Syllabus for English 3653 (CRN 31248): English Literature II                            Spring 2012   

This syllabus is subject to announced changes.  You are responsible for all such changes whether or not you are present when they are announced.

 

CLASS DAY, TIME, AND ROOM:  Tues. 4:30-7:10, BALA 226

 

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. John Mercer, Professor of English,  Department of Languages and Literature, College of Liberal Arts, Northeastern State University

Mailing address: NSU-BA, 3100 E. New Orleans St., Broken Arrow, OK 74014

Office phone: 918-449-6541                         NSU-BA switchboard: 918-449-6000

Office: BALA 280     Office hours (all times p.m. unless labeled otherwise): Mon. 11:30 a.m.-12:50, 3:50-5:30; Tues. & Wed. 3:00-4:20, 7:20-7:40; Thurs.  5:30-7:10, 10:10-10:30

Fax for faculty in BALA: 918-449-6571 (Faxes must include cover sheet with my name.)

Mailbox: Box 4 in BALA 261 (Give items for my mailbox to staff assistant in BALA 267.)

E-mail: mercer@nsuok.edu or mercer25@att.net

Instructor’s faculty Web page: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~mercer

Alternative path to faculty Web page: www.nsuok.edu > Current Students > Academics > Faculty Web sites > Mercer

 

E-MAIL POLICIES:

(1)   You don’t need to send the same message to BOTH of my e-mail addresses; my NSU e-mail is automatically forwarded to my ATT account.

(2)   To receive e-mail announcements relevant to this class, please enable your e-mail to receive messages from my ATT account.  If you don’t, my messages may go to your spam folder.

(3)   Please do NOT submit a completed assignment by e-mail unless I specifically ask you to do so or unless it is the only way you can submit it on time. If you must submit a completed assignment by e-mail, send it by attachment, but also submit it in hard copy (to me, my office, my mailbox, or by fax) at your first opportunity.

 

PREREQUISITES: None.

 

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: “Selected reading of major English writers from 1800 to the present.  A survey for the general student or the English major or minor of key works, authors, genres, literary history, and criticism.” [At NSU-BA this course is offered every spring and in the summer of odd-numbered years.]

 

COURSE PURPOSE: This course is required for a B.A. in English, a B.A. in English Education, and state teacher certification in English.  It also counts toward a minor in English or Humanities.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of this course, you should be able to

(1)   trace the development of the periods, writers, and genres of English literature since 1800

(2)   apply knowledge of English history, the lives and times of the writers, and literary terminology to the literary periods, genres, and works studied in this class

(3)   make significant comparisons and contrasts among the various literary periods, genres, authors, and works

(4)   analyze and interpret passages from representative works from each of the literary periods

(5)   demonstrate thorough knowledge of the most significant authors and works from each period

(6)   write clear, well-developed essays that demonstrate your knowledge of significant literary themes and/or techniques, integrating specific support from many different literary works

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:

(1)   Please bring the appropriate volume of the required textbook to each class meeting: Greenblatt, Stephen, and M. H. Abrams, et al., eds.  The Norton Anthology of English Literature.  8th ed.  Vol. 2 or vols. D-F.  New York: Norton, 2006. ISBN 0-393-92715-6 (vol. 2, hardcover); 0-393-92532-3 (vol. 2, paperback); or 0-393-92720-2, 0-393-92721-0, and 0-393-92722-9 (vols. D-F, paperback).  Please bring your textbook to every class meeting.

(2)   Please print from the class Web page and bring to class the documents that relate to each week’s assignment. 

 

COMPUTER FORMAT AND MANUSCRIPT FORM:  Complete all out-of-class assignments on computer.  Carefully follow the instructions in the document “Computer Format and Manuscript Form” near the top of the home page of my faculty Web site, under “Documents for all classes.” 

