Dr. Fan A. Shen
English 1118
Fall 2002

 

Office: MH 336
Phone: 285-7518
Office Hours: MTRF 10-11

 

 

Syllabus

 

R 8/29  Introduction.  Welcome to English 1118!  Sign up for oral reports.

 

R 9/5  Section One:  Reading Fiction Critically

 

           Oral reports begin.  (Grades: High Pass, Pass, Fail.)

 

          Lecture:  Formalist Criticism (New Criticism) (p2169).   Literary Terms.

 

          Readings:  Maugham 4; Tzu 6; Grimm 8; Faulkner 28; Poe 35; Porter 80;

 

                           Carver 448; Chopin 573.

 

          Reading/Response Notes due.

 

R 9/12  Lecture: Biographical Criticism (p2174), Naturalism, Literary Terms.

 

             Readings:  Walker 88; Singer 95; Chopin 112; London 117.

 

                               Gilman 594; Hemingway 158;

 

             Reading/Response Notes due.

 

             Dramatic Reading: Poe.

 

R 9/19   Lecture:  Historical Criticism (Historicism) (p2180).  Literary Terms.

 

             Review:  What to Write About Literature.  (p2091)

 

             Review:  MLA Style Documentation.  (p2100)

 

             Readings:  Faulkner 162; Borges 521; Crane 197.

 

                              Vonnegut 233; Steinbeck 245; Jackson 254.

 

           Reading/Response Notes due.

 

R 9/26  Lecture:  Modernism.  Psychological Criticism (2185).  Literary Terms.

 

             Review:  Writing about a Story. 

 

             Review: Sample Student Essays: ( 275, 382, 2117, 2122 )

 

            Readings:  Kafka 345; Guin 267; Hawthorn 606; Carver 475; Atwood 510;

 

                             Achebe 494; Mansfield 665.        

 

             Reading/Response Notes due.

 

R 10/3  Deadline: Fiction Paper due at the beginning of the class.

 

              Section Two: Reading Poetry Critically

 

             Lecture:  Mythological Criticism (p2189).   Romanticism.   Literary Terms.

 

             Readings:  Lawrence 746; Rich 747; Frost 750; Browning 751; Roethke 758;

 

                               Bradstreet 759;  Whitman 760; Dickinson 761; Wordsworth 767;

 

                               Sexton 770; Williams 771; Auden 773; Causley 777; Hardy 778;

 

                               Pacheco 780; Stafford 781; Lovelace 782. Williams 791; Moore 792.

 

                               Shakespeare 1097; Bishop 1099;

 

             Reading/Response Notes due.

 

              Dramatic Reading: T.S. Eliot 1188.

 

R 10/10 Lecture:  Sociological Criticism (2194).  Literary Terms.

 

             Readings:  Taylor 793; Graves 794; Donne 795;  Clare 798; Hannah 800;

 

                               Cherry 800; Sandburg 801; Miles 804;   Hardy 807; Cummings 809;

 

                               two by Wordsworth 812; Marvel 1225. Stevens 822; Frost 826;

 

                               Rossini 826; Tennyson 827; Poe 1107; Donne 1182;

 

             Reading/Response Notes due.

 

              Group Discussion.

 

R 10/17  No class.  Teacher’s Conference. 

 

R 10/24 Lecture:  Gender Criticism (2198).   Literary Terms.

 

              Readings:  Pound 832;  Roethke 834; Bishop 835; Stevenson 837;

 

                                Hopkins 839; Keats 842; H.D. 844; Smith 846; Shakespeare 856;

 

                                Moss 857; Dickinson 860; Arnold 1162. Blake 861; Plath 861;

 

                                Dickinson 863; Raine 863; Tichborne 868; Herbert 870;     

 

                               Donne 1183;

 

              Reading/Response Notes due.

 

              Write two or three poems of parody and be ready to read them to the class.

 

R 10/31 Lecture: Reader-Response Criticism (2202).  Literary Terms.

 

             Readings:  Roethke 871; Frost 872; Ryan 874; Jeffers 874;

 

                               Burns 875; Robinson 885; Randall 890; Auden 893; Dylan 895;

 

                               Pope 902; Tennyson 909. Reeves 913; Yeats 915; Hopkins 916;

 

                              Chappell 917; Tennyson 930; Jonson 931; Pope 931; Hopkins 1209;

 

             Write two or three poems of your own and be ready to read them to the class.

 

             Dramatic Reading: Poe: The Raven.

 

R 11/7  Lecture: Deconstruction Criticism (2207).  Literary Terms.

 

             Readings:  Whitman 943; Mason 944; Graves 953; Donne 954; Shakespeare 958;

 

                               Millay 960; Steele 963; Bishop 969; Forche 986; Herbert 987;

 

                               Hollander 988; Charles 990. Frost 1004; Rossetti 1005;

 

                               Schnackenberg 1006; Campo 1009; Frost 1016; H.D. 1019;

 

                               Yeats 1022; Hope 1029; McRae 1092; Shakespeare 1253, Frost 2136.

            

              Review: Writing about a Poem (2134).  Sample Student Essays:

 

                                                                             785, 849, 1037, 2136, 2142, 2145.

 

R 11/14 Deadline: Poetry Paper due at the beginning of the class.

 

             Section Three: Reading Drama Critically

 

             Lecture: Cultural Studies (2212).  Literary Terms.

 

                           Critical Thinking Skills I.

 

             Readings:  Ives: “Sure Thing” 1351;

 

                               Keillor: “Prodigal Son” 1361.

 

                              Sophocles: Oedipus the King 1383.

 

            Reading/Response Notes due.   Film and Discussion.

 

R 11/21 Lecture: Shakespeare’s Theater. 

 

                            Critical Thinking Skills II.

 

             Reading: Shakespeare: “Hamlet” (1569).

 

             Reading/Response Notes due.   Film and Discussion.

 

R 11/28  No class. Holiday.

 

R 12/5  Reading: Ibsen: “A Doll’s House” 1765.

 

            Reading/Response Notes due.  Film and Discussion.

 

           Lecture: A Brief Outline of the English Literature.

 

R 12/12  Review: Writing about a Play (2134).

 

          Reading: Williams: “The Glass Menagerie” (1951).

 

          Reading/Response Notes due.  Film and Discussion.

 

R 12/19 Deadline: Final Paper and Portfolio Due at the beginning of the class.

 

           Optional Conference.

 

 

Study Hard!  Good Luck!  (Comments and suggestions are welcome.)

Keep all your free writings (reading/response notes) and drafts in a folder (portfolio).