English 10C

English Literature, 1832 to the Present

                                   

Spring 2007                                                                                                                 Professor Grossman

MWF 12-12:50                                                                                                            Office: 268 Humanities

Humanities A51                                                                                                          W 1-3 & by appointment        

 

Teaching staff

 

            Matthew Dubord, Dustin Friedman, Aaron Gorelik, Maureen Shay, Kat Webster

 

Required texts

 

Alfred Tennyson, Selected Poems (Dover)

Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (Penguin)

Robert Browning, My Last Duchess and Other Poems (Dover)

Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market (Dover)

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford)

Wilfred Owen, World War I British Poets (Dover)

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (Harcourt, Brace)

T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land & Other Poems (Dover)

Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (Vintage)

 

Please purchase only the particular editions ordered; we will refer to page numbers unique to each edition. You should read each novel’s endnotes and other editorial matter, including appendices.

 

Requirements

 

Two 4-page close-reading papers due: Friday, April 20 and Monday, May 14

One final 5-page close-reading paper, due Friday, June 8

Two pass/fail quizzes, in lecture class: Friday, May 4 and Friday, June 8

 

Approximate distribution of grades for written work

papers = 85% (paper 1 = 20%; 2 = 30%; 3 = 35%)

quizzes = 15% or course failure (pass 2 = A; pass 1 = F; pass 0 = F for the course)

 

Class participation: your final calculated grade is reviewed and adjusted to reflect your overall performance, including class participation. Your grade may be raised, remain the same, or lowered. Typically adjustments are of 1/3 of a grade, but in rare cases may be much larger.

 

In addition:

    • Lively participation in your section is expected. Active participation in lecture is encouraged, but not required.
    • Papers are due in lecture on their due date. No extensions granted after a due date.
    • You are strongly encouraged to meet individually with your teachers during the quarter to work on your writing.
    • You must use your email account. If you use an account other than the one provided by the university, you will need to update your address in MyUCLA.
    • Ecampus contains important course information, including our lecture slides, sample quizzes, and specific advice about writing the close-reading papers for this course.
    • My email is grossman@humnet.ucla.edu. Feel free to contact me; I appreciate hearing your suggestions and thoughts about the course.

Finally, a note about academic integrity. Academic integrity is fundamental to University life and to your own education. Always be sure to note any outside sources you use, and don’t hesitate to ask about the correct ways of citing them. Plagiarizing, which means taking words or ideas from a published or unpublished source without proper acknowledgment, is wrong and violates your UCLA Student Conduct Code. (This course may use TurnItIn.com.)

 

Schedule

 

4/2      Introduction

4/4      Alfred Tennyson, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”

4/6      Alfred Tennyson, “The Lady of Shalott”

 

4/9      Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

4/11    Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

4/13    Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

 

4/16    Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

4/18    Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

4/20    Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess”                                                            Paper 1

 

4/23    Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover,” “The Last Ride Together”                

4/25    Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market”

4/27    Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market,” D.G. Rossetti, “Jenny” (online ecampus)

 

4/30    Wilde, Dorian Gray

5/2      Wilde, Dorian Gray

5/4      Wilde, Dorian Gray                                                                                           Quiz

 

5/7      WWI poets: Owen, “Dulce et decorum est,” “Arms and the Boy”

5/9      WWI poets: Sassoon, “They;” Gurney, “The Target”                        

5/11    WWI poets: Sassoon, “Repression of War Experience,” “Picture Show”

 

5/14    Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway                                                                          Paper 2

5/16    Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

5/18    Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

 

5/21    Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway                                                             

5/23    T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

5/25    Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day                                                                                               

 

5/28    [Memorial Day Holiday]         

5/30    Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

6/1      Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

 

6/4      Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

6/6      Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

6/8      Conclusion                                                                                                      Quiz/Final Paper