DOC. 200 pages with hundreds of footnotes in English and Romanian | |
Jonathan Wild - EPUB book, | EPUB file from Adelaide University, re-formatted by AO. Readable on a portable device (ereader, tablet) with Adobe Digital Editions or Calibre. See Guide to the formats |
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Review | Novelist and biographer Peter Acroyd comments on Jonathan Wild in The Guardian | |||
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