Dr. Simon C. Estok, Associate Professor
Course syllabus and schedule
영문학 개관
English 2006:
2 (History of English Literature 2)
Mon 12:00-1:15 / Wed. 3:00-4:15
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Phone: 760-0258
Office: 31720
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Course description
영문학 개관 1 (The History of English Literature I)
This course is a complement course to
and it continues where that course ended.
Beginning with the Romantic period, this course continues with the pressing question about
why we should study English Literature when there are so many other important things going
on in the world. It asks about the continued impact English Literature has on the world, and
what impact it has on our daily lives in Korea. Can it help us to get a job, for instance? Or
can it help us to live better lives? Can it improve the quality of our lives? In what ways can
we measure the effects, and in what respects are we unable to measure the effects of studying
literature?
Unlike the first course, however, much of the literature that we are studying in this one is
much closer to the realities of our contemporary lives. The issues are a lot closer to us, the
language is a lot more similar to today’s English, and even some of the people are still alive.
The cultural forces shaping the emerging literature of each period are radically different as we
move through the ages. We will look at how these differences are important to the study of
literature, and we will develop skills appropriate for this kind of activity.
As in the first course, among the things we will cover in this course are representative
selections of English literature from a variety of critical perspectives in order to develop a
greater understanding of the literature and its place in the world.
We will learn about the elements that have come to characterize good writing, how writers
use literary devices to produce such writing, and what literary forms have developed.
The goals of this course follow those of the first part, and students will learn the following:
1] how to read, analyze, and talk about literary texts;
2] how the English literary canon formed and continues to form;
3] how these “old” texts are relevant today; and
4] how learning about the cultural contexts of literature can broaden our perspectives on life
and people.
Required materials
1] Norton Anthology of Literature volume II (8th edition). Ed.
Abrams
2] Other materials will be distributed in class.
3] You are responsible for getting a copy of Frankenstein (either a
digital or a hard copy . . . it’s up to you).
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated on the basis of the following:
Midterm……………. 35%
Homework, Quizzes,
and class tests……. 20%
Final examination….. 35%
Attendance…………. 10%
Academic conduct:
Attendance in this course is mandatory. If students do not attend, then they may do
poorly or even fail (students who miss one-third or more of a course will not be able to pass
the course). In addition, students should come to class on time. Students who are habitually
late without good reason will lose marks.
Finally, cheating of any kind will be severely punished: the University expects
everyone to conduct their academic work with diligence, honesty, and sincerity.
note
rules::
Please take not
e of these very important comments and rules
1.
Don’t fall behind. The reading is heavy, so you should read every day, including
Saturday and Sunday. If you miss even one day, it will be difficult for you to catch up.
2.
enrolled
rolled in the course, you will still be responsible for
If you get a job while you are en
one--third of the classes,
all of the quizzes, assignments, and tests. If you miss more than one
you will fail. There are ASBOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule, so please don’t come
to me saying “Oh, please, professor, I got a job. I can’t do my work for this course. Help me.”
Congratulations if you get a job, but as an adult and a student, your primary responsibility
in this course is to do your work for this course and to study.
3.
phoness must be turned off when you enter the classroom
classroom,, or they will be
All cell phone
week..
confiscated for a week
4.
If you are late, you are marked “absent,” unless you have a note from a doctor.
Also, if you miss a class, you will be marked “present” if you provide an authentic
authentic note
from a doctor or some other appropriate authority.
5.
If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed from other
students, not from me. There are no exceptions to this rule, so please don’t come to me
saying “Professor, I was absent last class. Can you tell me what I missed?
6.
Of course, you can (and probably should) use internet resources, but you will also
have to read the books.
7.
If you use your cell phone for any reason (time, texting, talking, etc), I will take it
away (1st offense, until next class; 2nd offense, a week; 3rd offense, for the rest of the
semester)
8.
Don’t be scared.
Course schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Written homework assignments for the entire semester follow the course schedule.
Week 1
Class 1—August 29, 2011: Today’s schedule
-General introduction.
-William Blake, “The Lamb.” “The Tyger.”
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Blake in Norton
William Blake, "London"
Class 2— August 31, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz (Sample quiz)
-William Blake’s influence, imagination, and visions
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Wordsworth in Norton
William Wordsworth, "Composed on Westminster Bridge"
William Wordsworth, "London, 1802"
William Wordsworth, "The world is too much with us"
Week 2
Class 1— September 5, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #1
-Wordsworth and Romanticism
Reading homework due for next class:
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William Wordsworth, Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth, "She dwelt among the untrodden ways"
William Wordsworth, "A slumber did my spirit seal"
William Wordsworth, "I travelled among unknown men"
Written homework #1 due for next class:
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Assignment on Wordsworth
Class 2— September 7, 2011: Today’s schedule
-poetry of Wordsworth
Reading homework due for next class:
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William Wordsworth, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
Week 3
Class 1— September 12, 2011: Today’s schedule. No class.
