Teaching
staff
Ms.
Elizabeth Graham, Ms. Laura Haupt, Ms. Heather Lukes
Required
texts
Alfred Tennyson, Selected Poems (
Emily Brontë,
Robert Browning, My Last Duchess and Other Poems
(
Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market (
Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray (
Thomas Hardy, Selected Poems (
Wilfred Owen, World War I British Poets (
Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (Harcourt,
Brace)
T. S. Eliot, The
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. There may be occasional brief outside readings assigned in class.
Requirements
Three 3-page, close-reading papers, due: Friday, January 24
Monday,
February 10
Friday,
February 28
One final 6-page close-reading paper, due Friday,
March 14
2 pass/fail quizzes
Approximate distribution of grades
short papers = 45%
final paper = 25%
class participation = 10%
quizzes = 20% (pass 2, A; pass 1,
C; pass 0, F for the course)
In addition:
·
Lively participation in section and,
at times, in lecture is expected.
· Papers are due in lecture on
their due date. No extensions will be granted after a paper’s due date.
· You are encouraged to meet
with your TA or myself during the semester.
· You will need to use your
email account. If you use an account other than the one provided by the
university, you will need to update your preferences with your email address in
ecampus—“tools and resources.”
Finally, a word about academic
integrity. Always note your sources and do not hesitate to ask me or your TA about
the correct ways of handling and citing outside sources. (
Schedule
1/6 Introduction
1/8 Alfred Tennyson, “The Charge of the Light
Brigade”
1/10 Alfred Tennyson, “The Lady of Shalott”
1/13 Emily Brontë,
1/15 Emily Brontë,
1/17 Emily Brontë,
1/20 [Martin Luther King day]
1/22 Emily Brontë,
1/24 Emily
Brontë,
1/27 Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess,”
“Porphyria’s Lover”
1/29 Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market”
1/31 Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market”
2/3 Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray
2/5 Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray
2/7 Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray
2/10 Hardy,
“Hap,” “Channel Firing,” “Ah, Are You...?,” “The Man He...” Quiz/Paper 2
2/12 WWI poets: Owen, “Dulce et Decorum Est;”
Sassoon, “They;” Gurney, “The Target”
2/14 Sassoon, “Repression of War Experience,”
“Picture Show”
2/17 [Presidents’ Day]
2/19 Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
2/21 Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
2/24 Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
2/26 Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
2/28 T.S.
Eliot, “Prufrock”
Paper 3
3/3 T.S.
Eliot, “Prufrock”
3/5 Ishiguro, The
Remains of the Day
3/7 Ishiguro, The
Remains of the Day
3/10 Ishiguro, The
Remains of the Day
3/12 Ishiguro, The
Remains of the Day
3/14 Conclusion
Quiz/Final Paper