English 323 British Literature III Spring 1999
9:30-10:45 TR Grainger 108; Dr. Lund (Grainger 223; 395-2168; Office Hours: MF 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, Sixth Edition. ed. M. H. Abrams et al.; Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicles of Barset (Everyman)
Course Objectives: An understanding of our cultural heritage as revealed in literature, its movements and traditions.
January 12: Introduction
14: Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicles of Barset (1,
8, 15, and 22 December 1966); chapters 1-11
19: William Blake, from Songs of Innocence & Experience; William Wordsworth, from Lyrical
Ballads
21: Dorothy Wordsworth, from Journals; W. Wordsworth,
"The Ruined Cottage"
26: The Last Chronicles of Barset 12-22
28: Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner;
"Frost at Midnight"
February 2: The Last Chronicles of Barset 23-33
4: Mary Wollstonecraft, from A Vindication of the
Rights of Woman; Sir Walter Scott, "The Two
Drovers"
9: Exam
11: Byron, from Don Juan Cantos
16: The Last Chronicles of Barset 34-43
18: Mary Shelley,"Transformation"; Percy Shelley,
"English in 1819, "Ode to the West Wind"
23: Keats, "The Eve of St. Agnes"; Paper # 1 Due
25: Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"; John Stuart Mill,
from The Subjection of Women and Autobiography
March 2 The Last Chronicles of Barset 44--52
4: Tennyson "Ulysses," "The Lady of Shalott"
* * * Spring Break * * *
16: Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess"; Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, from Aurora Leigh
18: George Eliot, from The Mill on the Floss
23: The Last Chronicles of Barset 53--61
25: Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach," "Stanzas from the
Grand Chartreuse" Preface to Poems (1853)
30: Christina Rosetti
April 1: Exam
6: The Last Chronicles of Barset 62--72
8: George Meredith
13: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
15: The Last Chronicles of Barset 73-84 (15, 22, 29
June; 6 July)
20: Gerald Manley Hopkins; Paper # 2 Due
22: Review
May 1: 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 longer paper including historical and critical sources (150 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 (150 pints). 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.