Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2022 - ENGL 204 OL01

Reading Sexuality and Gender (3)

Class Number: 7942

Delivery Method: Distance Education

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Online

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 21, 2022
    Thu, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    12 units or one 100 division English course.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Considers how sexuality and gender are articulated, understood, explored, and negotiated through literature and language. May be further organized by historical period, genre, or critical approach. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

The Bonds of Love and Friendship in Early Modern English Literature

Some of the best love poetry in the English language was written in England during the Renaissance of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Bonds of Love and Friendship in Early Modern English Literature will introduce students to early modern English discourses of friendship, marriage, and the bonds of love, as they are written about in the literature of the period. The course will examine friendship and love, as conceived between men and women, men and men, and women and women, both within and outside of marriage. This will necessarily involve exploring constructions of gender as well as ideas about sex and sexuality; thus we will examine the significance of ideas about gender and sexuality to ideas about love and friendship in early modern England. As well as poetry and a few prose selections, we will read three English Renaissance stage plays, The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Roaring Girl by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton.

This course will be asynchronic except for a timed final exam.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • To gain an understanding of early modern English discourses of love, friendship, marriage, gender, and sexuality. 
  • To improve skills in critical writing about poetry, drama, and prose.
  • To improve academic essay-writing skills. 

Grading

  • short essay #1 (5-6 pages; 1500-2000 words) 30%
  • short essay #2 (5-6 pages; 1500-2000 words) 30%
  • final exam 25%
  • online discussion participation 15%

REQUIREMENTS:

BOOKS:

Arab, Ronda. The Bonds of Love and Friendship in Early Modern English Literature. SFU Publications, 2021
ISBN 13:9781772870916
ISBN 10: 1772870919

PURCHASE THIS BOOK HERE:
https://www.campusebookstore.com/EBooks/Book.aspx?ID=9709002

THE FOLLOWING BOOKS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE SFU BOOKSTORE:

Dekker, Thomas and Thomas Middleton. The Roaring Girl. Ed.by Kelly Stage. Broadview Press, 2019.
ISBN: 9781554812134

Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew. Ed. by H. J. Oliver. Oxford University Press (Oxford World Classics), 1982, 2008.
ISBN: 9780199536528

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. Ed. by David Carnegie and Mark Houlahan. Broadview Press, 2014.
ISBN: 9781554810949 / 1554810949

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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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022

Teaching at SFU in spring 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with safety plans in place.  Some courses will still be offered through remote methods, and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware 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 may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the spring 2022 term.