English 323    British Literature III     Spring 2000

MWF 11:00-11:50 Grainger 106; Dr. Lund (Grainger 223; 395-2168; Office Hours:  MW 10:00-11:00; TTR 11:00-12:00; and by appointment.  http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/mlund.html

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

  * * * Spring Break  * * *

  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.

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