ENGLISH 315 BACKGROUNDS IN BRITISH LITERATURE SPRING 2003 Robert M. Chandler Eng 102 8:00 MWF Educ 101 Office: Henry 206 A Eng 102 9:00 MWF Educ 101 Office Hours: 11-12 MWF 2-3 TTh Eng 255 10:00 MWF Henry 202 EMail: RCHANDLE@CHAMINADE.EDU Eng 315 12:30 TTh Henry 104 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Survey of English Literature is designed to provide the student with a grounding in the major early works and major figures of English Literature, promote an understanding of the major changes in society that affect and are reflected in the literature, and provide an idea of the number of interpretative approaches that critics and students have taken to the great works of English Literature. THIS SECTION: I have designed this course to introduce you to EARLY English literature beginning with BEOWULF and continuing through SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN NIGHT, THE CANTERBURY TALES, Shakespeare's plays, and Milton's PARADISE LOST. A lot of this is poetry, albeit narrative poetry, and some of it is drama. Very little is prose. It is unlikely I will get beyond the 1700's. In the last 315 class, I did not get beyond Swift in the early 1700's, although I had anticipated going beyond to at least Alexander Pope. Language, society, the relationships between classes, the political systems, the economy, and even religions have affected the liturature that is produced in the approximately 750 years we will be studying. It is important to know both the creative figures as well as the worlds they inhabited in order to fully appreciate the significance of the literature--and individual works. There is a lot, A LOT, of reading in this course. Look through the reading assignments and know what is anticipated. Do not suddenly begin complaining at midterm or later that there is a lot of reading in the course. Look now. I will use groups to research a variety of topics related to specific authors. Often I will "lecture" or fill in material after the group has presented the results of their research. I anticipate using groups in discussing some topics in "Beowulf," specific tales and prologues in THE CANTERBURY TALES, topics related to THE FAIRIE QUEENE, specific sonnets, and perhaps some work on specific Donne poems. This is a Tuesday Thursday class so we must be efficient in forming groups. I will assign individuals the first time unless you already have preferences. Watch for those who you want to work with in groups and recruit them before or after classes for the second group. Do not stay with a group you are uncomfortable with. Form a new group or find another group at any time. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 3 Examinations worth 100 points each 1 Term Paper worth 300 points. Group and Class Participation 100 points. -10 Points for absences--Attendance strictly enforced. Periodic quizzes. The research paper is 8 pages MINIMUM and will require you to find a topic you wish to wish to discuss using careful analysis of the text AND ABOUT WHICH 6 CRITICS HAVE WRITTEN SUBSTANTIVE ARTICLES (or chapters in books), propose a topic in writing to me, write a summary of each of 2 of the articles and submit them to me, submit a rough draft of the paper, and submit a final copy of the paper. The paper should divide neatly into halves: one half for the summaries of the 6 critics, one half for your own personal analysis of the problem or issue using the text to support your idea. A = 630 - 700 points C = 490 - 559 points F = 350 - 419 B = 560 - 629 points D = 420 - 489 points Course Objectives: 1. Students should know the particulars of the various works we read. 2. Students should be able to explain the relationship between the work and the changes in the society--religious, political, social, economic (introductions to each period are in the text). 3. Student should be able to identify the type of literature and the literary conventions associated with that type of literature. 4. Students should know the characteristics of the different writers or works they study in the semester. 5. Students should be familiar with literary terms related to the works they study. 6. Students should be able to find substantive articles in reputable literary journals or books addressing particular issues. 7. Students should be able to cite text accurately and effectively using the MLA format. 8. Students should demonstrate an ability to present issues, cite supporting text, and interpret the text by drawing logical connections between the text and the topic idea of the paragraph. ATTENDANCE: Students are expected to attend regularly all courses for which they are registered. They should notify their instructors when illness prevents them from attending class and make arrangements to complete missed assignments. When illness or personal reasons necessitate continued absence, the student should withdraw offically from all affected courses. Anyone who stops attending a course without official withdrawal may receive a failing grade. Three or more unexcused absences may lead to a grade reduction for the course. Long term unexcused absence may lead to loss of financial aid. I will deduct 10 points for each absence over 2 absences. CLASSROOM DEPORTMENT: No smoking, drinking, pets, radios, other electronic gear. You are expected to be here on time or enter politely. I will have marked you absent, so see me to correct it. You are to work on the material relevant to this class and not any other class during this period. Courtesy is expected both of me and you. Do not chat indiscriminately with your neighbor, even when we are working in groups. Attend to the business of the group or attend to the information being presented by the other group. Academic Honesty: Students are expected to do their own work, even when you are asking help from others in thinking about your