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ENGL 2322: SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II
Spring - 2013
Course Information
Faculty Information
Course Title: British Literature II
Name: Dawnylle “Dee Dee” Boutwell
Course Number: ENGL 2323
Office Location: Off Campus
Credit Hours: 3 credit hours; Online
Office Phone: (email contact)
Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302
Office Hours: By Appointment Only
Course Days
Course Time
Course Location
Section Number
Email: [email protected]
Online
Online
Online
3001
COURSE MATERIALS:
Required:

Greenblatt, Stephen. Ed. Norton Anthology of English
Literature, 9th ed. Vol. D-F. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.,
2012. Print.
Suggested:
Any writing handbook such as The Brief Wadsworth Handbook
(includes the 2009 MLA Update) or access to Purdue Owl
website with MLA format information:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Do not try to pass this course without reading the syllabus.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A survey of the development of British literature from the
Romantic period to the present. Students will study works of
prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical
and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse
group of authors and traditions.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Identify key ideas, representative authors and works,
significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic
perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different
periods or regions.
2. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or
communal values within the social, political, cultural, or
religious contexts of different literary periods.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic
forms or styles of expression during different historical periods
or in different regions.
4. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and
variety of works in the arts and humanities.

5. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned
readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various
critical approaches to literature.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
General Course Information: This class is a combination of self-
paced independent study, organized in several brief modules
with strict paper deadlines, but it is also designed to be
interactive. Students are expected to participate by way of the
discussion board, sharing their thoughts and perspectives on
each of the literary discussion topics.
Students taking this course must ask themselves: Is this the
right class for me? Some students think that internet classes are
easier. I can definitely say, however, that this class will require
a large amount of participation and self-discipline along with
assignments. This course requires EXTENSIVE reading.
This class is designed for the highly-motivated student, one who
reads carefully and follows directions, who is already computer
literate, as well as proficient in email, discussion boards, and
the internet. You also must have sufficient software of your
own, including a current browser and word processor that will
allow you to open and save documents in .doc, .docx, or .rtf
format.
Problems with your computer system are not a sufficient excuse
for non-participation of any kind. Technical support is available
24-hours/7 days a week on www.lonestar.edu. Also, if problems
persist, you may always come to campus and access a campus
computer to submit assignments.
Attendance Policy: Since this is an online course, students are
responsible for keeping up with all writing projects,
discussions, exams, and any additional assignments. The

instructor reserves the right to lower a student’s grade or fail a
student for insufficient completion of assignments. You are
expected to connect to the course regularly to check for new
messages or participate in all required discussions. In a 16-
week course, you will need to participated online at least three
times per week. Lone Star now has the capacity to “alert”
professors automatically when a student has not checked in for
a three-day period; repeated alerts could lower your grade in the
course. Any participation less than three times per week may
affect your grade negatively.
Class Participation: The college classroom is a place for adult
men and women to come together with the common purpose of
improving their intellectual and academic skills. All students
deserve a classroom environment that is free of interruptions or
distractions that impede learning. While this is an online
learning environment, I ask that students be mindful and
courteous of other students when posting on Discussion Boards.
Please remember to use proper “netiquette” throughout the
course. However, do not be afraid to appropriately express your
opinion or thoughts on the literature that we read throughout the
semester.
Assignments: All assignments are to be completed and
submitted to the instructor on or before the scheduled due date.
This regulates both student and instructor workload and allows
me to make comments on your assignments with an eye to
building your critical thinking skills over the course of the
semester. Assignments:
· One short response (mini-essay: see example online)
· Two formal essays (see example online)
· One discussion-board question per week (Sunday) over
assigned texts (See example below)
· One reading quiz per week (Sunday) over assigned texts
· One final exam in written format (non-comprehensive)
You must submit assignments in Microsoft Word (.doc or
.docx), or Rich Text (.rtf) formats If you submit assignments in
other formats (such as Wordperfect, Wordpad, or Microsoft

