English 102: British
and American Literature, 1650-1780
Professor Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook
MWF
12:00-12:50 l Girvetz 1004 l
office hours: W 2-3, F 9:30-10:30 l office:
South Hall 2503 l 893-3349
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ecook@english.ucsb.edu
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honors
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TAs: Vanessa Coloura
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McLemore
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Randy Schiff
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Stephen Sohn
Description
This class on British and American literature of the "long
18th century" (1660s-1790s) will examine a range of anglophone representations
of authority and authorship in the politically and culturally lively period
that extends from the English Civil Wars through the American War of Independence.
We'll be reading works by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Alexander Pope, and Benjamin
Franklin, among others, that map out some of the period's national and transatlantic
conversations.
New! Second Paper Topics
New! Historical context of Declaration of Independence
New! the drafting of the Declaration of Independence
New! Collins images
New! The Romance is an Heroic Fable
New! The Castle of Otranto handout
| M Jan 7 | General Introduction: "The World Upside Down" |
| W Jan 9 |
Robert Filmer, from Patriarcha,
or the Natural Power of Kings (1680) [x] |
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| F Jan 11 | John Milton, Paradise
Lost (1667) [x] Book 1, 1-338 Book 4, 131-775 |
study questions |
| M Jan 14 | Paradise Lost, cont.
Book 9, 773-1189 Book 12, 553-649 |
Paradise Lost handout |
| W Jan 16 | Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719) [to p. 114] | study questions |
| F Jan 18 | Crusoe cont. [to p. 210] | |
| M Jan 21 | MLK Holiday | |
| W Jan 23 | Crusoe [to end] |
| F Jan 25 | Joseph Addison &
Richard Steele, The Spectator (1711) [2324], 10 [2330] Benjamin Franklin, "Epitaph"; Silence Dogood 4 (1722); Busy Body 3 (1729) [all x] William Hogarth, "Before" & "After" (1736) [x] |
study questions |
| M Jan 28 | Anne Bradstreet,
"The Prologue" (1650); "The Author to her Book" (1666) [both x] Anne Finch, "The Introduction" (wr. ?1680s-1710; pub. 1903) [2141] Jonathan Swift, "Corinna" (1728) [x] Aphra Behn, The Rover (1677), Acts I-II |
study questions |
| W Jan 30 | The Rover cont., Acts III-V | |
| F Feb 1 | Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (1717): "To Mrs. Arabella Fermor" (2490) and Cantos 1-2 | study questions |
| M Feb 4 | Rape of the Lock cont., Cantos 3-5 | |
| W Feb 6 | Jonathan Swift,
"The Lady's Dressing Room" (1732) [2370]; "On a Beautiful Young Nymph Going
to Bed" (1734) [x] Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "The Reasons that Induced Dr. S. to write …" (1734) [2568] |
study questions |
III.
Pastoral Upside Down
| F Feb 8 |
Ovid, "The Four Ages" [x] |
study questions |
| M Feb 11 | The Beggar's Opera, II.11-end | |
| W Feb 13 | Swift, "A Modest Proposal" (1729) [2451] | study questions |
| F Feb 15 | ***MIDTERM (in class) | |
| M Feb 18 | Presidents' Day Holiday |
IV.
The Twilight of Reason
| W Feb 20 | Thomas Gray, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (1747) [2682]; "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" (1751) [2685] | study questions |
| F Feb 22 | William Collins, "Ode to Fear" [x]; "Ode to Evening" [2671] (both 1746) | New! images |
| M Feb 25 | Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto (1764), both prefaces and through p. 59 | study questions |
| W Feb 27 | Otranto to end | New! Otranto handout |
V.
New Worlds: Encounters and Declarations
| F Mar 1 | Behn, Oroonoko (1688) [2150] [read all] | study questions |
| M Mar 4 | Oroonoko cont. Franklin, "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America" (1783) [x] |
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| W Mar 6 | Alexander Pope, "Windsor Forest" (1713) [2478] | study questions New! handout |
| F Mar 8 | Phyllis Wheatley, "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1768"; "On Being Brought from Africa to America"; "To the Rt. Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth …" (all 1773) [all x] Belinda, "Petition of an African Slave …" (1782) [x] | study questions |
| M Mar 11 | Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence (1776) [x] | study questions New! historical context New! the drafting of the Declaration of Independence |
| W Mar 13 | J. Hector St. John (pseudonym of Michel de Crèvecoeur), Letters from an American Farmer (1782), 1, 3, 9, 12 [x] | study questions New! contact zones II handout |
| F Mar 15 | Oliver Goldsmith,
"The Deserted Village" (1770) [2844] William Wordsworth, "The Solitary Reaper"
(1807) [x] ***SECOND ESSAY DUE in class |
study questions |
| W Mar 19 | ***FINAL EXAM 12.00-3.00 |
Required
Texts
Course Reader (at Grafikart - 6550 Pardall)
Longman Anthology: British Literature - Restoration/Eighteenth Century
[Vol. 1C]
Aphra Behn, The Rover (Regents Restoration Drama Series - Univ. of Nebraska
Press, 1967)
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (Oxford World's Classics, 1998)
Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto (Oxford World's Classics, 1996)
Requirements
1. Be there/be prepared!
- Attendance at lectures and sections is mandatory. Missing more than two sections
will affect your overall course grade.
- Do the assigned reading BEFORE the lecture. Study questions will be available
for those who prefer reading with specific issues and questions in mind.
- Bring the assigned text to lecture and section: we will work closely with
specific passages, and you will want to annotate your copy.
2. Writing
- Proofread, proofread, proofread!
Typos and spelling errors will affect a reader's assessment of the quality of
an essay.
- The Course Reader includes information about margins, conventions for citing
poetry and prose, endnote forms, etc.
- If you have questions about how to acknowledge how the work of others has
contributed to your own writing or thought process, don't hesitate to ask your
TA or me. Not to do so is plagiarism.
3. No alternative exams except for triple exam
victims and medical emergencies. Incompletes ditto.
4. Breakdown of final grade components:
Section attendance, participation, and exercises = 20%; first essay = 15%; midterm
= 15%; second essay = 25%; final = 25%.
Chronology of Restoration Dates
Accessing the Oxford English Dictionary
First
essay assignment
Some
thoughts about "Close Reading"
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