Summer 2019 - ENGL 206 D100
Nineteenth Century Literatures in English (3)
Class Number: 4303
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 6 – Aug 2, 2019: Mon, Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Aug 12, 2019
Mon, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Kandice Sharren
ksharren@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
Two 100 division English courses.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The study of nineteenth century North American, British, and/or Post-colonial literatures. May include some writing from North America. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
Upon hearing of Lord Byron’s death in 1824, Mary Shelley recorded in her journal, “Why am I doomed to live on seeing all expire before me? God grant I may die young—A new race is springing about me.” Shelley's elegiac sense of being left behind to witness the birth of a new era mirrors the transition from Romanticism to Victorianism, a self-consciously modern era that saw rapid political, social, and technological change. How Romantic and Victorian writers conceived of time and memory, and positioned themselves within narratives of progress, modernity, and empire will frame the discussion for this course, which will survey fiction, non-fiction prose, and poetry of the long nineteenth century, with careful attention to the historic, scientific, and philosophical events, debates, and movements that surrounded them.
Grading
- Tutorial Attendance and Participation 15%
- Midterm: In-Class Essay 15%
- Short Essay (600–750 words) 15%
- Comparative Essay (1200 words) 30%
- Final Exam 25%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, Package B
ISBN: 9781488109904
Persuasion, Jane Austen
ISBN: 9781551111315
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
ISBN: 9781551117515
Department Undergraduate Notes:
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- To receive credit for the course, students must complete all requirements.
- Tutorials/Seminars WILL be held the first week of classes.
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Registrar Notes:
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