El Paso Community College
Syllabus, Part I- Fall 2014
Instructor Course Requirements
I. Course Number & Instructor Information
Course: English 2322, BL Survey: Anglo-Saxon to 18th Century
CRN: 13899
Instructor & Email: Nikki Johnson, [email protected]
Classroom & Class Hours: RM 404, 1:05pm-1:56pm M-F
Office & Office Hours: RM 404, 4:00pm- 5:00pm T and TH
II. Text & Materials
Greenblatt, Stephen. et al. eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature Vol 1. 8th ed.
New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. Print.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. Reading Chaucer: An Interlinear Translation of Selections in The
Norton Anthology of English Literature. Trans. Larry Benson. New York: W.W. Norton,
2006. Print.
Course Syllabus
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III. Course Requirements
Introduction- As one would expect in a literature class, there will be a great deal of reading.
Short, frequent reading quizzes will be given. We cannot have class discussions if everyone has
not read. Students should come to class prepared to exchange ideas and answer questions about
the assigned reading. General discussion questions will be provided for use throughout the
semester.
We will also reference the occasional movie and/or documentary throughout the semester.
Although motion pictures were not a part of the literary landscape in the early part of British
Literature, many works from that era have been adapted.
Course Grading and Scale- Each assignment is based on a 100 point scale and the final
grade will determined as follows:
Participation/ Discussion Questions/ Quizzes
Essay/ Introduction Questions/Lit Terms/Poem
Tests
Semester Final- Presentation
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55%
25%
10%
10%
A= 89.5 ≤
B= 79.5- 89.4
C= 69.5- 79.4
F= ≥ 59.4
D= 59.5- 69.4
Participation- Participation will consist of taking notes, cooperative learning exercises and
participation in the classroom discussions.
Discussion Questions- Each day, students are required to come up with a set of discussion
questions that they must share with the class. The amount of questions needed varies for
each reading and is listed next to the reading selection.
Literary Terms- A list of literary terms that will be explored will be provided to students.
As readings are assigned, students are expected to define the terms, identify their usage in
the readings, and evaluate the impact their presence has in on the theme of the work.
Quizzes- Quizzes will be administered almost daily. They will be knowledge based to
ensure regular reading. Quizzes may be either multiple choice or short answer.
Essay- One essay will be assigned based on a writing prompt related to the reading and time
period previously discussed. The type of essay will be linked to the reading it which it is
related.
Poem- Students will have one to write one pome based on the metaphysical works of John
Donne creative assignment per literary time period that is relevant to at least one work.
Tests- Test will be administered approximately every nine weeks over the previously
studied literary time periods. They will be analytically based to ensure understanding,
thought, and synthesis. Test will be short answer, multiple choice, or a combination.
Presentation- Each student will be required to give a presentation on an author whose
work will be discussed in class. I will assign the author. Based on the number of students,
the presentations will be either a group or individual project.
IV. Instructor Policies
Assignments- Assignments are due on the date listed on the syllabus at the beginning of
class. Work will be accepted ONE DAY late. An assignment is considered late if it is not
turned in within the first ten minutes of class. Due dates are NOT adjusted because of
absence or special events. Students will receive a zero for all missed assignments.
Extra Credit- a 500 word comparative analysis of a literary work discussed in class to a
movie version or adaptation may be turned in. Only one extra credit essay per semester
will be allowed per six weeks. Essay must conform to MLA format.
Extra credit may also be earned by going to a cultural event and writing a 300- 400 word
analysis or evaluation. If you are not sure if an event qualifies as “cultural,” ask before
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going. Proof of attendance (such as ticket stub or program) must accompany your essay
to receive credit.
Attendance/Drops- Attendance will be taken daily. It is the student’s responsibility to attend
class on a regular basis. I will provide absent students with notes on what they have
missed. Students wishing to drop the course should see the school counselor as soon as
possible.
Tardiness- Tardiness will not be tolerated. Repeated tardiness will result in disciplinary
action. Also, quizzes will be given during the first 10 minutes of class and late students
will NOT be given the opportunity to make it up.
Electronic Devices- The use of a cell phone, iPod, or other small electronic device is
prohibited in class. If a student’s phone rings during class or a student is caught texting,
that student’s phone will be confiscated. Laptops may be used in class for note taking
only. Web surfing and other related off task activities are not allowed.
