English 212—Major British Authors: Romantic to
Modern
T/Th
12:30-1:45
McIver 229
Office:
McIver 203 Phone:
334-5866
Office Hours: T/Th 2-3:30 or by
appt. email:
mingyung@earthlink.net
Mailbox: McIver 133
This course provides a survey of
19th and 20th-century British literature. Readings have
been selected with an eye to representing the major genres, styles, and
cultural/historical concerns of the period. Questions we will ask as we read:
What is good literature? What is the function of good literature? What is a
national literature? What is British about British literature? How and why do
our answers to these questions change as we move from the Romantic Period to
the Victorian to the Modern? Course objectives include: 1) the study of British
literature within a historical and cultural context; 2) an examination of
literary and aesthetic theories; and 3) the development of close reading,
critical thinking, research, and writing skills.
Learning Goals:
At the completion of this
course, the student will be able to:
--Identify and
understand varied characteristics of literature
--Apply techniques of literary analysis to texts
--Use literary study to develop skills in careful reading
and clear writing
--Demonstrate understanding of the diverse social and historical contexts in which literary texts have been written and interpreted
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major
Authors. Volume B, 7th Edition.
Frankenstein. Mary Shelley.
Hard Times, Charles Dickens.
Students are expected to own and use a grammar handbook.
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5 1-page, single-spaced papers |
50% |
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Group Presentation w/1-page write-up |
10% |
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Final exam |
20% |
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Participation, quizzes, and in-class writing |
20% |
The format of the class will be a mixture of lecture,
discussion, and group work with an emphasis on student discussion. Students are
expected to come to class having completed the assigned readings and prepared
to actively participate. Please read through the following class policies
carefully:
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Attendance
is mandatory. Students absent for more than 2 classes for any reason may
be dropped or have their grade lowered at the instructor’s discretion.
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Late
papers will not be accepted unless prior permission from the instructor has been
given.
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Tardiness
is unacceptable and will negatively effect your standing in class as
well as your final grade.
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All
assignments are mandatory in order to pass this course,.
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Students and teachers are expected to treat each other with
respect and courtesy in the classroom.
·
Academic
honesty is expected. Students are expected to adhere to the University
Academic Honor Policy.
Tuesday 8/20: Logistics.
Thursday 8/22: Introductions.
Tuesday
8/27: “William
Blake” (1334-47)
“From
Songs of Innocence” (1349-54)
Thursday 8/29: “From Songs of Experience” (1355-64)
Tuesday 9/3: “William Wordsworth” (1424-27)
“Lines
Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” (1432-35)
Thursday 9/5: “From Book Sixth: Cambridge and the
Alps” (1528-31)
Tuesday 9/10: “Samuel Taylor Coleridge” (1573-75)
“The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1580-95)
Paper #1 Due
Thursday 9/12: “Percy Bysshe Shelley” (1710-12)
“A Song: Men of England” (1720-21)
Tuesday 9/17: “John Keats” (1793-96)
“Ode
on a Grecian Urn” (1820-22)
Tuesday 9/24: Frankenstein: Volume 2
Thursday 9/26: Frankenstein: Volume 3
Tuesday 10/1: “Matthew Arnold” (2073-78)
“From
Culture and Anarchy” (2117-23)
Paper #2 Due
Thursday 10/3: “Elizabeth Barrett Browning”
(1892-93)
Aurora
Leigh (1898-1912)
Tuesday
10/8: “Alfred,
Lord Tennyson” (1916-19)
“The
Lady of Shalott” (1920-24)
Thursday
10/10: “Robert
Browning” (2021-25)
“Andrea del
Sarto” (2051-56)
Tuesday 10/15: No
class. Fall break.
Thursday 10/17: Hard
Times: “Book the First”
Tuesday 10/22: Hard Times: “Book the Second”
Thursday 10/24: Hard Times: “Book the Third”
Paper #3 Due
Tuesday 10/29: “Christina Rosetti” (2134-35)
“Goblin
Market” (2140-52)
Thursday
10/31: “Oscar
Wilde” (2165-67)
“From The
Critic as Artist” (2168-76)
“Preface
to The Picture of Dorian Gray” (2176-78)
Tuesday 11/5: “Joseph Conrad” (2302-03)
Heart
of Darkness (2303-63)
Thursday 11/7: Heart of Darkness
Tuesday 11/12: “William Butler Yeats” (2363-66)
“Sailing
to Byzantium” (2385-86)
“Leda
and the Swan” (2386)
Paper #4 Due
Thursday 11/14: “T.S. Eliot” (2604-07)
“The
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (2607-11)
Tuesday 11/19: “Virgina Woolf” (2402-03)
A
Room of One’s Own: Chapters 1-3 (2414-44)
Thursday 11/21: A Room of One’s Own: Chapters
4-end (2444-75)
Tuesday 11/26: No
class. Thanksgiving.
Thursday 11/28: No
class. Thanksgiving.
Tuesday 12/3: “James Joyce” (2487-91)
From
Ulysses: “Proteus” (2524-38)
Thursday 12/5: From Ulysses: “Lestrygonians”
(2538-65)
Paper #5 Due
Final Exam: Due in my mailbox by the start of the scheduled
final exam.