COURSE INFORMATION.<\/strong>\u00a0English 301. Tu\/Th 11:30 \u2013 12:45 p.m. Location: Beckman (BK) 104. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Tu\/Th 10:00 \u2013 11:15 a.m. in Cyber Caf\u00e9 (Beckman). Email: e301_at_ajdrake.com. Catalog: \u201cENG 301 Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism. Prerequisite, Written Inquiry. This course examines the major trends, theories, interpretative methodologies, and techniques of literary criticism and cultural studies. ENG 301 is the gateway course for the literature emphasis in the English major. It must be taken prior to or concurrent with all 300- or 400-level literature courses. (Concurrent enrollment requires permission of advisor.) Offered every semester. 3 credits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leitch, Vincent B., ed. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism.<\/em> 1st. ed. New York: Norton, 2001. ISBN-13: 978-0393974294.<\/p>\n\n\n\n McDonald, Russ, ed. Shakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1945-2000.<\/em> Malden, MA\/Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0631234883.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shakespeare, William. King Lear.<\/em> (Folger Shakespeare Library.) Washington Square Press, 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0743482769.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shakespeare, William. Othello.<\/em> (Folger Shakespeare Library.) Washington Square Press, 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0743482820.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shakespeare, William. The Tempest.<\/em> (Folger Shakespeare Library.) Washington Square Press, 2004. ISBN-13: 978-0743482837.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FOCUS AND OBJECTIVES. <\/strong>This course will cover selected texts in modern literary theory and criticism, beginning with several indispensable works in the western philosophical tradition that grounded later thinking about literature and the arts, and then moving on to examine modern criticism and theory. We will also read and discuss a small number of Shakespeare\u2019s plays along with some essays illustrating the critical approaches taken towards those plays. The course will introduce you to the history of literary theory and provide direct experience with critical approaches available for studying literary texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ACTIVITIES. <\/strong>In class, there will be a mix of lectures, student presentations, whole-class and smaller-group discussion, occasional quizzes, an essay, and a final exam. I encourage questions and comments\u2014class sessions improve when students take an active part. Outside class, do the assigned readings before the relevant discussion dates, complete your journal sets as outlined below, start planning and drafting your essay early, and work on your presentation drafts. In literary studies, the aim is to read and discuss actively and thereby to develop your own voice in response to the texts you read. Insightful interpretation and the ability to make compelling connections are central goals. The essay, discussions, presentations, and journal-keeping should combine to help you work towards these goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n COURSE POLICIES.<\/strong> Please review the course policies page early in the semester since it addresses matters such as attendance, incompletes and withdrawal, late or missing work, and academic integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PRESENTATIONS REQUIREMENT<\/strong>. At the beginning of the course, students will sign up for two or three (depending on class size) five-minute in-class presentations on authors of their choosing. I will provide presenters with specific questions to address from among those on the author questions pages, and I will soon post a schedule on the Presentations page. Each session will feature several presentations. Required: Several days before you present, email me a draft of what you intend to say in class. I will email you back with advice. 20% of course grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JOURNALS REQUIREMENT<\/strong>. Responses to a choice of questions from the study questions page for each author. Three separate journal sets due by email as specified below in reading schedule. Electronic format required. (30%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n ESSAY REQUIREMENT<\/strong>.<\/strong> By the end of Week 13, a one-paragraph description addressing the topic and<\/em> argument of the projected paper will be due by email. (Full rough drafts are also encouraged.) Not providing this description on time may affect the final draft grade. Please read the term paper instructions carefully since they contain the general prompt, suggested topics, and advance draft comments. I reserve the right to require proof of the final paper\u2019s authenticity, such as notes or an early draft. Final draft (5-7 pages) due as specified towards the bottom of the syllabus page. Follow MLA (Modern Language Association) guidelines. (30%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n FINAL EXAM REQUIREMENT<\/strong><\/strong>. The exam will consist of substantive id passages, mix-and-match questions (match phrase or concept x to author\/text y), and essay and\/or short-essay questions. There will be more choices than required responses. Books and notes allowed for all sections, but no laptops. Exam date: see below. (20%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n EMAILING ASSIGNMENTS.<\/strong>\u00a0Email journals, presentations, and term paper as attachments. Don\u2019t send more than one document in the same email. Label subject lines appropriately: \u201cE301 Journal 1, Jane Doe\u201d etc. You can paste journal sets into a regular email or send them as an attachment. (Journal \u201csets\u201d include responses to questions about several authors; do not send entries on each author in a given set separately; responses on the relevant authors should be combined into one document.) Please contact me if you don\u2019t receive prompt email confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Note 2023.