English 2323: British Literature, Romanticism to Present

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1 English 2323: British Literature, Romanticism to Present CRN: Tues./Thurs 8:30-10:00 FAC Contact Hours/Week Regular 16 Week Session Lecture Professor: Tamar LeRoy tamar.leroy@hccs.edu Office: FAC 321A Office hours: After class/ by appointment Catalog Description A critical study of major British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This course requires substantial reading, writing, and research. Students may take ENGL 2322 and ENGL 2323 in any order. Core Curriculum Course. Course Purpose To present a survey of British literature from the Romantic Period to the twentieth century. Through the presentation of selected readings from the major writers, the student is acquainted with the literary forms, the philosophical attitudes, and the political trends of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisite ENGL 1302 Description of Course Content Major British authors of the Romantic Period, the Victorian Period, and the twentieth century are studied, such as William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and John Keats (Romantic Period); Alfred Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, Matthew Arnold, Christina Rosetti, and Oscar Wilde (Victorian Period); Joseph Conrad, William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Doris Lessing (Twentieth Century). Readings include poetry, fiction, drama, and expository or persuasive prose. A substantial proportion of the readings in English 2323 are poems, including a variety of lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetic forms. Concepts essential to the analysis of literature are studied and applied in lectures, class discussions, tests, and written assignments. Textbooks Required: Abrams, M. H., et. al. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Vol. 2. (8th edition) New York: Norton, Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Norton, (This is the publication I am using; you can use another one, as long as you are prepared to follow along during class lecture and discussion.) Recommended: The Little Seagull Handbook, eds. Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg. Materials: A two-pocket folder in which to keep all your homework and in-class writing assignments. A notebook for note-taking. A USB drive. A good university-level dictionary and thesaurus. Student Learning Outcomes for ENGLISH 2323

2 1.) Explain and illustrate stylistic characteristics of representative works of major British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (Romanticism through the present); 2.) Connect representative works of major British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to human and individual values in historical and social contexts; 3.) Demonstrate knowledge of various works of major British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; 4.) Analyze critical texts relating to the works of major British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; 5.) Critique and interpret representative literary works of major British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. HCCS Literature Courses in the Core Curriculum All HCCS 2300-level literature courses satisfy the core curriculum requirement for 3 semester hours of literature (under Humanities and Arts in the Summary Distribution Requirements). A second 2300-level literature course may be taken to fulfill the core curriculum requirement for 3 semester hours in Cross/Multicultural Studies. In 2300-level literature courses, the student will gain increased capability in all six basic intellectual competencies in the HCCS Core Curriculum (reading, writing, speaking, listening, critical thinking, and computer literacy). Student progress in the core competencies will be measured in the activities outlined in the objectives and requirements section of this syllabus. Perspectives in the HCCS Core Curriculum: 2300-level literature courses help students attain the following: 1.) Establish broad and multiple perspectives on the individual in relationship to the larger society and world in which he or she lives and to understand the responsibilities of living in a culturally and ethnically diversified world; 2.) Stimulate a capacity to discuss and reflect upon individual, political, economic, and social aspects of life in order to understand ways in which to be a responsible member of society; 3.) Develop personal values for ethical behavior; 4.) Develop the ability to make aesthetic judgments; and 5.) Integrate knowledge and understanding of the interrelationships of the scholarly disciplines. Class Policies All out of class assignments must be typed, double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 pt. font and printed as a hard-copy. Students are responsible for saving electronic copies of any work turned in for grading. Students must also submit all major assignments on the same day to Turnitin.com, a plagiarism detection software program. Students should turn in assigned work on time (paper-copy and to Turnitin.com). If you can not turn in an assignment on time because of extenuating circumstances, you must arrange with me for an extension. Students are expected to attend class. In accordance with official HCCS policy, students with more than 6 hours of unexcused absence (4 classes for this class) can be dropped for excessive absence at my discretion; while such withdrawal is not automatic, excessive absences will affect your class participation grade. Keep in mind that whatever the reason for your absence, you will miss important class work. If you know you must be absent or if you have an emergency, please me or discuss the situation after class or by appointment. The official withdrawal deadline (for a grade of W) for the Spring 2013 semester is April 1 at 4:30 PM. Merely ceasing to attend class does not count as a withdrawal and may result in a grade of FX, which can affect financial aid. If you are having any issues with completing this course, please contact me or withdraw before the deadline. It is important to be on time for class since I ll spend the first few minutes of class giving instructions, making assignments, explaining concepts, etc. Also, if you re late, you may miss writing assignments that count as part of your grade. Quizzes, daily grades, and short in-class writing assignments can not be made-up due to absences or tardiness. While missing one in-class assignment will probably not affect your grade, missing many will. You will want to exchange contact information with at least two other students in the class, so that if you miss class you will know what is required of you. Whether you are in class or not, you are responsible for the work that is due. According to the Student Handbook for the Houston Community College System, scholastic dishonesty

