Introduction to English Literature (35576-03)

Spring 2019

Julie Choi (julie@ewha.ac.kr) 320 Humanities Bld., Office Hours: Tue 15:00-16:00, Thurs 11:00-12:00 and by appointment. Tel: 02-3277-2161

Sooyoung Chon(sychon@ewha.ac.kr), 418 Humanities Bld., Office Hours: Tue 15:30- 17:00, Fri 15:30-17:00 and by appointment, Tel. 02-3277-4640)

Chankil Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr), 316 Humanities Bld., Office Hours: Tue 14:00-15:00 and by appointment, Tel: 02-3277-2160)

Class: 508 Hakwan, Tue 12:30-13:45, Fri 14:00-15:15

Course Description: This is an introduction to British and American Literature. Students will read a selection of literary works in English to learn basic skills of literary studies. Students are required to read the designated texts beforehand for each class. This section is for first-year students in the Division of English Language and Literature only. The short story and poetry sections will be taught in Korean. The drama section will be taught mainly in English.

Text: The Norton Introduction to Literature(Portable Twelfth Edition, 2017) by Kelly J. Mays. This book can be purchased at Kyobo Bookstore in Ewha Campus Center (ECC B4). Other secondary materials will be provided at the Ewha Cyber Campus.

Evaluation: Three Exams 60%, Three Short Papers 30%, Attendance 10%.

Attendance: 10 or more absences will result in an automatic F. Three tardy arrivals will count as one absence. There is no penalty for up to two absences, but from the third absence 0.5 points will be taken for each subsequent absence.

Tentative Reading Schedule

Section I Drama

March

5 Introduction to Drama. Point of View: W. Somerset Maugham, The Appointment in Samarra. Bring text of Susan Glaspell, Trifles in Norton(pp. 771-783) to class. We will begin reading in class.

8 Irony. Susan Glaspell, Trifles.

12 Dramatic Conventions. Tennessee Williams. Glass Menagerie. Scene I.

15 Setting. Tennessee Williams. Glass Menagerie. Scenes I, II.

19 Character. Glass Menagerie. Scenes III, IV.

22 Imagery. Glass Menagerie. Scene IV, V.

26 Symbolism. Glass Menagerie. Scene VI.

29 Theme. Glass Menagerie. Scenes VI, VII.

April

2 Plot. Glass Menagerie. Scene VII.

5 Test I and Paper due.

Section II The Short Story

9 What is Fiction? Reading and Responding to Fiction(pp. 16-32). Writing about Fiction(pp. 32-56).

12 Plot. James Baldwin. “Sonny’s Blues”(pp. 66-93).

16 “Sonny’s Blues” continued.

19 “Sonny’s Blues” continued.

22-24 No Class: Midterm Exams for Core Courses.

26 Narration and Point of View. Edgar Allan Poe. “A Cask of Amontillado”(pp. 115-121).

30 “A Cask of Amontillado” continued.

May

3 Character. William Faulkner. “Barn Burning.”

7 “Barn Burning” continued.

10 Setting. Margaret Mitchell. from Gone with the Wind.

14 Test II and Paper due.

Section III Poetry

17 What is Poetry? Defining Poetry(pp. 477-481), Poetic Subgenres and Kinds(pp. 481-492).

21 Speaker. William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"(p. 485).

24 William Wordsworth, "She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways"(p. 517).

28 Situation and Setting. Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”(p. 528).

31 No Class. School Birthday.

June

4 Tone. W. D. Snodgradd, "Leaving the Motel"(547).

7 W. H. Auden, "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone"(p. 556).

11 Language. Word Choice and Order. Theodore Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz"(p. 569).

14 Picturing. Visual Imagery and Figures of Speech. William Shakespeare, "That time of year thou mayst in me behold"(p. 580).

18 Emily Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for Death—"(p. 583).

21 Test III and Paper due.