<\/strong> Visitors may download this PDF file: SHAKESPEARE QUESTIONS COMBINED<\/strong><\/a>. For the questions specific to this course, download E301 CRITICISM QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/a>. Recommended: see the comments available at my\u00a0LIMBS OF ALARBUS<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Shakespeare website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 02\/05. Introduction to Basic Critical Orientations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 02\/10. Plato\u2019s Ion<\/em> (37-48 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 02\/12. From Plato\u2019s Republic<\/em> Books II, III, VII, X (49-81 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 02\/17. Aristotle\u2019s Poetics<\/em> (86-117 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 02\/19. Aristotle\u2019s Poetics<\/em> (86-117 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 02\/24. Horace\u2019s Ars Poetica<\/em> (121-35 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 02\/26. Samuel Johnson. The Rambler,<\/em> No. 4 \u201cOn Fiction\u201d (458-66); from Rasselas<\/em> (466-68); \u201cPreface to Shakespeare\u201d (468-80). Journal Set 1 Due by Email by Sunday, 03\/01.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 03\/03. Immanuel Kant. From Critique of Judgment<\/em> Book I: \u201cAnalytic of the Beautiful.\u201d (499-518 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 03\/05. Immanuel Kant. From Critique of Judgment<\/em> Book II: \u201cAnalytic of the Sublime\u201d (519-36 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 03\/10. Hegel\u2019s \u201cMaster-Slave Dialectic\u201d from The Phenomenology of Mind<\/em> (626-36 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 03\/12. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. From Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844<\/em> (759-67 Leitch); from The German Ideology<\/em> (767-69 Leitch); from Grundrisse<\/em> (773-74 Leitch); from \u201cPreface\u201d to A Contribution…<\/em> (774-76 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 03\/17. Friedrich Nietzsche. \u201cOn Truth and Lying in a Non-Moral Sense\u201d (870-884 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 03\/19. Sigmund Freud. From The Interpretation of Dreams<\/em> (919-29 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 03\/24. John Crowe Ransom. \u201cCriticism, Inc\u201d (Sections 1, 4 and 5 only: 1108-09, 1115-18 Leitch). Cleanth Brooks. \u201cThe Heresy of Paraphrase\u201d from The Well Wrought Urn<\/em> (1353-65 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 03\/26. William Empson. \u201c\u2018Honest\u2019 in Othello<\/em>\u201c (35-49 McDonald).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 03\/31. Simone de Beauvoir. From The Second Sex<\/em> (1403-14 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 04\/02. Gayle Greene. \u201cThis that you call love\u201d: Sexual and Social Tragedy\u201d (655-68 McDonald) and Madelon Gohlke Sprengnether. \u201c\u2018I wooed thee with my sword\u2019: Shakespeare\u2019s Tragic Paradigms\u201d (591-605 McDonald). Journal Set 2 Due by Email by Sunday, 04\/05.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 04\/07. Spring Break: no classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 04\/09. Spring Break: no classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 04\/14. Jan Kott. \u201cKing Lear<\/em> or Endgame\u201d (174-190 McDonald).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 04\/16. William R. Keast. \u201cThe \u2018New Criticism\u2019 and King Lear<\/em>\u201c (63-87 McDonald).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 04\/21. Stanley Cavell. \u201cThe Avoidance of Love: A Reading of King Lear<\/em>\u201c (338-52 McDonald).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 04\/23. Raymond Williams. From \u201cMarxism and Literature\u201d (1565-75 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 04\/28. Michel Foucault. \u201cWhat is an Author?\u201d (1622-36 Leitch); from \u201cTruth and Power\u201d (1667-70 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 04\/30. Jonathan Dollimore. \u201cKing Lear<\/em> (ca. 1605-06) and Essentialist Humanism\u201d (535-46 McDonald). Paragraph on paper topic and argument due by Sunday, 05\/03.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 05\/05. Film of The Tempest.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 05\/07. Edward Said. From Orientalism<\/em> (1986-2012 Leitch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tu. 05\/12. Meredith Anne Skura. \u201cDiscourse and the Individual: The Case of Colonialism in The Tempest<\/em>\u201c (817-44 McDonald).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th. 05\/14. Francis Barker and Peter Hulme. \u201cNymphs and Reapers Heavily Vanish: the Discursive Con-texts of The Tempest<\/em>\u201c (781-93 McDonald).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final Exam Date: Monday, May 18 1:30 \u2013 4:00. Due by Monday, May 25th: Term Paper and Journal Set 3. I must turn in grades by Sunday, May 31st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SYLLABUS FOR E301 INTRO TO LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISMCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2009 COURSE INFORMATION.\u00a0English 301. Tu\/Th 11:30 \u2013 12:45 p.m. Location: Beckman (BK) 104. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Tu\/Th 10:00 \u2013 11:15 a.m. in Cyber Caf\u00e9 (Beckman). Email: e301_at_ajdrake.com. Catalog: \u201cENG 301 Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism. Prerequisite, Written Inquiry. 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