ENGL 2120.03
British Literature Survey
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Instructor: Dr. M. Crafton |
TR 12:30-1:45 -- HU 208 |
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Office: TLC 225 Office Hours: T,R 9:30-11:30; 4:00-5:00 Wednesday 9:30-11:30 |
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Course
description: A survey of important works of
British literature. Required for English majors. May count for credit in Area
C.2. Prerequisites: ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 |
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Course requirements: 1. Daily attendance,
preparation, and completion of all class assignments. 2. Mid-term and final exams. 3. Two short essays. For
more information on the assignments, see below. |
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REQUIRED
TEXTS: The Norton Anthology
of English Literature. The Major Authors. Ed.
M.H. Abrams et al. 7th ed. New York: Norton, 2001. A
Glossary of Literary Terms. M. H. Abrams and
Geoffrey Galt Harpman. 9th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. |
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Daily Assignments: Entries
in bold are to be found in A Glossary of Literary Terms everything
else in the anthology or a special handout. |
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Jan 8 |
Thurs |
Introduction to class, syllabus, policies, and texts |
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Jan 13 |
Tue |
Overview of British
literary period and the major periods of the history of the English Language Periods
of English Literature Canon
of Literature Begin Anglo-Saxon history and literature: Caedmon's Hymn
in class reading (online text here) |
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Jan 15 |
Thurs |
Continue
Anglo-Saxon history; Caedmon’s Hymn and Dream
of the Rood Begin reading Beowulf Dream
Allegory; Dream Vision Accentual-Syllabic
Meter, Alliteration |
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Jan 20 |
Tue |
Day off for inauguration. |
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Jan 22 |
Thurs |
Beowulf
(half). Heroic
Poetry Kenning |
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Jan 27 |
Tue |
Beowulf
(finish) Bildungsroman |
Begin thinking about
paper topic. |
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Jan 29 |
Thurs |
Introduction
to Middle English and Medieval Romance Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight Anglo-Norman
Period Medieval Romance,
Troubadour Middle
English Period Courtly
Love, Platonic Love Gothic,
Interpretation:
Typological and Allegorical,
Alliterative Revival |
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Feb 3 |
Tue |
Chaucer:
General Prologue to Canterbury Tales and begin the Wife of Bath’s
Prologue Frame
Story Verbal
irony, Satire |
Discuss paper. |
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Feb 5 |
Thurs |
No class
today: finish writing paper # 1 |
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Feb 10 |
Tue |
Chaucer: Wife
of Bath’s Prologue and Tale Point
of View |
Paper # 1 due at the beginning
of class. |
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Feb 12 |
Thurs |
Introduction
to Renaissance: Wyatt, Surrey, Bible, Sonnets of Sidney, Spencer, and
Shakespeare Sir
Thomas Wyatt “They flee from me” 341 Earl of Surrey English Bible Spenser, Sonnet 1 430 Renaissance, Renaissance, Petrarchan conceit Sonnet, Sonnet cycle,
Sonnet sequence Christian
humanism |
Return Paper # 1 |
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Feb 17 |
Tue |
Shakespeare,
“Tudor Myth” and Falstaff Chronicle
Plays, Chronicles Comic
Relief |
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Feb 19 |
Thurs |
Shakespeare Twelfth Night (Acts 1 and 2) Alazon,
Blank verse Comedy
and Romance |
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Feb 24 |
Tue |
Shakespeare Twelfth Night (Acts 3,4, and 5) Alazon,
Blank verse Comedy
and Romance |
Clip
Four (Sh_in_Love) Clip
Five (Sh_in_Love) Clip Six (Sh plus Taylor) |
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Feb 26 |
Thurs |
Early
Seventeenth Century: Drayton, Donne, Marvell, Jonson, Herbert, Lanyer Donne
– “The Flea” “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” Holy Sonnets # 10, and # 14 Marvell – “To His Coy
Mistress”“The Garden” Jonson – “Inviting a
Friend to Supper” “To the Memory of
Shakespeare” Lanyer
– “Eve’s Apology” Metaphysical
poets, Metaphysical conceit Cavalier
poets, Carpe diem |
Review for Mid-Term
Exam |
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Mar 2 |
Mon |
Last Day to Withdraw with a W |
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Mar 3 |
Tue |
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Mar 5 |
Thurs |
Remaining 17th
Century Poems to Discuss: Intro to
Restoration and the 18th Century; Dryden, "Why Should a Foolish Marriage
