C01-T3 - Faculty of Humanities - McMaster University
C01-T3 - Faculty of Humanities - McMaster University
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ENGLISH 2I06<br />
Modern British Literature<br />
2013-2014<br />
1<br />
Instructor Name: JAMES KING<br />
Chester New Hall Room 316, Ext 24493<br />
Email: jking@mcmaster.ca<br />
Office Hour: Wednesday 10:30<br />
Lectures: Wednesdays at 11:30 and Fridays at 13:30 MDCL/1110<br />
Important Note 1: In the event <strong>of</strong> class cancellations, students will be notified on The Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> English Department Website. It is your responsibility to check these sites regularly for any such<br />
announcements.<br />
Link: http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~english/<br />
Important Note 2: Tutorials Participation: Tutorials start one week after classes begin. Students are<br />
expected to attend every tutorial and to be prepared to discuss the material weekly.<br />
Important Note 3: Email Policy<br />
It is the policy <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Humanities</strong> that all email communication sent from students to instructors<br />
(including TAs), and from students to staff, must originate from the student's own <strong>McMaster</strong> <strong>University</strong> email<br />
account. This policy protects confidentiality and confirms the identity <strong>of</strong> the student. Instructors will delete emails<br />
that do not originate from a <strong>McMaster</strong> email account.<br />
* Students will be requested to complete a course evaluation at the end <strong>of</strong> the course.<br />
Course Description: This course is devoted to the study <strong>of</strong> the various manifestations <strong>of</strong> modernism<br />
that appeared in the United Kingdom in the twentieth century.<br />
Evaluation Scheme:<br />
Essay due October 2013: 10% [1000 words] Date TBA<br />
Essay due February 2014: 20% [2000 words] Date TBA<br />
Tutorial Participation: 25%<br />
Tutorial Attendance: 15%<br />
Final Exam: 30%
Since September 1982, the grading scale has been:<br />
2<br />
Grade<br />
Equivalent<br />
Grade Point<br />
Equivalent<br />
Percentages<br />
A+ 12 90-100<br />
A 11 85-89<br />
A- 10 80-84<br />
B+ 9 77-79<br />
B 8 73-76<br />
B- 7 70-72<br />
C+ 6 67-69<br />
C 5 63-66<br />
C- 4 60-62<br />
D+ 3 57-59<br />
D 2 53-56<br />
D- 1 50-52<br />
F 0 0-49 -- Failure<br />
Required Texts: (These are available at Titles, the university bookstore.)<br />
LECTURE SCHEDULE: TERM ONE: ENGLISH 2I06<br />
Broadview Anthology: The Twentieth Century<br />
Forster, A Room with a View<br />
Woolf, Between the Acts<br />
Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot<br />
LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION<br />
ROMANTIC MODERNISM<br />
LECTURE 2: YEATS: The Lake Isle <strong>of</strong> Innisfree, The Wild Swans at Coole, The Second Coming<br />
(anthology)<br />
LECTURE 3: YEATS: Sailing to Byzantium, Leda and the Swan, Among School Children<br />
(anthology)<br />
LECTURE 4: YEATS: Byzantium, The Circus Animals’ Desertion (anthology)<br />
POST-COLONIAL MODERNISM 1<br />
LECTURE 5: CONRAD (anthology)<br />
LECTURE 6: CONRAD (anthology)<br />
LECTURE 7: CONRAD (anthology)<br />
POST-COLONIAL MODERNISM 2<br />
LECTURE 8: JOYCE: Araby, Eveline (anthology)<br />
LECTURE 9: JOYCE: The Dead (anthology)<br />
MODERNISM AND CLASS/GENDER ISSUES<br />
LECTURE 10: D.H. LAWRENCE: Snake, Piano, Bavarian Gentians, Odour <strong>of</strong> Chrysanthemums<br />
(anthology)
LECTURE 11: D.H. LAWRENCE: The Prussian Officer (anthology)<br />
LECTURE 12: T.S. ELIOT: The Love Song <strong>of</strong> J. Alfred Prufrock (anthology)<br />
LECTURE 13: FORSTER: A Room with a View<br />
LECTURE 14: FORSTER: A Room with a View<br />
MODERNISM AND FEMINISM<br />
LECTURE 15: MANSFIELD: Bliss (anthology)<br />
LECTURE 16: MANSFIELD: The Garden Party (anthology)<br />
LECTURE 17: MANSFIELD: The Daughters <strong>of</strong> the Late Colonel (anthology)<br />
WAR AND MODERNISM<br />
LECTURE 18: WILFRED OWEN: Selections in the anthology<br />
LECTURE 19: SASSOON and BROOKE in the anthology<br />
LECTURE 20: TBA<br />
LECTURE 21: TBA<br />
LECTURE 22: TBA<br />
LECTURE 23: TBA<br />
3<br />
SECOND TERM: Schedule will be distributed in November<br />
Late Assignment Policy:<br />
All essays are due at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the tutorial. Late essays will be docked one grade-point per<br />
day for up to seven days (including Saturdays and Sundays). Essays more than seven days late will<br />
not be accepted.<br />
Academic Dishonesty:<br />
Academic dishonesty consists <strong>of</strong> misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means and<br />
can result in serious consequences, e.g. the grade <strong>of</strong> zero on an assignment, loss <strong>of</strong> credit with a<br />
notation on the transcript (notation reads: “Grade <strong>of</strong> F assigned for academic dishonesty”), and/or<br />
suspension or expulsion from the university.<br />
It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on the<br />
various kinds <strong>of</strong> academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, specifically<br />
Appendix 3, located at http://www.mcmaster.ca/senate/academic/ac_integrity.htm<br />
The following illustrates only three forms <strong>of</strong> academic dishonesty:<br />
1. Plagiarism, e.g. the submission <strong>of</strong> work that is not one’s own or for which other credit has<br />
been obtained.<br />
2. Improper collaboration in group work. (Receiving a group grade for a presentation without<br />
having done an equal amount <strong>of</strong> work on the project.)<br />
3. Copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations.<br />
students will be required to submit their work electronically and in hard copy so that it can be<br />
checked for academic dishonesty.”