UH West Oahu
Literature 463: The Victorian Period
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Instructor: Rebecca Lee |
Telephone: (808) 454-4736 |
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Office Hours: 10 – 11 a.m. T/Th |
Email: rebecca@hawaii.edu |
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Office: A 102, UH-West Oahu |
Fax: (808) 453-6176 |
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Web Site: http://webct.hawaii.edu |
WebCT Category: UH West Oahu |
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WebCT LinK: Lit463 Victorian Period |
Username: rebecca |
Telephone |
(808)
454-4737 |
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In this course we will read literature written by some of the great authors of the Victorian Period in Great Britain: Tennyson, Emily Bronte, the Brownings, Arnold, Dickens, the Rossettis, Hopkins, Hardy, and Yeats. We will examine how the poetry and fiction of these authors represents the cultural and political values of the period. We will also see if there are themes and stylistic characteristics that can be identified among the writers as particularly Victorian.
Course Objectives
Students who complete LIT 463 should be able to:
· identify the major themes in Victorian literature (CC1, HUM1, HUM3, HUM5);
· identify significant events in lives of major Victorian authors (HUM5);
· identify the main literary contributions of major Victorian authors (HUM5);
· identify the various kinds of poems written during the Victorian period (CR2, CR4, HUM1, LIT1);
· analyze poetry by identifying theme, symbol, and poetic devices (CR!, CR2, CR4, HUM2, HUM3, HUM4, LIT2);
· analyze fiction by identifying theme, plot, character, symbol, and stylistic devices (CR!, CR2, CR4, HUM2, HUM3, HUM4, LIT2);
· write a clear, concise, and specific topic sentence for a paragraph (W3, W4, CR3);
· develop a paragraph with sufficient examples and details (W3, W4, CR3;
· use transitional expressions effectively to write a coherent paragraph (W3, W4, CR3;
· cite quotations from poetry and fiction (W4, R6);
· paraphrase sections from poetry and fiction (W4) ; and
· revise and edit their work and the work of others (W6).
These objectives are design to correspond to institutional, divisional, and specialization objectives developed at UH West Oahu. The numbers for these corresponding objectives are in parentheses following the course objectives. These objectives are printed on pages 4 and 5 of the UH West Oahu General Catalog 2003-2005 or may be accessed on the web at http://www.uhwo.hawaii.edu/catalog/mission.pdf.
Students are expected to read all assigned works before they access the weekly lessons on the WebCT Calendar. Students each week are also expected to participate in the question and answer sessions posted in the Peer Groups on the Bulletin Board, as well as to help write, revise, and edit the weekly group assignments to be posted on the Bulletin Board. In addition, students are expected to take all tests posted on the WebCT throughout the semester. Students should use the WebCT "Private Mail" function to send all messages and written assignments to the instructor.
Literature 463 online is a writing-intensive (WI) course. Students will participate in weekly collaborative writing assignments. All writing assignments will require students to draft, rewrite, and edit papers in stages. In addition, students will write individual final essay exams. Students will also take three tests posted in the "Tests" section of the WebCT. Tests will be available for one week from the time they are posted.
All papers should be completed by their respective due dates listed in this syllabus and in the "Calendar" section of the WebCT. Late papers will be penalized by one point for each day they are late. Students are encouraged to consult the UH West Oahu Writing Center through email. Online tutoring is available through the web site of the UH West Oahu Writing Center, listed above. Students should also visit the web site to receive updates and to retrieve handouts on various writing problems.
Class participation is important. Since this is an online course, participation will be measured by the quantity and quality of student participation in online group work on the WebCT. Students are expected to participate regularly and thoughtfully in Peer Group sessions in the "Bulletin Board" section of the WebCT. Individual grades for the weekly papers will reflect each person's participation in the process. In addition, chat sessions will be periodically arranged for the "Chat" section of the WebCT, and students are expected to participate.
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Assignment |
Points |
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Peer Group Papers |
60 |
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Tests |
30 |
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Final Essay Exam |
10 |
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Total |
100 |
Karlin, Daniel, ed. The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse. New York: Penguin Books,
1997.
Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. New York: Penguin Books, 1971.
