ENGLISH 2321 Readings in British Literature The Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period

ENGLISH 2321 Readings in British Literature The Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period Instructor Information: Kristina K. Gaspar, M. Ed. Email: k.gaspar@goldisd.net or k.gaspar@angelo.edu Telephone: (325) 648-3081 Available M-F during Homeroom and by appointment M-Th after 3:45p.m. Readings in British Literature - Course Description: A study of diverse works by British writers, with an emphasis on reading, comprehending, and thinking critically about the selected works within the context of British cultural and literary history. English 2321 is a general survey with the primary objectives of familiarizing students with some of the major periods, authors, and literary movements from the first ten centuries of literature in English (Old, Middle, Early Modern) and will help develop the skills to master a lot of material quickly. Because our understanding of literature written during this period deepens significantly when we examine it within its historical and cultural contexts, this course will also include background material on the many, social, technological, and cultural transformations taking place throughout Great Britain and the world to which literary artists were responding during this survey. Suggestion for reading a lot of material well involves thinking while reading annotation. Write in the margins, not over the text or highlight. You need to see the poem (text) again. Use a pencil to 1) list genre, verseform, cast of characters, settings; 2) divide the text into its primary sections ; 3) give a running plot synopsis at the top of the page; 4) bracket, attribute, and give a synopsis of speeches; 5) mark, in the margins important theses, keywords, structuring images, and central tropes. Using a pencil this way allows you to find your way around the text quickly and to articulate its larger shapes. Upon completing sophomore literature, students should be able to 1. understand the role of literature as a expression of values and interpretations of human experiences 2. understand and apply methods of responding to literature analytically 3. understand form, function, scope, and variety of literature, including specialized terminology 4. understand the interactive relationship between history, culture, and literature Sophomore literate outcomes will be measure by various assignments, including the composition of a literary analysis and described on the following pages. British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 1

Required Texts and Materials Greenblatt, Stephen. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors. 9th ed., Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013. Print. ISBN: 978-0-393-91964-6 Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Print. or Orwell, George. 1984. New York: New American Library, 1955. Print. Grading Please also have: Pens/pencils, note-taking material such as sticky notes, highlighter and notebook paper You will also need access to a computer with internet. Weekly Analysis/ Responses 30% Reading Quizzes 30% Participation 10% Final exam 30% Weekly Analysis/Responses: You can expect a weekly exercise that will review various literary elements and grammar. Be sure you read the exercise thoroughly and be sure you understand the requirements. Exercises will be turned in using Blackboard. See Rubric for expectation. Reading Quizzes: You will be assigned various reading quizzes to ensure you are reading and comprehending the pieces we read for this course. Quizzes will be in paper or online format and will be completed in-class ONLY. *Textbooks are allowed. Participation: Attend and remain alert in every class period. Our class sessions will consist of class discussions, group activities, in-class exercises, and individual including an outline and peer review for the final literary analysis essay. Missing in-class or out-of-class activities and exercises, arriving to class late or leaving early, falling asleep, or otherwise disengaging from course business during class will negatively impact your final course grade. Final Exam: Your final exam will be a 7-8 page literary analysis of the readings covered throughout this survey. You will choose a theme and synthesize the information based on your chosen literary premise. British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 2

Foundational Component Area: Language, Philosophy & Culture. Courses in this category focus on how ideas, values, beliefs, and other aspects of culture express and affect human experience. Courses involve the exploration of ideas that foster aesthetic and intellectual creation in order to understand the human condition across cultures. Core Objective University SLO Course SLO General Learning Activities Critical Thinking CT1: Gather, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information relevant to a question or issue. Students will master a series of assigned literary works in terms of generic conventions and content. Learning activities will include listening to lectures, taking notes, participating in classroom discussions and in-class group work, reading quizzes, oral and written Communication Social Responsibility Personal Responsibility CS1: Develop, interpret, and express ideas through effective written communication. SR3: Demonstrate the ability to engage effectively in the campus, regional, national or global communities. PR1: Demonstrate the ability to evaluate choices, actions and consequences as related to ethical decision-making. Coursework Policy and Procedures Students will produce written analyses of individual literary works and take essay examinations that are graded in terms of both content development and clarity of expression following widely accepted generic conventions. By engaging with locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally known literary artists and the texts they create, students are introduced to the shared traditions of literary expression, the debates that help shape the literature, and the conflicts, cultural differences, and shared experiences involved in the forging of human culture in all its diversity. By reading the works of some of Great Britain s greatest writers as they grapple with the choices inherent in human life, including in areas such as gender relations, race and ethnicity, class, and national origin, ENG2321 students can understand how their own lives are affected by similar ethical decisions and learn to connect their own choices and actions to the related consequences. At the same time, students learn to manage their time, develop useful study habits, and interact with their peers in ways that promote personal growth in these areas while upholding the values of the University s Academic Honor Code regarding taking personal responsibility for making appropriate and ethical personal decisions in their coursework and exams. analyses, and examinations. Learning activities will include listening to lectures, taking notes, participating in classroom discussions and in-class group work, reading quizzes, oral and written analyses, and examinations. Learning activities will include listening to lectures, taking notes, participating in classroom discussions and in-class group work, reading quizzes, oral and written analyses, and examinations. Learning activities will include listening to lectures, taking notes, participating in classroom discussions and in-class group work, reading quizzes, oral and written analyses, and examinations. British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 3