 

DAILY AVERAGE: Your daily average will be the percentage of points you earn out of the number possible for the following assignments:

 

(1)   QUIZZES: Near the beginning of each class period, after you have had an opportunity to ask questions, you will be subject to a quiz on that day’s assigned reading.  To take quizzes, you must be present in class; you cannot make up missed quizzes for any reason. Usually, each quiz will be worth ten (10) points.  

 

(2)   STUDY GUIDES: Each week, except when an exam is scheduled, you are expected to answer enough study guide questions to earn five (5) points.  (Fully answering all questions on a single study guide could be worth as many as twelve [12] points.)  Additional study-guide points you earn beyond those required will help compensate for any other daily points you may miss during the semester. 

 

(3)   VIDEO CRITIQUE: In unit 2, you will be required to watch out of class and write a video critique of The Importance of Being Earnest or Mrs. Warren’s Profession.  This critique is worth twenty (20) points.

 

STUDY GUIDES:  A comprehensive study guide for each week’s assignment will be posted on the class Web page.  Please use each study guide as follows:

 

(1)   As you read each assigned work, read the corresponding part of the study guide, and look for the answers to the questions on the study guide.

(2)   Before you come to class, answer as many of the questions as you can.  Copy and paste the text of the study guide into your own document; retain the numbers, letters, and questions from the study guide; and insert your answers in highlighting or color so they will stand out from the questions and explanatory material.  At the top of each study guide you submit, report the amount of time you spent answering the questions, not including time spent merely reading the assigned works.

(3)   If you spend thirty (30) minutes or more answering any study-guide question marked “extra credit,” submit your answer separately from the rest of the study guide and put a completed “Extra-Credit Submission Form” on top.  (See “Documents for all classes” near the top of my home page.)

(4)   Bring to class a hard copy of your study guide with your answers inserted. 

(5)   In class ask about any study guide questions you can’t answer and, if you wish, make  handwritten additions to your study guide.

(6)   At the end of each class period, submit your study guide.  I will assign daily points to your answers and return your study guide to you the following week.

(7)   If you are not able to attend class but have a study guide to submit, please leave it at my office the next time you are on campus.  Do NOT submit study guides by e-mail.  

 

EXTRA-CREDIT DAILY POINTS: You may earn an unlimited number of extra-credit daily points for answering study-guide questions (beyond the five [5] points required per week) and for other activities listed below. Your daily average, however, cannot exceed 100%. 

 

Place a completed “Extra-Credit Submission Form” on top of each extra-credit item you submit.  Carefully follow the “Instructions for Extra-Credit Submissions.”  Both of these documents are found near the top of the home page of my faculty Web site under “Documents for all classes.” Of the various ways to earn extra credit listed and explained under “Other Types of Extra Credit” in “Instructions for Extra-Credit Submissions,” the following apply to this class:  

·         PERFORMANCES: Many screen adaptations of 19th- and 20th-century British literary works are available in the NSU-BA library, the Tulsa Central Library Media Center, and video rental stores.  Also, live performances of relevant plays may be performed this semester in the Tulsa metropolitan area.  

·         CLIPPINGS OR INTERNET MATERIAL

·         ADDITIONAL READING

·         ANALYSIS

·         RESEARCH

·         CREATIVE WRITING

 

OUTSIDE READING: Outside reading is required for an A in the course; otherwise, it is optional.  Satisfactory completion of the outside reading can raise your final course grade approximately one (1) to three (3) percentage points, depending on your other grades.  For this assignment, read an approved nineteenth- or twentieth-century English novel (or an approved book of poetry or selection of plays) that you have NOT previously read.  (See “OUTSIDE READING” on class Web page.) Then take a 15-minute oral exam in my office no later than Thursday, April 26.  The grade you receive for your outside reading will depend on

·         the length and difficulty of the book or books (you may read more than one book and take a separate exam on each),

·         the date by which you complete the assignment (the earlier the completion, the higher the grade is likely to be), and

·         most importantly, the degree to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the work. 