Works), I will not grade them, and they will be considered late
if you must resubmit in the correct format. If this happens to be
for a final document at the end of the course, you will receive a
zero and it cannot be made up.
For each essay or short response, you will submit an attachment
to the drop box provided in ANGEL by the scheduled due date.
Do not cut and paste your essay to the drop box, as I cannot
make comments in the drop box. I will indicate in the
instructions if an assignment can be completed within the drop
box.
Do not email an assignment to me directly, as I will not grade
any assignment not sent through the drop boxprovided under the
Lessons tab on ANGEL.
Grading Policy:
Final grades are determined by averaging the total of each area
listed below:
(16) Discussion Board Posts & Responses
20%
(1) Short Response
10%
(2 )Formal Essays
40%
(17) Reading Quizzes & Syllabus Quiz
10%
(1) Final Exam
20%
How to complete the Discussion Board posts:
Every Sunday night by midnight by midnight, you will have a
discussion board conversation that will be due and the
discussion thread can be found in the Volume Folder (D, E, or
F) within the Weekly Folder. This will make up a major part of

the work in this course. In most cases, I will post a thought-
provoking question or idea to you, and then you will respond to
me and your classmates. This is one of the ways in which you
will learn about historical references, symbolic meanings, and
overall ideas and themes within a text from late English
literature.
Example of Discussion Board question posted by instructor:
Jonathan Swift in his satirical "A Modest Proposal" introduces a
narrator who cares about his country, Ireland, and specifically
three things associated with 18th-century Ireland: the poverty,
the overpopulation, and the underemployment.
How, specifically, does the narrator suggest these three areas
can be rectified? What is his solution within the essay?
Acceptable “Official” post response:
Jonathan Swift suggests that in order to rectify the problems of
poverty, overpopulation, and unemployment in Ireland that
many policies will need to be established. Swift says that
revenue can be received by taxing the English absentee
landowners, that the Irish should be allowed to buy property in
Ireland and grow food on it, and that the Irish people need to
change their priorities and learn to make and use their own
products, such as clothing and furniture, instead of buying
expensive foreign items. He recommends that the Irish stop
frivolous spending.
Swift also suggests that the Irish should learn to love their
country and show honesty, compassion, and mercy upon each
other. In his satire, he proposes a preposterous suggestion that
one year old babies be sold to the English as a delicatessen at a
high price. He is saying in a sarcastic manner that the control
the English has had over the Irish has already devoured many

adults, why not let the Irish make money as the English devour
the Irish babies as well.
Rules for “official” Discussion Board Posts:
1.
Posts should be:
· Well-Thought-out: Responses should be longer than a few
sentences, and I expect them to reflect some reasoned thought
on your part, thought beyond what you might put into a normal
email or chat response. Think of them as mini-essays that help
you make a clear, focused point. Remember, you are not only
developing your writing, you are also responding thoughtfully
and pointedly on the literature you read.
· Detailed: Each of your “official” Discussion Board posts must
be at least 125 words. (Note: I am not as interested in the actual
word count as I am in the depth of your ideas.)
· Semiformal: Your posts should contain some degree of
formality: spell-checked, organized, etc. However, they will
also be part of a dialogue, so in that regard, they will differ
from an essay you turn in for a class. It is inevitable that we
will take some time to reach a mutual understanding of the
appropriate level of formality. I am interested in what YOU
think about what you read and how you feel about the reading.
There is most often no right or wrong answer in what you think
about a reading. I do not want you to search the internet for an
“appropriate answer.” I want you to say what you think or feel
based on the material within the text. If you do not understand
what you read, feel free to ask questions in the post and your
classmates can help (and myself) to clarify.
· Referenced: While you will not need citations in your posts,
you should look for opportunities to build your argument by
referencing our readings, other sources, or your colleagues’
comments. If you have taken time to research something about

the topic on the internet, then you would want to give credit to
that source. However, if you are simply making a comparison
between two works, you do not have to use MLA format to cite
the information, just make your point.
· Courteous: We do not always have to agree, but no one should
resort to making negative personal comments.
2.
Grading – I will grade your “official” posts in accordance with
these rules. I will evaluate each Discussion Board post and one
thoughtful response per post on a combined 10-point scale:
· If you complete them adequately, you will receive 8s.
· If you go above and beyond the basic requirements of the
assignment, you will receive 9s.
· Very good-completed with a great deal of effort and thought-
posts will receive 10s.
· If you complete an “official” post but fail to respond to one
post of your peers, your grade will suffer.
A Discussion Board post will receive a 7 or below if it
· is too short.
· shows little thought.
· is excessively sloppy in terms of grammar, spelling, and
mechanics, especially to the point that it was difficult to
understand.
· is missing one response required.
· engages in personal attacks or other breaches of common

