Seminar in Victorian Literature
Class Discussion

"'The persons who are most incapable of a conscientious struggle such as yours, are precisely
those who will be likely to shrink from you on the ground of an unust judgment;
because they will not believe in your struggle'" (626).
George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860)

Prepare: generate observations and questions while reading

Speak: share your ideas in class, supported closely by textual evidence

Write: take detailed notes, create marginalia, and doodle our discussion points

Respond: argue, ask questions, and propose alternatives to others' ideas (including mine)

"The Hostage" (1912)
Edmund Blair Leighton

Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu