SYLLABUS FOR WORLD LITERATURE II

Term: Fall, 1999 (991) August 30 – December 11, 1999

Course Number: ENG 231

Instructor: Dr.Valerie Pennanen

Office: Room #524

Office Phone: (219) 473-4285

E-mail: vpennanen@ccsj

Home Phone: (219) 937-0341

Office Hours: *By Appt

Course Time: Monday 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

This course continues the classical literature studies of English 230 with emphasis on romantic, realistic, and modern literature. It also presents the student with major works in translation from French, Spanish, Russian, and African classics.

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Textbooks: M. Mack et al., ed., The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Volume 2

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An official withdrawal is recorded as a "W" grade on the student's transcript. Dropping a

course without written permission automatically incurs an "F" grade for the course (see

Refund Schedule).

Class Policy on Attendance: Regular attendance is crucial to your success in this class. More than two (2) absences will be sure to harm your class participation grade (and they are bound to hurt your other grades, too). If you miss more than three (3) classes, you should consider withdrawing.

Class Policy For Assignments: You are required to do all assigned readings, participate in class discussions, take the midterm and final exams, and submit a final paper (approximately 8-12 pages).

Students in this course will:

This course is designed to acquaint with the great literary heritage of our world from the Enlightenment through the twentieth century.

Through intensive reading, writing, and discussion, members of the class will develop their appreciation for the literature of the past three (3) centuries and explore its relevance to contemporary life.

You will receive a letter grade for each of the following:

Class Participation

Midterm Exam

Final Exam

Final Paper

Week 1 (August 30^th) Welcome and introduction.

Week 2 (September 13) Moliere, Tartuffe

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz,

Reply to Sor Filotea de la Cruz

Week 3 (September 20) Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, Part IV:

Pope, "An Essay on Man," Epistle I

Voltaire, Candide.

Week 4 (September 27) Poems by Blake:

"Introduction " (from Songs of Innocence)

"The Lamb"

"The Little Black Boy"

"Holy Thursday"

"The Chimney Sweeper" (from Songs of Innocence)

"The Tyger"

"London"

"The Chimney Sweeper" (from Songs of Experience)

Week 5 (October 4) Poem by Colderidge:

"Kubla Khan"

Poems by Shelley:

Poems by Dickinson:

"A bird came down the Walk--"

Week 6 (October 11 Continued) "I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—"

Week 7 (October 18) MIDTERM EXAM

Week 8 Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"To the Reader" (from The Flowers of Evil)

"Her Hair"

"The Carcass"

"Invitation to the Voyage"

"Windows"

Week 9 (November 1) Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan Illyich"

Week 10 (November 8) Mann, Death in Venice

Joyce, "The Dead"

Poem by Eliot: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Week 11 (November 15) Kafka, The Metamorphosis

Poem by Yeats: The Second Coming"

Poem by Eliot: The Waste Land"

FINAL PAPERS DUE