Course Syllabus: English 2322,
Survey of British Literature 1
Instructor Website:
http://www.tvcc.edu/Faculty/rwalden/
The above website is where you go for instructions at the
beginning of the semester. Make a point
to remember right now that you can also get to this website by going to
"www.tvcc.edu," finding
"Faculty Pages," and clicking on "Roberta Walden." If you just memorize
"www.tvcc.edu," you will be in good shape to find my website from
anywhere you might be. Announcements
will be posted on my website beginning the first week of school telling you when class will
begin and what you need to do to get started.
Instructor Cell Phone:
e-mail: rwalden@tvcc.edu E-mail me if your questions are
unanswered by my website. Please include your name, your class, and a hint of your question in the subject line if you e-mail me at this address
Office Phone: 903-675-6369 (If you get my voice
mail, please leave your name, your class and your message. Speak slowly,
please, and say your name and phone number twice.)
Office: Room 231 in
the
Course Description: (from the
TVCC catalog): A study of British literature from Beowulf to the Romantic
era. Authors studied include but are not limited to Chaucer, Shakespeare,
and Milton. A fully documented research paper is required as part of the
course work.
Prerequisite: English 1302
Required Textbook: The Longman Anthology of British Literature (1A, 1B, 1C) (You may call the TVCC bookstore to have your
set of books delivered to your home).
If you order the set from the TVCC
bookstore, you will be sure to get the set I am using. If you want the ISBN so that you can order
from an outside source, please call the TVCC bookstore.
The bookstore number is
Course Goals:
The student will be able to describe selected scenes,
summarize selected works, define selected terms, identify characters,
recognize quotes, respond to readings, assess the value of the study
of English literature, and recognize significant English writers.
In addition, students will be able to discuss character motive, recognize
recurring themes, compare themes, and research and discuss
historical and authorial perspective in selected works of English literature.
Students will:
1. Interact
with literature which represents and / or has influenced the evolving
consciousness of
2. Place selected British literature in the
context of its own time by examining the historical, political, and
artistic backgrounds of the literature.
3. Identify authors, characters, and content of
selected pieces of literature which has influenced
English literary styles, politics, and / or thinking.
4. Analyze emotional, psychological, moral, and
political issues in selected English literature.
5. Respond to questions about the texts which
they are asked to read.
6. Read and think
critically as they survey English literature.
Class Policies:
Students will be respectful of each other. Students
will complete assignments and do their own work. Students will not copy from any source without proper documentation or
present any work as his own which is not, indeed, his or her own. At the
instructor's
discretion, students may be assigned a grade of "F" in the
course for such plagiarism.
As dictated by the TVCC catalog, a researched essay is
required for credit in this class.
In addition,
my class asks you to participate in a medley of group activities including an
online group web project. If you do not
wish to participate in such a project, you should probably not sign up for this
class.
Course Content (Order of
course content is subject to change)
Workshop
1:Introductions
Workshop
2: Backgrounds of English literature
Workshop
3: Anglo
Saxon Backgrounds
Workshop
4: Beowulf
Workshop 5: Anglo
Norman Backgrounds and the Arthurian cycle
Workshop 6: Middle
English Literature in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Workshop 7: The
Workshop 8: Elizabethan
English
Workshop 10: The
early Seventeenth Century
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Attendance and
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105 Points Possible
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Content Quizzes: |
100 Points Possible |
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Discussions |
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Community Activities |
200 |
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Exam 1 |
200 Points |
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Exam 2 |
300 Points |
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Final Grade |
1105 points possible |
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Community activities. You can earn UP TO 50 points each for such
activities as going to museums, plays, and concerts which are in some way
related (culturally, historically, topically) to an item on the reading list.
Community activities involve mingling with other people at an event that can in some way be related to an item on the class reading list.
Community activity credit works like this: you participate
in some activity which involves other humans (such as going to an outdoor
production of a Shakespearian play) . You get someone to take your picture
there using a disposable camera .You take the camera to Walmart and get the film developed to disc for about $4.50
(allow yourself at least a couple of days to get the disc back).
You submit all your community activity work (you can submit up to four activities) at one time by a date I will give you later in order to claim your credit. To get credit, you will submit a photograph of yourself at the event (or scanned tickets or programs) along with a NARRATIVE REPORT describing the event and its relationship to British literature as well as its impact on you personally.