As this is a college level course you are expected to keep up with all course work and stay on top of your schedule. No late work will be accepted. Therefore, it is your responsibility to turn in any and all work before you expect to be gone. The only exception will be in the case of medical emergency, and a doctor s note must be provided. This means football, basketball, baseball, softball games, band competitions, UIL activities, track meets, FFA events, and all other extracurricular activities do NOT excuse you from homework or due dates. You have a schedule. Make note of assignment due dates on your personal schedule. Electronic malfunction will not be an excuse for late work. DO NOT wait until the last possible second to submit an assignment. If you have a problem with Blackboard, you should immediately email me with your assignment attached. Make sure that it gets turned in some way. Blackboard This course operates with the Blackboard website, where you will find important announcements, the TurnItIn dropbox for submission of papers, assignment prompts and guidelines, and handouts. You will find the Blackboard site at http://blackboard.angelo.edu. You should check the site often to stay abreast of assignments, changes to the syllabus and announcements. Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Goldthwaite CISD and Angelo State University expects you to maintain complete honesty and integrity in your academic pursuits. This includes avoiding plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as using ideas and information from other sources without give appropriate credit to the original sources. Plagiarism includes taking information from people you do not know (the Internet) and from people you do know (your friends). Study groups are permissible but only if each student turns in an original document of their own. If you are caught plagiarizing, intentionally or not, you will receive a zero on the assignment, and you could possibly receive a failing grade in the course. Additional discipline could involve letters being placed in your permanent file and action taken by Angelo State University resulting in possible suspension or expulsion. British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 4

Course Organization: This guide is subject to change per instructor/student needs. Week Readings Assignments (due Fridays unless otherwise noted) January 17-20 Introduction of syllabus and expectations. Reading for Style Exercise 1 Beowulf Quizzes 1-3 Beowulf (Written assignment will be turned in through a Google Doc per GCISD calendar) January 23-27 Sir Gawain and the Green Reading for Theme Exercise January 30-February 3 February 6-10 February 13-17 February 20-24 February 27-March 3 March 6-10 March 13-17 Knight Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner s Prologue and Tale Julian of Norwich, Showings (all selections) Chaucer cont. The Canterbury Tales, The General Prologue The Wakesfield Second Shepherds Play Thomas Malory, Morte Darthur Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book III (cantos 11 and 12) Sixteenth-century lyric and early modern interiority Chaucer s Retraction (as medieval background) Thomas Wyatt, Whoso list to hunt, My galley, They flee from me, The Lover Showeth William Tyndale, selections from Obedience Edmund Spenser, Amoretti 67 Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella 1, 15, 61 Mary Sidney, Psalm 139 William Shakespeare, Sonnets 20, 55, 147 Everyman Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Spring Break 2 Reading for Imagery Exercise 3 *Memorize the first eighteen lines of the General Prologue to recite to me during class by Friday. Reading for LEXIS The General Prologue Quiz Reading Quiz Prepare and read aloud your favorite passage from the literature covered on the syllabus thus far. Be sure to explain why it is your favorite. Reading for Prosody Reading for ceremony and Ritual (Due Thurs.) British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 5

Week Readings Assignments (due Fridays unless otherwise noted) March 20-25 William Shakespeare, The Reading for Plot Merchant of Venice March 27- April 14 March 31 st - ASU Last day to drop with W Renaissance lyric William Shakespeare, Sonnets 129 and 130 Samuel Daniel, How many paltry, foolish, painted things, Since there s no help Thomas Campion, Theirs is a garden in her face Christopher Marlow, :The Passionate Shepherd Walter Ralegh, The Nymph s Reply John Donne, The Flea, The Good-Morrow, The Sun Rising, The Relic, Elegy 19 Holy Sonnets 7, 10, 14, 18, Hymn to God My God in My Sickness, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation 17 Izaak Walton, from The Life of Dr. John Donne Ben Jonson On My First Son, To Lucy, Countess of Bedford, A Sonnet to Lady Mary Wroth Mary Wroth, In this strange labyrinth George Herbert, The Alter, Easter Wings, Prayer (1), The Pilgrimage Richard Crashaw, :To the infant Martyrs, I Am the Door, On the Wounds of Our Crucified Lord, Blessed be the paps, the emblem of the heart/door Robert Herrick, Delight in Disorder, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, His Prayer to Ben Jonson Andrew Marvell, The Coronet, Bermudas, To His Coy Mistress, The Mower to the Glowworms, The Garden Reading for Lyric British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 6

Week Readings Assignments (due Fridays unless otherwise noted) April 17-21 John Milton, Paradise Lost, Navigating Milton Books 1, 4, and 9 April 24-28 Reading Week Finish Reading Outline for final essay Atwood s The Handmaid s Tale as need. May 1-5 Finish draft of final essay Peer Review May 8-12 ASU Finals Week Final Literary Analysis Essay British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 7

Reading/Discussion Response Rubric Inferences Claim Analysis Evidence Conventions Full Credit Includes valid inferences or claims from the text. Fully and directly responds to the prompt/question. Includes evidence of reflection and analysis of text Includes relevant and sufficient textual evidence to develop appropriate response to the prompt/question. Uses complete varied sentences with minimal to no errors. Partial Credit Includes inferences or claims that are loosely based on the text. Responds partially to the prompt or does not address all elements of the prompt/questions. A mostly literal recounting of events or details from the text(s). Includes some relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, or other information from the text(s) to develop an analysis of the text according to the prompt/question. Includes distracting errors that impact readability/comprehension. British Literature 2321 Spring 2017 8