Department of Languages and Literature
Lincoln University PA
Fall 2020
English 211.01 English Literature Survey I
COURSE SYLLABUS
Dr. Kaukab Siddique Office: UH 302
Office Hours: M & W 3 to 4.
Phone ext. 7515
Email: siddiquekaukab@lincoln.edu
Course Description: ENG 211 English Literature I 3 credits
In an endeavor to provide a strong subject matter foundation in the literature of the English speaking world, this survey course in the history of English literature covers, during the first semester, the beginnings of English literature and traces the development of the literature through the Eighteenth Century.
3 credit hours.
Course Prerequisite: ENG 102
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002
Equiano, Olaudah. The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1999.
Optional Supplement/Alternative:
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors. Ninth Edition. Volume 1
Required Materials:
Folder for all assignments.
Notebook for class notes.
Student Learner Outcomes (SLO's): Course/Program
Upon completion of ENG 211, the student will be able to:
Explain the historical development of Anglophone literature; in particular, the major phases of English literature
Compare and contrast esthetic and ethical aspects of major works by major literary writers
Describe the structure and history of the English language, including phonological and morphological aspects of the language.
Complete college-level writing assignments in the discipline, making effective use of standard academic English.
Write interpretive and critical essays (5 paragraphs to 20 pages) and annotated bibliographies,
Locate and give examples of appropriate secondary sources on literary topics (using library and web-based resources), comprehend and evaluate their content, and properly integrate relevant passages into critical essays
Define and apply a range of terms and concepts of literary analysis and methodology, and demonstrate an awareness of the principal trends in contemporary critical views
Make formal and informal oral presentations
Institutional Learner Outcomes (ILO's)
Upon completion of ENG 211, the student will have addressed the following Institutional Learning Outcome Objectives:
Effective Communication: Students will communicate effectively in oral, written and visual form.
Computer and Digital Literacy: Students will use technology to identify, locate and effectively use information from various print and digital sources.
Diversity/Cultural Awareness: Students will integrate cross-cultural understanding in the disciples and develop an appreciation for music, art, literature, and other forms of cultural expression
Social Responsibility and Civic Engagement: Students will understand and utilize skills responsible for living as accountable, ethical and contributing world citizens. This can include activities wherein individuals participate in activities that are both individually life enriching and socially beneficial to the community.
Critical Thinking: Students will reason abstractly and think critically to make connections between ideas and experiences and to solve novel problems.
Integrative & Life-Long Learning: Students will use skills that support life-long learning.
Direct and Indirect Assessment Measures: Student Learner Opportunities:
Active participation in class discussion, including assigned oral presentations
Reading of all assigned texts (measured in part by quizzes)
Journal Assignments as indicated on syllabus
Timeline (included with journal)
Two in-class essays
One (3-5 pp) critical essay, making effective use of secondary sources
Recital of memorized Elizabethan lyric
Midterm exam
Final exam
FINAL GRADE:
The final grade will be based on the following schedule:
10% Quizzes, oral presentations, class participation
10% Memorization of lyric
30% Journal Assignments (5 pts each including timeline)
20% two in-class essays and
10% out-of-class critical essay
10% Midterm exam;
10% Final exam
Note: The final grade will be affected by excess absences. (ie., beyond the limit of 3 absences allowed by university policy.) Effective class participation may raise the grade.
***Revision Policy: Revisions must be submitted within a week of the return or the original essay (and the original must be submitted with the revision). The grade of the revised essay will be averaged with that of the original. No revised essay will be given a grade higher than a B+.
Attendance Policy:
In accordance with University policy, students are permitted three absences in this three-credit course. Absences in excess of this limit will affect the final grade.
If a student is absent on the day of an announced test or writing, only a prior request may absolutely ensure that the student may retake the test. The instructor may otherwise deny that student the privilege of making up work. Documented Illness may also constitute a valid "make-up" excuse.
SCHEDULE OF READINGS
Please Note:
The following schedule is subject to revision.
Whatever is discussed in class is part of the class; you will be responsible for it on the mid-term and final exams.
Readings for discussion are listed on the day they are due.
Week 1 8/24-8/28
Introduction to course
*Background Quiz
The Middle Ages (to ca. 1485) Cultural Background
Anglo-Saxon Literature: "Caedmon's Hymn" (handout)
HW: Read "Caedmon's Hymn" and "Dream of the Rood"
Week 2 8/31-9/4
M Discuss "Caedmon's Hymn" and "Dream of the Rood"
W Discussion con't.
#2 What evidence do you see in the readings that Christianity influenced Anglo-Saxon pagan culture?
Journal #1 Due.
Week 3 9/7-9/11
M Labor Day. No classes
W Beowulf sections 1-4 con't JE #2 Due.
