Hill College
112 Lamar Drive
Hillsboro, TX 76645
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Prefix and Number
ENGL. 2323
Section:
Course Title
Semester:
English Literature II
Instructor:
Contact:
Phone:
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ACGM Description:
Further study of English literature from the Romantic period to the present; selected readings
from major authors; emphasis on emerging ideas and surviving influences.
Catalog Description:
Lecture Hours 3
Lab Hours
0
Semester Credit Hours 3
Pre-Requisite: ENGL 1301 (Composition I)
Introduction and Purpose:
This course will provide the opportunity for the student to examine the great works of English
literature from the Romantic period through the Modern Age. English Literature II will satisfy
degree requirements for Hill College and for transfer credit to senior institutions
Textbook: Greenblatt, Stephen. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Volume II. Ninth
Edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2012.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein.
Supplies:
Paper, pens, pencils, Scantron answer sheets as required, examination blue books
as required, collegiate dictionary, thesaurus.
Objectives / Student Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student should be able to
1. Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events,
2.
3.
4.
5.
and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or
regions.
Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social,
political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression
during different historical periods or in different regions.
Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and
humanities.
Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically
correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
Description of Institutional Core Objectives (ICO’s)
Given the rapid evolution of necessary knowledge and skills and the need to take into account
global, national, state, and local cultures, the core curriculum must ensure that students will
develop the essential knowledge and skills they need to be successful in college, in a career, in
their communities, and in life. Therefore, with the assistance of the Undergraduate Education
Advisory Committee, the Coordinating Board approved a 42-semester credit hour core
curriculum for all undergraduate students in Texas, including a statement of purpose, six core
objectives, and common component areas.
Statement of Purpose
Through the Texas Core Curriculum, students will gain a foundation of knowledge of human
cultures and the physical and natural world, develop principles of personal and social
responsibility for living in a diverse world, and advance intellectual and practical skills that are
essential for all learning. Hill College faculty periodically evaluates the objectives included in the
Foundational Component Area of Language, Philosophy, and Culture.
Core Objective
College SLO
Course
SLO
1-4, 8-9
General Learning
Activities
Pre-writing,
brainstorming, outlining,
class and group
discussion
Assessment
Critical
Thinking Skills
CT1: Generate and
communicate ideas by
combining, changing or
reapplying existing
information
Communication
Skills
Use Any
CS1: Develop,
interpret, and express
ideas through written
communication
1-4, 8-9
Embedded assessment
analysis, written essays and
research papers
CS2: Develop,
interpret, and express
ideas through oral
communication
1-3, 7-8
Pre-writing,
brainstorming, outlining,
writing multiple drafts to
conclude with a final
draft
Pre-writing,
brainstorming, outlining
to conclude with an oral
and visual presentation
Communication
Skills
Use Any
Embedded assessment
analysis, written essays and
research papers
Embedded assessment
analysis, student
presentations
CS3: Develop,
interpret, and express
ideas through visual
communication
SR1: Demonstrate
intercultural
competence
3, 7-9
Social
Responsibility
Use Any
SR2: Identify civic
responsibility
1-2, 7, 8
Social
Responsibility
Use Any
SR3: Engage in
regional, national and
global communities
3, 7
Personal
Responsibility
PR1: Evaluate choices
and actions and relate
consequences to
decision-making
1-9
Communication
Skills
Use Any
Social
Responsibility
Use Any
4, 5, 6
Pre-writing,
brainstorming, outlining
to conclude with a visual
presentation
Class discussion, student
presentations
Embedded assessment
analysis, power point
presentation
Class discussion, student
presentations,
community volunteer
hours
Use research and blog
with students from
various countries with
varying cultural belief
systems
Class discussion, writing
from a different point of
view, creating a
cause/effect analysis
Class discussion of
importance of volunteering
Students' contribution to
discussion and listening to
other students
Embedded assessment
analysis and research paper
Embedded assessment
analysis, cause and effect
essay
The students' success in completing these objectives will be measured using a set of
examinations and assignments described, in detail under the section of this syllabus headed
“Method of Evaluation.”
An Annual Assessment Plan will be implemented each year to review the course.