Vow," "Whilst Alexis Lay Pressed” (click here for the
text); Lady Montague. Neoclassical
and Romantic, Wit,
Restoration, Restoration comedy Satire, Irony |
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Mar 10 |
Tue |
Milton, Paradise
Lost Book I Trickster,
Epic Tragic
hero Ptolemaic
Universe, Baroque |
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Mar 12 |
Thurs |
Pope, Rape
of the Lock; Swift, "A Modest Proposal" and “A Description of a
City Shower” Optional
Reading: Fanny Burney pages 1302-1303; and Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
1253-1254 Neoclassic
Period 213 Zeugma, Vers de société Mock
epic, Neoclassic, Decorum |
Return Mid-Term Exams. |
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Mar 17 |
Tue |
Spring
break, no classes |
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Mar 19 |
Thurs |
Spring
break, no classes |
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Mar 24 |
Tue |
Aphra
Behn Oroonoko;
Olaudah Equiano “The
Middle Passage”1292 Novel, Narrative Enlightenment,
Great Chain of Being |
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Mar 26 |
Thurs |
Intro
Romanticism: Blake, Selected Songs Wordsworth, Preface
to Lyrical Ballads (skim), shorter poems (1427-1431), Myth, Romantic Period, Romantic Symbol
, Lyric Sublime,
Ballad |
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Mar 31 |
Tue |
Coleridge “Kubla Khan,” The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner Gothic, Ode Fancy
and Imagination |
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Apr 2 |
Thurs |
Keats,
"Ode on a Grecian Urn," "La Belle Dame"; Shelley,
"Ode to the West Wind," "Hymm to
Intellectual Beauty.” Negative
Capability, Synesthesia Objective
and subjective |
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Apr 7 |
Tue |
Introduction
of Victorian Period; E. B. Browning “Sonnets from the Portuguese”; Tennyson,
"The Lady of Shalott," “Lotus Eaters,”
"Ulysses" Victorianism Victorian
Period |
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Apr 9 |
Thurs |
No class
today; finish writing paper # 2 Continue
with Victorianism. |
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Apr 14 |
Tue |
Browning “My
Last Duchess,” “Porphyria's Lover,” “Soliloquy of Spanish
Cloister”; Arnold, “Dover Beach” Dramatic
Monologue |
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Apr 16 |
Thurs |
Wilde, Preface
to Picture of Dorian Gray and Christina Rosetti
“Goblin Market” Art
for art's sake, Aestheticism Sprung
rhythm, Pre-Raphaelites Here
is an old link you might find amusing: Web Lecture: First take a quiz; Click here
and then follow the yellow brick road. |
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Apr 21 |
Tue |
Intro to
Modern Period; Hopkins “Pied Beauty” “Windhover”;
Hardy, "Hap," "Ah, Are
You Digging on My Grave?”; Yeats
"The Lake Isle of Innisfree,"
"Easter 1916" "The Second Coming," "Sailing to
Byzantium," "Leda and the Swan”;
Lawrence, "Snake." Edwardian
Period, Modern Period Celtic
Revival, Realism and Naturalism |
Paper # 2 due at the
beginning of class. |
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Apr 23 |
Thurs |
Eliot, The
Waste Land; |
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Apr 28 |
Tue |
Seamus Heaney,
“Digging,” “The Skunk,” “Station Island,” “The Sharpening Stone” Modernism,
Objective correlative Dissociation
of sensibility, Epiphany, Stream of Consciousness |
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FINAL
EXAM: Thursday, May 7, 11:00-1:00 Click here for the
Final Exam |
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May 7-10 |
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International Congress
of Medieval Studies in Michigan |
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Learning
Outcomes: Students
will develop the ability to recognize and identify significant achievements in
British literature. Students
will understand the relevant social, historical, and aesthetic contexts of
these literary works. Students
will appreciate the implications of theoretical and critical approaches to
such literature. Students
will develop enhanced cultural awareness and analytical skills. Students will demonstrate their
command of academic English and of the tenets of sound composition by means
of thesis-driven analytical prose. |
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Relationship
of course goals to program goals: This course fulfills the Area C.2 requirement in
the core for all students. This course fulfills the Area C (Humanities/Arts)
Learning Outcomes: qTo
develop the ability to recognize and identify achievements in literary, fine
and performing arts; qTo
have an appreciation of the nature and achievements of the arts and
humanities; and qTo
develop the ability to apply, understand, and appreciate the application of
aesthetics criteria to “real world circumstances. This course fulfills an Area F requirement for
