English 601: ENGLISH STUDIES

                                                                       Fall 2002

 

Prof. Denise Baker                                                                                           Office hrs: T 6-6:30 &

132 McIver, 4-5311                                                                                          by appt.

dnbaker@uncg.edu

 

Required Texts:

James Harner, Literary Research Guide, 4th ed.,  2002

Thomas Mann, The Oxford Guide to Library Research, 1998

Donald Keesey, Contexts for Criticism, 3rd ed., 1998

William Shakespeare, The Tempest (any edition)

 

Recommended Text

            Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th ed., 1995

 

Student Learning Goals:

Upon completingthis course, you should be able

            1. to begin and carry through extensive, systematic, and thorough research on topics related to English studies

2. to inform high school and undergraduate students about useful research materials for English studies

3. to identify the major schools of  practical literary criticism that will serve you as critics, teachers, and scholars and that can lead you to more specialized                    studies of literary theory

4. to locate yourself as a professional in the field of English studies

 

Assignments and grading:

Ten bibliography exercises                                                        5 pts. each, 50% of final grade

Two one-page critiques of critical theory                                   10 pts. each, 20% of final grade

Ten to twelve pages final essay                                                  30 pts. 30% of final grade

Additional points may be added to final grade for quality and quantity of class participation

 

Honor Code: All of your work is governed by the UNCG Honor Code.

 

 

Aug. 20            Introduction

        27            Meet in the Citi in Jackson Library; Bibliography exercise 1, including the sections in Mann and Harner indicated

Sept.  3            Meet in Special Collections on 2nd floor of Jackson Library, old bldg.; Bibliography exercise 2

         10           Hamlet textual criticism project; read The Tempest and list the critical questions it raises for you; write a brief definition of literature; Bibliography exercise 3

         17           Kesey, General Introduction, 1-8; Formal Criticism, 71-79, and essays by Brooks, 80-87, and McDonald, 108-120; Wellek and Warren, “The Mode of Existence of a Literary Work of Art,” Theory of Literature, chapter 12, on reserve; Bibliography exercise 4

         24           Historical criticism I, 9-16; essays by Hirsch, 17-28, and Yachin, 40-52; Bibliography exercise 5

Oct.   1            Reader Response Criticism, 139-49 and essays by Rosenblatt, Iser, Holland, and Skillias, 150-89; Bibliography exercise 6

          8            Mimetic Criticism, 203-212, and essays by Paris, 226-34 and 246-54, donovan, 235-45, and Thompson, “‘Miranda, Where’s Your Sister?’ Reading Shakespeare’s The Tempest,” on reserve in library; Bibliography exercise 7

         22           Intertextual Criticism, 279-92, and essays by Frye, 293-301 and 338-45, and Culler, 202-311; Bibliography exercise 8

         29           Historical Criticism II, 451-59, and essays by Eagleton, Belsey, Greenblatt, Brown, 460-97; Bibliography exercise 9

Nov.   5           Poststuctural Criticism, 371-83, and essays by Derrida, 383-394, Fish and Miko, 405-424; Sausurre, “Nature of the Linguistic Sign,” Course in General Linguistics; and J. Hillis Miller, “On Edge: The Crossways of Contemporary Criticism,” on reserve; Bibliography exercise 10

          12          Literary Criticism and Pegagogy: M. H. Abrams, “Construing and Deconstructing,” in Doing Things with Texts, 291-332; Graff, “Taking Cover in Coverage”; and Armstrong, “The Conflict of Interpretations and the Limits of Pluralism” all on reserve

          19          student essays

          26          student essays

Dec.     3         student essays

           17         final paper due