Spring 2024 - ENGL 204 OL01
Reading Sexuality and Gender (3)
Class Number: 4793
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Online
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Exam Times + Location:
Apr 17, 2024
Wed, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Ronda Arab
raa21@sfu.ca
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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 entirely 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%
NOTES:
NOTE ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Please familiarize yourself without SFU's policies on academic dishonesty. As well, be aware that all use of ChatGPT, Grammarly, or any other AI tool for writing or editing your work is strictly prohibited in this course and will result in an F for the assignment.
NOTE ON LATE PAPERS:
Late papers will be penalized by 5% per day, unless an extension has been granted in advance.
NOTE ON THE COMPLETION OF ASSIGNMENTS:
All assignments must be completed in order to pass the course.
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
Materials
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
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
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
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
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.