ENGLISH 2383x1
RESTORATION AND EARLY Eighteenth-century literature
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Assignments and Evaluation
You must write two essays of 1000-1500 words during the term. I encourage you to write more than two essays. I will count your two highest marks if you do write more. 60% of the mark comes from the assignments. If you would like to make a short (10 minute) class presentation on one of the texts covered, you must sign up after the first class. We can discuss a more specific topic prior to the presentation. The reward for an in-class presentation is 10% off the final exam. The exam is worth 40%; if you make an in-class presentation it will be worth 30%.
You have to read all the texts. On the exam you will be asked to write on the texts you did not write on for your essays. Those who write more than two essays during the term can choose those texts to write on again along with the texts they have not yet written on.
SEND YOUR ESSAY TO ME AS AN ATTACHMENT IN WORD BY E-MAIL
THIS COURSE DOES NOT USE ACORN/MOODLE
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1.00 - 1.30 p.m. & 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. in BAC 436.
Thursday, 9 September 2010 | Introductory | |
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 | Aphra Behn's Oroonoko (1688) | I will be dividing Oroonoko into two convenient halves. Page numbers TBA. |
Thursday, 16 September 2010 | Ditto | Ditto |
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 | Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) | 47-102 |
Thursday, 22 September 2010 | Ditto | 103-80 |
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 | Ditto | 181-240 |
Thursday, 30 September 2010 | Ditto | 240-end |
Tuesday, 5 October 2010 | J.M. Coetzee's Foe (1986) | I will divide Foe into two convenient halves for purposes of discussion. |
Thursday, 7 October 2010 | Foe |
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010` | Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) | Book 1 |
Thursday, 14 October 2010 | Ditto | Book 2 |
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 | Ditto | Book 3 |
Thursday, 21 October 2010 | Ditto | Book 4 |
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 | George Orwell, "Politics versus Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels" (1946) (on line text) | |
Thursday, 28 October 2010 | George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945) (on line text) | Chapters I - X |
Tuesday, 2 November 2010 | Animal Farm |
Ditto |
Thursday, 4 November 2010 | John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728) | Act 1 |
Tuesday, 9 November 2010 | The Beggar's Opera | Act II |
Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Remembrance Day |
No Class |
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 | The Beggar's Opera | Act III |
Thursday, 18 November 2010 | Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera (1928) | A brief look at Brecht's re-write of Gay's ballad opera |
Tuesday 23 November 2010 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's The Embassy Letters (Written 1716-18, pub. 1763) | 3-54 |
Thursday, 25 November 2010 | The Embassy Letters | 54-142 |
Tuesday, 30 November 2010 | The Embassy Letters | 142- end |
Thursday, 2 December 2010 | Last Class | |
Final Examination | TBA. |
Assignment schedule
Topics on: | Date distributed | Date essay due @ midnight |
Oroonoko | 16 September 2010 | 30 September 2010 |
Robinson Crusoe | 30 September 2010 | 14 October 2010 |
Robinson Crusoe and Foe | 7 October 2010 | 21 October 2010 |
Gulliver’s Travels | 21 October 2010 | 4 November 2010 |
Gulliver’s Travels | 2 November 2010 | 18 November 2010 |
The Beggar's Opera/ and The Threepenny Opera | 18 November 2010 | 2 December 2010 |
The Embassy Letters | No topics in the term. You must write on it in the final examination. | |
Final Examination | Three hours duration. 4 essays. | TBA |