 

EXAMS: You must be present for the three exams, the dates of which are listed below under “ASSIGNMENTS.”  Each of the three exams will include objective questions to be answered in class and an essay to be written out of class.    

 

ESSAY GRADES: The document “Explanation of Essay Grades” presents the criteria by which I assign essay exam grades.  This document, which is to be considered part of this syllabus, is found at the top of my home page at http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~mercer.  

 

DISABILITIES: If you have a disability and need special accommodations in this class, please tell me at the end of the first class meeting you attend.  For more information, see ADA COMPLIANCE at http://offices.nsuok.edu/academicaffairs/SyllabiInformation.aspx.

 

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT:  In this class, academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating on quizzes and exams, submitting work that is not your own, failing to document the words or ideas of a source, copying a source’s exact words or sentence structure without using quotation marks, submitting an essay that is the same in content and organization as another student’s, or assisting others in these actions.  The consequences of academic misconduct are described at http://offices.nsuok.edu/academicaffairs/SyllabiInformation.aspx.

 

LATE ASSIGNMENTS AND MAKE-UP EXAMS: If you have a legitimate reason for not taking an objective exam or submitting an out-of-class writing assignment on time, to avoid penalty you must in advance arrange for a later due date or, in case of emergency, leave a message on my voice mail by the beginning of class time on the day the exam is scheduled or the assignment is due. Otherwise, missed objective exams cannot be made up, and late writing assignments will be penalized. If a writing assignment is submitted by the next class meeting after it is due (one week late), the grade will be lowered two letter grades (20%).  If an assignment is submitted two weeks late, the grade will be lowered 40%.  Assignments will not be accepted more than two weeks late unless you have made special arrangements in advance.

 

ATTENDANCE: Enrollment in this course obligates you to attend class regularly and for the entire period.  Absence from any class period is serious because it causes you to miss an entire week of class work.  Any absence will also lower your daily average by giving you a zero for the quiz points for that day. Absence from more than two (2) class periods is considered excessive, indicating that you are not likely to do well in the class.  If you enroll late, you will be counted absent for each class period you have missed from the beginning of the semester.

 

Attendance will be taken from quiz papers only. To be marked present, you must submit a quiz paper with your name, the course number, and the date.  If you arrive after the quiz or do not attempt to answer any of the questions, submit a paper with these three items so that you will be counted present.  If you must leave class immediately after the quiz or before the break, write “ABSENT” in LARGE LETTERS beside your name on the quiz paper (but you will receive any quiz points you earn).  If you must leave class any time before the end of the period, please tell me in advance. 

 

BAD WEATHER / CLASS CANCELLATION: If all NSU-BA classes are canceled because of bad weather or any other reason, cancellation will be announced on Tulsa area radio and television stations.  If all classes are not canceled, it is my responsibility and intention to hold class.  You, however, must make your own decision about whether it is safe for you to drive to class.  In the unlikely event that my class is canceled when other NSU-BA classes are meeting, you should be notified through the class calling tree. See additional information concerning NSU’s INCLEMENT WEATHER / DISASTER POLICY at http://offices.nsuok.edu/academicaffairs/SyllabiInformation.aspx.

 

ENGLISH EDUCATION PROJECT: If you are an English Education major, be sure to save electronically all the documents you produce in required English classes and internships.  You will need these documents later to complete the required English Education Project.  If you have questions, contact Ms. Connie Henshaw, NSU’s English Education Specialist (henshacc@nsuok.edu or 918-444-4502).

 

CLASSROOM COURTESY: Out of courtesy to your classmates and me, please do not

(1)   engage in private conversations when the instructor or another student is addressing the class.

(2)   eat in class (unless you bring food to share with the entire class).  Drinks with lids or caps, however, are permitted.

(3)   bring children or other visitors to class without my prior permission.

(4)   repeatedly get up from your seat during class.  Please wait until the break or the end of class!

(5)   allow your cell phone to disrupt class.  Please turn off cell phones in class!

(6)   read or send text messages in class.

