ENGLISH
2122
BRITISH
LITERATURE II
Fall 2007
MWF – 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. – King 7
“Among all the revolutionary creations of man, writing ranks as the supreme intellectual achievement.” --Robert D. Briggs
Professor: Erin E. Campbell Office: Conger 311
Office Phone: 391 - 4953 Office Hours: MWF 7:00 – 8:00 AM,
MWF 9:00 – 10:00 AM,
MWF Noon – 1:00 PM, and
by appointment
Required Texts: Greenblatt, Stephen, et al, eds. The Norton Anthology of
English Literature, Vols.D, E, F. 8th ed.
The above anthology must be packaged with:
Shelley, Mary.
Frankenstein. Ed J. Paul Hunter. Norton Critical ed.
Your WebCT and ABAC e-mail address
Additional
Materials: Paper for notes,
blue books for exams, dictionary for words, and sticky
notes for questions
Course description: Successful completion of ENGL 1102 with a grade of C or higher is the pre-requisite for this course. This is a survey British literature course designed to foster in the student some knowledge and appreciation of British Literature from the Romantic period to the Twentieth century through examining representative works of major authors and addressing literary, cultural, and philosophical movements during the latter three centuries of British history. Issues of class, gender, and culture will inform the dominant contexts for the literature and discussion. My intent is that you hone your critical reading, writing and thinking skills as you continue to develop your love of literature.
Course Requirements: You are responsible for the assigned reading material on the due date
listed in the course calendar. Daily quizzes will ensure that you are keeping up with the reading, both literary and contextual assignments. Quizzes may not be made up. The three lowest quiz grades will be dropped Attendance and punctuality are mandatory. Three tardy arrivals and/or early departures will be counted as an absence. If you arrive more than fifteen minutes late or leave more than ten minutes early, you will be counted as absent for the class. You are responsible for making up any work that might be missed. I highly recommend getting notes from a classmate if you miss any class discussion. In addition to three exams, you are required to write a competent, college-level research paper using MLA documentation style. Further details are forthcoming. Finally, you will respond to questions posted to your WebCT electronic discussion board for journal assignments. You must bring the appropriate text(s) to class every day. In addition, be sure to check the WebCT regularly for important announcements and provocative ancillary materials.
Journals: The purpose of journals is to extend the conversation
about the literature outside the classroom.
Journals allow you to express your interpretations in a bit more detail
as you investigate the issues suggested by them. Journals can also help you gather your
thoughts for essay questions and help you broaden your understanding of
unfamiliar texts and ideas. I will post
a question to the WebCT. Each of you will answer the question that I
post and you will respond to at least one other person’s response. Thus, to complete the assignment, each person
must post two responses. You need to
support your responses with evidence from the texts and salient examples, and
avoid merely repeating what your classmates have already stated. For example, it is perfectly acceptable to
agree with a peer’s response, but you don’t want to just repeat what s/he
says. You may also post your own
questions within your reply in order to spur further discussion. The minimum length for each
response is two well-developed paragraphs. Each journal response is worth ten possible
points; 20 possible points for the entire response.
Quizzes: Success on quizzes is entirely a matter of reading the assigned material and taking the time to both take notes on it and to think about the basics of the content of the reading such as plot and characters. Quizzes will rarely ask for interpretation of the texts, but you will need to read both actively and deliberately in order to achieve success. Quizzes may include issues presented during Powerpoint presentations. Each quiz is worth ten points.
Exam Format: Exams will usually consist of two parts: identification/short answer and essay. The identification/short answer section will excerpt quotes from the texts we’ve read and you will be responsible for identifying the author, title, and or speaker of the excerpt and explaining the significance of the excerpt for the text as a whole. Mark passages that we emphasize in class in order to remember them more readily. Essays require you to synthesize common themes between the texts we have read during the period covered by the exam. You will complete your exam in a blue book.