추석
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Coleridge in Norton
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Written homework #2 due for next class:
Assignment on “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Class 2— September 14, 2011: Today’s schedule
Professor in Lyon, France. Class re-scheduled for October 8 (9:00-10:15)
Week 4
Class 1— September 19, 2011: Today’s schedule
Professor in Lyon, France. Class re-scheduled for October 8 (10:30-12:00)
Class 2— September 21, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #2
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Wordsworth and Romanticism
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Reading homework due for next class:
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Kahn"
John Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"
John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Week 5
Class 1—September 26, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #3
-Coleridge and Keats
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Byron in Norton
“She Walks in Beauty” (612); Child Harold’s Pilgrimage, Introduction
(617); Manfred, Introduction (635-6); Don Juan, Introduction (669-70).
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Preface
Written homework #3 due for next class (October 5)
Assignment on Frankenstein
Class 2— September 28, 2011: Today’s schedule: No class today. Professor in
Wuhan, China for a conference. Class postponed until October 8 (12:30-1:45).
Week 6
Class 1— October 3, 2011: Today’s schedule: no class.
개천절
Class 2— October 5, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #4
-Byron
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to the gothic (Norton 577-79)
Mary Shelley's 1831 introduction to Frankenstein
Introduction to Mary Shelley, the Gothic, and Frankenstein, up to
chapter 16
Written homework #4 due for next class:
-Frankenstein, Review
-the Shelley Family
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to P. B. Shelley in Norton
Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Ozymandias"
Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Ode to the West Wind"
Class 3—October 8, 2011: Today’s schedule:
-Quiz #5
Written homework #5 due for next class
Week 7:
Class 1—October 10, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #6
-Watching Frankenstein . . .
Class 2—October 12, 2011: review for midterm.
Week 8: October 17, 2011—MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9
Class 1— October 24, 2011: Midterm review
Reading homework due for next class:
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“The Lady of Shalott,” Loreena McKennitt
Introduction to Tennyson in Norton
Alfred Lord Tennyson, "Lady of Shalott"
Class 2—October 26, 2011: Today’s schedule
-“The Lady of Shalott”
Reading homework due for next class:
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Mary Wollstonecraft (167-89)
Written homework #6 due for next class:
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Assignment on Mary Wollstonecraft
Week 10:
Class 1— October 31, 2011: Today’s schedule
-women
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to R. Browning
Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess"
Introduction to E. B. Browning in Norton
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "To George Sand: A Desire"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "To George Sand: A Recognition"
Class 2— November 2, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #7
-the Brownings
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Hopkins in Norton
Gerard Manley Hopkins, "God's Grandeur"
Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Spring"
Gerard Manley Hopkins, "The Windhover"
Written homework #7 due for next class:
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Assignment on Hopkins
Week 11:
Class 1—November 7, 2011: Today’s schedule
-G.M. Hopkins
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Yeats in Norton
William Butler Yeats, "No Second Troy"
William Butler Yeats, "Leda and the Swan"
Class 2—November 9, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #8
-Yeats
Reading homework due for next class:
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Modernist Manifestos (Norton 1996-2019)
Written homework #8 due for next class:
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Assignment on Modernism
Week 12:
Class 1— November 14, 2011: Today’s schedule
-modernism
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Conrad in Norton
Class 2— November 16, 2011: Today’s schedule
-movie
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Conrad in Norton
Selected readings
Week 13:
Class 1— November 21, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #9
-the influence of Conrad
Reading homework due for next class:
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Introduction to Achebe in Norton
Written homework #9 due for next class:
o
Assignment on Achebe
Class 2— November 23, 2011: Today’s schedule
-20th Century novel in English
Reading homework due for next class:
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Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (Part 1)
Week 14:
Class 1— November 28, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Achebe
Reading homework due for next class:
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Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (Part 2)
Class 2—November 30, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Achebe
Reading homework due for next class:
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Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (Part 3)
Written homework #10 due for next class:
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Second assignment on Achebe
Week 15:
Class 1— December 5, 2011: Today’s schedule
-Quiz #10
-Achebe
Reading homework due for next class:
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Alice Munro (2714); V.S. Naipaul (2729); Tom Stoppard (2752-3);
Seamus Heaney (2822-4).
Class 2— December 7, 2011: Writing Africa in the 21st century
-course review
Week 16:
December 12—Final examination
영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #1
Wordsworth questions due September 7, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] What is the view of the modern response to nature in “The World is Too Much
with Us”?
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2] What words or images do you find most striking in “The World is Too Much with
Us”? How do they support the poem’s argument?
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3] Why would a “Pagan suckled in a creed outworn” be likely to enjoy a more
intimate relationship with nature than a modern person in“The World is Too Much
with Us”?
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4] What is the main point of “The World is Too Much with Us”?
