EN202– Survey
of English Literature II
Dr. Gloria D.
Bunnell – Instructor
Office –
PA103B; Phone: Office 329-7172
e-mail: gbunnell@muw.edu
Text: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 8th Ed.
– Vol. 2
Course Content: This course encompasses a survey of print and
non-print texts which are representative of different periods of English
literature from the eighteenth century to modern times and addresses the
religious, ideological, and historical factors which contributed to the
composition of these works commonly regarded as the masterpieces of English
Literature.
Goals: To promote the reading and comprehension of
literature from the time period
To create an awareness of that part of a student’s
cultural heritage found in the
literature of
To promote an appreciation for English
literature and culture
To encourage critical thinking and exploration
of ideas
To provide historic perspective on literature
produced in this time period
Course Requirements:
1. Three tests including the final exam will be given. Tests will consist of short
answer, quotation identification, and discussion questions. There may be some reading quizzes at the instructor’s discretion. Make-up tests will only be allowed in the event of a dire emergency. The final exam cannot be made up. There will be no make-up quizzes.
2. One critical response papers will be required for the course. The
paper will be a response to a discussion question on one of the major works covered during the course provided by the instructor. The paper will not require research. One longer comprehensive essay will be due at the time of the final exam.
3. Reading responses in the form of a series of questions about the reading
assignments posed by the instructor will be required. The purpose of the responses will be to help the student with comprehension and to facilitate classroom discussion. The responses will be written on looseleaf notebook paper, either in class or out of class as assigned by the instructor. They will be turned in to the instructor for evaluation and then returned to the student to be placed in a folder with brads to be turned in at the end of the term as part of the student’s final grade. These responses cannot be made up.
Method of Evaluation: Grades are assigned as follows:
Exams
– 25% each; Total – 75%
Essays – 15%
Responses – 10%
Grading Scale: A=100-92, B=91-83, C=82-74, D=73-65, F=64
Attendance: Students must attend 75% of the scheduled class periods. Any absences after the 25% limit (5 days) will result in an automatic failure of the class. Three tardies will constitute an absence.
Notes:
1. No student will receive credit for any course in which he/she is not properly
registered.
2. This is a sophomore level literature class. The student will be expected to read
difficult material, to think about it analytically, to respond to it perceptively, and
to produce writing that is grammatically correct, coherently structured, and
reasonably substantial.
3. It is the responsibility of students who have professionally diagnosed disabilities
to notify the instructor so that necessary and appropriate modifications can be made to meet any special learning needs.
4. Please make sure that all cell phones are turned off before entering the classroom.
Important Dates
August 19 Last day to enter classes, change from audit to credit, and change from grade to pass-fail
September 1 Labor Day Holiday
September 17 Last day a course may be dropped without receiving WP/WF
or change from credit to audit
October 6, 7 Fall Break
October 15 Last day a course may be dropped
October 20 Spring pre-registration begins
November 7 Last day to withdraw from the university
November 26-29 Thanksgiving Break
Syllabus
Romantic Period –
August 13 – September 22:
Introduction to Romantic Literature
William Blake – (Songs of Innocence and Experience) “Introduction” to Songs of Innocence, “Introduction” to Songs of Experience, “The Lamb,” “The Tyger”;
“The Chimney Sweeper” from Songs of Innocence, “The Chimney Sweeper” from Songs of Experience
Robert Burns – “To a Mouse,” “To a Louse,” “Holy Willie’s Prayer,” “Tam
O’Shanter”
William Wordsworth – “Preface to Lyrical Ballads,” “Lines Written in Early
Spring,” “Tintern Abbey,” “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” “Ode: Intimations on Immortality”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Biographia Literaria (Chapter 14, From Chapter 17), “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” “Dejection: an Ode”
Percy B. Shelley – “Ozymandias,” “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty”
John
Keats – “On Seeing the
Dame sans Merci”
Test – September 22
Victorian Period –
September 24 – October 20:
Introduction to Victorian Literature
Thomas Carlyle – From Past & Present , “Democracy,” “Captains of Industry”
John Henry Cardinal Newman – “Idea of the University”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson – “Lady of Shallot,” “Ulysses,” “Charge of the Light
Brigade”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning – “Aurora Leigh” (Books I & II)
Robert Browning – “Porphyria’s Lover,” “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister,”
“My Last Duchess”
Matthew
Arnold – “
Test – October 20
October 22 & 24 – Essay Discussion
Modern Period –
October 27 – November 24:
Introduction to Modern Literature
Thomas Hardy – “Darkling Thrush,” “The Ruined Maid,” “Convergence of the
Twain,” “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave”
Joseph
Conrad – Heart of Darkness; Movie
– Apocalypse Now
William
Swan”
Virginia Woolf – “A Room of One’s Own” (Chapter 3)
James
Joyce – “The Dead”; Movie – The Dead
Dylan Thomas – “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”
Seamus Heaney – “Punishment”
November 24 – Essay Due
Test – December 1 (FINAL EXAM)
The instructor reserves the right to alter this syllabus as deemed necessary.
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