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ENGL 2323.001 Survey of British Literature from 1780 to the Present

Spring 2018

Class Meets: Tues/Thursday: 2:00- 3:20 PM

Professor: Dr. Catherine Ross

BUS 242

903-566-7275

Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 12 to 1:45 and by appointment

Texts:

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Norton Critical Edition, 2nd edn; ISBN 978-0-393-92793-1

Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Broadview: ISBN: 1-55111-180-2

Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair, Penguin; ISBN: 0-14-20.0180 5

Selected poems for in class work: hand outs or posted on Canvas

Intent of the Course: The intent of this course is to introduce students to the classic texts of British Literature listed above, to develop their reading comprehension and recall, and to improve their critical thinking, metacognition and self-awareness. Students will be encouraged to work on their planning and time management skills, their research and speaking skills, and to improve their writing skills. Students will also work on being active listeners, cooperative team members, and group leaders

Class Activities. This is a reading-intensive course and will require students to make and follow a reading schedule. Students will take online reading quizzes, two take-home tests, and a final exam. In each class period students should expect the following activities: lively discussion based upon assigned readings, group activities, poetry workshops, as well as instruction and practice doing research and public speaking. Each student will choose and complete a brief research project and share his or her findings with the class in a three-minute presentation. Details of course requirements and grading are listed below.

Daily discussion: 20%. Students are expected to make at leastfour comments a week in class or on Canvas discussion board.

Reading Quizzes, on line or in class: 15%

  • 3 on Frankenstein (online)
  • 3 on Jane Eyre (online)
  • 4 on The Eyre Affair (online)
  • Several quizzes over research instruction (online)
  • Others on poems on paper in class, or brief in-class writing

Three tests: 45%

  • 10% Romantic Period, poetry and research skills—take home, Feb. 8-13
  • 15% Victorian Period, poetry—take home, March 22- March 27
  • 20% Long test, Modern texts, review of poetry and research skills, one comparative essay. Proctored. Week of May 1-5

Research and presentations (more details below): 20%

  • 10% for presentation in class
  • 5% for yellow slip conference
  • 5% for research documentation

Syllabus. A schedule of meetings, assignments, and due dates is provided below and on Canvas, our Learning Management System

Last day to withdraw: Monday, April 2, 2018

Attendance and Make-up Policies: As a general rule, I will allow students two unexcused absences in the semester without penalty. A third will in most cases cause the student’s final grade to be lowered by a half- letter grade. Student Absence due to Religious Observance Students who anticipate being absent from class due to a religious observance are requested to inform the instructor of such absences by the second class meeting of the semester. Student Absence for University-Sponsored Events and Activities. If you intend to be absent for a university-sponsored event or activity, you (or the event sponsor) must notify the instructor at least two weeks prior to the date of the planned absence. At that time the instructor will set a date and time when make-up assignments will be completed. Missed quizzes cannot be made up. If for some reason a student will not be able to complete one of the test at the scheduled time, he or she should make arrangements with the professor in advance.

Course Learning Management System: Canvas. Students will be expected to use the course LMS system, Canvas, for the online quizzes and as a source for information, instruction, or posted readings.

Research Project

Each student will select one of the following 30 topics that are referenced in The Eyre Affair, and do the following

  • Meet with Ms. Dubre in class and individually or in groups for research instruction
  • Develop a research strategy and consult at least ___ sources (not Wikipedia) that will allow the student to make an informative report to the class explaining their topic and how Fforde is using it
  • Give an effective, interesting 3-minute presentation to class on the day their chosen topic is referenced in the reading
  • Hand in a one page report (research documentation) identifying or explaining their topic with properly formatted bibliography. Template will be supplied

Topics:

  1. Boswell and Samuel Johnson,
  2. Henry Fielding, Jonathan Swift
  3. Mycroft Holmes
  4. Acheron, Hades, Styx
  5. Martin Chuzzlewit brief plot summary
  6. The war with Napoleon: who won, who lost, be sure to reference Waterloo, Duke of Wellington
  7. Field Marshal Blücher
  8. Shakespeare and the Baconian Controversy
  9. 20th century Russian history (Czars, Revolution, Soviet Socialist Republic)
  10. Goliath Corporation/Big Brother
  11. The Crimean War
  12. Historic account of the Charge of the Light Brigade
  13. Who won and who lost WWI and WWII
  14. Anti-War protests (Vietnam and elsewhere)
  15. Jingoism
  16. Bram Stoker and Vampire literature,
  17. Werewolves in literature and myth
  18. Religious references (Global Standard Deity, Gideon’s Bible, Buddha, the Koran, , Wesleyan Pamphlets, Society for Christian Awareness)
  19. Literary or Artistic Movements mentioned (renaissance, baroque, neoclassicism, surrealism, neo-surrealism, mannerism)
  20. Importance of John Milton in British literature
  21. Percy Shelley, a notorious figure in British literature
  22. Wales (Peoples Republic of?) why Fforde uses it, depicts it as he does
  23. Richard III
  24. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  25. Nonsense and fantasy literature--The Owl and the Pussy Cat
  26. Nonsense and fantasy literature--Alice in Wonderland and the Cheshire Cat
  27. Paintings by Gainsborough
  28. Great novels and novelists of the 19th-century Dickens, Austen….
  29. Time travel in literature (The Time Machine, A Wrinkle in Time)
  30. Explain the excerpt from Zephania Jones’ Wales –Birth of Republic, epigraph p. 303.