work. Moreover, we expect you to promote academic honesty by reporting violations to your instructor or an university official. If I discover cheating, I will pursue the remedies recommended in the Chaminade Catalog (p. 50) through the Executive Vice President and the Provost. "Punishment . . .may range from an 'F' grade for the work in question to an 'F' for the course to suspension or dismissal from the University" (p. 50). I will fail any paper I find to have been plagiarized and I will fail the student in the course. Freedom of Expression: See Catalog p. 47: "Freedom of Expression" Week 1 Beowulf Everyman Week 2 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Week 3 Chaucer General Prologue; Miller's Prologue and Tale; Pardoner's Prologue and Tale; Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale; The Nun's Priest's Tale. Week 4 Chaucer Continued. Exam I Week 5 Spenser Fairie Queen Week 6 Shakespeare Selected Plays Week 7 Shakespeare Week 8 Sonnet Wyatt & Surrey Astrophel & Stella Amoretti Shakespeare's Sonnets Exam II Week 9 Donne Good Morrow Canonization, Lecture on a Flea and other Donne poems Week 10 17th Century Lyric: Jonson (On My First Daughter/On My First Son/Come My Celia/Still To Be Neat/ Herrick: Delight in Disorder, Corinna's Going A Maying, To The Virgins Herbert: Easter Wings, Denial, The Collar Marvell: To His Coy Mistress Week 11 Milton: Sonnets (L) Milton: Paradise Lost Book I II III Exam III Week 12 Dryden Absolon & Achitophel, MacFlecknoe Pope: Rape of the Lock; Epistle to Dr Arbethnot Week 13 Pope: Essay on Criticism; Essay on Man Week 14 Swift: "Modest Proposal"; Gulliver's Travels Week 15 Byron and on Toward the Romantics TERM PAPER DUE Final Examination Robert Chandler English 102 8 MWF Henry 206 A English 102 10 MWF Office Hours: TTH 11-12 English 255 9 TTH Class Location: English 315 1 TTH English 315 Survey of English Literature TEXT: THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE/MAJOR AUTHORS 7th Edition. Jan 14 Introduction to Course. Introduction to BEOWULF and the heroic ideal. 16 Abrams 1 - 5, 11 (Medieval English) - 18. BEOWULF introduction 23 - 27. Beowulf 27 - 74. ================================================================ 20 Beowulf 74 - 94. Everyman www.luminarium.org/medlit/everyman.htm "ORB Medieval Sourcebook" is modern English version. Begin the work on SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Introduction 119 - 21. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT 121 - 131. 22 SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT 131 - 173. ================================================================ 27 Chaucer: Introduction 173 - 178. Chaucer: General Prologue 178 - 198. The "Frame." 29 Chaucer: The Miller Prologue and Tale 198 - 215. ================================================================ FEB 4 Chaucer: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale 216 - 244 Pardoner's Prologue and Tale 244 - 259. 6 Exam I ================================================================ 11 Abrams: 315 - 336. Spenser Fairie Queen Introduction and Book I, Cantos 1 - 4 pp. 357 - 390. 13 Shakespeare: Introduction 492 - 494. Begin HENRY IV, PART 1. 506- 575. ================================================================ 18 CONTINUE HENRY IV, PART 1. 20 Begin HAMLET ACT I, II. www.chemicool.com/Shakespeare/Hamlet www.bartleby.com/70/index42.html line numbers! www.engl.uvic.ca/faculty/mbhomepage/isshakespeare/ham.toc.html ================================================================ 25 Continue HAMLET III, IV, V. 27 Begin Sonnet: What is a sonnet? Wyatt (That long love: 340; Surrey (Love, that doth reign: 344); Sidney (444 - 446) Astrophil & Stella # 1 (446) #31 (448) Spenser: Amoretti: #54 (430); #34 (430); #75 (431) ================================================================ MAR 4 Shakespeare's Sonnets: #s 18, 30, 55, 60, 73, 150. Drayton: (455-56) 6 Catch Up Day FORMALLY ASSIGN RESEARCH PAPER--300 POINTS. 10 PAGES MINIMUM. ================================================================ 11 EXAM II 13 Abrams: 577 - 596, 599 - 601. METAPHYSICAL POETRY: Introduction. Donne: Lecture on a Shadow: Handout. The Flea (602) The Good Morrow (602) Canonization (606) Valediction Forbidding Mourning (611) Song (603) Elegy #19 (617) Holy Sonnets: #10 (623), #14 (624). ================================================================ 18 17th Century Lyric: Jonson (On My First Daughter (639)/On My First Son (640); Still to Be Neat (648). Herbert: Easter Wings (662), The Pulley (664), The Collar (663) 20 An Introduction: The Carpe Diem Herrick: Delight in Disorder (668), Corinna's Going A Maying (668), To The Virgins (670) Marvell: To His Coy Mistress (679) ================================================================ SPRING BREAK ================================================================ APR 1 Milton (691 - 94). Milton: Sonnets: On the Late Massacre (721); When I Consider (720). Paradise Lost: Introduction: 722 - 24. PARADISE LOST: BOOK I (724 - 42) 3 PARADISE LOST: BOOK II, III. ================================================================ 8 PARADISE LOST: BOOK IV - IX (777 - 836) 10 Continued. ================================================================ 15 Exam III 17 Abrams: 855 - 74. Pope: Introduction 1119 - 23. Pope: Rape of the Lock (1134 - 53). ================================================================ 22 Swift: Introduction 966- 67. "Modest Proposal" (1113 - 19); GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (969 - 90). 24 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (990 - 1012) ================================================================ 29 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (1012 - 54) MAY 1 Byron and on Toward the Romantics TERM PAPER DUE ================================================================ Final Examination