(7)   use a notebook computer or other electronic device in class for any purpose other than to take notes or to look up information on the Internet to share with the class.

(8)   leave class early or during the break without telling me in advance.

 

CHILDREN ON CAMPUS:  According to NSU-BA policy, children under age sixteen (16) cannot be left unattended anywhere on the campus, including the library, café, and student lounges.  If in an emergency you feel that you need to bring a child to class with you, please ask my permission in advance.  The appropriateness of a child’s coming to class depends on the child’s age and behavior and on the content to be covered in class.

 

ADDITIONAL SYLLABUS INFORMATION ON NSU WEB SITE:  Additional syllabus information on the Academic Affairs page of the NSU Web site is to be considered part of this syllabus.  Please read carefully the information that appears on the following topics at http://offices.nsuok.edu/academicaffairs/SyllabiInformation.aspx:

·         ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT [including plagiarism]

·         ADA COMPLIANCE [for students with disabilities]

·         INCLEMENT WEATHER/DISASTER POLICY [class cancellation]

·         TEACH ACT [copyright protection of instructional materials]

·         TEXTBOOK INFORMATION

·         RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION [privacy rights]

 

 WITHDRAWAL FROM CLASS:

·         If you drop a class by January 23, you will receive a 100% refund of tuition.  If you drop a class after January 23, you will receive no refund.

·         If you have never attended the class by the end of the third week of classes, you will be withdrawn from the course for non-attendance and will receive the grade of NA (never attended), which does not affect your grade-point average.

·         During the sixth through the tenth weeks of the class, if it would be impossible for you to make a satisfactory grade because you are not attending class, submitting assignments, taking exams, and/or otherwise making a reasonable attempt to be successful in the course, I will have you administratively withdrawn from the course.  If you are administratively withdrawn, you will receive a grade of AW (administrative withdrawal), which does not affect your grade-point average.   

·         If you drop a class by April 8, you will automatically receive a W, which does not affect your grade-point average.  To drop a class, you must process an official drop slip.  Be sure to keep a copy of your drop slip to prove that you have officially dropped.

·         If you drop a class after April 8, you will receive a W if you are passing or an F if you are failing at the time you drop.

·         The last day to drop a class is May 2.

 

STUDENT EVALUATION (COURSE GRADE): Subject to announced changes, the course grade will be figured in one of two ways, depending on whether you choose to do the optional outside reading assignment:

                                                                        With no outside reading         With outside reading

Daily average (including quizzes, study

guides, video critique, & extra credit)            100 points       22.2%              100 points       20%                                                                 100 points       22.2%                    100 points       20%    

Unit 1 exam                                                    100 points       22.2%              100 points       20%                

Unit 2 exam                                                    100 points       22.2%              100 points       20%

Final exam (unit 3 & comprehensive)       150 points 33.4%              150 points       30%    

Outside reading                                                  ---                  0%                  50 points       10%

                                                                        450 points       100%               500 points       100%

 

A = 90-100% (and satisfactory completion of outside reading)                                          

B = 80-89%          

C = 70-79%          

D = 60-69%         

F = 0-59%   

 

ASSIGNMENTS:  Assignments are subject to announced changes.  You are responsible for all such changes whether or not you are present when they are made.  If a class meeting is canceled and you receive no instructions to the contrary, continue to follow the dates on the assignment sheet. The week after a class cancellation, then, you would need to be prepared on two weeks’ assignments. For help in understanding literary terms throughout the course, refer to “Literary Terminology,” an appendix that appears in the back of each volume of your textbook.  

 

Unit 1: The Romantic Period

 

Jan. 10

Introduction to course                                                     

Jan. 17

Study Guide 1 is due.

