SYLLABUS FOR ENGLISH 202 001
Survey of English Literature II
Fall 2005, T-Th 8-9:15 a.m., PA 207

Instructor: Todd M. Bunnell
Phone: 241-6235
Office/Hours: 411 Reneau, MW 9 am-Noon
E-mail address: tbunnell@muw.edu <www2.muw.edu/~tbunnell>

TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
*The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Seventh Edition -- Volume 2
*A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, Norton

COURSE CONTENT:
This course is a study in the literary works and trends in British literature from the eighteenth century to modern times and addresses the religious, ideological, and historical factors which contributed to the composition of those works commonly regarded as the masterpieces of English literature.

GOALS:
To promote the reading and comprehension of writings from the time period
To create an awareness of that part of a student’s cultural heritage found in the literature of Great Britain
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
To create an awareness of the idea of how society and nature affected individuals during this time period

1. A midterm and a final. These tests will consist of short answers and longer paragraph responses. Missed tests can be made-up but will not be the same as administered in class. Make-up tests will usually be more involved and will be given at MY convenience. The student is responsible for meeting with me to arrange a make-up date.

2. Two critical papers. One paper will be assigned concerning a movie and topic. Topics will be given out on the day of the film. Papers will be due TWO WEEKS AFTER the film is shown. The other paper will concern a work already read in class but with a more in-depth analysis. I will hand out those topics at a later date. This paper will be due near the end of the semester. Late papers will be docked ONE LETTER GRADE for EACH DAY I have not received them. NO EXCEPTIONS!

3. In-class activities, homework, and quizzes. This includes a Romantic Quiz. Any in-class activity or quiz CANNOT be made-up for any reason.

METHOD OF EVALUATION:
The final grade will be determined by the following:

*Midterm -- 25%
*Final -- 30%
*Two critical papers -- 30%
*Homework, quizzes, in-class activities -- 15%

ATTENDANCE:
Attendance is very important. Each student will be allowed to miss eight (8) classes. On the ninth absence, the student will receive a failing grade for the course. Note: There is no difference between an excused absence and an unexcused absence. Also, please come to class on time and prepared. Excessive tardies will add up to an absence.

EXPECTATIONS:
This is a sophomore level literature class. A prerequisite of this class is that every student must have already passed English 101 with a grade of C or better and should be able to read difficult material and to comprehend complicated lectures concerning British literature. Each student should read ahead and should come to class prepared to discuss and evaluate the given material. Also, each student is expected to produce writing which is grammatically correct, coherently structured, and reasonably substantive.

PLAGIARISM:
Plagiarism is using someone else’s ideas or writing as your own without giving credit to that individual or source. Since the two papers you will write in this class are critical papers that need no outside sources, you are not expected to use any source other than the movie or the work that you are addressing. Any outside source should be documented, though. When in doubt, ask me.

CELL PHONES:
Please be considerate of your classmates and of the instructor by turning off all cell phones before entering class. If there is a special circumstance, please notify me in advance.

DISABILITIES:
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.

IMPORTANT DATES:
September 21 -- Last day to drop a course without receiving a grade of WP/WF
October 19 -- Last day a course may be dropped
November 11 -- Last day to withdraw from the university

WEEK 1 (August 18) -- Introduction to course; Romantic Literature and Gothic Tradition; Pre-Romantics.

WEEK 2 (August 23-25) -- BLAKE, Songs of Innocence: "The Chimney Sweeper," "Holy Thursday" and Songs of Experience: "The Chimney Sweeper," "Holy Thursday" (Total of four poems). BURNS, "Holy Willie’s Prayer," "Tam O’Shanter," "A Red, Red Rose," "Auld Lang Syne."

WEEK 3 (August 30-September 1) – Romantics. WORDSWORTH, "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," "Lines Written in Early Spring," "I wandered lonely as a cloud," "My heart leaps up," "Ode: Intimations of Immortality," Preface to Lyrical Ballads.

WEEK 4 (September 6-8) – COLERIDGE, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," "Dejection: An Ode"; SHELLEY, "Hymn to Intellectual Beauty," "Ozymandias." KEATS, "La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles."

WEEK 5 (September 13-15) -- Romantic review. Film #1: Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Romantic Quiz.

WEEK 6 –(September 20-22) -- Victorian Literature; CARLYLE, Past and Present: "Democracy" and "Captains of Industry"; "BROWNING, "Porphyria’s Lover," "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister," "My Last Duchess." TENNYSON, "The Lady of Shallott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade."

WEEK 7 (September 27-29) -- WILDE, Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest; Review.

WEEK 9 (October 11-13) -- Modern Literature; HARDY, "The Darkling Thrush," "The Ruined Maid, "The Convergence of the Twain," "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave"; ELIOT, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Hollow Men"; OWEN, "Dulce Et Decorum Est"; HOUSMAN, "When I Was One-and-Twenty," "To an Athlete Dying Young."

WEEK 10 (October -18-20) -- CONRAD, Heart of Darkness. YEATS, "Easter 1916," "The Second Coming," "Leda and the Swan."

WEEK 11 (October 25-27) -- FILM #2: APOCALYPSE NOW.

WEEK 12 (November 1-3) -- JOYCE, The Dead. FILM #3: THE DEAD.

WEEK 13 (November 8-10) -- ACHEBE, Things Fall Apart.

WEEK 14 (November 15-17) -- BURGESS, A Clockwork Orange.

WEEK 15 (November 22) -- LAWRENCE, "Odor of Chrysanthemums," "The Horse Dealer’s Daughter"; WOOLF, "The Mark on the Wall."

WEEK 16 (November 29-December 1) – CRITICAL PAPER DUE. THOMAS, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"; HEANEY, "Punishment"; RUSHDIE, Satanic Verses. Review.