British Literature II
ENG 2020, Section 5445
Course Syllabus
Course Description
This class will introduce you to the literature of the United Kingdom from roughly 1750 to the present day. The main literary movements we will cover include Romanticism, Victorianism, and Modernism.
Whether or not you've taken online courses before, please remember that this is an Accelerated summer class. In other words, we're shoving 13 weeks of classes into six! That means that each
"module," or class session corresponds to two regular classes and roughly 3.5 hours of classroom time. It is therefore a pretty intense class, with long online lectures and lessons (I try to come as close to the classroom experience as possible). And whereas the reading may not be intense
(sometimes just a few poems), the level of understanding, engagement with the material, and participation are expected to be very high. That being said, I expect you to listen to all the lectures in each module. Break them up into smaller sessions, if need be, but discussions and exams will depend upon the content of the lectures (i.e. this isn't the kind of online course where
I just send you off to read some articles, do a quiz, and move on. This is lecture driven). The class modules are staggered in such a way that you need to complete each task in order to open up the next. And you have a limited time to do so -- four days for each module.
Course Goals
By the end of the semester, students will have a familiarity with the overarching trends of the periods, and the general/work style of major figures, as well as the historical, political, social, and cultural tensions and how they affected the literature of the time.
Professor Information
Dr. David M. Earle
Office: Bldg 50, Room, 247
Email: dearle@uwf.edu
Office Hours and Communication : Office hours will be via email, sporadic online sessions, and via discussion board. I will respond the quickest to emails, and if the question/comment is helpful to the class as a whole, I shall remove your name and post it to the discussion board. Due to the large numbers of student inquiries in this class, please post general questions to the course

website under the discussion board prompt "General Class Concerns." Additionally, please check the course website prior to posting or contacting me to confirm that your question has not previously been answered. ("News" and "Discussions" are good places to check).
Due to the on-line nature of this course, course communication will occur primarily via eLearning and via "Groupmail." It is the student's responsibility to check elearning and their email regularly. Failure to do so may result in missed instructions/assignments.
Texts / Materials
I will provide the majority of the texts for the class. The two exceptions are, either online or:
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Signet Classics.
ISBN-13: 978-0451527714
(If you are using a different edition, it is important to make sure it is the 1831 text with the
"Author's Introduction." Besides that, page references in my lectures will correspond to this
Signet edition.)
And Heart of Darkness, either online or really any edition . Class notes shall correspond to the
Norton anthology of British Literature though. (not worth you buying since it is so expensive.
I’d rather you scramble a bit rather than pay the $80)
Required Materials:
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Internet Access (broadband is recommended)
Activated UWF ArgoNet E-mail Account
Headphones/Speakers for lectures
As well as the texts we will be examining, I will occasionally provide links to other sources, such as pdfs or videos, in the learning modules and online lectures. I encourage students to explore these additional materials in order to enhance your experience in the course.
Topics:
Broadly speaking, the three main areas of study shall include Romanticism, Victorianism, and
Modernism. Mostly, these are organized around different major authors, but sometimes they'll be organized around a topic such as "World War One Poetry" or "The Woman Question."
Since this is an accelerated Six Week Course, there are generally two topics per module (i.e. two different major authors or poets), which means two lessons, two lectures, and sometimes two quizzes per class/modules.
Topics per class include:
 The Enlightenment and the French Revolution Debate

 First Generation Romantics: Wordsworth and Coleridge
 Second Generation Romantics: Keats and Shelley
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Frankenstein
 Victorianism
Tennyson, Imperialism, and the "Woman Question"
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Doyle, Stephenson, and Degeneration
 Thomas Hardy, Intro to Modernism
Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"
 WWI Poetry and W.B. Yeats
 Joyce and Woolf
Class Organization
Each module is staggered to open as you work through it: quizzes open the lecture. The lecture opens the discussion prompts. Once you post to the discussion board, the study guide/lecture outline will be released. It is therefore necessary to complete each aspect. Important: the quizzes will only be available for four days (a new module opens every wed and sun at 12:01 AM); you
NEED to take the quiz in this time or the lecture won’t be accessible. Once you take the quiz, then the lecture will remain open and accessible. Once the quiz closes, and if you haven't submitted it, then you've lost the option to hear the lecture, contribute to the discussions, etc -- just as if you missed class.
Schedule
Class One, Open 6/26 – 6/31: Read the “Intro to Romanticism”; “The Revolution Controversy and the Spirit of the Age,” but just the Burke and Wollstonecraft excerpts
Class Two, Open 6/31 – 7/3:Wordsworth, “Preface to Lyrical Ballads,” “Lines Composed…,”
Coleridge: “Eolian Harp,” “Kubla Khan” (with intro), “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Class Three, Open 7/3 – 7/7: Keats: “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles,” “Ode to a nightingale,”
Shelley, “To Wordsworth,” “Mont Blanc,” “Men of England,” “England, 1819”;
Class Four, Open 7/7 – 7/10: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (through Chapter 13)
Class Five, Open 7/10 – 7/14: Finish Frankenstein
Exam I, through Romanticism [identification, short answer]: Closes Midnight 7/17
Class Six, Open 7/14 – 7/17: Introduction to Victorianism (Reading: Just Introduction to
Victorian Era)
Class Seven, Opens 7/17– 7/21: Tennyson, “The Epic [Morte d’Arthur],” “The Lady of Shallot,”
“Ulysses,” “Charge of the Light Brigade”; “The Woman Question: Ellis, Patmore” Elizabeth
Barret Browning, “the education of Aurora Leigh” Christina Rossetti, “The Goblin Market”