“The Romantic Period,” “Revolution and Reaction,” “The Spirit of the Age,” 1-8(t)

“William Blake,” 76-79(m)

Songs of Innocence (81 footnote): “Introduction,” 81(m); “The Ecchoing Green,” 83(b)-84(m); “The Lamb,” 83(m)-84(t); “The Chimney Sweeper,” 85; “The Divine Image,” 85(b)-86(t); “Holy Thursday,” 86; “Nurse’s Song,” 86(b)-87(t); “Infant Joy,” 87

Songs of Experience: “Introduction,” 87; “The Clod & the Pebble,” 89; “Holy Thursday,” 90; “The Chimney Sweeper,” 90; “Nurse’s Song,” 90(b)-91(t); “The Sick Rose,” 91; “The Tyger,” 92-93(m); “My Pretty Rose Tree,” 93;  “The Human Abstract,” 95; “Infant Sorrow,” 95(b); “A Poison Tree,” 96; “A Divine Image,” 97(t)

 

“Robert Burns,” 129-31(t)

“To a Mouse,” 135-36(m); “To a Louse,” 136(m)-37; “Auld Lang Syne,” 137(b)-38(m); “Afton Water,” 138(m)-39(t); “Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale,” 139-44(m); “Robert Bruce’s March to Bannockburn,” 145; “A Red, Red Rose,” 145(b)-46(t); “Song: For a’ that and a’ that,” 146-47

 

“Mary Wollstonecraft,” 167(m)-70

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 170(b)-74(t) [Extra credit: 174-95]

                                                                                         

Jan. 24

Study Guide 2 is due.

“Poetic Theory and Poetic Practice,” 8-16(m)

“William Wordsworth,” 243-45

“Preface to Lyrical Ballads,” 262, 264(m)-65(b), 273 (read the one complete paragraph)

Lyrical Ballads: “Lines Written in Early Spring,” 250; “Expostulation and Reply,” 250(b)-51; “The Tables Turned,” 251(b)-52; “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey,” 258(m)-62(t)

[The “Lucy poems”]: “Strange fits of passion have I known,” 274(m)-75(t); “She dwelt among the untrodden ways,” 275; “Three years she grew,” 275(b)-76; “A slumber did my spirit seal,” 276(b)-77(t); “I travelled among unknown men,” 277

“Lucy Gray,” 277(b)-79(m); “Michael,” 292-301; “I wandered lonely as a cloud,” 305(b)-06(m); “My heart leaps up,” 306; “Ode: Intimations of Immortality,” 306(b)-12; “The Solitary Reaper,” 314-15(t)

Sonnets: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge,” 317; “It is a beauteous evening,” 317; “The world is too much with us,” 319; “Surprised by joy,” 320

The Prelude, 322(m)-24(t) (introduction only)

 

“Dorothy Wordsworth,” 389-90

The Grasmere Journals: “[Oct. 11-12, 1800],” 393(b)-94(m); “[Apr. 15, 1802],” 396(m)-97(t); “[July 1802],” 400

“Grasmere: A Fragment,” 402-04(m); “Thoughts on My Sick-Bed,” 404(m)-05

                                                                                         

Jan. 31

Study Guide 3 is due.

“Samuel Taylor Coleridge,” 424-26(m)

“The Eolian Harp,” 426(m)-28(t); “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” 430-46(m); “Kubla Khan,” 446(m)-48

Stevie Smith, “Thoughts about the Person from Porlock,” 2375(m)-77(t) [Please note that this one poem is found is the third volume of our textbook, Volume F.]

 

 “Christabel, Part 1” 449-57(t)                                   

Biographia Literaria, 474 (introduction only)

 

“Sir Walter Scott,” 406-07(m)

“The Lay of the Last Minstrel,” 407(b)-09

“Proud Maisie,” 410

 

“Prose,” 18-19(t)

“The Novel,” 20-22

“Jane Austen,” 514-15

“Charles Lamb,” 491(m)-92

“Christ’s Hospital Five-and-Thirty Years Ago,” 496-505(t)

 

“William Hazlitt,” 537-38(t)

“My First Acquaintance with Poets,” 541-54

                                                                                         

Feb. 7

Study Guide 4 is due.