3 includes cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. Plagiarism means using another person s words or ideas and assimilating them into your own written work without quotation marks (if the exact words are used) or appropriate acknowledgment if borrowed material is summarized or paraphrased. Collusion is defined as unauthorized collaboration, such as working with another student on an assignment that should be done individually, such as a test. Plagiarism will result in a grade of 0 for the assignment. You will not be allowed to rewrite plagiarized assignments. You may also fail the course, or be recommended for probation or dismissal from the Houston Community College System (especially if plagiarizing for the second time). Support Services Tutoring: Free tutoring is available in FAC 321B. Check with the English Department for exact times. Library: The library is in the Learning Hub (3rd floor) Open Computer Labs: Computers are available for word processing in the Learning Hub and the Computer Writing Lab in FAC 302. Check for open hours. You will need to present your student ID to use the open labs. Reasonable Accommodations: Students who require reasonable accommodations for disabilities are encouraged to report to Room 102 SJAC, or call (713) to make necessary arrangements. Faculty are only authorized to provide accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. HCC Grading System: A (90-100) = Exceptionally fine work B (80-89) = Above average work C (70-79) = Average quality work D (60-69) = Below average work F (0-59) = Failing work Grade Percentages for this class: Participation/Professionalism/Attendance: 10% In-class writing/quizzes/presentations (lowest grade dropped): 15% Essay # 1: Literary Analysis: 15% Midterm: 15% Essay # 2: Research Paper: 25% Final Exam: 20% You should try to maintain at least a C average throughout the course. You can easily calculate your current average using free online grade calculators that will determine both your grade and what you need to make on your remaining assignments to earn a good final grade. If you feel you are falling behind, ask me about how you can improve your work in this class (such as: what strategies you can take to improve your reading, writing or test-taking, as well as information about what to focus on in the free tutoring services provided by the HCC Writing Lab, etc.).