Grading scale: A (100 - 90), B (89 - 80), C (79 - 70), D (69 - 60), F (59 - below)
Grades: Participation
(quizzes, discussion, etc.) 25%
Exam I 15%
Exam II 15%
Final Exam 25%
Journals 10%
Research Essay 10%
Grades will be posted on WebCT and will include a Midterm advisory grade and the final grade. The midterm advisory grade will reflect the course grade as of the midterm break. If the midterm advisory grade is a “C,” “D,” or “F,” it will also be recorded on Banner. This grade is intended to guide your performance, should it need improvement, in the second half of the semester. If you receive one of these grades, I encourage you to meet with me to develop a plan for success for the rest of the course
But wait, there’s more:
The
key to success in this course is preparedness. Read the
assignments; take notes on
your reading and make notes within your text; come to class with questions;
come prepared to participate in lively and interesting discussion; take notes
in class. Often reading pieces just
once, especially poems, is not enough, which is why notes within your text and
in addition to your text are so important.
Since reading and thinking are integrated skills, be sure to think about
the implications of what you are reading and read for both meaning and
interpretation. That’s all there really
is to it!
My philosophy: Literature
is life: our own, those who have come
before us, those who will
come after us, those who speak our language and those
who speak a different one. Stories inform us about our world, culture, society,
and history through their power to teach, disturb, provoke thought, and elicit
emotion. The stories we tell and the
stories we read make us who we are and become a part of us as individuals as
well as uniting us to a larger cultural whole, revealing to us sometimes much
more about similarities than differences between apparently divergent histories
and cultures. Stimulating dialogue about
literature that reveals divergent perspectives is one of the most satisfying
intellectual exercises available to us as we continue the lifelong pursuit of
knowledge.
Course Goals
1. To approach the study of literature as an expression of the human condition.
2. To advance students’ knowledge of major literary genres
3. To provide tools and opportunity for effective thought and discussion of literature as a reflection of history, culture, and philosophy
4. To build advanced reading, writing, critical thinking, and research skills.
5. To explore connections between students’ interests and the broader ideas of literature
Course
Outcomes
Students who
successfully complete this course will be able to
1. Read and identify texts representing a
variety of genres and historical periods
2. Interpret literature analytically and
critically
3. Demonstrate an awareness of historical
contexts as well as major literary periods
4. Demonstrate in at least one paper the ability
to use MLA documentation properly
5. Demonstrate in at least one assignment the
ability to use computers to write and do research
6. Evaluate literature and its role in culture
and society.
Classroom Etiquette
(A Reminder): Set
your cell phones to silent while you are in class and be sure that they are
securely stored. In order to ensure that
everyone in the class may take advantage of the best possible college learning
experience, be sure to complete personal business outside the classroom and be
mindful of the students around you during class. Sleeping in class will result in an
absence. Missing class for any
reason is your choice and thus it is your responsibility to weigh the
consequences of that choice.
Logging in
to WebCT Vista
1. From ABAC’s Home page http://www.abac.edu
2. If you do
not know your Username for WebCT Vista,
a. Go to Banner Web [link] from ABAC’s
Home page
b. Look up you New Student ID [link]
c. Enter the information
d. Continue [Button]
e. Your WebCT Vista ID
(username) will be provided
f. Return to ABAC’s home page
3. WebCT Vista (link)
4. Login (link
5. Enter your WebCT ID (username) and Password
a. ID/Username: (See above instructions for obtaining Vista
ID from Banner Web)
b. Password: PIN (from Banner web)
5. OK (button)
6. Selected Course
(course link) You will only have one ENGL 2122 option
TENTATIVE
COURSE CALENDAR
BRITISH
LITERATURE II – FALL 2007
“No entertainment is so cheap as
reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”
--Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu
August 20: Course Introduction
22: The Romantic Period: 1-22;
24: Blake: 76-79; From Songs of
Innocence, “Introduction” 81; “The Lamb” 83; “The Chimney Sweeper” 85*
27: Blake: From Songs of Experience, “Introduction,” 87;
“The Chimney
Sweeper,”
90; “The Tyger,” 92; “
29:
31: William Wordsworth: 243 – 5; From Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, 262 – 74; Samuel Taylor Coleridge: 424 – 426; “Kubla
Kahn,” 446
September 3: LABOR
DAY (NO CLASS)
5: Byron: 607-611; “She Walks in Beauty” 612; “So, we’ll go no more a
roving” 616