“George Gordon, Lord Byron,” 607-11(m)

“Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos,” 611(m)-12(m); “She walks in beauty,” 612; “They say that Hope is happiness,” 613; “When we two parted,” 613(m)-14(m); “Stanzas for Music,” 614; “Darkness,” 614(b)-16(m); “So, we’ll go no more a roving,” 616; “Stanzas Written on the Road between Florence and Pisa,” 734; “January 22nd. Missolonghi,” 735

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, 617 (introduction only)

“Drama,” 19(m)-20(t)

Manfred, 635(m)-36(m) (introduction only)

Don Juan, 669-70(t) (introduction only)

 

“Percy Bysshe Shelley,” 741(m)-44(m)

“To Wordsworth,” 744(b)-45(t); “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty,” 766(m)-68(m); “Ozymandias,” 768; “Ode to the West Wind,” 772(b)-75(t)

Prometheus Unbound, 775 (introduction only)

“To a Sky-Lark,” 817-19(m)

Byron’s letter “To Percy Bysshe Shelley” about Keats’s death, 740-41(t)

Adonais, 823-35

A Defence of Poetry, 837(m)-38(t) (introduction only)

 

“Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,” 955(b)-58(t)

                                                                                         

Feb. 14

First half of period

Study Guide 5 is optional for extra points.  Whether or not you have answered any questions, please print this study guide and bring it to class.

“John Keats,” 878-80

[Sonnets]: “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” 880(b)-81(t); “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles,” 883; “When I have fears that I may cease to be,” 888

The Eve of St. Agnes, 888(b)-98(t)

“La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad,” 899-900(m)

[The Great Odes]: “Ode to Psyche,” 901-02; “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” 905-06; “Ode on Melancholy,” 906(b)-08(t); “To Autumn,” 925(b)-26

 

Second half of period: Unit 1 exam

Submit essay written out of class

Take objective exam in class

 

Unit 2: The Victorian Period

 

Feb. 21

Study Guide 6 is due.

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

“Prose,” 998

 

“Thomas Carlyle,” 1002-05

Sartor Resartus, “The Everlasting No,” 1005-11

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

“John Henry Cardinal Newman,” 1033(b)-35(t)

The Idea of a University, 1035-42

 

“John Stuart Mill,” 1043-44

Autobiography, 1070(b)-77

 

Feb. 28

Study Guide 7 is due.

“Alfred, Lord Tennyson,” 1109-12(m)

“Mariana,” 1112(m)-14(t); “The Lady of Shalott,” 1114(m)-18; “Ulysses,” 1123-25(t); “Break, Break, Break,” 1126(b)-27(t); “Locksley Hall,” 1129-35(t); “Tears, 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

“The Charge of the Light Brigade,” 1188-89; Idylls of the King [introduction only], 1189(b)-90(m); “Crossing the Bar,” 1211(b)-12(m)

 

“John Ruskin,” 1317(b)-20(m)

The Stones of Venice, 1324-34

 

Mar. 6: No class.  Professional development day for faculty.

 

Mar. 13

Study Guide 8 is due.

“The Role of Women,” 990(m)-93(m)

“Poetry,” 996-97

 

“Elizabeth Barrett Browning,” 1077(b)-79(t)

Sonnets from the Portuguese, 1084-85(m)

 

“Robert Browning,” 1248(m)-52(t)

“Porphyria’s Lover,” 1252-53(m); “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister,” 1253(m)-55(m); “My Last Duchess,” 1255(m)-56; “The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church,” 1259(m)-62;  “Love among the Ruins,” 1264(m)-66(t); “Andrea del Sarto,” 1280(m)-86(t)

 

“Matthew Arnold,” 1350-54(m)

“The Scholar Gypsy,” 1361(m)-67

“Dover Beach,” 1368-69(t)

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

 

Mar. 20: No class.  Spring break

 

Mar. 27

Study Guide 9 is due.

