Course Syllabus

Course Name & Number: ENGL 2323 (British Literature from the 18th Century)

 Semester & Year: Spring 2019

 Catalog Description. A survey of the development of British literature from the Romantic period to the 18th 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. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 or equivalent.   

Instructor's Name: Michelle Price

 Instructor's Office #: Pilot Point High Rm 110

 Email Address: mprice@nctc.edu

 Office Hours: M-F 1:15-1:45, 3-3:30, T-Th-8-9

 Textbooks & Materials: Greenblatt, Stephen, ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. D, E, F.  9th ed. (2012) ISBN: 978-0-393-91301-9

COURSE AND COLLEGE INFORMATION

 Learning Outcomes. Students who successfully complete English 2322 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.

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

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• Quality freshman and sophomore level courses in arts and sciences which parallel the lower division offerings of four-year colleges and universities.

• Quality technical programs leading directly to careers in semi-skilled and skilled occupations, and quality technical education programs up to two years in length leading to certificates and associate degrees.

• Quality programs and services in support of adult literacy and basic skills development as a mean of workforce enhancement and expanding access to higher education.

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 Departmental Purpose Statement. The Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Language provides quality instruction to students pursuing their academic and career goals.

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 College Attendance 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)

Because each day of instruction is important, attendance to each class meeting is imperative and mandatory. Regular attendance is mandatory.  This is a discussion-oriented class, and you must be present and ACTIVELY involved in these discussions.  Excessive absences will be detrimental to your grade.  Students who miss more than 3 classes will drop a letter grade.  Students who miss more than 4 will be dropped from the course.

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 Last day to Withdraw: Last day to drop a class with grade of “W” is April 4, 2019.

 Scholastic Integrity – Plagiarism: 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 the planned action to his Department Chair. The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to the 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:

 Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;

1. 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;

2. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;

3. Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;

4. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;

5. 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.

 Please be aware that I take plagiarism very seriously.  You may not have another person write, type, edit, or revise any parts of your Writing Assignments.  You may not use someone else’s Writing Assignment or buy one from a “professional” source.  You may not use the material on the internet or in print sources without documenting it.  Failure to follow the proper guidelines for documentation constitutes plagiarism. 

Considering the severity of the issue, if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding plagiarism, please consider this an open invitation to visit with me about the issue. If I discover that a student has committed intentional plagiarism, the Writing Assignment that has plagiarized materials will receive a zero, and I will recommend to the English Department Head that the student fails the course.

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Grading Policy & Procedures

Your grade may be calculated as follows:

Weekly responses/quizzes/other assignments - 40%

Exams (3) - 25%

Historical Analysis Essay- 25%

Discussion Boards- 10%

At the end of the semester, I will drop the lowest discussion board grade.  This should help with any emergencies, technical problems, conflicts, etc.  Remember- once an assignment is closed, it cannot be re-opened.

Calendar or Course Outline

Week One- Jan. 21-25 - The Romantic Period (Blake)

Intro to course/syllabus.  Intro pages 3-30 w/timeline.  William Blake bio p. 112-116, "All Religions Are One" p. 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  (LO 1-3)

Week Two- Jan. 28-Feb. 1 - The Romantic Period (Wordsworth)

William Wordsworth bio p. 270-292, "Lines Written Above Tintern Abbey" p. 288, Preface to "Lyrical Ballads" p. 292, "Strange fits of passion have I known" p. 305, "She dwelt among the untrodden ways" p. 305, "Three years he grew" p. 306, "London, 1802" p. 346, "The World is Too Much With Us" p. 347  (LO 1-4)

Week Three- Feb. 4- 8- The Romantic Period (Coleridge)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge bio p. 437, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" p. 443, "Kubla Khan" p. 459, Gothic p. 584-585, "The Monk" p. 602-608, "Review of the Monk" p. 608-611 (LO 1-6)

Week Four- Feb. 11- 15 - The Romantic Period (Byron and Shelley)

