Simon Fraser University
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Course Outlines

Summer 2020 - ENGL 203 D900

Early Modern Literature (3)

Class Number: 3693

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 11 – Aug 10, 2020: Mon, Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Aug 18, 2020
    Tue, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Location: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    Two 100 division English courses.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A survey of the literature of the period from 1485 to Milton. Students with credit for ENGL 204 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

Rising through Chaos: England's Early Modern Period

The Early Modern period was a chaotic time. It suffers through a civil war for the throne and goes to war with Spain, it expells the Catholic Church in living memory, it crowns a queen who rules in her own right, it unites with Scotland under a Scottish king, and it extends its influence globally, thus beginning to form the British Empire. The period also contains the most canonical works of English literature, from the introduction of the sonnet to the heights of Elizabethan/Jacobean stage. This course surveys, in roughly chronological order, the poems, essays, and plays of the period in order to build a historically grounded sense of what these texts are responding to and how they exist in a web of influences with each other.

Grading

  • Participation 10%
  • Reading Quizzes 10%
  • Essay #1: Close Reading 20%
  • Presentation 10%
  • Essay #2: Comparison OR Long-Text 30%
  • Final Exam 20%

NOTES:

There are two essays on the course: a short essay that will be a close reading of a single poem, and a long essay that will compare two poems or analyze one play. The participation mark includes attendance, activity in class, attending office hours, and the like. The presentation is a short talk in your tutorial in which you will present one, specific reading of one element of a text on the course. The reading quizzes are on unannounced days and consist of four factual questions about the texts to test whether you've read them at a basic level of comprehension (e.g., "In what city is Romeo and Juliet set?"). The final exam will contain a number of essay topics, and you will respond to one in the form of an essay.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Volume 2: The Renaissance and the Early Seventeenth Century – Third Edition. Edited by Joseph Black et al. Broadview Press. March 14, 2016. (Print: $59.95, Digital: $41.95)


ISBN: 9781554812905

Department Undergraduate Notes:

IMPORTANT NOTE Re 300 and 400 level courses: 75% of spaces in 300 level English courses, and 100% of spaces in 400 level English courses, are reserved for declared English Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, and Honours students only, until open enrollment begins.

For all On-Campus Courses, please note the following:
- To receive credit for the course, students must complete all requirements.
- Tutorials/Seminars WILL be held the first week of classes.
- When choosing your schedule, remember to check "Show lab/tutorial sections" to see all Lecture/Seminar/Tutorial times required.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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TEACHING AT SFU IN SUMMER 2020

Please note that all teaching at SFU in summer term 2020 will be conducted through remote methods. Enrollment in this course acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.