“The Late Period (1870-1901),” 988-89

“The Nineties,” 989(b)-90(m)

“Drama and Theater,” 998(b)-99

 

“Oscar Wilde,” 1686-87

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

 

“Bernard 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. 3

First half of period

Study Guide 10 is optional for extra points.  Whether or not you have answered any questions, please print this study guide and bring it with you to class.

“The Novel,” 994(b)-96(t)

“Charles Dickens,” 1236(m)-39(t)

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

“George Eliot,” 1334(b)-37(t)

 

“Christina 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.  

 

“Gerard Manley Hopkins,” 1513(b)-16(t)

“God’s Grandeur,” 1516; “Spring,” 1517; “The Windhover,” 1518; “Pied Beauty,” 1518; “Spring and Fall,” 1521; “Thou art indeed just, Lord,” 1524

 

Second half of period: Unit 2 exam

Submit essay written out of class

Take objective exam in class

 

Unit 3: The Twentieth Century

 

Apr. 10

Study Guide 11 is due.

“The Twentieth Century and After,” “Historical Background,” 1827-34(t)

“Joseph Conrad,” 1885(m)-87(t); Heart of Darkness, 1890-1947

Extra-credit video/DVD (video on reserve; also may be available for rental): Heart of Darkness.

If you have a video or DVD of this film at class time, please bring it to class.  If you bring a video, please cue it in advance to a scene to show in class.

 

Apr. 17

Study Guide 12 is due.

“Poetry,” 1834-37

“Thomas Hardy,” 1851-52; “On the Western Circuit,” 1852(b)-68(m) 

Extra-credit video (on reserve): “The Day after the Fair,” a dramatization of “On the Western Circuit,” PBS

“Hap,” 1868; “The Darkling Thrush,” 1871; “The Ruined Maid,” 1872; “A Trampwoman’s Tragedy,” 1872(b)-75(m); “The Convergence of the Twain,” 1878-79(m)

 

“A. E. Housman,” 1948; “Loveliest of Trees,” 1948(b)-49(t); “When I Was One-and-Twenty,” 1949; “To an Athlete Dying Young,” 1949-50(m); “Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff,” 1950(m)-52(t)

 

“William Butler Yeats,” 2019(b)-22; “Down by the Salley Gardens,” 2024; “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” 2025; “Easter, 1916,” 2031-33(t); “The Second Coming,” 2036(b)-37(m); “Leda and the Swan,” 2039; “Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop,” 2045(b)-46(t)

 

“T. S. Eliot,” 2286(b)-89; “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” 2289(b)-93(t); “Journey of the Magi,” 2312-13(t)

 

Apr. 24

Study Guide 13 is due.

Last day to take oral exam on outside reading is Thurs., Apr. 26.

“Fiction,” 1838-43(t)

“Virginia Woolf,” 2080-82(t); A Room of One’s Own, 2113-22(t), 2151(m)-52(t); “Professions for Women,” 2152-55                   

Extra-credit video (on reserve): A Room of One’s Own, PBS

 

“James Joyce,” 2163-68(t); “Araby,” 2168-72(t); “The Dead,” 2172-99

Extra-credit video (on reserve; also may be available at video stores): The Dead, directed by John Huston, starring Angelica Huston

 

“D. H. Lawrence,” 2243-45(t); “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter,” 2258(m)-69(m)

 

May 1

Study Guide 14 is due.

Last day to submit study guides and extra-credit work

“Drama,” 1843-47

“Samuel Beckett,” 2393-94(m); Endgame, 2394(m)-2420

Extra-credit DVD (on reserve): Endgame

 

“Harold Pinter,” 2601; The Dumb Waiter, 2601(m)-22(m)

Extra-credit video (on reserve): The Dumb Waiter, starring John Travolta and Tom Conti.

If you have this video at class time, please bring it to class, cued, if possible, to a scene to show to the class.

 

May 8

Final exam:

            Submit essay written out of class.

            Take objective exam in class (unit 3 and comprehensive).