ENGL 3653: English Literature II Spring 2010 Mercer

Unit 2: The Victorian Period

Feb. 25

“The Victorian Age,” “Queen Victoria and the Victorian Temper,” “The Early Period (1830-48),” and “The Mid-Victorian Period (1848-70),” 979-88

AProse,@ 998

AThomas Carlyle,@ 1002-05

Sartor Resartus, AThe Everlasting No,@ 1005-11

Extra credit: AReligions in England,” A73-A76 [in back of textbook]

AJohn Henry Cardinal Newman,@ 1033(b)-35(t)

The Idea of a University, 1035-42

AJohn Stuart Mill,@ 1043-44

Autobiography, 1070(b)-77

Mar. 4

AAlfred, Lord Tennyson,@ 1109-12(m)

AMariana,@ 1112(m)-14(t); AThe Lady of Shalott,@ 1114(m)-18; AUlysses,@ 1123-25(t); ABreak, Break, Break,@ 1126(b)-27(t); ALocksley Hall,@ 1129-35(t); ATears, Idle Tears,@ 1135-36(t);

In Memoriam A. H. H., 1138-39; 1140 ff.: sections 1, 7, 9, 21, 24, 27, 28, 30, 50, 54-56, 78, 95, 103-06, 118, 120, 123, 124, 127, 129-31, Epilogue

AThe Charge of the Light Brigade,@ 1188-89; Idylls of the King [introduction only], 1189(b)-90(m); ACrossing the Bar,@ 1211(b)-12(m)

AJohn Ruskin,@ 1317(b)-20(m)

The Stones of Venice, 1324-34

Mar. 11

AThe Role of Women,@ 990(m)-93(m)

APoetry,@ 996-97

AElizabeth Barrett Browning,@ 1077(b)-79(t)

Sonnets from the Portuguese, 1084-85(m)

ARobert Browning,@ 1248(m)-52(t)

APorphyria=s Lover,@ 1252-53(m); ASoliloquy of the Spanish Cloister,@ 1253(m)-55(m); AMy Last Duchess,@ 1255(m)-56; AThe Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church,@ 1259(m)-62; ALove among the Ruins,@ 1264(m)-66(t); AAndrea del Sarto,@ 1280(m)-86(t)

AMatthew Arnold,@ 1350-54(m)

AThe Scholar Gypsy,@ 1361(m)-67

ADover Beach,@ 1368-69(t)

Culture and Anarchy, 1398-99(m), 1402-04(m)

Mar. 18: Spring break

Mar. 25

AThe Late Period (1870-1901),@ 988-89

AThe Nineties,@ 989(b)-90(m)

ADrama and Theater,@ 998(b)-99

AOscar Wilde,@ 1686-87

The Importance of Being Earnest, 1698(m)-1740

ABernard Shaw,@ 1743(b)-46(t)

Mrs. Warren=s Profession, 1746-90

VIDEO / DVD CRITIQUE (worth 20 daily points): Watch a video of The Importance of Being Earnest or Mrs. Warren’s Profession. DVDs of two different films of Earnest are on reserve and available for checkout from the NSU-BA library: the 2002 film starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Reese Witherspoon (also available at rental outlets); and the 1952 film starring Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, and Dorothy Tutin. A DVD of Mrs. Warren’s Profession is also available for checkout from the NSU-BA library. Various versions of both plays may be available at the Tulsa Central Library Media Center and other libraries. Submit a one- to two-page critique of the video you watch, including specific details that demonstrate your knowledge of the production. (On the class Web page, see “Writing a Video/DVD Critique.”)

Apr. 1

First half of period

AThe Novel,@ 994(b)-96(t)

ACharles Dickens,@ 1236(m)-39(t)

AEmily Brontë,@ 1311; “No coward soul is mine,” 1317

AGeorge Eliot,@ 1334(b)-37(t)

AChristina Rossetti,@ 1459(m)-60

“Song,” 1460; “Song,” 1461; “In an Artist’s Studio,” 1463; “Winter: My Secret,” 1464(b)-65(m)

Extra credit: Read and respond to unassigned works by Christina Rossetti or other assigned authors.

AGerard Manley Hopkins,@ 1513(b)-16(t)

AGod=s Grandeur,@ 1516; ASpring,@ 1517; AThe Windhover,@ 1518; APied Beauty,@ 1518; ASpring and Fall,@ 1521; AThou art indeed just, Lord,@ 1524

Second half of period: Unit 2 exam

Submit essay written out of class

Take objective exam in class