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course: English 210-001, spring quarter 2014 instructor: Ernest P. Rufleth, Ph.D. phone: 318.257.5500 email: erufleth@latech.edu office: 248 George T. Madison hours: M,W,F (8:00-9:30; 10:45-11:45 (and M,W 12:30-2:00)) web: garts.latech.edu/erufleth course objectives The main objective of this course is to introduce you to some of the major writers and texts of British literature and to expose you to different ways of interpreting those works. Additionally, this course will (re)familiarize you with literary terms and equip you to read, analyze, and write about literature critically. The course will enable you to develop interpretative arguments supported with textual evidence and hopefully will foster in you an appreciation for the universal in literature. By the end of this quarter, you should 1) be familiar with some of the better-known texts and authors of British literature up to the Romantic era; 2) have some thoughts on how literature, history, and culture interact with each other; and 3) be a better close reader of texts. required text The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors, 9th Edition. Eds. Greenblatt and Abrams. New

York: Norton, 2013. prerequisite English 102 (or the equivalent) course policies This is a class in which you are required to take an active part in your own learning. Good attendance is expected and will not be rewarded; however, poor attendance will lower your grade. Absences totaling more than ten percent of our class meetings (missing more than twice) may result in your failing the course, as will excessive tardiness. Students should be thoughtful about their other responsibilities before undertaking this course: work obligations, for example, are not an excuse for failing to meet course obligations. plagiarism Plagiarism (using someone else’s words, thoughts, or ideas without proper attribution) is not tolerated at Louisiana Tech University—whether intentional or not. Deliberately plagiarized writing will automatically result in your failing the course. When in doubt, cite your sources.

Introduction to British Literature, Beginnings to the Romantic Era

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academic honor code In accordance with the Academic Honor Code, students pledge the following: Being a student of higher standards, I pledge to embody the principles of academic integrity. accommodations for disabilities Students needing testing or classroom accommodations based on a disability are encouraged to discuss those needs with the instructor as soon as possible. For more information about eligibility for accommodations, please contact the Department of Testing and Disability Services for assistance: 318-257-4221 or www.latech.edu/ods. emergency contingency plan If for some reason we are unable to meet as a class, we will continue our course work, lectures, and discussion through our Moodle website. Please check Moodle and your university email regularly for announcements and changes to the schedule. emergency notification system (ENS) Emergency Notification System: All Louisiana Tech students are strongly encouraged to enroll and update their contact information in the Emergency Notification System. It takes just a few seconds to ensure you’re able to receive important text and voice alerts in the event of a campus emergency. For more information on the Emergency Notification System visit: www.latech.edu/administration/ens.shtml. please note The schedule on the following pages is tentative. Like everything else in life, it’s subject to change. I will give you adequate notice if changes are to be made to the required readings or assignments. evaluation

• Your final grade will be based on the following percentages: Class Participation 10%

Reading Quizzes 10% Midterm Examination 25%

Final Examination 25% Research-Based Analysis 30% 100%

• I will evaluate your work following the basic scale below:

A B C D F 100-90 89-80 79-70 69-60 59 & Below

CLASS SCHEDULE Week 1 March 13 • Introductions to the course materials and policies

• Go online and read/listen about the huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and other items found in October, 2009: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/8272058.stm

Week 2 March 18 • Read pages 6-10: “Anglo-Saxon Literature,” scan pages 36-41

• Beowulf (41-58, to line 835) March 20 • Beowulf (58-87, to line 2199)

• Listen to some of the readings by Seamus Heaney (our modern translator, and a good poet in his own right) on this page: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/noa/audio.htm

• Please also find one or two images of Grendel, Grendel’s mother, or Beowulf to share Week 3 March 25 • Finish Beowulf (87-106)

• Marie de France: Lanval (120-134) March 27 • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (135-160) Week 4 April 1 • Finish Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (160-188) April 3 • Chaucer: The General Prologue (188-213)

• Please sift through YouTube to find some appropriate rap version of the Canterbury Tales. Week 5 April 8 • Chaucer: The Miller’s Prologue and Tale (214-230) April 10 • Chaucer: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale (230-258), and Chaucer’s retraction (287-8) Week 6 April 15 • Midterm Examination April 17 • Marlowe: Doctor Faustus Scenes 1-6 (498-520) Week 7 April 22 • Marlowe: Doctor Faustus Scenes 7-Epilogue (520-535) April 24 • Spenser: The Faerie Queene Book 1, Canto 1 (399-418)

• Spenser: “Epithalamion” (477-487) Week 8 April 29 • Spenser: Amoretti sonnets (474-477)

• Sidney: Astrophil and Stella (489-496) • Shakespeare: sonnets 18, 60, 93, 116, 130, 147, & 152

May 1 • Shakespeare: Othello 1.1—2.3 (552-589)

phone: 318.257.5500 | email: erufleth@latech.edu | office: 248 George T. Madison | web: garts.latech.edu/erufleth

phone: 318.257.5500 | email: erufleth@latech.edu | office: 248 George T. Madison | web: garts.latech.edu/erufleth

Week 9 May 6 • Shakespeare: Othello 3.1—5.2 (589-635) May 8 • Metaphysical poets: Donne (666-698) Week 10 May 13 • Metaphysical poets: Lanyer (699-707)

• Metaphysical poets: Jonson (707-719) • Metaphysical poets: Herbert (730-735) • Research Based Analysis due today

May 15 • Metaphysical poets: Marvell (750-756) • Milton: Paradise Lost Book 1 (693-6), (799-819)

Week 11 May 20 • Aphra Behn: “The Disappointment” (1004-1009)

• Jonathan Swift: “A Description of a City Shower” (1055-1058) • Frances Burney: [A Mastectomy] (1379-1384) • The quarter in review.

May 22 • Final Examination