Course Name & Number

ENGL 2323

British Literature from the 18^th Century

Semester & Year

 Spring 2018

Catalog Description

A survey of the development of British literature from the 18th century to the present. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical, linguistic, and cultural contexts.  Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.

[Rev. Spring 2014 THECB]

 ENGL 2323 is an NCTC Core Curriculum Course.

Prerequisite:  ENGL 1301 or equivalent  

Instructor’s Name

Kristen Weinzapfel

Office Phone #

940.668.3342

Instructor’s Office #

502 - Gainesville

E-mail Address

kweinzapfel@nctc.edu

Office Hours

M, T- 10a-3pm

Th- 10a-1p

Sunday- 8-10pm online

or by appt.

Textbooks &  Materials

Required 

Greenblatt, Stephen, ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. D, E, F.  9^th ed. (2012).

 [Rev. Fall 2014]

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete English 2323 will meet the following learning outcomes:

1. Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
2. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
4. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
5. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.

 [Rev. 8-2012 THECB]

Core Objectives

Foundational Component Area:  Language, Philosophy, and Culture

 *Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information

*Communication Skills (COM)- to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication

*Social Responsibility (SR)- to include intercultural competency, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities

*Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making      [Rev. 5-2014  THECB]

Grading Policy & Procedures

All assignments must be submitted on the due date, unless instructed otherwise.  No late work is accepted.  If you have an issue or problem on the day that an assignment is due, it is your responsibility to turn it in on time.  In-class work and homework may NOT be made up- regardless of the reason.  The lowest quiz grade will be dropped at the end of the semester. Due dates for assignments can be found in individual modules within Canvas. There is also a course calendar in Canvas.

A=90-100%, B=80-89%, C=70-79%, D=60-69%, F= 59% or below.

Scholastic Integrity

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.  See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18.

Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, #5] “When cheating, collusion, or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor may give the student or students involved an “F” on a particular assignment or in the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local)] The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the planned action to his Department Chair.  The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further action.  This may involve either probation or suspension of the student or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the action shall be taken through that office.”

Plagiarism, which should be avoided at all costs, includes the following student actions:

1. Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;
2. Unintentionally or inadvertently turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own as the result of failing to document sources both internally and in the Works Cited;
3. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
4. Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;
5. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;
6. Copying so many words, ideas, or images from a source that it makes up the majority of the student's work, whether or not the student gives credit.

[Rev. 3-20-2012–Plagiarism text added cb]

ADA Statement

  DISABILITY SERVICES (Office for Students with Disabilities)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides support services for students with disabilities, students enrolled in technical areas of study, and students who are classified as special populations (i.e. single parents).

Support services for students with disabilities might include appropriate and reasonable accommodations, or they may be in the form of personal counseling, academic counseling, career counseling, etc.  Furthermore, OSD Counselors work with students to encourage self-advocacy and promote empowerment. The Counselors also provides resource information, disability-related information, and adaptive technology for students who qualify.

If you feel you have needs for services that the institution provides, please reach out to either Wayne Smith (940) 498-6207 or Yvonne Sandman (940) 668-4321.  Alternative students may stop by Room 170 in Corinth or Room 110 in Gainesville.

EEOC Statement

North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.

Calendar or Course Outline

Please see attached documents and modules.

Last day to drop with a grade of "W" - April 5th

Remember- Attendance is measured by participation and assignment completion.  Simply logging in is not enough.

Other Pertinent Information

 Etiquette: We will read materials from a diverse group of thinkers and writers.  We will share a variety of ideas and values, many of which you may not agree.  While polite debate is encouraged, remember to respect the opinions of your classmates.  Class discussion boards are important to read and be a part of!

Questions:  If you have questions or issues or will not be able to attend class, you may contact me via email at kweinzapfel@nctc.edu.  I try to answer questions as quickly as possible, but please know that I am not a 24 hour help desk.  Please use this email address to submit drafts or pre-arranged work.

 You have chosen to take this class and are college students; therefore, you are in charge of your own learning and success.  Take notes.  Pay attention.  Keep up with due dates.

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” –William Butler Yeats

 Questions, Concerns, and Complaints

 Department Chair: Dr. Rochelle Gregory, COR 238, 940-498-6297, Email: rgregory@nctc.edu

 Attendance

NCTC Policies/Course Calendar

Even though this is an online course, you are expected to log in regularly in order to keep up with announcements and assignments.  Instructor reserves to right to drop any student who does not participate for two (2) or more weeks of class.

NCTC policy:

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered.  All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies as determined by the instructor.  It is the student responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgement by the faculty member.  Approved college sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence.  Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work.  Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor.  A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam.  Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives.    Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook and published online.

ENGL 2323- Course Calendar

Subject to change.  Please check Canvas for updates.  Specific assignment and reading information is located in each module.  Modules vary in length.  Some are open for multiple weeks, but others are not. Please pay close attention to due dates.

Also, new modules will open on Monday mornings at 9am and assignments are due on Mondays at 11:59pm, unless otherwise noted.

Textbook: We will use the Norton Anthology of English Literature, 9th ed. Vol. D, E, F (Stephen Greenblatt is the editor.)

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - Any edition is fine.  Norton is best.

