English 331-01/ RCO 226-01 (credit for WMS and Honors)

Women in Love: Literature and Lives

Dr. Fran Arndt (w) 334-5915 or (h) 294-4667 fcarndt@uncg.edu

Office hours: MW 9-10, T 2-3, and by appointment.

Assigned Texts: Bronte, Jane Eyre

Bowen, The Death of the Heart

Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Tyler, Ladder of Years

additional material on reserve or handed out in class

Student 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

General Expectations

· Courses will be broad and foundational in nature; they will not assume extensive previous knowledge

Courses will satisfy most (if not all) of these guidelines

Tentative Schedule:

Jan.14 Introduction to class and to each other

16 Discussion of excerpt from Wollstonecraft

21 Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen

23 Film "Persuasion"

28 Discussion of film

30 Introduction to the Brontes

Feb. 4 Jane Eyre

6 Jane Eyre

11 Jane Eyre

13 Student Reports

18 Student Reports

20 Test 1

25 Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own” film

27 Discussion

Mar. 4 Student Reports

6 Film “Washington Square"

March 10-14 Break

Mar. 18 Introduction to Elizabeth Bowen and The Death of the Heart

20 Death of the Heart

25 Death of the Heart

27 Student Reports

Apr. 1 Student Reports

Apr. 3 Student Reports

8 Test 2

10 Introduction to Zora Neale Hurston and Their Eyes Were Watching God

15 Their Eyes

17 Student Reports

22 Introduction to Anne Tyler and Ladder of Years

24 Ladder

29 Ladder

May 1 Student Reports

6 Final Session at Arndts' house - film or reports with pot-luck dinner

7 Reading Day

Grading: Term paper and class report 40%

2 tests 20% (10% each)

class attendance/ participation 20%

take-home final exam 20%

You can take 2 unexcused absences without penalty; however, these cannot be taken on days when we have tests. Any other absences will harm your grade. As this is a seminar I expect you to come prepared to discuss the assigned material, which means all novels, handouts, etc. should be read before the day on which they are to be discussed.