THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIODepartment of EnglishSummer 2000ENGLISH 200:READING CRITICISM READING LITERATUREMonday-Friday 8:00 am-10:30 amUniversity College 289 |
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Instructor:
Brian Wall |
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News:I've put a list of the major issues that postcolonial criticism deals with here. A study outline is coming soon. Essay topics are up--see the links at the bottom of the page. The Final Exam has been set for Saturday, Aug. 12 from 9:00-12:00 in SOC 3024.
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* You are responsible for ensuring that you have successfully completed all prerequisites and that you have not taken an antirequisite course. Lack of prerequisites may not be used as basis of appeal. If you are not eligible for a course, you may be removed from it at any time, and you will receive no adjustment to your fees. These decisions cannot be appealed. Prerequisites:
English 020E, 022E, 024E, or the former English 026 |
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Course Description: Mandatory for students in the Honours Program in English, this course provides an introduction to the principles and history of literary criticism, to rhetorical and prosodical analysis, and to the discipline of English and its relation to other disciplines. Through the examination of a selection of representative readings in literature and literary theory from the classical period to the present, the course introduces students to selected strategies and methods of literary interpretation, to the forms, figures and vocabulary of prosody and rhetoric used in the formal analysis of poetry, drama, and narrative, and to the ways in which literary interpretation draws upon and is engaged with questions, theories, and intellectual currents from other disciplines. |
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Required Texts: Adams, Stephen J. Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms, and Figures of Speech. Broadview, 1997. Richter, David H. The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends. Second ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1989. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus. Middlesex: Penguin. 1992. Sophocles. King Oedipus in The Theban Plays. Trans. Robert Fayles. Middlesex: Penguin, 1982. Course pack |
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| In-class poetry test | 10% | ||
| Position paper | 15% | ||
| Research paper | 30% | ||
| Final exam | 35% | ||
| Attendance/participation | 10% | ||
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Nota bene: Students must pass both the term work and the final exam to pass the course. |
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Essays handed in late without prior approval will be penalized 2% per day. You must request an extension before the due date, and extensions will be given at my discretion. Essays must be submitted to me personally or left in the Essay Drop Box outside the English Dept. Office (UC 173)—do not slide them under my office door. Keep a copy of your essay. An essay wholly or partly plagiarized will receive a mark of 0 and may not be rewritten—other penalties as detailed in the English Department's Regulations for Students will apply. Familiarize yourself with this document. Attendance will be taken at every class, and three or more unexplained absences will be reflected in your attendance mark. Please note that this mark is for both attendance and participation, and thus simply showing up for class is not sufficient. You are expected to participate in class discussions. |
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