online etiquette.
· Late posts will not be graded and will receive a zero.
3.
Reading – You are responsible for reading all of the posts in the
class, although you can obviously focus your attention on the
threads in which you are directly engaged.
4.
Shorter posts – Feel free to post as many shorter, informal
comments on the Discussion Board threads as you like; for
instance, a couple of lines to clarify a point or to state your
agreement with another author’s point of view. But remember
the rules for “official” posts.
5.
Staying current – One of your responsibilities in taking an
online course is that you will make it a frequent habit to check
the Discussion Boards and stay current on the conversations
taking place there.
6.
Extra credit – Those of you who are diligent and become active
members of these conversations will find that you will receive a
high grade for the Discussion Board component of the course,
and you will enjoy the experience more and will often achieve a
higher understanding of the material. If you post more
comments than the required Discussion Board posts, you will be
eligible for extra credit in the course (some of you may
naturally find that you have more to say on some of our topics
this term, so I want to reward you if you put in extra work on
some of the Discussion Boards).
7.
Secondary Response – For each discussion board question, you
are expected to complete a response to the question AND at
least ONE secondary response to one of your peers’ “official”
posts. This does not mean you respond to everyone who

responds to your “official” post (or anyone who replies to your
post); it simply means that out of all the “official” posts
submitted in the forum, you choose ONE that you find
interesting enough to respond to.
The Secondary Response is simply conversational glue where
you may agree and explain why, disagree and explain why, add
to, or comment on your colleague’s “official” posts. However,
the secondary post will not count if you simply state, “I agree,”
or “I disagree. Also, if you fail to submit an “official” post of
your own, you will not receive credit for ANY Secondary
Responses.
Acceptable Secondary Response (to the above question/post):
David, I was also appalled at how Swift suggested that the
government could also “flea the carcass” and make gloves out
of the babies’ skin. It was interesting at the end how Swift
eliminates himself from the equation as he has no young
children of his own and his wife is past child-bearing age. My
previous English teacher in high school told us that historical
studies confirm Swift’s depiction of widespread
poverty and misery of the Irish people in the 18th century,
noting that his essay did nothing to help the situation because
Ireland suffered another year of severe poverty. It would be
interesting to maybe research and see how the people of
England reacted to this essay since it was directed at them. I
saw on the news the other day that Queen Elizabeth II recently
made amends with Ireland and returned an ancient artifact back
to them. Did anyone else hear anything about that?
Discussion Board Due Dates: “Official” posts are due on
Sundays at midnight as listed in the schedule. Secondary
Responses will be due by Tuesdays of each by midnight. I will
not accept posts late. Period.
Note: Do not hold off the reading until the last minute, as it will
make your posts seem rushed. Note that Discussion Board posts

will be checked for plagiarism as well. Please do not devalue
your education and personal standards by reading online
material and using it for your own posts. Please see Plagiarism
section for more information.
Short Response and Essays: One short response (mini-essay)
will be completed before your first essay to help you brush up
on your writing skills. This is a mini-essay. Explicit
instructions will be given for you to follow in completing the
response. Any short response or essay MUST be completed in
MLA format with proper headings, page numbers, and spacing
as indicated for MLA format. An example will be posted online
in ANGEL. YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL THREE WRITING
ASSIGNMENTS OR YOU WILL NOT MAKE HIGHER THAN
A “D” IN THE COURSE—no matter what your grade is, as the
writing component is an essential part of the requirements for
this course.
Exams: There will weekly reading quizzes and one final exam.
The weekly quizzes are over the readings over the week. As a
hint: you might review the Norton Anthology of English
Literature site online. The final exam is not comprehensive, but
it will be written. The final exam will be available the final
week—with the window closing at 11:59pm on Sunday, May
12th to take the exam. Once the window of opportunity for
taking the exam is over, it is over. Since you will have an entire
week to take the exam, you may not make up the exam for any
reason.
Grading Scale:
*I do round up!
89.5 +
A
79.5 - 89.4
B
69.5 – 79.4
C
59.5 – 69.4
D

