British Literature
Fall Term 2006
浦口校区1419/1423 Wang Shouren
& He Ning
Wednesday
10:10-12:00 http://jw.nju.edu.cn/british
Course Objectives:
"British Literature" is one
of the required courses in the English BA program. It is designed to acquaint
students with the historical development of British fiction, poetry and drama.
In taking this course, students are expected to: 1) read the original works of
major British writers; 2) understand different periods of the history of British
literature; 3) analyze the text, and communicate their critical responses orally
or in written form.
Teaching
Methods:
The basic teaching methods
are a combination of lectures and discussions. Lectures provide background
information, and help students to approach the text. Discussions are conducted
either in the classroom or on the Internet. Students taking this course are
encouraged to exchange their views on the text.
Textbooks:
王守仁主编：《英国文学选读》（第二版），北京：高等教育出版社，2005年
王守仁、方杰：《英国文学简史》，上海：上海外语教育出版社，2006年
莎士比亚：《麦克白》（Macbeth 英汉对照注释本），北京：中国对外经济贸易出版社，2000年
Robert Louis
Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Assignments:
There will be lengthy
reading assignments in this course: one novel (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde),
one play (Macbeth), and selections from major British writers. Students
attending this course are expected to do at least ONE oral presentation in
class, and participate in discussions on the Internet.
Exams:
There won't be sit-in
exams; instead, students are required to write two course papers: the midterm
paper is due November 15, 2006, and the final paper is due January 12,
2007.
Grading:
The final score for this
course is based on the following components:
1. oral presentation
(10%)
2. discussion on the
Internet (10%)
3. homework assignments
(10%)
4. midterm paper
(30%)
5. final paper
(40%).
Attendance:
Attendance and punctuality
are required. If there is a compelling reason for absence, the student concerned
must notify in advance in writing or give the explanation afterwards.
Schedule
Week 1 Orientation
Geoffrey
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Week 2 Francis Bacon,
"Of Marriage and Single Life"
"Of
Studies"
John
Donne "The Flea"
Week 3 Daniel Defoe,
Robinson Crusoe
Jonathan Swift,
Gulliver's Travels
Week 4 William
Blake, "The Lamb"
"The
Tyger"
"The Sick
Rose"
Robert
Burns, "A Red, Red Rose"
"Auld Lang
Syne"
William
Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, "Kubla Khan"
Week 5 George Gordon Byron,
"She Walks in Beauty”
Percy Bysshe
Shelley, "Ode to the West Wind”
John
Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Week 6 Robert Louis
Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Week 7 Charlotte
Brontë, Jane Eyre
Week 8 Charles Dickens,
Great Expectations
Week 9 T. S.
Eliot, The Waste Land
Virginia
Woolf Ms. Dalloway
Week 10 James Joyce,
"Araby"
Week 11 D. H.
Lawrence, "The Rocking-Horse Winner"
Week 12 E. M.
Forster, "The Road from Colonus"
Week 13 Doris Lessing,
"A Woman on a Roof"
Week 14 John
Fowles, The French Lieutenant's
Woman
Week 15 A. S.
Byatt "Rose-coloured Teacups"
Graham
Swift "Our Nicky's Heart"
Week 16 William Shakespeare,
Macbeth (I)
Week 17 William Shakespeare,
Macbeth (II)