HW: Read Beowulf
F JE#2 Due. Finish discussion of Beowulf. Discuss "The Heroic Ideal" as a cultural value.
Week 4 9/14-9/18
M Middle English Literature in the 14th & 15th centuries
Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "General Prologue"
JE#2 Due
Chaucer, "The Miller's Prologue and Tale"
Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"
#3 What evidence do you see in Chaucer's writing that he viewed women as independent and strong people?
Week 5 9/21-9/25
JE #3 Due Chaucer, "The Knight's Tale"
l In-class essay: "Culture and Class in Chaucer's England"
F The Sixteenth Century: the Renaissance
Selections from John Donne, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Shakespeare, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Thomas Wyatt and Elizabeth I.
HW Assign and begin Memorization.
Week 6 9/28-10/2
M The English Bible. Renaissance lyric poetry, con't
W Renaissance lyric poetry con't HW Begin Marlowe's Dr. Faustus
F Marlowe's Dr. Faustus con't
Week 7 10/5-10/9
M Dr. Faustus, con't
W Dr. Faustus, con't
F Quiz on the basics including character, plot, etc.
Week 8 10/12-10/16
M Midterm HW Othello, Act I
W Shakespeare's Othello
F Conferences, No classes. Work on memorization
Week 9 10/19-10/23
M Memorization DUE HW: Shakespeare, Othello
W Othello con't
F In-class Essay To what passions were men and women in the Renaissance particularly vulnerable? How can you account for this? Use the lyric poetry and pays we have read to answer this question.
Week 10 10/26-10/30
M Othello, conclusion.
W The Early Seventeenth Century Literature
Milton, "When I Consider How My Light is Spent"
Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 1, 2
F Milton, Books 9 & 10
Week 11 11/2-11/6
M Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
Journal #4: Summarize in your own words the argument of this satire.
W JE #4 Due.Olaudah Equiano, The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Selected chapters
F Conferences. No classes.
Week 12 11/9-11/13
M Olaudah Equiano con't Journal #5 How does Equiano's narrative
embody the ideals of earlier writers?
W JE #5 Due Equiano, con't. HW Begin Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice
F Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Week 13 11/16-11-20
M Austen, continued.
W Austen, con't
F Final Critical Essay. What is the role of the literary artist in society? Choose two works from among those we have read this semester to develop your answer. You may write one paragraph focusing on the contemporary artistic scene. All direct quotations and/or works cited must be presented in accurate MLA documentation format.
Week 14 11/23-11/27
Thanksgiving Break
Week 15 11/30-12/4
M Final Essay DUE. Austen con't
W Finish Austen, Pride and Prejudice
F Complete evaluations online. Review for Final Exam
Week 16 12//7-12/11
Final Exam Journal #6 (timeline) is due at beginning of exam period. It should include all literary and historical events covered this semester.
E 211 English Literature Survey "What Do You Know?"
Indicate whether the following sentences are True or False. After each sentence, write whatever else you may know about the topic.
Beowulf is the short story about a family of wolves in the Antarctic.
The Canterbury Tales are a series of children's stories designed to teach lessons.
Mystery Plays from the Middle Ages in England usually dealt with a murder victim.
King Arthur was the last great king of England
Shakespeare was the first man in England to write sonnets.
Queen Elizabeth I was a weak monarch who wrote love poems.
Doctor Faustus, by Marlowe, is a play about a man who sold his soul to the Devil.
John Donne (pronounced "done") was so named because he gave up on life.
Paradise Lost is a fairy tale about a magical island in the Pacific.
Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver's Travels, wrote satire.
There is no literature written in England by an African.
Shakespeare was a racist.
Many English writers were deeply concerned with the important philosophical questions about life.
Jane Austen's famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, is about race issues that are still around today.
Christianity deeply influenced the culture of England.
E 211 English Literature Survey "What Do You Know?"
Indicate whether the following sentences are True or False. After each sentence, write whatever else you may know about the topic.
Beowulf is the short story about a family of wolves in the Antarctic.
The Canterbury Tales are a series of children's stories designed to teach lessons.
Mystery Plays from the Middle Ages in England usually dealt with a murder victim.
King Arthur was the last great king of England
Shakespeare was the first man in England to write sonnets.
Queen Elizabeth I was a weak monarch who wrote love poems.
Doctor Faustus, by Marlowe, is a play about a man who sold his soul to the Devil.
John Donne (pronounced "done") was so named because he gave up on life.
Paradise Lost is a fairy tale about a magical island in the Pacific.
Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver's Travels, wrote satire.
There is no literature written in England by an African.
Shakespeare was a racist.
Many English writers were deeply concerned with the important philosophical questions about life.
Jane Austen's famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, is about race relations which are still around today.
Christianity deeply influenced the culture of England.