Plagiarism/Cheating- Plagiarism consists of submitting someone else’s work under your
name (either in whole or in part). Cheating includes this as well as giving and/or
receiving information from someone other than the instructor during a quiz. Neither will
be tolerated in this class. When there is sufficient evidence of academic dishonesty, I will
meet with you to present the evidence and get an explanation/response to the charge. If
you do not deny the charge, I will get the admission of the violation in writing and I will
take the following actions:
- Give you a zero for the assignment in question
- Provide a warning and explain the consequence of another infraction
- Submit a copy of all documentation, to the responsible authority.
Please be advised that I do not make accusations without concrete proof.
V. Calendar (subject to change)
On Tuesdays, literary term enrichment will take place unless otherwise specified. On Thursdays
classes will be held in the library unless otherwise stated.
WEEK 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
25 August- 29 August
Introduction to the Course
Introduction to the Middle Ages
Beowulf (29- 53) (5)
Beowulf (53- 77) (5)
Beowulf (77- 100) (5)
Assignment Due: Introduction to Middle Ages Questions
WEEK 2
Monday
1 September- 5 September
Institutional Holiday
3
Wednesday
Friday
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (160-72) (3)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (172-85) (3)
WEEK 3
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
8 September- 12 September
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (185-202) (3)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (202- 13) (3)
Everyman (463-84) (3)
WEEK 4
Monday
15 September- 19 September
Chaucer (213- 6)
“The Wife of Bath’s” Prologue (68-101) (5)
“Miller’s Prologue and Tale” (39-67) (3)
“Pardoner’s Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue” (117- 42) (4)
Wednesday
Friday
WEEK 5
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
WEEK 6
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
22 September- 26 September
Introduction to the 16th Century
The English Bible (616-21)
Thomas More (518-21)
Utopia (521-45) (3)
Utopia (545- 590) (3)
Assignment Due: Introduction to the English Renaissance Questions
29 September- 3 October
Edmund Spenser (705-08)
Faerie Queene, Canto 12 (892-902) (3)
Sonnet 54 (904) (2)
Sonnet 68 (905) (2)
Shakespeare (1058-61)
Sonnet 18 (1063) (2)
Sonnet 152 (1076) (2)
Sonnet 116 (1072) (2)
WEEK 7
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
6 October- 10 October
King Lear (1139- 68) (4)
King Lear (1168- 95) (4)
King Lear (1195-1223) (4)
Assignment Due: Essay
WEEK 8
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
13 October- 17 October
Christopher Marlowe
“Hero and Leander” (1004- 22) (5)
Review
Test
WEEK 9
Monday
20 October- 24 October
Introduction to the Early 17th Century
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Wednesday
Friday
WEEK 10
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
WEEK 11
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
WEEK 12
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
WEEK 13
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Ben Jonson (1324-26)
“On My First Son” (1430) (1)
“On My First Daughter” (1428) (2)
John Donne (1260-62)
The Flea (1263) (2)
A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning (1275) (3)
Holy Sonnet 10 (1295) (2)
Assignment Due: Introduction to the Early 17th Century Questions
27 October- 31 October
John Milton (1785- 89)
Paradise Lost (1831- 50) (5)
Sir Francis Bacon (1550-51)
Of Truth (1552-53) (2)
Of Marriage and the Single Life (1553-54) (2)
The New Atlantis (1569-73) (2)
Robert Herrick (1653- 54)
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” (1659-60)
“Upon Jack and Jill. Epigram” (1662) (1)
Assignment Due: Metaphysical Conceit Poem
3 November -7 November
Introduction to the Restoration and 18th Century
John Dryden (2083- 88)
Absalom and Achitophel (2087- 2111) (4)
Aphra Behn (2178- 80)
Oroonoko, The Royal Slave (2183- 2204) (5)
Oroonoko, The Royal Slave (2204- 26) (5)
Assignment Due: Intro. Restoration and 18th Century Questions Due
10 November- 14 November
Jonathan Swift (2301- 03)
Gulliver’s Travel, Introduction (2323- 24) (2)
A Modest Proposal (2462-70) (3)
Alexander Pope (2494-96)
"The Rape of the Lock" (2513- 25) (4)
"The Rape of the Lock" (2525- 32) (4)
Assignment Due: Lit. Terms
17 November - 21 November
John Gay (2611-12)
The Beggar’s Opera (2613-27, to Act 2)
The Beggar’s Opera (2627-42 to Act 3)
The Beggar’s Opera (2642- 56, to end)
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24 November – 28 November
THANKSGIVING BREAK
WEEK 14
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
1 December- 5 December
John Locke (2829- 33)
Mary Astell (2833- 37)
Olaudah Equino (2850- 59)
Review
Test
WEEK 16
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
8 December- 12 December
Semester Final: Presentations
Semester Final: Presentations
Semester Final: Presentations
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