English majors (all tracks) in the core. This course fulfills one of the core-level
language arts requirements for Middle Grades Education majors. This course contributes to the program goal of
equipping students with a foundation in literary history and the issues
surrounding literary study in contemporary culture. This
course broadens students' desire and ability to take pleasure in their
encounter with literature. |
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Additional
Course Specifications: n The
course will cover British literary history from Old English to contemporary
texts. n The
course will include significant canonical figures, including Chaucer and
Shakespeare, and significant
literary movements with emphasis on texts which have been influential
in the construction of subsequent literature. All syllabi should include
major figures for each literary period. The course will include a diversity of genres, with
attention to the notable achievements within each literary period (e.g.
medieval heroic epic and romance, Renaissance drama, 17th century
poetry, 18th century satire, Romantic poetry, Victorian poetry and
fiction, modern poetry abd fiction). MLA style documentation should be emphasized and
required on the out of class essays. |
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EVALUATION
AND GRADING PROCEDURES: The students' understanding and
achievement of the learning objectives will be measured by two objective
exams, two out-of-class essays, daily quizzes and in-class discussion. |
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Participation: The
in-class discussion and quizzes will measure the students' daily effort and
working comprehension of the material and ability to manipulate that
comprehension in extemporaneous discussion. |
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Objective
Exams: The objective exams
will measure the students' ability to read and analyze quotations from the
literature covered in the course and their ability to formulate
paragraph-sized responses to general questions on material covered in class.
To prepare for these exams, you should during class mark (in your book or
otherwise) all passages that we go over (either by reading the passage or
merely referring to it).You should also take clear notes on background
materials and on the general themes and interpretations of passages and
works. For
more information on taking these exams, how to prepare for them, and how to
write them, go to this web page. |
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Out
of class essays: The
essays will measure the students' ability to develop a more extended and
detailed reading of a piece of literature. Each
out of class essay will consist of a two to three-page typed essay (one-inch
margins, 12-point font) that allows the student to respond to a selection or
selections of literature in a personal and analytical fashion. For topics and
advice on writing this essay, including a sample essay, go to this web page. |
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CLASS
POLICIES |
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Attendance:
You are expected to read the selections carefully, repeatedly and lovingly before
coming to class each day. Just because you miss a day or the class does not meet
does not excuse you from the reading. The reading is the most important part
of the course. Since this class meets only twice a week, attendance is all
the more important. Attendance should be understood as more than merely
occupying space in a passive manner; rather, it should be understand as a
productive act. In fact, it should be considered a production in the way that
creating a paper or report is considered as a production. In order to get
full credit, your presence must be known, and it must be known as that of a
prepared student working to make the class an event of learning, of
intellectual and artistic exchange. |
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Late
Work: Generally, my policy for unexcused late work is
that it loses a letter grade for every day it is late. There are, of course,
extenuating circumstances, but these need to be made and made well. All
make-up work for absences must be arranged prior to class date for
said work. |
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Plagiarism:
Intentional plagiarism, that is, the conscious adoption of someone else's writing
or ideas as your own, is a profanation of everything I hold important. If a
student is clearly guilty of this, the result will be an F for the class and
a report to the disciplinary officials of the University. |
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GRADES:
30% Mid-term exam 30% Final exam 15% Essay number one 15% Essay number two 10%Participation
(Quizzes, Attendance, Presentations) |
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