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5] What is the rhyme scheme of “The World is Too Much with Us”?
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #2
“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” questions due September 14, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] What sort of people or creatures do you associate with a glittering eye (line 13),
and briefly explain how this image contributes to the setting of the poem.
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2] Lines 92-102: Why were the crew members so subject to superstition?
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3] What does the albatross symbolize?
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4] Why does the mariner shoot the albatross? Is his act premeditated? Is it caused in
any way?
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5] What would a Freudian interpretation say about the snakes in the poem (and if you
don’t know what “Freudian” means, then you should find out from the internet or
some other source)?
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #3
Frankenstein questions due October 5, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] Who was Prometheus? Why is the novel subtitled "the Modern Prometheus"?
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2] Volume I, Chapter iv (Chapter 5): the Creature is created. Where is the focus in this
section? On the process of creation? On the Creature? Somewhere else?
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3] Who is writing Letter 1 (and all the letters)? To whom is he writing? What is
their relationship?
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4] How much time has elapsed between Letter 3 and Letter 4? What "strange
accident" has happened to the sailors?
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5] Briefly discuss the representation of women in the novel.
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #4
Second set of Frankenstein questions due October 8, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] In Book 2, the Being tells the story of his initial moments of consciousness.
Describe some of his first impressions about himself and nature and comment on what
you find significant about them.
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2] Why does the Being keep comparing himself to Milton's Satan -- what do they
have in common?
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3] Briefly discuss the theme of madness in this novel.
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4] What are some "romantic" elements about the novel?
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5] After having read Frankenstein, who has your sympathies -- Victor or the Being he
has created? Or neither? Explain.
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #5
Shelley questions due October 10, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] In “Ozymandias,” what personality traits do the image of the face and the
inscription convey?
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2] What is the effect of distributing body parts throughout “Ózymandias”?
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3] “Ozymandias” implies that all things will fade, and that the power of artistic
artifacts will disappear. How is this ironic in the sonnet?
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4] What is the circumstance of the “Ozymandias”?
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5] What is Shelley saying about the reign of tyrants in “Ozymandias”?
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #6
Mary Wollstonecraft questions due October 31, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] Describe Wollstonecraft's conception of human nature -- what are the main human
faculties or characteristics, and how should they be ranked and otherwise related?
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2] How does Wollstonecraft's style and manner of argumentation generate authority
for her as a writer addressing inequities in gender relations?
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3] Briefly describe Wollstonecraft’s contribution to feminist thinking.
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4] Briefly (but with precise details and page numbers from the book) describe
Wollstonecraft’s thinking on the topic of education for women.
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5] What are Wollstonecraft’s views about marriage? Again, be brief, but support
your comments with precise details and page numbers from the book.
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #7
Hopkins questions due November 7, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] What is the effect for you of the alliteration in “The Windhover”? Answer with
precise references to the poem.
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2] Briefly, what is the point of the poem?
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3] How does the sestet (the final six lines) complete the poem's meaning?
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4] Briefly define “sprung rhythm” and write your own “sprung rhythm” in the space
provided.
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5] Briefly summarize “Spring.”
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #8
Modernism questions due November 14, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] In your own words, define “modernism.”
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2] Ezra Pound says that modernists shouldn’t be “viewy.” Exactly what does he
mean?
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3] “Men & women are enemies.” In the reading homework, who said this, and what
did she mean?
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4] Briefly describe the social context in which modernism developed.
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5] What is your opinion about modernism, based on (and with detailed reference to)
our readings on modernism?
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #9
Achebe questions due November 23, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] What kinds of comments does this novel (Things Fall Apart) make about history?
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2] Discuss some of the contrasts in this book.
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3] What are the two primary carriers of tradition in this novel? Discuss.
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4] What is the significance of the story of the tortoise in Things Fall Apart?
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5] What can you say about glossing in the text? How does it function? Does it draw
you nearer to the material realities that the text describes, or does it draw you away?
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영문학 개관 2 (The History of English Literature II)
Written homework #10--Second Achebe questions due December 5, 2011
WARNING: Please note that you are, of course, allowed and encouraged to use
the internet (or other sources) to help you to answer these questions, but if you
copy or even paraphrase writing or ideas that are not your own, you will be
committing plagiarism. If you do this, you will fail the course. Every semester,
someone tries it. I check all of the homework carefully, and if you cheat, I will
catch you . . . so, just don’t cheat.
1] Things Fall Apart is really about two kinds of tragedy: personal and public (or the
individual and the cultural). Discuss with detailed reference to the book. You may
wish to consider the ending of the novel. There is a real lack of narrative judgement
about the things that go on in this book. Who is the narrator, and to whom is the
narrator writing?
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2] Within the first part of the book, does Okonkwo appear as a great man? How is he
characterized? Discuss the literary devices that the novel uses to construct this
character. Also, list some specific character traits of Okonkwo.
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