Methods of Instruction:
This course will be taught face-to-face and by various distance learning delivery methods.
Audio-visual materials and computer based technology will be used when appropriate.
Methods of Evaluation:
The students' success in completing the core objectives within the Foundational Component Area
of Language, Philosophy, and Culture will be measured using rubric, exam, or embedded
assessment activity.
Grading:
Grades in this course will be based on the following evaluative criteria:
1. Tests
Tests must be given for each major period studied.
At least four major tests must be given during the semester.
2. Analytical papers based on specific literary works and/or oral presentations
At least two major papers and/or oral presentations should be assigned during the
course of the semester.
3. Quizzes/short in-class written responses
The number of quizzes/written responses should be left to the instructor’s discretion.
***Elements 1-3 will be weighted at 75% of the overall grade, but can be distributed at
the instructor’s discretion.
4. Comprehensive final examination
***The final exam will be weighted at 25% of the overall grade.
Letter grades for the course will be based on the following percentages:
90-100%
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
Below 60%
A
B
C
D
F
Course Outline:
Class policies:
Regular attendance at all class meetings is expected. Disruptions in class will not be tolerated.
Topic Outline:
I. Overview to the first thirteen hundred years of English literature
II. The Romantic Period
A. Historical background
B. Early Romantics (selected by instructor)
C. Romantics (selected from below)
1. William Wordsworth
2. Samuel T. Coleridge
3. Sir Walter Scott
4. Charles Lamb
5. George Gordon, Lord Byron
6. Percy Bysshe Shelley
7. John Keats
III. The Victorian Period
A. Historical background
B. Victorian prose (selections)
1. Thomas Carlyle
2. Thomas B. Macaulay
3. John Stuart Mill
4. John Ruskin
5. Thomas Henry Huxley
C. Victorian poetry (selections)
1. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2. Robert Browning
3. Matthew Arnold
4. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
5. William Morris
6. Gerard Manley Hopkins
7. Edward Fitzgerald
8. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
9. Christina Rossetti
10. Francis Thompson
11. William E. Henley
12. Rudyard Kipling
13. Arthur Hugh Clough
14. Algernon Charles Swinburne
15. George Meredith
16. Emily Bronte
D. Victorian novels, as required
E. Victorian drama, as required
IV. The Modern Period (selected emphasis by instructor)
A. Historical background
B. Modern drama: Samuel Beckett, George B. Shaw
C. Modern poetry (selected from below)
1. William Butler Yeats
2. Thomas Hardy
3. T. S. Eliot
4. Edward Thomas
5. Wilfred Owen
6. Siegfried Sassoon
7. Rupert Brooke
8. A. E. Housman
9. W. H. Auden
10. Louis MacNeice
11. Dylan Thomas
12. Philip Larkin
13. Thom Gunn
14. Ted Hughes
15. Stevie Smith
D. Modern short prose (selections)
1. Joseph Conrad
2. Katherine Mansfield
3. Virginia Woolf
4. James Joyce
5. D. H. Lawrence
6.
7.
George Orwell
Doris Lessing
E. Modern novels (as required by instructor)
1. Kingsley Amis
2. Evelyn Waugh
3. T. H. White
4. Alan Paton
5. George Orwell
6. Somerset Maugham
7. D. H. Lawrence
8. Aldous Huxley
9. Joyce Cary
10. Virginia Woolf
Disabilities/ADA
Reports of discrimination based on disability may be directed to the ADA/Section 504
coordinator. The College District designates the following person to coordinate its efforts to
comply with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, which
incorporates and expands the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended:
Name:
Dr. Heather Kissack
Position:
Executive Director of Human Resources
Address:
112 Lamar Drive, Hillsboro, TX 76645
Telephone: (254) 659-7731
Students with qualified and documented disabilities may request accommodations which will
enable them to participate in and benefit from educational programs and activities. Students
should contact the Academic Advising and Student Success Center for more details at:
254 659 7650 for Hillsboro, 817 760 5650 for Cleburne, or 817 295-7392 for Burleson.
EEO Statement
Hill College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment.
The college does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of age, race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status in the administration of its educational programs,
activities, or employment policies.
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