Quest Courses – Fall 2023 / Old Courses / ELIZABETH GASKELL
Coordinators: Arlene Curinga, Patricia Geehr, Susan Keohane
An English novelist, biographer, and short-story writer, Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels offer a detailed portrait of society, particularly the very poor.
For the Spring semester, we will read her novel, “Mary Barton,” the story of a working-class family and the friends they meet on holiday. We will discover how those families’ lives connect, how one father lapses into a bitter depression, and we’ll uncover the causes of that depression and the resulting events.
A WEEK / MONDAY / 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Elizabeth Gaskell, Spring 2023 | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
Feb 06 | Arlene Curinga | Mary Barton -Pages 3 - 69 Chapter 1 - 6 |
Feb 20 | Presidents Day | No Classes |
Mar 06 | Sheryl Harawitz | Mary Barton, Pages 70 - 147 Chapter 7 - 13 |
Mar 20 | Pat Geehr | Mary Barton, Pages 148- 210 Chapter 14 - 19 |
Apr 10 | Susan Keohane | Mary Barton, Pages 211 - 285 Chapter 20 - 29 |
Apr 24 | Mary Ann Donnelly | Mary Barton, Pages 287 - 312 Chapter 30- 32 |
May 08 | TBD | Mary Barton, Pages 313 - 366 Chapter 33 to end |
Other Classes:
- THEATER TALKBACK
- FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
- INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
- WEEK IN PARIS
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP
- EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
- SYMPOSIUM
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
- AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
- HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- AGING
- FASCINATING ISLANDS
- BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES
- THE NOBEL PRIZES
- READING EDITH WHARTON
- WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
- THE NEAR EAST
- HISTORY OF GERMANY
- A PASSAGE TO INDIA
- INDIE FILMS
- INDIE FILMS
- SLAVERY’S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
- RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- READING THE RABBIS
- RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- MYTHOLOGY
- LITERARY HEROINES
- HOWARDS END
- HOUSE OF MIRTH
- FABULOUS FIFTIES
- READING BLACK LIVES
- BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
- MOZART’S WOMEN
- ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
- AFRICAN CONTINENT
- PRESENTER’S SHOWCASE
- INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- ACTING CLASS
- LAW & ORDER
- POINT OF VIEW
- MODERN OPERA
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS
- ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY