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Texts: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume II, Seventh Edition. ed. M. H. Abrams et al. Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, 13 Dec. 1851-21 May 1853, Household Words (electronic text: http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EG-Cranford.html)
Course Objectives: An understanding of our cultural heritage as revealed in literature, its movements and traditions.
January 17: Introduction
19: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (912-930)
21: William Blake, from Songs of Innocence &
Experience
24: poetry by Barbauld, Smith, Robinson
26: William Wordsworth, from Lyrical
Ballads
28: Frankenstein (930-954)
31: W. Wordsworth, "Michael"
February 2: Sir Walter Scott, from The Heart of the Midlothian;
4: Frankenstein (955-990)
7: Coleridge, "Kubla Khan," "Christabel,"
9: Dorothy Wordsworth, from Journals
11: Frankenstein (990-1034)
14: Review; Exam, Part I (short answer)
16: Exam, Part II (essay)
18: Byron, from Don Juan Canto 2-4
21: Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes"; P. Shelley, "Ode to
the West Wind"
23: Charles Dickens
25: Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford chapters 1-2
28: Elizabeth Gaskell, "The Old Nurse's Story"
March 1: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
3: Cranford chapters 3-4
6: Tennyson, "The Coming of Arthur"
8: Tennyson, "The Passing of Arthur"
10: Cranford chapters 5-6; Paper # 1 Due
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20: Industrialization (1696-1719)
22: "The Woman Question" (1719-1740)
24: Cranford chapters 7-8
27: Robert Browning, t.b.a.
29: Robert Browning, t.b.a.
31: Cranford chapters 9-10 (to "Lady Glenmire (who..."
April 3: Exam, Part I (short answer)
5: Exam, Part II (essay)
7: Cranford chpts 10 (from "Lady Glenmire (who...")-11
10: George Meredith
12: Christina Rosetti
14: Cranford chapters 12-13
17: Gerald Manley Hopkins
19: Michael Field
21: Cranford chapters 14; Paper # 2 Due
24: Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King"
26: Cranford chapters 15-16
28: Review
May 8: Final Exam: 9:00-12:00
Course Requirements: read the material listed below for discussion
on the dates shown (200 points); write one short critical paper (100 points);
write one paper including historical and critical sources (100 pints);
write two essay exams on material read and discussed in class (200 points);
write an essay final exam on the material of the course (200 points).
Unannounced quizzes will be given to determine if the reading is being
done on time; the average of these quizzes is worth 200 points. You
should save all returned written work from the course for one semester.
Grading scale: 90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 60%=D; less than 60%=F.
Attendance Policy: The attendance policy for this course is the
same as the college policy in the College Catalog and the Student Handbook.
Unexcused absences for more than 10% of classes may lower a final grade
one letter. Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from more than 25% of classes
may be an automatic F in the course.
Honor Code: Students are expected to abide by the college Honor
Code.
Inclement Weather: If the college closes for inclement weather,
students should continue work as outlined above.