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ENGL
2006-Introduction to the Study of Literature
Dr. Dennis Desroches, EC 116, Phone: 460-0364, Office: T/Th, 2:00-3:45
COURSE
DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES
Students
will be introduced to the major literary figures of England from Medieval
times to the present. The texts we will be reading have traditionally
been known as the literary "canon," but part of our approach
to these texts will be meant to challenge staid notions of canonicity.
We shall also explore the changing shape of narrative and poetic convention
through literary history, dwelling especially on how our reading practices
shape, but are also shaped by, the literary texts we read. We shall
give special attention throughout this course to the question of "meaning
production," that is, to the question of how and why a text can
both mean what it means, and say more than it means. Specific
emphasis will also be placed on critical, reflective analysis, as well
as on writing skills. Some time will also be devoted to developing library
skills.
Required Texts
The Norton Anthology of English Literature-Major Authors, Seventh Edition
As You Like It, Shakespeare
Joseph Andrews, Henry Fielding
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
The Country Wife, William Wycherley
Attendance and
Punctuality
My exam for this course has, in previous years, been a real killer-but
only to those students who have failed to do the reading, and failed
to attend classes. It behooves you, then, to make attendance in this
class a very high priority. You are permitted 8 absences for the year,
no questions asked. Subsequent absences, explicable or not, will produce
a 0 for your participation grade. Furthermore, upon reaching a total
of 10 absences for the course, you will forfeit the pleasure of writing
the final exam. Do talk to me if you have any questions about this policy.
Punctuality is also a necessity for my course-if you think that you
may have a hard time making it to class on time, please talk to me in
advance. Being late for class by more than 2 minutes will count as an
absence, so be punctual!
Lateness Policy
The equivalent of 3 percentage points per day will be deducted from
any late assignments, for up to a total of seven days (weekends count!).
After seven days, I will not accept the assignment. Talk to me concerning
medical, compassionate, or other exceptions to this policy. Essays will
take a minimum of three weeks to be returned.
Plagiarism
Should you undertake to plagiarize an essay, your punishment will be
most dire. For the many and varied ways in which you will be disciplined,
please consult the STU 2004-2005 Calendar, pages 244-246. Please do
not hesitate to talk to me if you have any questions regarding plagiarism,
or the various forms of punishment attendant thereupon.
Mark Distribution:
In-class essays (Term 1&2): 5% and 10% respectively
Essays #1 and #2 (Term 1&2): 15% and 25% respectively
Final Exam (Term 2): 35%
Participation: 10%
Provisional
Reading Schedule-Term 1
September
9. Introduction
14. Chaucer-General Prologue
16. Chaucer-General Prologue
21. The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
23. Spenser-The Faerie Queene, Book 1
28. Spenser-The Faerie Queene, Book 1
30. Sidney-Astrophil and Stella (selections)
October
5. Shakespeare-As
You Like It
7. Shakespeare-As You Like It
12. Essay writing/grammar review
14. NO CLASS
19. IN-CLASS ESSAY
21. Wroth-Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
26. Donne-Selected Poetry
28. Donne-Selected Poetry
November
2. Behn--Ooronoko
4. Behn--Ooronoko
9. Milton-Paradise Lost
11. NO CLASS
16. Milton-Paradise Lost
18. Pope-The Rape of the Lock; ESSAY #1 DUE
23. Pope-The Rape of the Lock
25. Wycherley-The Country Wife
30. Wycherley-The Country Wife
December
2. Wrap-up
Provisional
Reading Schedule-Term 2
January
4. Swift-Gulliver's
Travels
6. Swift-Gulliver's Travels
11. Swift-Gulliver's Travels
13. Fielding-Joseph Andrews
18. Fielding-Joseph Andrews
20. Fielding-Joseph Andrews
25. IN-CLASS ESSAY
27. Library Presentation/ Research
February
1. Wordsworth-Tintern
Abbey
3. Wordsworth-Tintern Abbey
8. Wordsworth-The Prelude (selections)
10. Shelley-Selected poetry
15. Shelley-Selected poetry
17. Keats-Selected poetry
22. Keats-Selected poetry
24. Keats-Selected poetry
March
1. R. Browning-Selected
poetry
3. E.B. Browing-Selected poetry
8. & 10. READING WEEK
15. Wilde-The Picture of Dorian Gray
17. Wilde-The Picture of Dorian Gray
22. Wilde-The Picture of Dorian Gray-ESSAY #2 DUE
24. T.S Eliot-Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
29. Yeats-Selected Poetry
31. Thomas-Selected Poetry
April
5. Joyce-The Dead
7. review
13-20-Final Exam (Date and Time TBA)
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