23021 ENGL 315 201 TR 7:00-9:00PM APR 1 - JUN 12 MACQUARRIE AVC T901 English 315 English Literature Survey I 2003 Analytical survey of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Restoration. Dr. Charles MacQuarrie Spring 2003 Office 318 Phone: 952-5098 e-mail: cmacquarrie@csub.edu Office hours: T&Th 5-6 pm, M&W 2-4 pm Texts: (Available at AVC Bookstore) Required Beowulf: A Prose Translation, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions) by Nicholas Howe (Editor), E. Talbot Donaldson (Translator) Paperback 2nd edition (November 2001) W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393974065 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.45 x 8.44 x 5.10 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J. R. R. Tolkien (Translator), Christopher Tolkien (Preface) Mass Market Paperback - 165 pages Reissue edition (July 1988) Random House/Balantine/Del Rey; ISBN: 0345277600 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.49 x 6.86 x 4.20 The Wife of Bath (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) by Peter G. Beidler, Geoffrey the Wife of b Chaucer Paperback (January 1996) Bedford/St. Martin's; ISBN: 0312111282 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.48 x 8.25 x 5.53 Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur. Trans. Keith Baines. Signet Classic. 2001. ISBN: 451528166 Four Great Tragedies : Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by William Shakespeare Mass Market Paperback - 592 pages Revised edition (September 1998) New American Library; ISBN: 0451527291 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.99 x 6.88 x 4.19 Timeline http://www.bardweb.net/plays/timeline.html Venus and Adonis http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/library/texts/poems/ven/ven_qt/ven_qpages/index.html Passionate Pilgrim http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/library/texts/poems/pp/imagepagesl/index.html Rape of Lucrece http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/shake/rl.html Phoenix and the Turtle http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/shake/pt.html Paradise Lost : An Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Sources Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)by John Milton, Scott Elledge (Editor) Paperback - 688 pages 2nd edition (April 1993) W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393962938 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.87 x 8.36 x 5.16 Recommended Texts: 1. Writer s Reference 4 th Edition. Diana Hacker. Bedford/St. Martin's; 5th edition (October 2002) ISBN: 0312397674 2. Pocket paperback edition of the American Heritage Dictionary. 3. The Mabinogion (Everyman Paperback Classics) by Gwyn Jones (Editor), Thomas Jones (Editor), Gywn Jones (Jan-93) Everyman Paperback Classics; ISBN: 0460872974 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.71 x 7.78 x 5.12 4. Njals Saga trans by Magnus Magnusson, Hermann Palsson (Introduction) Paperback (June 1966) Viking Press; ISBN: 0140441034 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 7.78 x 5.05
In the next couple of months we will read and talk about a sampling of some of the classics of British Literature from circa 1000 AD/CE to the 1665 AD/CE (from Beowulf to Paradise Lost). The prospect of such a vast undertaking might sound daunting at first, but, in fact, I ve selected only a tiny portion of the corpus; the amount of reading will be moderate and you will know it pretty well by the end of term. I will lecture a sometimes, but there will also be a good deal of class discussion and group work. You will be graded in this class, in part, for your participation in the discussions we will be having. You will also have to do quite a bit of writing, and I hope that you will find, as I have, that it can be as stimulating to write about literature, as it is to read it. In fact, you will be required to turn in some sort of paper every week. You will write short response papers to each of the readings and you will write one 7-10 page research paper (which may expand upon one or more of your shorter papers). I may also be giving pop-quizzes every now and again. The quizzes are to make sure that you have kept up with the reading and the one page papers are to make sure that you ve taken the time to think about what you ve read and are willing and able to organize your thoughts on paper. I ll also give you a midterm and a final. You will collect all your assignments together in a portfolio, as I will outline below. You will also be required to commit one short passage of your choice to memory for the midterm and one for the final. Midterm exam 20% Final exam 20% Analysis papers and quizzes 20% Portfolio and participation 20% Annotated bibliography and Oral Presentation: 20% a bibliography of at least seven books and/or essays. At least five of the entries must be annotated. If you haven t constructed an annotated bibliography before, or have questions please be sure to ask me and/or to review these web sites: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm#what http://web.infoave.net/~lrashley/annbibl.htm. You will use the annotated bibliography in both your oral presentation and in your final exam. Your annotated bibliography and oral presentation should be based on a single character from Greek or Roman mythology. I will be passing around a sign up sheet along with this syllabus. During the week that the character you choose is covered in the Morford textbook you will be expected to help lead class discussion and to give a short presentation relating to information you have uncovered in your research. Analysis Papers: Every week you will turn in a typed, 1-2 page MLA style paper in which you analyze a passage from the weekly reading. You should include the passage you are analyzing in block quotes at the beginning of the paper. Make sure to be as detailed in your analysis as time and space permits. Talk about the poetics as well as the meaning of the passages. I will grade these papers A, B, C, D. Portfolios Your writing portfolio will be due on the final day of class. It must include: 1. Table of contents providing page numbers and headings. 2. All of the written assignments IN ORDER. At least 7 1-2 page analysis papers in all. The portfolio will also include in-class writing, take-home papers, midterm, and your final paper. 3. The lines that you memorized for the class, typed out, with a one to three paragraph description of its main features and a discussion of why you chose to memorize those lines, etc.
Course outline Tuesday, April 1 Introduction to Indo-European and classical language and literature, and to world of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Britain. Celtic manuscripts and reading from Welsh and Irish and sources. Selected Anglo-Saxon poetry Thursday, April 3: Anglo-Saxon poetry. Read intro to Beowulf Tuesday, April 8 : Beowulf Thursday, April 10: Beowulf Tuesday, April 15: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Thursday, April 17: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Tuesday, April 22: Wife of Bath Thursday, April 24: Wife of Bath Tuesday, April 29: Midterm Thursday, May 1: Malory Tuesday, May 6: Malory. Thursday, May 8: Malory Tuesday, May 13: Shakespeare s Venus and Adonis Thursday, May 15: Shakespeare s Rape of Lucrece Tuesday, May 20: Shakespeare s MacBeth Thursday, May 22: Shakespeare s MacBeth Tuesday, May 27: Milton Paradise Lost 1-4 Thursday, May 29: Milton Paradise Lost 5-9 Tuesday, June 3: Milton Paradise Lost 10-12 Thursday, June 5: Review Tuesday, June 10: Final Spring Quarter, 2003 Feb 03 14 Feb 10 21 March 10 Academic Advising for Continuing Students (for Spring Quarter) Registration for Continuing Students (for Spring Quarter) Fees Due (for Spring Quarter)
March 15 March 24 March 28 March 31 April 01 April 01 April 05 April 11 April 15 April 26 May 05 09 May 05 16 May 07 May 10 May 12 Aug 15 May 19 May 26 May 27 Jun 02 June 02 June 07 Jun 10 13 Jun 13 14 June 16 Orientation and Advising for Antelope Valley Students (for Spring) Late Registration Begins (for Spring Quarter) ($25 fee) Orientation and Advising for All Students (for Spring Quarter) HOLIDAY - Cesar Chavez Day Campus Closed ALL FACULTY DUE ON CAMPUS First Day of Classes Transfer Day Orientation Last day to Add classes Last day to change between audit and letter grading Last Day of Late Registration (for Spring Quarter) ($25 fee) Last day to apply for June Commencement Deadline to apply for refundable part of Student Services fees Census Day Last day to change between credit/no-credit and letter grading Last day to withdraw from classes without a W being recorded; withdrawals from classes after this date and continuing through the next four-week period will be permitted only for serious and compelling reasons and require written approval by the dean or department chair Freshman Day Orientation Registration for Continuing Students (for Summer Quarter) Academic Advising for Continuing Students (for Fall Quarter) Campus-wide Emergency Evacuation Day Orientation and Advising for All Students (for Fall Quarter) Registration for Continuing Students (for Fall Quarter) Last day to withdraw from classes for a serious and compelling reason HOLIDAY - Memorial Day Campus Closed SOCI Week Fees Due (for Summer Quarter) Orientation and Advising for Antelope Valley Students (for Summer Quarter) Last Day of Classes Last day for completion of work by Master s Candidates to graduate in June Last day to submit completed Master s Thesis to Graduate Studies and Research Late Registration Begins (for Summer Quarter) ($25 fee) Study / Reading Day Examination Period Commencement Grades Due W Aug. 22 Introduction to the class; Pwyll (hand-out) F Aug. 24 Pwyll (Jones, pp. 3-20) M Aug. 27 Celtic Britain, Roman Britain, and Their Fate (Adams, pp. 1-23) W Aug. 29 Branwen (Jones, pp. 21-34) F Aug. 31 Manawydan (Jones, pp. 35-46) [M Sept. 3 Labor Day Holiday No Class ] W Sept. 5 Math (Jones, pp. 47-63) F Sept. 7 *** Slide Lecture on Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Art & Artifacts *** M Sept. 10 ANGLO-SAXON HEROIC CULTURE
Beowulf, background materials (Tuso, pp. 59-94) W. Sept. 12 Beowulf (Tuso, pp. 1-23) F Sept. 14 Saxon England (Adams, pp. 24-48) M Sept. 17 Beowulf (Tuso, pp. 23-38) W Sept. 19 Beowulf (Tuso, pp. 38-55) F Sept. 21 *** Slide Lecture on Late Medieval Religious Art *** M Sept. 24 LATE MEDIEVAL PIETY AND PERFORMANCE York Mystery Plays (Beadle, pp. 1-20) W Sept. 26 From the Norman Conquest to the Age of Chaucer (Adams, pp. 49-80) F Sept. 28 York Mystery Plays (Beadle, pp. 20-47) M Oct. 1 York Mystery Plays (Beadle, pp. 48-78) W Oct. 3 York Mystery Plays (Beadle, pp. 125-37; 211-21; 267-79) [F Oct. 5 No class--prof. Howes at conference] M Oct. 8 *** MIDTERM EXAM *** W Oct. 10 The Fifteenth Century (Adams, pp. 81-110) [F Oct. 12 Fall Break No Class] M Oct. 15 Performance of mystery plays--***meet in Hodges, room 212*** W Oct. 17 Performance of mystery plays--***hodges 212*** F Oct. 19 Performance of mystery plays--***hodges 212*** M Oct. 22 THE RISE OF NATIONALISM Shakespeare, Henry IV, i, Act I W Oct. 24 Henry VIII and the Reformation (Adams, pp. 111-142) F Oct. 26 Henry IV, i, Act II M Oct. 29 Henry IV, i, Acts III and IV W Oct. 31 Henry IV, i, Act V F Nov. 2 *** Slide Lecture on Tudor Sovereigns and the Rise of Portraiture *** M Nov. 5 The Education of a Prince pp. 275-92; 309-17 in Hodgdon s Bedford edition W Nov. 7 Intrigues, Conspiracies, and an Almost-Invasion (Adams, pp. 143-175) F Nov. 9 Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I M Nov. 12 Henry V, Acts II and III W Nov. 14 Henry V, Act IV F Nov. 16 Henry V, Act V M Nov. 19 Henry V on screen--***meet in Hodges, room 212*** W Nov. 21 Gathering Shades: The Last Years of Elizabeth (Adams, pp. 176-199) ***meet in Hodges, room 212*** [F Nov. 23 Thanksgiving Break No Class] M Nov. 26 EARLY MODERN INDIVIDUALISM Selected lyrics from William Shakespeare, John Milton, Aemilia Lanyer, John Milton (to be handed out) W Nov. 28 The Early Stuarts and Their Revolution (Adams, pp. 200-230) F Nov. 30 *** Slide Lecture on 17th-century Developments in Art and Architecture *** Meet in Hodges Library, room 129* (note the change from previous meetings) M Dec. 3 *** PAPERS DUE *** W Dec. 5 Review Class Final Exam: Wednesday, 12 Dec., 2:45-4:45