 Module One: Jan. 16th- Jan. 29th - Early Romantics

Introduction to Romantic Era- pages 3-30 w/timeline

William Blake biography information - p. 112-116

"There is No Natural Religion" p. 116

 "There is No Natural Religion" p. 117

 Songs of Innocence and Experience- "The Lamb" p. 120/"The Tyger" p. 129, "The Chimney Sweeper" p. 121/"The Chimney Sweeper" p. 128, "Infant Joy" p. 123/"Infant Sorrow" p. 134

William Wordsworth- bio p. 270

Preface to Lyrical Ballads- p. 292

"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" p. 288, "London, 1802" p. 346, "The World is Too Much With Us" p. 347

Samuel Taylor Coleridge- bio p. 437

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" p. 443

"Kubla Khan" p. 459   (LO 1-4, CT, COM, SR)

Module Two: Jan. 29th-Feb. 12th - Later Romantics

 George Gordon, Lord Byron- bio. p. 612

"She Walks in Beauty" p. 617, "Darkness" p. 618, "To Percy Bysshe Shelley" p. 747

Percy Bysshe Shelley- bio. 748

"To Wordsworth" p. 752, "Mutability" p. 751, "Ozymandias" p. 776, "England in 1819" p.790

John Keats- bio. p. 901

"On Seeing the Elgin Marbles" p. 906, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" p. 923, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" p. 930

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley- bio. p. 981

Ch. 16 from Frankenstein  (Available online.  Link is in the module.)

(LO 1-4, CT, Com, PR)

 Module Three- Feb. 12- Feb. 19th

Robert Burns-

bio p. 165

"To a Mouse" p. 171 - Be sure and listen to the audio.  There's a link.

"Auld Lang Syne" p. 173

Sir Walter Scott-

bio. p. 418

"The Lay of the Last Minstrel" p. 420

Robert Louis Stevenson-

bio p. 1675

"Grown About by Fragrant Bushes" - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175216 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

"The Swing" - http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171919 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Article on Treasure Island (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

(LO 1-5, Com, CT, PR)

Module Four-  Feb. 19th-March 5th - The Victorian Era

 Elizabeth Barrett Browning- "The Cry of the Children" p. 1124 and "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" p. 1130

Robert Browning- (The Dramatic Monologues)- "Porphyria's Lover" p. 1278 and "My Last Duchess" p. 1282

Matthew Arnold- "Dover Beach" p. 1387

Oscar Wilde- "The Importance of Being Earnest" p. 1733

(LO 1-5, CT, Com, SR)

Module Five- March 5th-March 19th - London 

(March 12-16 is Spring Break!)

William Blake- "London" http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172929 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

William Wordsworth- bio p. 270

"London, 1802" p. 346, "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" p. 344

Wordsworth is most often associated with the Lake District; however, he served many years as Poet Laureate.

Rudyard Kipling- "The Widow at Windsor" p. 1878

Charles Dickens- "Coketown" p. 1599

Excerpts from three novels (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

T.S. Eliot- bio p. 2521

"The Waste Land" p. 2529

Voices from World War II p. 2704

Edith Sitwell- "Still Falls the Rain" p. 2713

(LO 1-5, Com, CT, SR) 

Module Six- March 19th-March 26th - Age of Empire

 Empire and National Identity- p. 1636-1640

Anonymous- "Proclamation of an Irish Republic" p. 1646

Alfred, Lord Tennyson- "Opening of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition by the Queen" p. 1654

Joseph Chamberlain- "from the True Conception of Empire" p. 1662

Rudyard Kipling- "The White Man's Burden" p. 1880, "If-" p. 1882

Thomas Hardy- "The Darkling Thrush" p. 1933

Artwork slides

(LO 1-5, Com, CT, PR)

Module Seven- March 26th- April 9th- Heart of Darkness/Early Modernism

Heart of Darkness 

(LO 1-5, Com, CT, PR, SR)

 Module Eight- April 9th-April 16th - World War I Poetry

 Voices from World War I- p. 2016-2018

Rupert Brooke- "The Solider" p. 2019

Siegfried Sassoon- "They" p. 2023, "Glory of Women" p. 2025, "Everyone Sang" p. 2025

Isaac Rosenberg- "Break of Day in the Trenches" p. 2030

Wilfred Owen- "Anthem for Doomed Youth" p. 2034, "Dulce et Decorum est" p. 2037

(These will all help with your essay assignment, and you will have plenty of time to work on this as you move through this module.)

Irish Voices

William Butler Yeats- p. 2082

"The Lake Isle of Innisfree" p. 2087, "Easter, 1916" p. 2093, "The Second Coming" p. 2099

James Joyce- p. 2276

"Araby" p. 2278 

(LO 1-5, CT, Com, PR)

Module Nine- April 16th-April 30th - British Modernism

Modernism Intro p. 1887-1913

T.S. Eliot-

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" p. 2524, "The Hollow Men" p. 2543

W.H. Auden-

"As I Walked Out One Evening" p. 2683, "September 1, 1939" p. 2688

Stevie Smith-

"Not Waving But Drowning" p. 2601

Dylan Thomas-

"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" p. 2703

Pablo Picasso- "Guernica" p. 2711

Edith Sitwell-

"Still Falls the Rain" p. 2713

(LO 1-5, Com, CT, PR, SR)

Essay #1 Due- April 3rd

Essay #2 Due- May 4th

Final grades will be calculated in this way:

Quizzes/Responses- 20%

Article Reviews (3)- 20%

Discussion Boards- 20%

Major Essays (2)- 40%

Each module will include at least one quiz and one discussion board.  Essay assignments will be posted in the intro module, so you can keep track of them more easily.  At the end of the semester, I will drop the lowest quiz/response grade.

Note: Please keep track of module assignments and deadlines.  Once an assignment is closed, it cannot be re-opened for any reason.  Use your time wisely and don't wait until the last minute to submit assignments.

Note on discussion boards:  In order to receive full credit on discussion board assignments, you must write in complete sentences and address the prompt/topic completely.  When you respond to your classmates, please open your responses by addressing the person you are responding to and provide additional input or questions about what they have written.