59.4 and below
F
Grade Information:. Grades will be posted on ANGEL weekly
for your review. It is your responsibility to check your grade
periodically throughout the course. If you have an issue with a
grade listed, you must contact me prior to the end of the
semester to discuss. If there is a discrepancy between the grade
listed and the grade emailed to you, email me and alert me of
the error. As mentioned previously, I am human and with 35+
students in a course, sometimes a grade error can occur. Once
grades are submitted after the final exam, no changes can be
made to your grade for any reason. You should know going into
the final exam what your grade is up to that point. Contacting
me two weeks later to complain about your grade is
unacceptable.
Late Work:
· Late Discussion Board Official Posts will not be graded. Also,
if you fail to post initial post, you will not receive credit for
your Secondary Response (and if you submit an “official” post
but do not post a secondary post, you will only get up to ½
credit).
· Formal essays and the short response may be submitted up to
two days late; however, a 10-point deduction will be taken. (If
extenuating circumstances apply to your situation, you must
contact me before the assignment is due, and we can make a
plan. Contacting me two days or a week after an assignment is
due, is not acceptable and you will receive a zero for the
assignment---be proactive, but above all, stay in contact with
me.)
· The Final Exam CANNOT BE LATE. This is for grading
reasons, as the final is on the last day of class.
· Quizzes may be submitted up to two days late without penalty,
except for the final quiz; again, it cannot be late for grading
reasons. Do not panic if you miss one of the quizzes, as I will
drop the lowest quiz grade.

A note about English: The prerequisite for this course is English
1301 and 1302. This means that you should be familiar with the
five-paragraph essay, including composing a thesis statement,
topic sentences, introductions, conclusions, and proper MLA
format in the form of parenthetical citations and a works cited
page at the end of your essay.
If for any reason you are unfamiliar with these areas of writing,
you may need to review a writing manual to refresh your
memory. Discussion Board posts will require knowledge of
these areas of writing so you can write proper, coherent
paragraphs to make a point in your post. This is an English
class. So please know that incoherent ramblings on a given
topic filled with grammatical mistakes will not suffice for a
Discussion Board post. Also, please do not post in “phone
texting” format. If I see this is a problem during the course, I
may contact you and suggest you visit the writing center on the
2nd floor of the library at Tomball for additional help with your
writing.
Also, I have suggested a writing handbook in the textbook
information. If you are unable to purchase this writing
handbook, you may access
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ for the
proper use of MLA format. This online source will also offer an
example of a properly formatted first page of an essay for your
review. I expect in this stage of your educational career that
you should be aware of how to complete a proper essay for
submission.
EXTENDED LEARNING CENTER AND TUTORING: The
Extended Learning Center (ELC) is available for students at all
Lone Star College locations to help students perform better in
their academic classes. Free tutoring by professional tutors,
resource materials, and computer-based instruction are available
to help students with their academic goals. The English
department highly recommends taking advantage of the
resources available through our tutors and reference librarians.

1. If English is not your first language, RECONSIDER TAKING
THIS COURSE. You will struggle; it is a fact.
2. Review ALL examples provided. It should not be that hard,
even if you’ve NEVER written in MLA format, to copy an
example essay or short response and complete a Works Cited
page.
3. While this is a literature course, don’t make the mistake of
thinking it isn’t an ENGLISH course; I expect that you are
familiar with how to write a basic essay with the major parts:
Introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, conclusion paragraph,
and works cited page. If I was speaking a different language
just now to you, then look up these elements in your writing
handbook.
4. IF YOU CHEAT BY PLAGIARIZING EVEN ONE SINGLE
SENTENCE, you will be dropped from the course with an F (if
it is after the drop date—April 5th). I dropped three people from
one class one week ago for using the internet to find wording to
put in their research papers. Since the drop date had passed,
they received a zero for the course, even though some of them
had B’s going into the final exam. Don’t be THAT person!
5. I am not an evil person. If you have a personal problem come
up and need to make arrangements (as we all do from time to
time), just email me. We can work something out. But do so
BEFORE your assignments are due, not after.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a serious issue and will not be
tolerated in my class. Plagiarism involves intentional and
unintentional copying of any written or unwritten material or
idea without attributing that material or idea to the original
source. This includes material retrieved from the Internet.
If you plagiarize, you are telling me that you would rather cheat
to get a good grade than learn the material to earn the