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SYLLABUS

Week 1

Tues, Jan 16. Course plan, research projects, reading speed test, introduction to the Romantic Period, poem exercise

HMWK: pick research topics, read handouts

Thurs, Jan 18. Intro to Frankenstein, poems in class

HMWK: read Frankenstein Vol I (p. 5-60, Preface. Letters I-IV, Chapters I-VII)

Week 2

Tues, Jan 23—Class meets with Ms. Dubre

HMWK: Finish reading Frankenstein Vol I; take on line quiz. Start Frankenstein Vol. II (p. 61-105, Chapters I-IX)

Thurs, Jan 25—Class meets with Ms. Dubre

HMWK: continue reading Frankenstein Vol. II; take online quiz

Week 3

Tues, Jan 30. Frankenstein discussion

HMWK: Start Frankenstein Vol. III (p. 107-161, Chapters I-VII)

Thurs, Feb. 1. Poetry workshop

HMWK: Finish Frankenstein Vol. III; take online quiz

Week 4

Tues, Feb. 6. Discuss Frankenstein, read new poems

HMWK: work on projects, review for test

Thurs, Feb. 8. Review for test

HMWK: take-home test over the Romantic texts studied, research skills, and poetry

Week 5

Tues, Feb. 13. Take home tests due at beginning of class. Introduce Victorian Period and Jane Eyre

HMWK: start Jane Eyre Vol. I (Chapters I-XV)

Thurs, Feb. 15—Meet with Ms. Dubre

HMWK: continue reading Jane Eyre Vol. I

Week 6

Tues, Feb. 20 Discuss Jane Eyre Vol. I, Victorian poem

HMWK: finish Jane Eyre Vol. I, take online quiz

Thurs, Feb. 22 Discuss Jane Eyre Vol. I, Victorian poems in class

HMWK: start Jane Eyre Vol. II (Chapters XVI-XXVI)

Week 7

Tues, Feb. 27 Meet with Ms. Dubre

HMWK: continue reading Jane Eyre Vol. II

Thurs, March 1. Discuss Vol. II of Jane Eyre, poem

HMWK: finish Jane Eyre Vol. II, take online quiz

Week 8

Tues, March 6 Discuss Vol. II of Jane Eyre.

HMWK: start Jane Eyre Vol. III (Chapters XXVII-XXXVIII)

Thurs, March 8. Discuss Jane Eyre, new poems in class

HMWK: continue reading Jane Eyre Vol. III

Spring Break

Mon, March 12—Fri, March 16

HMWK: Finish Jane Eyre, take online quiz

Week 9

Tues, March 20 Discuss Jane Eyre

HMWK: review poem skills

Thurs, March 22. Practice poem skills, discuss Jane Eyre

HMWK: take home exam

Week 10

Tues, March 27 Take home exams due at the beginning of class. Introduce Modern Period, The Eyre Affair

HMWK: Start reading The Eyre Affair p. 1-43, Chapters 1-4; everyone please begin collecting puns: e.g.: Millon De Floss, Thursday Next; and designated students prepare reports on:

  1. Boswell and Samuel Johnson ______
  2. Henry Fielding, Jonathan Swift ______
  3. Mycroft Holmes ______
  4. Acheron, Hades, Styx ______
  5. Martin Chuzzlewit brief plot summary ______
  6. War with Napoleon: who won, who lost, Waterloo, Duke of Wellington______
  7. Field Marshal Blücher ______
  8. Shakespeare and the Baconian Controversy ______
  9. 20th century Russian history (Czars, Revolution, Soviet Socialist Republic) ______

These presentations will be made at the beginning of next class day:

Thurs, March 29 First discussion of The Eyre Affair, study team reports; sample modernist poems

HMWK: read The Eyre Affair p. 44-89, Chapters 5-8, take online quiz; designated students prepare reports on:

  1. Goliath Corporation/Big Brother ______
  2. The Crimean War ______
  3. the Charge of the Light Brigade ______
  4. Who won and who lost WWI and WWII ______
  5. Anti-War protests (Vietnam and elsewhere) ______
  6. Jingoism ______
  7. Bram Stoker and Vampire literature ______
  8. Werewolves in literature and myth ______

These presentations will be made at the beginning of next class day: