English 324                                        British Literature IV                                             Spring 2003

MWF 2:00-2:50 Frazer 172B; Dr. Lund (Trailer 1G; 395-2168; Office Hours:  MW 10:00-10:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment.  http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/mlund.html

Texts:  The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume II, Seventh Edition. ed. M. H. Abrams et al.
            Nvel Shute, Trustee from the Toolroom (Stratus)
            Specific selections for authors in the Norton Anthology will be announced in class.

Course Objectives:   An understanding of our cultural heritage as revealed in literature, its movements and traditions.

January   13:       Introduction
              15:       Trustee (pp. 1-42)
              17:       Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman

              20:       WWI Poets:  Sassoon, Owen, and Cannan
              22:       Trustee (pp. 43-93)
              24:       William Butler Yeats (t.b.a.)

              27:        E.M. Forester
              29:        Trustee  (pp. 94-125)
              31:        D. H. Lawrence

February  3:        James Joyce
                5:        Trustee  (125-174)
                7:        Virginia Woolf
 

               10:        Joyce, from Ulysses (online)
               12:        Trustee  (175-212)
               14:        Exam
 

              17:        No class; President's Day
              19:        Trustee  (213-249)
              21:        Katherine Mansfield

              24:        Jean Rhys,
              26:        Trustee  (250-305)
              28:        No class; reading day

March       3:       Auden, MacNeice
                 5:       Dylan Thomas
                 7:       Lagaan (video); discussion and/or quiz; Paper # 1 Due

  * * * Spring Break  * * *

              17:         World War II poets
              19:          Doris Lessing
              21:          Lagaan

              24:          Nadine Gordimer, DerekWalcott    .
              26:          Exam
              28:          Laagan

              31:          Philip Larkin, Thom Gunn
April        2:          Harold Pinter
               4:           Lagaan

               7:            Alice Munro
               9:            V. S. Naipaul
              11:           Lagaan

              14:           Edna O'Brien
              16:           Anita Desai
              18:           Lagaan; Paper # 2 Due

              21:           Tom Stoppard
              23:           Salman Rushdie
              25:           Lagaan

May        2:            Final Exam:  8:00-10:30

Course Requirements:  read in advance the material listed below for discussion on the dates shown (200 points); write one short critical paper (100 points); write one paper including historical and critical sources (100 points); write two essay exams on material read and discussed in class (200 points); write an essay final exam on the material of the course (200 points).  Unannounced quizzes will be given to determine if the reading is being done on time; the average of these quizzes is worth 200 points.  You should save all returned written work from the course for one semester.  Grading scale:  90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 60%=D; less than  60%=F.
Attendance Policy:  The attendance policy for this course is the same as the college policy in the College Catalog and the Student Handbook.  Unexcused absences for more than 10% of classes may lower a final grade one letter. Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from more than 25% of classes may be an automatic F in the course.
Honor Code:  Students are expected to abide by the college Honor Code.
Inclement Weather:  If the college closes for inclement weather, students should continue work as outlined above.

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