grade.Some students feel that an online class means “surfing the
net” to get the answer to questions asked in Discussion Board
posts and/or information for their essay. Let me assure you, if
this is how you intend to pass the class, you will dealt with in
the following manner:
Any student who turns in a plagiarized paper before the “drop
date” will be asked to drop the course or receive an “F” in the
course. Any student who turns in a plagiarized paper after the
“drop date” will receive an “F” in the course. (Refer to the
“Code for Academic Honesty” for more details on plagiarism).
Non-Acceptable Internet Sites for Research and Data Sources
While the majority of source material needed for your essays,
exams, and Discussion Posts will be obtained from the primary
text, Norton’s Anthology of English Literature, it may be
necessary to access other sources of information. Accessing
Wikipedia, Sparknotes, Cliff Notes, Cummings Study Guide
Online, Bookrags, Wiki, Yahoo!, Ask, eNotes, Novel
Summaries (on LSC Database)---ANY TYPE OF SITE that
summarizes the stories or is a random person’s opinion of the
text to further understand meanings within a text is NOT
acceptable to use within your essays and postings.
From time to time, to help with understanding when reading a
difficult text you might review a site such as this for
understanding, but you cannot use in your papers and cannot
reference in your papers, etc. For more clarification, contact me
or a tutor at Lone Star. Students choosing to use information
from these sites in their coursework will receive an F for the
assignment as these are not suitable sources to enhance your
learning. Also, the work CANNOT be made up. You are
sophomore college students and above, and I expect more from
you as you should yourself. I want you to give me YOUR ideas
and thoughts on class assignments. It means more to me that
you use your brain rather than parrot a study site. I will offer

some helpful websites, videos, and powerpoints from time to
time that are educational to help you understand the material.
As always, you have access to all of Lone Star’s libraries and
database material with scholarly information and essays.
Also, it is imperative that for each reading assignment, you read
the time period introduction AND the author/assignment
introduction as these are the best sources of information to help
you understand the material and its significance to that era and
the people of that era and its importance in the literature world
today.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY:
The official last day for withdrawal is April 5th. Withdrawal by
this date means a final grade of “W” on the student transcript,
and no credit will be awarded. I CANNOT DROP YOU FROM
THE COURSE, SO DO NOT EMAIL ME ASKING ME TO DO
SO. For more information on how to withdraw, contact
[email protected].
Prior to the official day, it is the student’s responsibility to
initiate and complete a request for withdrawal from any course.
Withdrawals are processed only if the student completes and
submits for signature(s) the required withdrawal form(s)
available from the Admissions Office.
***If you are considered a first-time college student, a new law
was passed in Fall2007 that limits to six the number of courses
you may drop (withdraw with a grade of "W") while enrolled at
any Texas public institution of higher education. A first time in
college student is a student not currently enrolled in high school
and who has never taken a college or university course
anywhere at any time. If you consider dropping this course
during the semester, you might want to go to advising prior to
dropping and get information about the Six-Drop Rule.

CODE FOR ACADEMIC HONESTY:
The System upholds the core values of learning: honesty, trust,
respect, fairness, and accountability. We promote the
importance of personal and academic honesty. We embrace the
belief that all learners – students, faculty, staff and
administrators – will produce their own work and must give
appropriate credit to the work of others. No fabrication of
sources or unauthorized collaboration is permitted on any work
submitted within the System. Even inadvertent cheating or
plagiarizing must be avoided by careful documentation of the
other people’s ideas and language. Please refer to the Academic
Honesty and Student Success brochure for more information:
www.lonestar.edu/31695.pdf.
The Lone Star College System subscribes to Turnitin.com, an
online collaborative learning tool for faculty which supports
faculty I their quest to uphold academic integrity. Student
coursework may be submitted to the scrutiny of the Turnitin
software. Please note that these submissions of assignments to
Turnitin.com do not necessarily constitute an accusation or
suspicion of plagiarism on the student’s part.
ADA STATEMENT: If you require reasonable accommodations
because of a physical, mental, or learning disability, it is your
responsibility to contact the instructor during the first two
weeks of class. Check the System Office Catalog for the
statement concerning people with disabilities.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:
Check the System Office Catalog for the statement concerning
the equal opportunity principle.
GUARANTEED GRADUATE POLICY:

