Victorian Poetry and Poetics, Ed. by W. Houghton and R. Stange

Victorian People and Ideas by Richard Altick

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Adam Bede by George Eliot

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

    A Handbook to Literature, Eds. William Harmon and C. Hugh Holman

    MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (5th ed), Ed. Joseph     

Gibaldi.

1. 
   
   Identify and discuss Victorian social, religious, philosophical, and intellectual ideas.


2. 
   
   Discuss the relationship between the poet and his audience in the Victorian period.


3. 
   
   Describe the relationship between duty and personal freedom in Tennyson’s poetry.


4. 
   
   Define the dramatic monologue and discuss its function in Browning’s poetry.


5. 
   
   Identify the significant themes in Arnold’s poetry.


6. 
   
   Discuss the poetic characteristics of the minor Victorian poets.


7. 
   
   Define the nature of Victorian prose fiction as characterized by Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy. 

1. That you read and analyze the significant poetry of Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold as well as
   three Victorian novels .


2. That you understand the dramatic monologue.


3. That you explore the characteristics of Victorian prose fiction.


4. That you identify the critical agents of change during the Victorian period.


5. That you consider the continuing influence of Victorian literature upon modern literature.


6. That you write a critical analysis on some aspect of our study.


7. That you engage in research via the Internet.


8. That you utilize email to extend class discussion, to communicate with me, and to perform assigned
   small group work.


9. That you turn in all important written assignments via email attachments or on diskette.

1. You will be tested in three ways.  First, in order to encourage you to keep up with the reading,
   I will give brief, unannounced quizzes from time to time.   Collectively the quizzes will
   count 10% of your final grade. Second, there will be four tests that constitute 40% of your grade
   in the course. Third, you will write in class essays that will count 10% of your final grade.


2. A book review of  Victorian People and Ideas by Richard Altick will count 10%.  Due by midnight
   Feb. 18, 2007, via email attachment.


3. You will develop a creative project based upon your personal reaction to anything we have
   studied throughout the semester.  I prefer that this project be creative in whatever fashion you
   are creative.  For example, in the past students have put on skits, built or baked various things,
   written songs, done videotape or computer presentations, painted pictures, sculpted figures,
   done needlepoint, conducted interviews, written satires, and so on.  “The sky’s the limit” but
   you should check out your idea with me before you begin.  Group projects are possible but need
   to be approved by me. The project will count 10% of your final grade and must be presented in
   front of the class on or before the last regular class meeting.  


4. You will write one analytical paper (1,250 to 1,500 words) on some aspect of our studies. 
   This paper will count 10% of your final grade; due by midnight April 25, 2007 via email attachment.


5. The remaining 10% will come from in class essays, your class participation, discussion, quizzes,
   regular attendance, homework, reserve and supplemental reading, group work and various short
   writing assignments.


6. There are a total of 1000 pts possible in the course. Final grades will be compiled using the following
   guidelines:

   1000-900    A to A-
   899-800      B+ to B-
   799-700      C+ to C-
   699-600      D+ to D-
   599-0          F

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