ASSOCIATE DEGREE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
Department:
English
Subject
Area and Course Number: English 222GB
Course
Title: Survey of
British Literature
Discipline:
English
Units:
3
Repeatability:
None
Catalog
Course Description: Survey
of British literature during the 19th and 20th centuries; to include 50%
readings from among the Great Books (fiction, poetry, drama and essays).
Description
for Schedule of Classes: Survey of British Literature of 19th and 20th centuries; to include 50%
readings from among the Great Books.
Lecture
Hours per Week: 3.2
Laboratory
Hours per Week: None
Plus
Hours: None
Prerequisites:
English 110 or
English 110HR with a "C" or better
Co-requisites:
None
Skills
Advisories: None
Course
Advisories: English
111 or English 111HR or 111GB or English 111HRGB
Limitation
on Enrollment: None
Course
Objectives: Students
who successfully complete English 222GB will be able to:
1.
Read
and analyze outstanding works of nineteenth and twentieth century British
literature.
2.
Recognize
the cultural, social, and political history of these periods and how it is
reflected in the literature.
3.
Plot
the development of English literary forms.
4.
Demonstrate
their ability to read, comprehend, interpret, and appreciate literature.
5.
Evaluate
literary texts, using critical thinking skills.
Course Content and
Scope:
1.
In-depth
study of representative works of literature of the early nineteenth century
Romantics, the Victorian age, and the twentieth century. Authors to be read
include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Dickens, Tennyson, Robert
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and TS
Eliot.
2.
Examination
of the social, cultural, and historical background of these works.
3.
Critical
essays focused on the themes of the works, their interrelationships, their
contributions to culture, etc.
4.
Approximately
3000 words writing component
Methods of
Instruction: Lecture,
discussion, group and individual projects, research, written assignments, guest
speakers as available.
Required
Assignments:
1.
Reading-response
journal, exercises
2.
Essay
exams and quizzes on assigned texts
3.
Out of
class critical essays and researched author studies
4.
Final
exam
Method of
Evaluation:
1.
Graded
writing assignments
2.
Quizzes
3.
Class
participation
4.
Final
exam
Appropriate Texts
and Supplies: 50%
of the selections to be drawn from the Great Books Curriculum Authors List (see
attachment) and the other 50% to be drawn from modern and contemporary
multi-cultural literature.
1.
Required
Text: An anthology or collection such as The Norton Anthology of English
Literature, Vol. 2.
2.
Supplementary
aids may include films, filmstrips, recordings, tape transcriptions, and the
resources of the library.
CB/mej
Rev September 18, 2006
FRC (10/26/06 gb)