Check the System Office Catalog for the statement concerning
guarantees for graduates.
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION:
Lone Star College System (LSCS) is committed to maintaining
the safety of the students, faculty, staff, and guests while
visiting any of our campuses. See http://www.lonestar.edu/oem
for details. Register at http://www.lonestar.edu/12803.htm to
receive emergency notifications. In the event of an emergency
contact LSCS Police at (281) 290-5911 or X5911.
Tentative Course Schedule: ENG 2323
*Syllabus subject to change
*Please note if page numbers are off, simply check the index for
correct page #
Class Activity & Reading Schedule
Vol. D
Romantic Period
Jan. 14-20
Introduction (3-30); Anna Letitia Barbauld (39-40); “Washing
Day” (50-52); Charlotte Smith (53-54); “Written at the Close of
Spring”; “To Sleep” “To Night” (54-55)
Jan. 22-27
William Blake (112-116); from Songs of Innocence
“Introduction” (118-119); “The Lamb” (120); “The Little Black
Boy” (120-121); “The Chimney Sweeper” (121-122); “Holy
Thursday” (122-123); from Songs of Experience “Introduction”

(125); “Holy Thursday” (127); “The Chimney Sweeper” (128);
“The Sick Rose” (128); “The Tyger” (129-130); “London” (132-
133); Robert Burns (165-167); “Auld Lang Syne” (173-174); “A
Red, Red Rose” (181)
Jan. 28-Feb. 3
The Revolution Controversy and the “Spirit of the Age” (183-
184); Edmund Burke (187); from “Reflections on the Revolution
of France” (187-194); Mary Wollstonecraft (194); from A
Vindication of the Rights of Men (194-199); Thomas Paine
(199); from Rights of Man (199-203); Mary Wollstonecraft
(208-211); from “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (211-
239)
Feb. 4-10
William Wordsworth (270-272); “We Are Seven” (278-279);
“Preface to Lyrical Ballads” (292-304); “My heart leaps up”
(335); “Composed upon Westminster Bridgte, September 3,
1802” (344-345); Samuel Taylor Coleridge (437-439); “The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (443-459); “Kubla Khan” (459-
462); “Christabel” (462-477); “Frost at Midnight” (477-479);
Feb.11-17
The Gothic and the Development of Mass Readership (584-585);
Ann Radcliffe (598-599); “from The Mysteries of Udolpho”
(601-602); George Gordon, Lord Byron (612-616); “She Walks
in Beauty” (617-618); “Don Juan” (673-726)
Feb. 18- 24
Percy Bysshe Shelley (748-751); “To Wordsworth” (752);
“Ozymandias” (776); “Ode to the West Wind” (791-793); John
Keats (901-903); “The Eve of St. Agnes” (912-922); “Bright
Star” (922-923); “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad” (923-
924); “Ode to a Nightingale” (927-929); “Ode to a Grecian Urn”
(930-931)

DB Initial Posts & Reading Quiz EVERY Sunday Night by
Midnight
Secondary Posts every Tuesday Night by midnight
First Short Response Due: Sunday, Feb. 24th (midnight) – See
folder for topics
Vol. E
Victorian Period
Feb. 25 – Mar. 3
Introduction (1017-1043); Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1123-
1124); “from Aurora Leigh” (1138-1152); Alfred Lord
Tennyson (1156-1159); “The Lady of Shalott” (1161-1166);
“Ulysses” (1170-1172); “from In Memoriam A.H.H.” (1187-
1233)
Mar. 4 - 10
Robert Browning (1275-1278); “Porphyria’s Lover” (1278-
1279); “My Last Duchess” (1282-1283); Emily Bronte (1328-
1329); “The Night Wind” (1329-1330); George Eliot (1353-
1355); “from Silly Novels by Lady Novelists” (1361-1368);
Matthew Arnold (1369-1373); “Dover Beach” (1387-1388)
Mar. 18-24
Christina Rossetti (1489-1490); “Goblin Market” (1496-1509);
Victorian Issues (1560); Charles Darwin “Origin of Species”
and “Descent of Man” (1560-1573); Industrialism: Progress or
Decline? (1580-1581); Charles Dickens “from Hard Times”
(1599-1600); The “Woman Question”: The Victorian Debate
about Gender includes Sarah Stickney Ellis (1607-1612); John
Ruskin (1614-1615); “from of Queens’ Gardens” (1615-1616);
Anonymous (1620); “The Great Social Evil” (1620-1624);

