English Literature Plus(38041-01)

Fall 2020

Chankil Park(ckpark@ewha.ac.kr, 316 Humanities Bd., Office Hour: by appointment, Tel: 02-3277-2160)

Class: Online by Zoom. Wed 15:30-16:45/ Fri 12:30-13:45. 

Course Description: This course explores the various forms of mythological storytelling written or performed in English Literature.  Analyzing the various ways in which the art of storytelling has been adopted in the tradition of English Literature, we will mainly focus on three episodes from the mythological tales and legends which British writers have kept retelling or remaking time and again in the long history of English Literature: Orpheus, Venus and Adonis, and Pygmalion. Some film adaptations of the stories in question will also be discussed along with the literary texts based on the same materials.

Text: A coursepack will be made available at the beginning of the semester. Other materials will be provided at my  website(www.armytage.net). Unless otherwise specified, supplementary reading materials and/or handouts will be posted online prior to class.  Visit our cyber campus regularly for announcements and/or course materials.

Evaluation: Attendance and Class Participation 10%, Three One-page Papers 15%, Three Exams 75%. All exams will be carried out online with my own real time "zoom" supervision.

Attendance and Tardiness: Attendance will be automatically checked by the Zoom report menu. If you have any technical problem, let me know immediately. Failing to attend the class 10 times or more will automatically result in F. Being late more than 10 minutes will count as a late attendance and two late attendances will count as one absence. 

Tentative Schedule

September

2    General Introduction.

4    Classical Mythology in Greco-Roman Literature.

9    Classical Mythology in English Literature.

11   Orpheus: an introduction-how the story of Orpheus was accepted in the history of English Literature.

16   Orpheus in Classical Literature: Ovid, from the Metamorphoses, c. AD 10(81), Book I

18   Ovid, from the Metamorphoses, c. AD 10(81), Book II

23   John Milton, from "Lycidas", 1637 and Paradise Lost, 1667.

25   Percy Bysshe Shelley, 'Orpheus', c. 1820.

October

7     Review

7-1   Exam I

14    Venus and Adonis, an introduction-how the story of Venus and Adonis was accepted in the history of English Literature.

16   Venus and Adonis in Classical Literature I: Ovid, from the Metamorphoses, c. AD 10. Trans. A. D. Melville, 1986.

23   Venus and Adonis in Classical Literature II: Ovid, continued.

28   William Shakespeare, from Venus and Adonis, 1593.

30   Continued.

November

4     Continued.

6     Continued.

11   Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais.

13     Continued.

18     Review    

18-1  Exam II

20    Pygmalion, an introduction-how the story of Pygmalion was accepted in the history of English Literature.

25    Pygmalion in Classical Literature: Ovid, from Metamorphoses, c. AD 10

27 Bernard Shaw, from Pygmalion, 1912.

December

2      Continued.

4      Continued.

9     Robert Graves, 'Pygmalion to Galatea', and 'Galatea and Pygmalion', 1938.

11    Angela Carter, from 'The Loves of Lady Purple', 1974.

16    Continued.

18    Review: Q & A

23    Exam III

*Makeup Class: October 7, November 18.

*Time for Exam I & II will be decided after consulting your schedule.

*Reading Schedule has been updated since Aug 31, 2020 and can be revised again according to the progress of the lectures.