English 10B-2 - Spring, 2013

Literatures in English II: 1700-1900

Class Information

Instructor: Johns, Alessa
CRN: 62553
Time: TR 3:10-4:30
Location: 105 Olson

Description

English 10b, Section 2 Literatures in English II: 1700-1900

Alessa Johns

We will begin with Daniel Defoe’s path-breaking novel Robinson Crusoe and move chronologically through the period, concluding with Oscar Wilde’s play, The Importance of Being Earnest. In between we will touch on a great variety of literary forms, fictional and non-fictional, canonical and non-canonical, in prose as well as poetry, by women as well as by men. Close attention will be paid also to the works’ social and cultural contexts, as we consider related art forms and discuss topics such as colonization, slavery, sentiment, science, travel, gender, poverty, reform, and war.


Grading

Grading will be based on quizzes and in-class assignments (15%), two papers (40%), a midterm (15%), a final (15%), and attendance and participation (15%).

Texts

The Norton Anthology of English Literature 8th edition, Volume C: The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Norton
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, ed. Michael Shinagel, 2d edition, Norton Critical
Great American Short Stories, ed. Paul Negri, Dover
Great Speeches by African Americans, ed. James Daley, Dover
Some texts will be derived on-line.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, Dover