Florence Nightingale (1626) “from Cassandra” (1626-1630)
Mar. 25 – Apr. 1
Empire & National Identity (1636-1640); Joseph Chamberlain
(1662) “from The True Conception of Empire” (1662-1664);
J.A. Hobson (1665); “from Imperialism: A Study” (1665-1667);
Robert Louis Stevenson (1675-1677); The Strange Case of Dr.
Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde (1677-1719)
Since Sunday the 31st is a holiday – assignments are due on the
1st of April – Monday (Secondary response is still due on
Tuesday the 2nd) FORMAL WITHDRAWAL DATE IS
FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH
Apr. 1 - 7
Oscar Wilde (1720-1721); The Importance of Being Earnest
(1734-1777)
Rudyard Kipling (1851-1853); “The Man Who Would be King”
(1853-1877); “The White Man’s Burden” (1880-1881)
Midnight (Except for the 31st—see above)
Secondary Posts every Tuesday Night by midnight
First Formal Essay Due: Sunday, April 7th (midnight) – See
folder for topics
Vol. F
Modern Period (20th Century and after)
Apr 8-14
Historical Background The 20th Century and After (1887-1913);
Joseph Conrad (1947-1948); Heart of Darkness (1951-2011)
Apr. 15-21

A.E. Housman (2011-2012); “To an Athlete Dying Young”
(2013); Modernist Manifestos (2056-2058); Hulme (2058-2059);
“from Romanticism and Classicism” (2059-2064); Mina Loy
(2077); “Feminist Manifesto (2078-2081)
Apr. 22-28
William Butler Yeats (2082-2085); “The Lake of Innisfree”
(2087-2088); “Easter, 1916” (2093-2095); “The Second
Coming” (2099); Virginia Woolf (2143-2144); Mrs. Dalloway
(2156-2264); “from a Room of One’s Own” (2264-2272)
Apr. 29- May 6
James Joyce (2276-2278); The Dead (2282-2311); T.S. Eliot
(2521-2524); “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (2524-
2527); “The Waste Land” (2530-2543)
May 7 - 12
George Orwell (2604-2605); “Shooting an Elephant” (2605-
2610); W.H. Auden (2677-2678); “Musee des Beaux Arts”
(2685); “In Memory of W. B. Yeats” (2685-2687); Dylan
Thomas (2697-2698); “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good
Night” (2703); Chinua Achebe (2836-2837); “Civil Peace”
(2838-2841); Margaret Atwood (2967-2969); “Miss July Grows
Older” (2981-2982)
Midnight
Final Formal Essay Due: Sunday, May 6th (midnight)
Final Exam Due: Sun. May 12th (midnight)
COURSE HOLIDAYS:
MLK, Jr. Day – Mon. January 21

Spring Break – March 11 – 17
Spring Holiday – March 29-31
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITH A “W”
Friday, April 5th, 2013
In a typical face-to-face course, my students complete 30 pages
of reading per class (3 times per week) for an average of 100
pages of reading a week. This is how I decide on the amount of
reading assigned for you.
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MAJOR TEXTS WE WILL READ:
Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
From The Vindication of the Rights of Women

Joyce’s The Dead
Don Juan
Kipling’s The Man Who would be King
Darwin’s Origin of Species and Descent of Man
Heart of Darkness
The rest of the reading will be short poems or introductions;
however, be prepared for the longer works and read up on the
weeks there is less reading assigned

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