Dr. Dorothy H. McGavran
Office: Watkins 204.
Hours: MWF 11-12. W 2:45-3:45;
T/R by app’t
Office phone: 704-337-2319
Home phone: 704-376-6148
E-mail: mcgavrad@queens.edu
MW 1:25-2:40
Sykes 224
Course Goals
Attendance Policy
Requirements
Grading
Texts
English 322A.001: Nineteenth Century British
Literature
Queens University of Charlotte, College of Arts and Sciences
Fall, 2002.
Dr. Dorothy H. McGavran Office: Watkins 204. Hours: MWF 11-12. W 2:45-3:45; T/R by app’t Office phone: 704-337-2319 Home phone: 704-376-6148 E-mail: mcgavrad@queens.edu |
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MW 1:25-2:40 Sykes 224 Course Goals Attendance Policy Requirements Grading Texts |
Course Topic: Morality, Marriage, and Money in Romantic and Victorian England
Schedule of Reading, Writing, and Discussing
W 8/28 Introduction to the Course, to Romanticism, and to William Blake.
M 9/2 William Blake, 35-39; Songs of Innocence and Experience, 43-59.
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, 64-71.
W 9/4 Blake, Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 72-82. Prose and letters, 86-91.
M 9/9 Jane Austen, Persuasion. 1-81.
W 9/11 Persuasion. 81-159.
M 9/16 Persuasion. 160-225.
W 9/18 William Wordsworth, 219-221; Lucy poems, 251-254; "Nutting" 258-9;
"Resolution and Independence," 280-84.
M 9/23 Wordsworth, Prelude, Book First, 303-319; Book Second, 319-330.
Bibliography assignment due.
W 9/25 Wordsworth, Prelude, Book 4th, 336-41; Book 5th 343-45; Book 12th 369-
72, lines 208-335; Book 14th 377-83.
M 9/30 Mary Shelley, 903-6 in Norton; Frankenstein, Vol. 1, 907-54.
W 10/ 2 Frankenstein, Vol. 2, 954-990.
M 10/7 Frankenstein, Vol. 3, 990-1034.
W 10/9 Midterm Examination.
M 10/14 Charles Dickens, Hard Times. Book 1, 5-85.
W 10/16 Dickens, Hard Times. Book 2, 85-165.
M 10/21 Dickens, Hard Times, Book 3, 166-222. Annotated Bibliography due.
W 10/23 Finish discussing Hard Times. Start Middlemarch.
M 10/28 George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book 1, 3-78.
W 10/30 Middlemarch, Book 2, 79-144.
M 11/4 Middlemarch, Books 3 and 4, 145-266.
W 11/6 Middlemarch, Book 5, 267-330.
M 11/11 Middlemarch, Books 6 and 7, 331-451. Draft of paper due.
W 11/13 Middlemarch, Book 8, 453-515.
M 11/18 Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Phase 1 and 2, 1-79.
W 11/20 Hardy, Tess, Phase 3, 79-119.
M 10/25-29 Thanksgiving Vacation.
M 12/2 Hardy, Tess, Phase 4-5, 119-238. Research paper due.
W 12/4 Tess, Phase 6-7, 239-314.
M 12/9 Wrapping up. Discussion of Final Examination.
The Final Examination will be self-scheduled and cumulative.
1. To understand the period of 1790-1900 in England and the social,
political and intellectual conditions that fostered the growth of what
became known as Romanticism.
2. To follow throughout the nineteenth century the changes in world view
that Romanticism was responsible for, especially as they affected morality,
social mores, and the life of the mind.
3. To practice close reading of selected texts, both poetry and prose of the
Romantic and Victorian periods.
4. To explore the themes of marriage and vocation; money and power; morality
and sexuality; home and homelessness in selected works.
5. To understand and practice the actions of Romantics: wondering, yearning,
rebelling, marveling, exploring the visible and the invisible world.
6. To study the individual achievement of 2 great poets and 5 great
novelists of the period, to explore their psychology, to follow their
influences, and to apply their thinking to modern situations and problems.
7. To observe the lifting of limits on individual development and the forms,
language, and subjects of poetry and prose.
8. To follow the development of the novel during this period and its
attention to psychology, social action, and morality.
9. To learn research methods and formats and to write a research paper on
one author’s work (must be on the syllabus).
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students are expected to attend class. In accordance with an English Department policy students may miss only 3 classes for whatever reason before their grades are affected. [In this class, which meets twice a week, 3 absences is a week and a half.] For each absence beyond the 3, the student’s final grade is lowered 3 points on a scale of 100. This means that there are no excused or unexcused absences. Of course, I will work with any student whose illness is severe and requires hospitalization or the prolonged care of a doctor. Students who are absent because they are representing the university in an essential capacity also will get special permission to miss class on rare occasions. To put this attendance policy in practice: Save the 3 cuts for ordinary illness, any known dates when representing the university, and any other essential absences. Attendance is each student’s responsibility.
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 7th ed. Vol. 2; or the period volume of this edition: The Romantic Period. [Only the 7th edition contains Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, so if you own an older edition, you will need to buy a copy of Frankenstein. You will need the anthology for Blake and Wordsworth also.]
Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Bantam Classic.
Dickens, Charles. Hard Times. Norton Critical Edition. 3rd ed.
Eliot, George. Middlemarch. Norton Critical Edition. 2nd ed.
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Norton Critical Edition. 3rd ed.
REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING WEIGHTS:
Bibliography and research assignments 10%
Quizzes and short papers 20%
Midterm Examination 20%
Research Paper 25%
Final Examination 25%
93-100=A 87-89=B+ 77-79=C+ 67-69=D+
90-92=A- 83-86=B 73-76=C 60-66=D
80-82=B- 70-72=C- Below 60 = F