Fall 2004
Hodgkins Office: TR 10-12 & MWF by appt.
Mcvr. 115; 4-4690
hhhodgki@uncg.edu
(h) 316-0463
Course description: This course involves extensive reading of high-modernist
British fiction by Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf; we also will read not-so-high
modern novels by Forster, Waugh, and Greene. We will focus on ideas and aesthetic
beliefs as demonstrated in modernist stylistic innovations and in typical themes
such as the artist’s development, religious loss, and gender conflict.
As a small, writing-intensive course, this class also requires that students
share their words and ideas, in class discussion, in small-group editing, and
in scheduled presentations.
Course goals: The student successfully completing this course will be able
to:
--read and understand some of the significant novels of twentieth-century Britain;
--grasp some patterns of thought and aesthetics in literary modernism;
--explain and debate these ideas with precision, clarity, and confidence;
--enjoy the beauty and challenge of great novels.
Texts: Please endeavor to find the correct editions. Most are available in
used bookstores.
Conrad, Heart of Darkness (Dover)
Joyce, Ulysses: The Corrected Text, ed. Hans Walter Gabler (Vintage/Random)*
Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (Viking Penguin)
Woolf, To the Lighthouse (Harcourt/Brace pb)
Forster, A Passage to India (Harcourt trade pb)
Greene, The Power and the Glory (Viking/Penguin pb)
Waugh, Decline and Fall (Little, Brown / Back Bay pb)
Recommended: Blamires, The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses (3rd
ed. PB)
*You MUST possess your own copy of the Gabler edition of Ulysses.
Your responsibilities:
A. To read each novel carefully and come to class prepared to discuss it.
B. To give one oral book report on the date scheduled.
C. To write three thoughtful and meticulous papers and turn them in as scheduled.
D. To take two examinations according to the scheduled dates.
Grades: Reading quizzes & typed paragraphs 10%
Ulysses paper (5 pages) 15%
Outside novel paper (5 pages) and presentation 15%
Final paper (expanded revision, 8-10 pages) 20%
Midterm and final examinations (20% each) 40%
Attendance: Regular, prompt attendance is expected. Tardiness and early leave-takings will be regarded as evidence of your indifference. Your grade will be reduced after three absences and you will be dropped from the roll after missing four classes. This rule does apply to students who add late. In most cases, doctors' appointments and job responsibilities do not constitute acceptable excuses for missing class.
Honor policy: All work in this class should be governed by the UNCG Academic
Integrity Policy. I consider the use of Cliff’s Notes or any crib resource
a violation of this policy. Any work falsely submitted as your own will receive
an F and will subject you to University disciplinary procedures.
Schedule (subject to revision): You should read the introduction to each novel.
8/16 Introduction to modern fiction; introduction to Heart of Darkness; typed
paragraphs
8/18 Heart of Darkness
8/23 Sons and Lovers, Intro and Part I
8/25 " " 173-254
8/30 " " 255-385; use of quotations
9/1 " " 386-end
9/6 Labor Day
9/8 Ulysses, Intro; Chapters 1, 2
9/13 Ulysses 3, 4, 5; essay construction, claims and evidences
9/15 Ulysses 6, 7*, 8
9/20 Ulysses 9*, 10, 11*
9/22 Ulysses 12*, 13*
9/27 Ulysses 14, 15*
9/29 Ulysses 16, 17*
10/4 Ulysses 18*; Sign up for outside novel report.
10/6 Midterm examination
(10/8: Last day to drop.)
10/11 Fall break
10/13 To the Lighthouse, "The Window"
10/18 "Time Passes"; middlebrow modernism & writing discussion;
quotation principles
10/20 No class; outside novel prep day
10/25 “The Lighthouse”
10/27 Outside novel reports
11/1 Outside novel reports
11/3 Outside novel reports
11/8 A Passage to India, Part I (Mosque)
11/10 Passage to India, Part II
11/15 Passage to India, Part III; using outside sources
11/17 Decline and Fall, Part I
11/22 Decline and Fall, II & II Friday, 12/10: Final paper due (5 p.m.)
11/24 Thanksgiving Final exam: Monday, 12/13, 12-3 p.m
11/29 The Power and the Glory
12/1 The Power and the Glory
12/6 The Power and the Glory