7: John Keats: 878-80; “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad” 899-900; “Ode
on a Grecian Urn” 905-6
10: Percy Bysshe Shelley: 741 – 744; “Mutability” 744; “Ozymandias” 768
12: Mary Shelley: Preface, vii – xii; Frankenstein, Title page (unpaginated) -
156
14:
Frankenstein
17:
Frankenstein, Critical Articles (TBA)
19: Frankenstein
21: Frankenstein
24:
26: EXAM I
28: The Victorian Age: 979 – 999;
October 1: Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1077 – 9; “The Cry of the Children” 1079 -82;
“Sonnet
43”
1085
3: Alfred, Lord
Tennyson: 1109 – 1112; From Idylls of
the King, 1189 -90; “The
Coming
of Arthur,” 1190 -1201
5: Charles Dickens: 1236 – 9;
“A Visit to Newgate” 1239 - 48
8: Robert Browning: 1248 -52;
“My Last Duchess,” 1255 -6; Matthew
Arnold:
1350
– 4; “
10: Victorian Issues: Evolution,
1538 – 1545;
12: Industrialism: Progress or
Decline?,
1556-7; 1572 -74; 1576 -9
15 - 16: FALL BREAK (No Class)
17: The “Woman Question”: The Victorian Debate
About Gender, 1581 – 83;
1583
– 8; 1596-7;
19:
22: Late Victorians: 1635 -7; Robert Louis Stevenson: 1643 -4; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
1645 - 85
24:
26: Oscar Wilde: 1686 – 7, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1698 -1740
29:
31: EXAM II
November 2: The Twentieth
Century: 1827-1850; Joseph Conrad:
1885-87; The Heart of
Darkness 1890 - 1912
5: The
Heart of Darkness 1912-1947
7:
9:
12: Wilfred Owen:1971; “Dulce Et Decorum Est,” 1974
14: William
Coming”
2036 - 7
16:
19: Virginia Woolf: 2080 – 82; “The Mark on the Wall,” 2082 – 87
21: RESEARCH DAY
22
– 23: THANKSGIVING
26: James Joyce: 2163 - 65;
“Araby,” 2168 - 72
28: D. H. Lawrence: 2243 – 5; “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter,” 2258 -
69
30: RESEARCH PAPER DUE
December 3: T. S. Eliot:
2286 – 89; “The Hollow Men,” 2309 – 2311;
5: Eliot: “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock,”
2289 - 93
7: Review
for Final
11: FINAL EXAM – 10:30 –
12:30
PLEASE NOTE: I reserve the right to make changes to the
course calendar as needed.
Consult your student handbook for any policies not covered in this syllabus. You are responsible for knowing campus rules and regulations regarding academic procedures.
SPECIFIC TO THIS
CLASS: Attendance is mandatory.
Missing more than six classes will result in failure of the course. Arriving after roll is called or leaving
before class is dismissed (regardless of reason) will be weighted as a tardy. Three tardy arrivals and/or early
departures will count as an absence. If you arrive more than fifteen
minutes late or leave more than ten minutes early, you will be counted as absent for the class. The
ONLY Excused absences will consist of the following and require
documentation: hospitalization of
yourself or your minor child, or institution sanctioned events. If you must be absent, it
is your responsibility to find out what you missed on the day you return to
class.
ABAC ATTENDANCE
POLICY
Courses at
Instructors will keep accurate attendance records and must report the individual number of absences with midterm and final grades. Students whose number of unexcused absences is more than twice the number of class meetings per week (the equivalent of two weeks of instruction) will receive a grade of “F” for the course. Fewer absences than twice the number of class meetings per week may result in grade penalties at the discretion of the instructor. Specific attendance requirements applying to labs, clinics, accelerated classes or Learning Support will be adapted to the unique situation by the appropriate division. Final determination of what constitutes an excused absence rests with the classroom instructor. In implementing this Policy, faculty will not include in a student’s unexcused absences those absences incurred due to authorized and approved College sponsored events (or in the case of joint-enrollment students high-school sponsored events) in which the student represents the institution as part of a group or under the direct supervision of a faculty or staff member.
Whenever a student is absent, whether for official or personal reasons, the student must assume responsibility and provide notice to the instructor, preferably in advance, for making arrangements for any assignments and class work missed because of the absence. However, final approval for make up work remains with the individual instructor.
A student who stops attending class without officially withdrawing from the course is subject to this attendance policy and will receive a grade of “F” for the course.
At the beginning of each semester, instructors will explain clearly to their students specific attendance requirements (including possible penalties). Additionally, they will publish the attendance policy on their syllabi and web-sites.
A student penalized for excessive absences may appeal through the grade appeal process, as stated in ABAC’s college catalog and student handbook.
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