George Gordon, Lord Byron bio p. 612, "She Walks in Beauty" p. 617, "Darkness" p. 618, Percy Bysshe Shelley bio p. 748, "To Wordsworth" p. 752, "Ozymandias" p. 776, "The Mask of Anarchy" p. 779   (LO 1-6)

Week Five- Feb. 18-22 - The Romantic Period (Keats)

John Keats bio p. 901, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" p. 923, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" p. 930, "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles" p. 906, EXAM #1- The Romantics    (LO 1-6)

Week Six- Feb 25-Mar 1 - The Victorian Era (Intro/Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Intro and Timeline p. 1017-1043, "The Cry of the Children" p. 1124, "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" p. 1130, "Porphyria's Lover" p. 1278, "My Last Duchess" p. 1282   (LO 1-4)

Week Seven- Mar 4-2 - The Victorian Era (Evolution and Industrialization)

Evolution: Charles Darwin, "The Origin of Species" p. 1561, Industrialization: Charles Dickens, from Hard Times p. 1599, Henry Mayhew, "London Labor and London Poor" p. 1601, "Boy Inmate" p. 1602; background to Jane Eyre (LO 1, 2. 4-6)

Spring Break March 11-15 Jane Eyre 1st part

Week Eight- March 18-22 - The Victorian Era (Gender and Empire)

Gender: Sarach Stickney Ellis, "The Women of England" p. 1610, Anonymous, "The Great Social Evil" p. 1620, Florence Nightengale, from Cassandra p. 1626, Empre: Thomas B. Macaulay, "Minute on Indian Education" p. 1640, William Howard Russell, "My Diary in India" p. 1642, Rudyard Kipling, bio p. 1851, "White Man's Burden" p. 1880, "If-" p. 1882    (LO 1-6) Continue Jane Eyre

Week Nine- March 25-29- The Victorian Era (Oscar Wilde/Bronte Jane Eyre)

Oscar Wilde- bio. p. 1720, The Importance of Being Earnest p. 1733  (LO 1-6)  (Film versions are widely available!) and Jane Eyre

Week Ten- April 1-5 - Modernism (Conrad/Heart of Darkness)

EXAM #2, Modernism- Intro and timeline p. 1887-1913, Joseph Conrad bio. p. 1947, Introduction to Heart of Darkness   (LO 1-6)

Week Eleven- April 8- 12 Modernism (Conrad/Heart of Darkness)

Heart of Darkness, Book One- p. 1953, Historical Analysis Essay Due (Due date/time TBA)

Week Twelve- April 15-19 - Modernism (Voices from WWI)

Rupert Brooke- "The Soldier" p. 2019, Siegfried Sassoon- "They" p. 2023, "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, Robert Graves- "Recalling War" p. 2048   (LO 1-4)

Week Thirteen- April 22-26- Modernism (Modernist Manifestos)

T.E. Hulme- from Romanticism and Classicism p. 2059, F.S. Flint and Ezra Pound- "Imagisme" p. 2064, "A Few Don'ts..." p. 2065, T.E. Hulme- "Autumne" p. 2069, Ezra Pound- "In a Station of the Metro" H.D.- "Oread" p. 2069, "Sea Rose" p. 2070    (LO 1-6)

Week Fourteen- April 29-May 3 - Modernism (Irish Voices)

William Butler Yeats- bio., p. 2082, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" p. 2087, "The Wild Swans at Coole" p. 2095, "The Second Coming" p. 2099, "Leda and the Swan" p. 2102, James Joyce bio p. 2276, "Araby" p. 2278    (LO 1-4)

Week Fifteen- May 6-10 - Modernism (Modern Poetry Extravaganza)

T.S. Eliot- "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" p. 2524, Stevie Smith- "Not Waving But Drowning" p. 2601, W.H. Auden- "As I Walked Out One Evening" p. 2683, Dylan Thomas- "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" p. 2703, Course wrap-up    (LO 1-3)

Reading calendar is subject to change-  Please pay attention in class to changes as they occur.

FINAL EXAM - Monday, May 13, 2019