Class Eight, Opens 7/21-7/24: Conan Doyle, “The Man with the Twisted Lip” (online); Robert
Louis Stevenson, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Exam II, Opens 7/28. Closes midnight, 7/28
Class Nine, Opens 7/24-7/28: Modernism, Introduction; Matthew Arnold, “Dover Beach”;
Text’s Intro to Modernism; Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy, Hardy “Hap,” “The Darkling
Thrush,” “Channel Firing,” Who’s that Digging on my Grave;
Class Ten, Opens 7/28 – 7/31: Conrad, “Preface to The Nigger of the Narcissus
,” “Heart of
Darkness”
Class Eleven, Opens 7/31 – 8/4: “Voices from WWI” and supplemental poems; Yeats: “Lake of
Innisfree,” “Who Goes with Fergus,” “Sept. 1913,” “Easter 1916,” ”Second Coming,” “Sailing to Byzantium,” “The Circus Animal’s Desertion.”
Class Twelve, Opens 8/4—8/7: James Joyce: “The Sisters” (handout), “Araby”; Virginia Woolf,
Woolf: “Modern Fiction,” “Professions for Women,” “A Sketch of the Past”
Exam III: 8/09
Assignments
Quizzes : There will be quizzes on the reading that must be taken before the lecture can be accessed in the learning module. These will be short and of differing types, ranging from
True/False to short answer. It is imperative that you read before hand, since if you try to use your texts, you'll run out of time. You will have 6- 10 minutes for each quiz, depending upon the number of questions. Since much of reading consists of poetry and short reading assignments, a deeper level of reading will be expected.
Discussion Questions : Whereas the quizzes test basic comprehension, the Discussion questions that follow the lectures test more abstract literary tropes such as symbolism, theme, characterization, etc...These Discussion prompts will often ask you to identify key objects and explain their importance to both plot and the larger "meaning" of the story. These questions stem from both the reading and the lectures and are to be attempted only after the lectures are listened to. I will give you a choice of a number of prompts, you will respond to two of them on the discussion board. This will open up the lecture study guides. Once you post your discussion prompts, I'll go through them and post or release a selection of them to the board; you are also required to respond to at least one of these; these responses will add to your participation grade.
Exams : There will be three exams over the course of the semester, each one dedicated to a major literary movement. They shall be released about four days after we finish a section. The questions shall draw from readings, the on-line lectures, and discussion board prompts. Some, but not all of the material, may come from daily quizzes and discussion prompts. The exams themselves will be of varied composition: short answer, identification, and both short (one to two paragraph) and long timed essays. The goal is not only to test the student's basic comprehension,

but also the student's ability to make larger connections across and between movements and authors.
I will designate an online "study session" a few days before each exam, as well as release a general study guide for the lecture. I can't stop you from using your books for the exam, but I have timed the exams in such a way that if you spend too much time with your books on the early quantifiable questions, you'll run out of time on the later qualifiable essay questions. It is therefore necessary that you study!
Grading Policy
Your grade will consist of three exams, quizzes, and participation on the discussion board.
Quizzes: 20%
Discussion and Participation: 20%
Exam 1: 20%
Exam 2: 20%
Exam 3: 20%
Attendance Policy
Again, let me reiterate that this in an on-line class. It is the student's responsibility to check the due dates for quizzes, discussion assignments, and the exams . Late exams, quizzes, and discussion assignments will not be accepted. Once the due date for an assignment has passed, it will no longer be available in eLearning. Assignments not completed as scheduled will receive a grade of zero.
Minimum Technical Skills and Special Technology Utilized by Students
This course is totally on-line. All instructional content and interaction takes place over the
WWW. In addition to baseline word processing skills and sending/receiving email with attachments, students will be expected to search the internet and upload / download files. In addition, students may need one or more of the following plug-ins:
 Adobe Acrobat Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
 PowerPoint Viewer: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048D
C840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en
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Windows Media Player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/
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QuickTime Player: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
 Real Player: http://www.real.com/realplayer/search
Adobe Flash Player: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ eLearning's Accessibilty Resource Guides for users: http://www.desire2learn.com/access/resources/

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Assistance for Students with Disabilities
The Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) at the University of West Florida supports an inclusive learning environment for all students. If there are aspects of the instruction or design of this course that hinder your full participation, such as time-limited exams, inaccessible web content, or the use of non-captioned videos and podcasts, please notify the instructor or the
SDRC as soon as possible. You may contact the SDRC office by e-mail at sdrc@uwf.edu or by phone at (850) 474-2387. Appropriate academic accommodations will be determined based on the documented needs of the individual.
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TurnItIn
UWF maintains a university license agreement for an online text matching service called
TurnItIn. At my discretion, I will use the TurnItIn service to determine the originality of student papers. If I submit your paper to TurnItIn, it will be stored in a TurnItIn database for as long as the service remains in existence. If you object to this storage of your paper:
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You must let me know no later than two weeks after the start of this class.
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I will utilize other services and techniques to evaluate your work for evidence of appropriate authorship practices.
Weather Emergency Information
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WUWF-FM.
 WUWF-FM (88.1MHz) is the official information source for the university. Any pertinent information regarding closings, cancellations, and the re-opening of campus will be broadcast.

 In the event that hurricane preparation procedures are initiated, the UWF Home Web
Page and Argus will both provide current information regarding hurricane preparation procedures, the status of classes and the closing of the university.
Emergency plans for the University of West Florida related to weather or other emergencies are available on the following UWF web pages:
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Information about hurricane preparedness plans is available on the UWF web site: http://uwfemergency.org/hurricaneprep.cfm
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