4 Week 1 Jan./15 Jan./17 Week 2 Jan./22 Course Calendar (This is a tentative calendar and is subject to change. It is your responsibility to keep on track. Changes will be be announced in class.) Readings and out-of-class assignments should be completed by the corresponding class dates. For example, read "The Tyger" before Thursday, January 17. Some in-classing writing assignments and quizzes will be announced beforehand, some will be unannounced. Introduction to Romanticism In-class diagnostic: Charlotte Smith (56 The Sea View ) William Blake: excerpts from Songs of Innocence and of Experience (118 Introduction ; 125 Introduction ; 122 Holy Thursday ; 127 Holy Thursday ; 120 The Lamb; 129 The Tyger ; 128 The Sick Rose ) Slavery and Social Injustice: continue Blake (120 The Little Black Boy ; 121 The Chimney Sweeper ; 122 The Divine Image ; 128 The Chimney Sweeper ; 132 London ); Mary Robinson (79 January, 1795 ; 80 London's Summer Morning ) Jan./24 William Wordsworth (278 We are seven ; 305 Strange fits of passion have I known ; 305 She dwelt among untrodden ways ; 306 Three years she grew ; 307 I travelled among unknown men ; 334 I wandered lonely as a cloud ) Week 3 Jan./29 Jan../31 Week 4 Feb./5 Feb./7 Week 5 Feb./12 Robert Burns (171 To a Mouse ; 173 Auld Lang Syne ) William Wordsworth: Tintern Abbey" (288 Lines ); (344 Sonnets) The Gothic in Prose: Horace Walpole (586 from The Castle of Otranto); William Beckford (594 from Vathek); Ann Radcliffe (601 from The Mysteries of Udolpho); Matthew Lewis (602 from The Monk) In-class writing: close reading Poetry: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (459 Kubla Khan ) Coleridge, (443 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Thomas De Quincey (565 excerpts from Confessions of an English Opium Eater) Second Wave Romanticism: George Gordon, Lord Byron (616 Written After Swimming from Sestos to Abydos ; 617 She walks in beauty ; 618 Darkness ; 620 So, we'll go no more a roving ; 672 Don Juan, Canto 1) Feb./14 Byron (704 Don Juan, Cantos 2-4) Week 6 Feb./19 Feb./21 Week 7 Feb./26 Percy Bysshe Shelley (776 Ozymandias; 790 England in 1819 ; To Sidmouth and Castlereagh ; 791 Ode to the West Wind ; 832 The Cloud ; 837 To [Music, when soft voices die] ) John Keats (904 On First Looking into Chapman's Homer ; 906 On Seeing the Elgin Marbles ; 911 When I have fears that I may cease to be ; 927 Ode to a Nightingale ; 930 Ode on a Grecian Urn ; 922 "Bright Star...") John Keats (951 To Autumn ; 964 This living hand, now warm and capable ; 923 "La Belle Dame Sans Merci")

5 Feb./28 Week 8 March/5 March/7 Mary Shelley Frankenstein Frankenstein Midterm Exam Week 9 ***Spring Break: No class March 12 and 14*** Week 10 March/19 March/21 Week 11 March/26 March/28 Week 12 April/2 April/4 Week 13 April/9 The Victorian Period Tennyson (1161 The Lady of Shallott; 1170 Ulysses ); Christina Rossetti (1490 Song: When I am Dead, My Dearest ; 1493 In an artist's studio ; 1493 A Birthday ); Freidrich Engels (1589 from The Great Towns); Charles Dickens (1599 from Hard Times and Coketown); (1600 Poverty Knock ) Essay # 1 due Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (1129 selections from Sonnets from the Portugeuse) Robert Browning (1278 Porphyria's Lover ; 1282 My Last Duchess ; 1292 Love Among the Ruins ) Thomas Hardy (1916 "On the Western Circuit"); Matthew Arnold (1387 Dover Beach ); Oscar Wilde (1733 The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 1) Oscar Wilde ( The Importance of Being Earnest ) Late Victorian/Early Modern: Joseph Conrad, (1951 Heart of Darkness) Heart of Darkness The Great War and the Death of Chivalry : selected poems of Siegried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenburg, Wilfred Owens, Robert Graves April/11 James Joyce: (2282 The Dead ; 2278 Araby ); T.S. Eliot (2524 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ) Week 14 April/16 April/18 Week 15 April/23 April/25 Week 16 April/30 May/2 In-class writing Imagism (selected poems); D.H. Lawrence (2514 selected poems) Film: The Third Man finish The Third Man Short essay on The Third Man Dylan Thomas (2698 "The Force That Through the Green Fuse..."); Seamus Heaney (2953 "Digging ; 2953 "The Forge"; 2954 The Grauballe Man ; 2955 "Punishment") Conferences Essay # 2 due Last day class Review for Final May/9 Final Exam May/10 Grades Posted in Peoplesoft by 5:00 PM

6 Grade Percentages for this class: Participation/Professionalism/Attendance: 10% In-class writing/quizzes/presentations (lowest grade dropped): 15% Essay # 1: Literary Analysis: 15% Midterm: 15% Essay # 2: Research Paper: 25% Final Exam: 20%