ENGL
322: BRITISH LITERATURE II (Fall
2003)
Syllabus
changes are in red.
Instructor:
Dr. Shawn Smith
Office:
Grainger G06
Phone: 395-2797
E-Mail: ssmith@longwood.edu
(This
is the best way to contact me.)
Web
page: http://www.longwood.edu/staff/ssmith
Consult
this page for a version of
this
syllabus that contains links to
study and research resources.
You will also be able to access your grades and supplementary course
materials via Blackboard.
Office
hours: MWF 10:00-11:30 and by
appointment.
Class
meets: MWF 1:00-1:50 in
Grainger G18.
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
The late Renaissance through the age of Johnson, with emphasis on
such
major writers as Donne, Milton, Dryden, Swift, Pope, and Johnson. Upon
completion
of this course, students will: Understand
major movements, themes, and values in one or more cultures as revealed
in literature; analyze literary texts as reflections of cultural
movements, themes, and values; and develop and defend interpretations
of literary texts in writing (Goal 3).
REQUIRED
TEXTS
- The
Norton
Anthology of English Literature, seventh edition. Ed. Abrams,
et
al.
- You
should also
have a good collegiate dictionary.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Supplementary
materials may be made available on Blackboard.
You will also be able to access your grades here.
For
research topics
and additional texts, feel free to browse the following:
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING
- A
midterm and final exam, 20% each.
- Two
papers (ca. 4-5 pp. each), 20% each. (See the Longwood
University Style Manual for formatting issues.) The
first paper is a paraphrase
and analysis exercise. Go here for
instructions. The second paper can be on a topic of your
choice. Go here
to learn about MLA
format (but note that this style sheet is not comprehensive--you
may need to consult the MLA Handbook on some formatting
issues). Papers that do not quote and cite verse (and prose, for
that matter) properly will be returned for reformatting. Please
include your e-mail address on your paper. See my handouts
for information on writing about literature.
- Unannounced
quizzes and class participation, 20%. Please consult
the study
questions
on my web page before class and be prepared to respond to these topics.
POLICY
MATTERS
Please
arrive on time, and be prepared to listen, think, and contribute.
Please also turn off wireless phones, pagers, headphones, and other
electronic devices that might disrupt class. Please treat other
students and your instructor in a civil and respectful manner. Note
that classroom disruption is a violation of Longwood University's honor
code.
Attendance
policy: The Longwood University attendance policy in the 2003-2004
Undergraduate
Catalog will be the attendance policy for this course. You will
receive an F on work
missed because of unexcused absences. Your grade will be lowered by one
letter grade if you miss 10 percent of the scheduled class meeting
times for unexcused absences. You will receive an F if you miss a total
(excused and unexcused) of 25 percent of the scheduled class meeting
times. If you are
absent, it is your responsibility to obtain notes from a classmate (as
well as announcements about syllabus changes or other matters). Exams
can be made up only under the most grave circumstances, and with
documentation from an MD or a Longwood University official. If you
foresee a conflict, I expect you to discuss it with me beforehand.
Written
assignments handed in late will lose one letter grade for each class
day late. Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of intellectual
dishonesty will result in an F for the course and referral to the
Longwood University Judicial system. For details on Longwood
University's honor code and judicial system, direct your web browser
to: http://www.longwood.edu/judicial.
Note: the
syllabus may be changed at any time if necessary, though I'll try to
give you as much advance notice as possible. Please check the web page
regularly for updates.
CALENDAR
In
addition to the selections below, you will find the editorial headnotes
and period introductions in the Norton Anthology to be useful guides to
this material.
25 Aug.:
Course introduction. Shakespeare, selections from the Sonnets.
27 Aug.:
Shakespeare,
Twelfth
Night (Norton 1045-1105), Acts 1-2.
29 Aug.:
Shakespeare,
Twelfth
Night, Acts 3-4.
1 Sep.:
Labor Day-NO CLASS.
3 Sep.:
Shakespeare,
Twelfth
Night, Act 5.
5 Sep.:
Webster, The Duchess
of Malfi (Norton 1433-1507), Acts 1-2.
8 Sept.:
Webster, The Duchess
of Malfi, Acts 3-4.
10 Sept.:
Webster, The Duchess
of Malfi, Act 5.
12 Sept.:
Francis Bacon, selections (Norton 1531-1552).
15 Sept.:
Donne, "The Flea," "The Good-Morrow," "The Sun Rising," "The
Canonization," "Elegy 19: To His Mistress Going to Bed" (Norton
1236-1237, 1239-1241, 1256-1257).
17 Sept.: Donne, continued.
19 Sept.:
HURRICANE
ISABEL--CLASS CANCELLED.
22 Sept.: Donne, Holy Sonnets
(Norton 1268-1272); Herbert,
"The Collar" (Norton
1609); Robert Herrick,
"To the Virgins, to make Much of Time," (Norton 1649-1650); Marvell,
"To His Coy Mistress" (Norton 1691-1692).
24 Sept.:
PAPER
#1 (Paraphrase
and analysis
exercise) DUE. Milton, Paradise
Lost 1.
26 Sept.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 2.
29 Sept.:
Milton,
Paradise Lost 3.
1 Oct.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 4.
3 Oct.:
CLASS CANCELLED.
6 Oct.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 5.
8 Oct.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 6.
10 Oct.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 9.
13 Oct.:
FALL BREAK.
15 Oct.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 9, continued.
17 Oct.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 9, continued.
20 Oct.:
Milton, Paradise
Lost 10, 12.624-649.
22 Oct.: MIDTERM
EXAM.
24 Oct.:
Samuel Pepys, Diary (Norton
2123-2131).
27 Oct.:
John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
and selections from An Essay of
Dramatic Poesy (Norton 2100-2105, 2114-2122).
29 Oct.:
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko
(Norton 2170-2215).
31 Oct.:
Behn, continued.
3 Nov.:
Congreve, The Way of
the World (Norton 2217-2280).
5 Nov.:
Congreve, continued.
7 Nov.:
Congreve, continued.
10 Nov.:
Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a
Tub and "The
Abolishing of Christianity in England" (Norton
2312-2329). Read "A
Modest Proposal" instead of Tale of a Tub.
12 Nov.:
Swift, Gulliver's
Travels (Norton 2331-2372).
14 Nov.:
Swift, Gulliver's
Travels, continued.
17 Nov.:
Pope, Essay on
Criticism (Norton 2509-2525).
19 Nov.:
Hogarth, Marriage
A-la-Mode (Norton 2654-2659).
21 Nov.:
Samuel Johnson, Rasselas
(Norton 2679-2712)
24 Nov.:
Johnson, Rasselas,
continued.
1 Dec.:
Johnson, Preface to
Shakespeare (Norton 2725-2736).
3 Dec.:
Boswell, Life of
Samuel Johnson (Norton 2752-2783).
5 Dec.:
Review. Last
day to turn in second essay (early submissions are welcome.)
9 Dec.: FINAL
EXAM (3:00-5:30 p.m.)