Overview

British Authors: Romantic to Modern introduces the great writings of British literature set against the backdrop of major historical events and shifting cultural concerns.

All course information, materials, communication tools, and links to required readings are available online at bb.uncg.edu. You have the option to purchase the Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol.2 or to access all readings for free online. Should you choose the second option, please make a hard copy of each reading and bring your copy with you to class. Students are expected to keep up with the reading schedule and come to class prepared for discussion.

Make-up exams will be given only in cases of illness, verified with a note from your physician or from student health services.

August 20 (M) Introduction to Course

August 22 (W) Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

August 24 (F) Blake: "The Lamb," "The Tyger," "London"

August 27 (M) Blake (cont'd)

August 29 (W) Wordsworth: "Tintern Abbey"

August 31 (F) Wordsworth: "Tintern Abbey"

Sept. 3 (M) Labor Day Holiday

Sept. 5 (W) Coleridge: "Eolian Harp," "Frost at Midnight"

Sept. 7 (F) Coleridge: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Sept. 10 (M) Coleridge: "Kubla Khan"

Sept. 12 (W) Byron: Manfred

Sept. 14 (F) P. Shelley: "Mont Blanc"

Sept. 17 (M) P. Shelley: "Mont Blanc"

Sept. 19 (W) Nightmare: Birth of Victorian Horror (video)

Sept. 24 (M) M. Shelley: Frankenstein (cont'd)

Sept. 26 (W) M. Shelley: Frankenstein (cont'd)

Sept. 28 (F) Keats: "Ode to a Nightingale"

Oct. 1 (M) Keats: "Ode to a Nightingale" (cont'd)

Oct. 3 (W) First One-Hour Exam

Oct. 5 (F) Introduction to Victorian Age

Oct. 8 (M) Fall Break

Oct. 10 (W) Tennyson: "Lady of Shalott"

Oct. 12 (F) Tennyson: "Ulysses"

Oct. 15 (M) Browning: "Porphyria's Lover"

Oct. 17 (W) Browning: "My Last Duchess"

Oct. 19 (F) Christina Rossetti: "Goblin Market"

Oct. 24 (W) Arnold: "Dover Beach"

Oct. 26 (F) Hopkins: "God's Grandeur"

Oct. 29 (M) Hopkins: "The Windhover," "Carrion Comfort"

Oct. 31 (W) Second One-Hour Exam

Nov. 2 (F) Conrad: Heart of Darkness

Nov. 5 (M) Conrad: Heart of Darkness

Nov. 7 (W) Conrad: Heart of Darkness

Nov. 9 (F) Yeats: "The Second Coming"

Nov. 12 (M) Yeats: "Lapis Lazuli"

Nov. 14 (W) Yeats: "Lapis Lazuli"

Nov. 16 (F) Eliot: "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Nov. 19 (M) Eliot: "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Nov. 21 (W) Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov. 23 (F) Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov. 26 (M) Eliot: The Wasteland

Nov. 28 (W) Eliot: The Wasteland

Nov. 30 (F) Joyce: "The Dead" from The Dubliners

Dec. 3 (M) Joyce: "The Dead" from The Dubliners

Dec. 5 (W) Pinter: The Dumb Waiter

Dec. 7 (F) Pinter: The Dumb Waiter

Dec. 10 (M) Last day of classes: Review for final exam