MWF 11:00-11:50 Frazier 145B; Dr. Lund (Trailer 1G; 395-2168; Office Hours: MW 10:00-10:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; 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.
Course Objectives: An understanding of our cultural heritage as revealed in literature, its movements and traditions.
January 16: Introduction:
all about Greenland
18: William Blake, from Songs of Innocence &
Experience
21: poetry by Barbauld, Smith, Robinson
23: William Wordsworth, from Lyrical Ballads
25:
28: W. Wordsworth, "Michael"
30: Sir Walter Scott, from The Heart
of the Midlothian
February 1:
4:
6: Coleridge, "Rhyme of the Ancient
Mariner"
8: Dorothy Wordsworth, from Journals
11:
13:
15: Review; Exam, Part I (short answer)
18: Exam, Part II (essay; open book)
20: Keats, "Eve of St. Agnes"
22: Charles Dickens
25: Elizabeth Gaskell, Cousin Phillis
Part 1 http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EG-Phillis.html
27: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, from
Aurora Leigh
March 1:
4: Tennyson, from In Memoriam
6: "Cousin Phillis" Part 2
8: Tennyson, "The Coming
of Arthur"
* * * Spring Break * * *
18:
20: "Cousin Phillis"
Part 3
22: Emily Brontë,;
Paper # 1 Due
25: Robert Browning,
t.b.a.
27: "Cousin Phillis"
Part 4
29:
April 1:
Exam, Part I (short answer)
3: Exam, Part II (essay)
5: Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde
8: George Eliot
10: Christina Rosetti
12: Novel
16: Gerald Manley Hopkins
18: Michael Field
20: Novel; Paper # 2 Due
23: Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King"
25: Novel
27: Review
May 2: Final Exam: 2:00-5:00
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.