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College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Languages
Section: English
Semester: Spring 2010
Course Outline
Course: British Literature 2 /
Code: ENGL 261 Credits: 3 HRS
Coordinator / Robert Simms Off: 11G-7 Ph. 254-46-614
Email:
Textbook / Course materials will be provided by instructor.
Office Hours / MW 12-1; SU 1-1.50

Course Description:

ENGL: 261 British Literature 2 offers a wide range of readings in the form of selected and representative poetry and prose from the Romantic and Victorian periods, that is, the 18th and 19th centuries in England.

Course Objectives:

This course aims to make students aware of the Romantic and Victorian movements in literature; familiarize them with the different literary genres; focus on the relationship between literature and historical development.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course students should be able to:

  Recognize the major genres of British romanticism and Victorianism,

  Demonstrate familiarity with major authors of the period under study,

  Demonstrate awareness of the dominant historical, social, and cultural contexts within which these works developed.

Course Schedule:

Week One

Jan. 24: Introductions

Jan. 26: Introduction to Romanticism, Hand-out.

Week Two

Jan. 31: Introduction to William Blake; Songs of Innocence and Experience

Feb. 2: Songs of Innocence

Week Three

Feb. 7: Songs of Innocence

Feb. 9: Songs of Innocence

Week Four

Feb. 14: Songs of Experience

Feb. 16: Songs of Experience

Week Five

Feb. 21: Songs of Experience

Feb. 23: William Wordsworth: Selection from preface to Lyrical Ballads: "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"; Selections from The Prelude, Book 1

Week Six

Feb. 28: The Prelude, Book 1

Mar. 2: EXAM 1

Week Seven

Mar. 7: Lord Byron: She walks in Beauty, So we'll go no more a-roving; John Keats: Sonnet: when I have fears, On seeing the Elgin Marbles, Ode on Melancholy, To Autumn

Mar. 9: Percy Shelley: Mont Blanc, Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, Ozymandias, To a Skylark

Week Eight

Mar. 14: Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Mar. 16: Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Week Nine

Mar. 21: Poetry presentation

Mar. 23: Poetry presentation

Week Ten

SPRING BREAK, NO CLASSES

Week Eleven

Apr. 4: Introduction to Victorianism, Hand-out; A Christmas Carol

Apr. 6: A Christmas Carol

Week Twelve

Apr.11: A Christmas Carol

Apr. 13: A Christmas Carol

Week Thirteen

Apr. 18: A Christmas Carol

Apr. 20: EXAM 2

Week Fourteen

Apr. 25: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Apr. 27: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Week Fifteen

May 2: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

May 4: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Week Sixteen

May 9: Poetry recitations

May 11: Poetry recitations

*Final Examination date to be announced*

Evaluation:

Response writings 10%

Poetry presentation 10%

Mid-Semester Exam 1 20%

Mid-Semester Exam 2 20%

Final Exam 40%

A Note on Course Work: Students are responsible for all work covered in this course, whether it is discussed in class or not. The exams for this course will be almost entirely content based—names, dates, characters, facts, etc.—so it is to the interest of your grade that you read with the goal of recalling: who, what, where, why, and when.

A Note on Poetry Recitations: In the week before spring break and in the last week of class I have set aside our class time for students to deliver orally, before the class, a poem that they will have memorized. In addition to the recitation, the student is requested to provide a short analysis of the poem (roughly 5-7 minutes).

A Note on Response Writings: There will be 10 response writings throughout the course of the semester. These assignments will not be announced and the student will not be allowed the use of texts, notes, or colleagues. The expectation is that the student provide a paragraph analysis on the reading for that days class and will be marked 0 (fail), .5 (poorly done), or 1 (pass).

Attendance Policy: Should you miss 5%- 10% of the total semester contact hours, official warnings will be issued. "Drop one Letter Grade" is issued if you miss 15% of the course contact hours and "Barred From Examination "Notice will be issued if you miss 25% of the Course Contact Hours. Attendance and Participation in class are essential to learning.

Academic Dishonesty: The University of Nizwa has stringent guidelines against academic dishonesty. All students caught cheating or submitting work that is not their own will receive a failing mark for the assignment or the exam.

Make-up exams and assignments: Exams and assignments can only be made-up or missed with written permission from the dean.

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** Approved Course Outline should be handed to students in the first lecture of the course.

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