The
dates listed below are the dates on which the lessons are posted on the WebCT
Calendar. Assignments are due by those
dates. The online work listed in the
column on the far right should be completed between the date the assignments
are listed and the next week. Except
for the days devoted to Dickens' Bleak House, all reading assignments
are from The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse.
Dates |
Lesson Topics |
Assignments |
Related Online Work |
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M
1/12 |
Orientation to Lit 463: the Victorian Period |
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1/13 |
Introduction
to the Victorian Period |
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T
1/20 |
Alfred
Tennyson |
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"The Lady of Shalott," p. 134 ·
"'Break, break, break,'" p. 139 ·
"Ulysses," p. 140 ·
"Morte d'Arthur," p. 147 |
After
reading the week's assignments and listening to the week's lecture, students
should check the Bulletin Board to: ·
determine their weekly Peer Group, ·
answer the question posted in the Peer Group, and ·
help to write, revise, and edit one paragraph answering the question.
When
the paper has been completed, it should be posted on the Main Bulletin Board. |
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M 1/26 |
Tennyson |
Selections
from In Memoriam, p. 157 |
Peer
Group Work. (See instructions for
1/20. Each week will follow the same
practice.) |
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M
2/02 |
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Emily Bronte ·
Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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"'High waving heather,'" p. 290 ·
"'The night is darkening,'" p. 291 ·
"'I'm happiest,'" p. 291 ·
"'No coward soul,'" p. 293 ·
Sonnet VI, p. 74 ·
Sonnet XIV, p. 78 ·
Sonnet XXII, p. 82 ·
Sonnet XXIX, p. 85 ·
Sonnet XXXVIII, p. 90 ·
Sonnet XLIII, p. 92 |
Peer Group Work |
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M
2/09 |
Robert
Browning |
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"My Last Duchess," p. 207 ·
"The Bishop Orders his Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church," p.
216 ·
"'Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,'" p. 234 ·
"Andrea del Sarto," p. 241 |
Peer Group Work |
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T
2/17 |
Matthew
Arnold |
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"To Marguerite," p. 372 ·
"Resignation," p. 373 ·
"Dover Beach," p. 380 ·
"Lines Written in Kensington Gardens," p. 381 |
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Peer Group Work ·
Chat sessions (times and dates to be determined) ·
Test #1 (posted 2/19) |
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M
2/23 |
Charles
Dickens, Bleak House |
Pages
13-165 |
Peer
Group Work |
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M
3/01 |
Dickens |
Pages
165-366 |
Peer
Group Work |
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M
3/08 |
Dickens |
Pages
366-570 |
Peer
Group Work |
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M
3/15 |
Dickens |
Pages
570-778 |
Peer Group Work |
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3/22-3/26 |
SPRING |
BREAK |
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M
3/29 |
Dickens
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Pages
778-989 |
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Peer Group Work ·
Chat sessions (times and dates to be determined) ·
Test #2 (posted 4/01) |
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T
4/05 |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti ·
Christina G. Rossetti |
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"The Blessed Damozel," p. 458 ·
"A Superscription," p. 463 ·
"Goblin Market," p. 473 ·
"In an Artist's Studio," p. 510 ·
"Introspective," p. 511 ·
"'The Heart Knoweth,” p.
514 ·
"An 'Immurata' Sister," p. 517 |
Peer Group work |
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M
4/12 |
Gerard
Manley Hopkins |
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"Spring and Fall," p. 650 ·
"The Windhover," p. 651 ·
"Pied Beauty," p. 651 |
Peer Group Work |
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M
4/19 |
Hopkins |
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"'As
kingfishers catch fire,'" p. 653
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"That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the
Resurrection," p. 653 · "'No worst, there is none,'" p. 654 |
Peer Group work |
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M
4/26 |
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Thomas Hardy
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Oscar Wilde ·
William Butler Yeats |
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"Neutral
Tones," p. 628
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"The Darkling Thrush," p. 634 ·
"Symphony in Yellow," p. 696 ·
"The Harlot's House," p. 697 ·
"The Lake Isle of Inisfree," p. 756 |
· Peer Group work· Chat sessions (times and dates to be determined) ·
Test #3 posted (4/29) |
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M
5/03 |
Writing Essay Exams
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Final Essay Exam due on Monday (5/10) by 10 a.m. |
Questions for Final Essay Exam posted (5/03) |