ENL 10B Literatures in English II: 1700-1900

Winter Quarter 2013 / MWF 2:10-3pm / 101 Olson Hall Instructor Karolyn J. Reddy / Website enl10b.blogspot.com M 3-4pm / R 9-10am / or by appointment / 315 Voorhies Hall

Course Description
Welcome. English 10B focuses on literatures written in English between 1700 and 1900. The second in a three-part series required for majors, this course involves intensive reading, writing, and preparation for upper-division work. You will strengthen your close reading skills while learning how to situate literature in historical and interpretive contexts. You will have the chance: to familiarize yourself with several frameworks for approaching eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature and literary history (eg, the interplay between empire, race, and sexuality; or, the rise of consumer culture and debates over high versus low art); to explore a range of literary forms and movements within and across genre and nation; and to practice techniques in literary analysis and research in anticipation of more advanced study.

Units & Grade Components

15% Participation (0.20) (0.20) (0.20) (1.00) 20% Exams 10% 10% Midterm Exam Final Exam Literary Periods Mini-Presentation Literary Genres Mini-Presentation Reading Context Mini-Presentation Blog Comments 65% Writing 5% 20% 5% 20% 10% 5% Close Reading Blog Close Reading Essay Research Blog Research Essay Adaptation Project Twitter

Please note: I only accept work that corresponds with basic submission guidelines. Follow links above for unit-specific guidelines. Percentages refer to the course grade. Parenthetical items are ungraded but reduce the relevant grade up to the indicated amount if incomplete or not fully successful. I base my 4-point grading scale on the UC Davis Registrars. For some assignments, I use ranges rather than baseline numbers only (eg, an especially strong B+ paper might earn 3.6 points rather than 3.3). I assign final grades by adding 0.20 to your final course average (eg, a 3.8 final average translates to an A, a 3.7 to an A-, and so on). A+ = 4.3 A = 4.0 A = 3.7 B+ = 3.3 B = 3.0 B = 2.7 C+ = 2.3 C = 2.0 C = 1.7 D+ = 1.3 D = 1.0 D = 0.7 F = 0.0

Reading Materials
Please use the editions posted in the bookstore, even if you buy them elsewhere. Bring all relevant materials to each class. You may share materials with one other classmate if you notify me and make plans for regular access. Daniel Defoe, Roxana Samuel Richardson, Pamela Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Rider Haggard, She Online Course Reader

Schedule
All written work is due online by 2pm (not 2:10pm) and reading is due by class time on the date listed. If no page numbers are listed, read the entire work by the relevant date. Sign up for presentations and blogs online. Work scheduled on a rotating basis (close reading blogs, reading context, comments, tweets) is not marked below, so be sure to note your own due dates. This schedule may change at my discretion. I will always notify you of any changes as soon as they are made. Week M 7 Jan 1 Course Introduction 14 Jan 2 Roxana (41-181) Fiction Presentations 21 Jan 3 Martin Luther King, Jr Day No Class / No Office Hours 28 Jan Pamela (3-243) 5 4 Feb Castle Rackrent 6 11 Feb Midterm Exam 18 Feb 7 Presidents Day No Class / No Office Hours 25 Feb Reader / Introduction I 16 Jan Roxana (181-326; appendices A2, B2, E4, F1, G1-2) 23 Jan Reader / Drama I Poetry Presentations 30 Jan Pamela (243-503) 6 Feb Reader / British Romantic Poetry I 13 Feb Close Reading Essay Due 20 Feb Frankenstein 27 Feb W 9 Jan F 11 Jan Reader / Introduction II Literary Period Presentations 18 Jan Roxana Drama Presentations 25 Jan Reader / Eighteenth-Century Poetry 1 Feb Pamela 8 Feb Reader / British Romantic Poetry II 15 Feb Frankenstein (Vol. I) 22 Feb Frankenstein Research Blog Due 1 Mar

Reader / Victorian Poetry 4 Mar 9 Adaptation Due Adaptation Presentations 11 Mar She Finals

Reader / Nineteenth-Century American Poetry I 6 Mar Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 13 Mar She 23 Mar 1-3pm Final Exam / Research Essay Due

Reader / Nineteenth-Century American Poetry II 8 Mar Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 15 Mar Final Exam Review

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Instructor's Notes
I offer you my presence, openness, support, and thoughtful feedback. In return, I expect your thoughtful work, punctuality, participation, and academic honesty. I encourage you to see me if you need any help: for a learning disability, a language difference, a specific assignment or general coursework, or even the temptation to plagiarize or to be academically dishonest. Together we can find solutions before you submit work, but once I receive work I treat it fairly, including through Student Judicial Affairs when appropriate. I encourage you to consider tutoring, available for free at the Academic Success Center; they can assist even the strongest writers. My interaction with you will emphasize intellectual growth rather than grades. However, grades serve as one of many ways for us to communicate, so keep in mind that I consider each assignment along with attendance, participation, preparation, and respect for the community agreements we will develop together as a group early in the quarter. I drop your two lowest participation grades (which you may use as two free absences, no questions asked; note that neither presentations nor additional absences can be made up except due to documented emergency or illness). I also offer one free late arrival of up to ten minutes and one free one-week extension on written work (except the Adaptation Project and the Research Essay). Anything outside of these exceptions may impact the relevant unit grade, including any late arrivals of more than ten minutes or early departures, which count as absences. Late work receives the following deductions: (0.20) up to two days late; (1.00) up to one week late; and (2.00) up to two weeks late. I do not accept any work more than two weeks late.