Dr. M. L. Stapleton
English L322 / B635: English Literature 1660-1789
Spring 2010 MW 4.30-5.45 CM 144
Office: CM 109 Hours: MW 12-4 (and by mutually convenient appointment)
email: phone: 481.6772 (message)
webpage:
Texts:
Lipking and Noddle, eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. C: The Restoration and Eighteenth Century (ISBN: 0393927199)
Bush and Butler, eds. William Wycherley: The Country Wife, 2nd ed. (ISBN: 0521565812)
Always come to class with your bookand withoutyour cell phone(or turn it OFF).
1/11 (M) English Revolution, Stuarts and Hanoverians, Glorious Revolution, “Enlightenment,”satire, epic, mock epic, cavalier lyric, ode, occasional poetry
1/13(W)Jonson, Cowley, Lovelace, Waller (webhandout)
1/18 (M) No class
1/20 (W) 1/25 (M) 1/27 (W) 2/1 (M) Dryden, “To the Memory of Mr. Oldham” (2117); “Mac Flecknoe” (2111); Absalom and Achitophel (2087); An Essay on Dramatic Poesy (2125); wit and satire (2131); paper due 1 Feb beginning of class
2/3 (W) 2/8(M)2/10(W) Wycherley, The Country-Wife;
2/15 (M)2/17 (W) Rochester, “The Disabled Debauchee” (2168); “A Satyr against Reason and Mankind” (2172); “Upon Nothing” (2171); “The Imperfect Enjoyment” (2169: warning, very naughty); Behn, “The Disappointment” (2180)
2/22 (M)2/24 (W) Behn, “On a Juniper-Tree” (webhandout); Philips (webhandout); Finch (2294); Astell (2284); Defoe (2289)
3/1 (M) 3/3 (W) Congreve, The Way of The World
3/8 (M) and 3/10 (W)no class
3/15 (M) Prior (2298);midterm assigned
3/17 (W)3/22 (M) Debating Women (2589-2610);midterm due on 23rd, 9 a.m.
3/24 (W)3/29 (M) Pope, Essay on Criticism (2496); Rape of the Lock (2513)
3/31 (W) No class
4/5 (M) 4/7 (W) Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
4/12 (M) 4/14 (W) Pope, Essay on Man (2541)
4/19 (M)4/21 (W) Swift, “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift” (2304); “A Modest Proposal” (2462);Montagu (2584)
4/26 (M)4/28 (W)5/3 (M) Johnson, “The Vanity of Human Wishes” (2666); Preface to Dictionary (2750); Preface to Shakespeare (2755); paper due on 27th, 9 a.m.
5/5 (W) Boswell, Life of Johnson (2781)final assigned
5/10 (R) final due 9. a.m.
GUIDELINES
1. Attendance: You are allowed five (5) absences for any reason you choose. Students who miss more than this will fail the course, without exception, regardless of circumstances. I do not distinguish between “excused” and “unexcused” absences, nor am I responsible for material that you miss because you are absent. Students who miss the attendance call (the first five minutes of class) will be marked absent; students who get up and leave in the middle of class will be marked absent.
2. Papers are due on the scheduled dates at the beginning of classvia email attachment:1 February and 27 April. Late papers = 0. No exceptions. These will be short, 4-6 pp. Graduate students will write slightly longer papers. We’ll begin with assigned topics and go from there.
3. Plagiarism: It should go without saying that students are also expected to do their own work; indebtedness to secondary sources (either printed or electronic) must be clearly indicated so as to avoid plagiarism:
—(piecemeal) using someone else’s words and phrases as if they were your own, not paraphrasing or summarizing properly, even with proper documentation;
—(grotesque) using someone else’s ideas as if they were your own, without proper documentation;
—(more grotesque) allowing someone else to write your paper for you.
4. Exams will be take-home essay, also via email: 23 March and 10 May.
5. The course grade will be determined by a rough averaging together of your twopapers, midterm, and final exam. I reserve the right to take additional factors into account: improvement, class participation (or the extreme lack of it), and, of course, attendance. Grades are not negotiable, personal, or subject to the influence of extracurricular academic factors.
6. Your IPFW email account must be active—this is how I will communicate with you, send handouts, and return graded papers and exams to you.