ENG 2233.001
FALL 2007
Class: MWF 1:00
Room: BB 2.01.18
E-mail: (home) utsaretireej@yahoo.com
Office:
Office Hrs.: MWF 11:45-12:15
E-mail: (office) John.Stoler@utsa.edu
Course Description: This is a survey of eighteenth through twentieth-century British literary works of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction prose. Texts will be discussed as works of art as well as documents reflecting different aspects of the era in which they were written. Classes will be a combination of class discussion and lecture.
Texts: The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors. Eighth edition only.
Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
Dickens, Hard Times
Shaw, Saint Joan
Grading: Two tests which may consist of matching, identification of quotations and terminology, and
/or short answer (20% each). The second exam will be the same length as the first but will be given during finals week, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1:30-2:30. The exam will not continue past 2:30 because it is NOT a retroactive final exam but covers the material assigned after the first exam.
Two papers (5-8 pages each) with topics chosen from the list on this syllabus (20% each).
Unannounced quizzes on the scheduled readings and lecture material. You can expect a quiz on the day a work is scheduled even if we are behind on the reading list (20%).
Paper Topics (first paper, due Oct. 15): Choose one pair of items for purposes of comparison, noting similarities and differences in such things as theme, style, originality, treatment of
contemporary issues. It is best to focus on one or two such subjects and go into them in detail.
Wilmot, “The Imperfect Enjoyment” (919)
Behn, “The Disappointment” (924)
Barbauld, “The Rights of Woman” (1393)
Wollstonecraft, “A Vindication . . .” (1459)
Gray, “Elegy . . .” (1332)
Wordsworth, “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” (1496-1502)
Johnson, “Preface to Shakespeare” (1297-1306)
Wordsworth, “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” (1496-1502)
Collins, “Ode to Evening” (1336)
Wordsworth, “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” (1496-1502)

Wed., Aug. 22: Introduction to Class.
Fri., Aug. 24: Norton Anthology: “Introduction” (853-876).
Mon., Aug. 27: Behn: Oroooko (927)
Wed., Aug. 29: Behn,cont.
Fri., Aug. 31: Pope: “The Rape of the Lock” (1136).
Mon., Sep. 3: Swift; “A Modest Proposal” (1114).
Wed., Sep. 5: Swift: Gulliver’s Travels (Parts I and II).
Fri., Sep. 7: Swift: Gulliver’s Travels (Part III).
Mon.,Sep. 10: Swift: Gulliver’s Travels (Part IV).
Wed., Sep. 12: Gray: “Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat” (1331); “Elegy . . .” (1332). Johnson: “Preface to Shakespeare” (1297-1306).
Fri., Sep. 14: Introduction to Novel (lecture). Introduction to Gothicism (lecture).
Mon., Sep. 17: Walpole: Castle of Otranto.
Wed., Sep. 19: Walpole, cont.
Fri., Sep. 21: Anthology: “The Romantic Period” (1363-1384).
Mon., Sep. 24: Blake: “The Chimney Sweeper” (1414); “The Chimney Sweeper “ (1419);“London”(1422).
Wed., Sep . 26: Burns: “To a Mouse” (1446); “Holy Willie’s Prayer” (1443).
Fri., Sep. 28: Montague: “Epistle from Mrs. Yonge” (1200). Wollstonecraft: “Vindication of the Rights of
Women” (1456-1484).
Mon., Oct. 1: Wordsworth: “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” (1495-1507).
Wed., Oct. 3: Wordsworth: “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” (1491); Ode:
Intimations of Immortality (1538)
Fri., Oct. 5: Coleridge: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1615).
Mon., Oct. 8: Shelley: “Ozymandias” (1741); “To a Skylark” (1769). Keats: “Ode to a Nightingale” (1845)
Wed., Oct. 10: Keats: “Odes on a Grecian Urn” (1847).
Fri., Oct. 12: Anthology: “The Victorian Age” (1885-1905).
Mon., Oct. 15: PAPER #1 DUE. Tennyson: “Ulysses” (1962); “The Lady of Shalott” (1953).
Wed., Oct. 17: Browning: “My Last Duchess” (2058).
Fri., Oct. 19: Browning: Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” (2056); “Childe Roland . . .” (2064).
Mon., Oct. 22: EXAM.
Wed., Oct. 24: Dickens: Hard Times.
Fri., Oct. 26: Dickens, cont.
Mon., Oct. 29: Dickens, cont.
Wed., Oct. 31: Arnold: “Dover Beach” (2105). Hopkins: “Spring and Fall” (2165).
Fri., Nov. 2: Rossetti: “Goblin Market” (2143).
Mon., Nov. 5: Anthology: “The Twentieth Century and After” (2293-2313).
Wed., Nov. 7: Hardy: “The Darkling Thrush” (2320); “The Convergence of the Twain” (2323).
Fri., Nov. 9: Shaw: Saint Joan.
Mon., Nov. 12: Shaw, cont.
Wed., Nov. 14: Shaw, cont.
Fri., Nov. 16: Eliot: “The Hollow Man” (2628)
Mon., Nov.19: PAPER #2 DUE. Auden: “The Unknown Citizen” (2696). Thomas: “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” (2710).
Wed., Nov. 21: Rusdie: “The Prophet’s Hair” (2815).
Fri., Nov. 23: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
Mon., Nov. 26: Wilbur: “Year’s End” (handout).
Wed., Nov. 28: Wilbur: “Opposites” and “The Disappearing Alphabet” (handout).
Fri., Nov. 30: Catch-up. Review.

Mon., Dec. 3: STUDENT STUDY DAY: NO CLASS.
Wed., Dec. 5: FINAL EXAMS BEGIN.
Tue., Dec. 11: FINAL EXAM: 1:30-2:30.