Writing Syllabus
British Literature
Semester 2
Tammy Prichard (tamprichard@gmail.com)
Objectives:
The literature chosen for this class includes books considered to be classics of British literature. The selections will be read in chronological order, and will include some discussion of the historical and social perspectives. The writing assignments will be short and will include various aspects of literary analysis.
Resources:
Whole Class: (to be purchased by the tutor)
- Everyman (15th century, Dover Publishing)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1598, William Shakespeare)
- Great Expectations or Oliver Twist (1860/ 1838, Charles Dickens)
- Pygmalion. (1912, George Bernard Shaw)
- Selections of English poetry
Choose 3: (to be borrowed, checked out or purchased by the tutor)
- Beowulf (11th century, anon.)
- Pride and Prejudice (1813, Jane Austen)
- Frankenstein (1818, Mary Shelley)
- Jane Eyre (1847, Charlotte Bronte)
- Wuthering Heights (1847, Emily Bronte)
- The Moonstone (1868, Wilkie Collins)
- Three Men in a Boat (1889, Jerome K. Jerome)
- Kim (1901, Rudyard Kipling)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922, G. K. Chesterton)
- 1984 (1949, George Orwell)
- The Nine Tailors (1934, Dorothy Sayers)
- Murder in the Cathedral (1935, T. S. Eliot)
NOTE: The class will read the first four books listed and some selected poetry together. Each student will select 3 works from the second half of the list to read and report back to the class.
Initial Draft – Subject to change
Week | Literature | Writing |
1 | Brief timeline of British History; Introduce Everyman | |
2 | Discuss Everyman; Introduce Much Ado About Nothing | |
3 | Discuss Much Ado About Nothing | |
4 | Discuss Much Ado About Nothing; | Essay Exam |
5 | Discuss Poetry & Option 1 | |
6 | Discuss Poetry & Option 1; Introduce Great Expectations | Plot Analysis |
7 | Discuss Great Expectations | |
8 | Discuss Great Expectations | Character Analysis |
9 | Discuss Great Expectations | Essay Exam |
10 | Discuss Poetry & Option 2 | |
11 | Discuss Poetry & Option 2; Introduce Pygmalion | |
12 | Discuss Pygmalion | |
13 | Discuss Pygmalion | Essay Exam |
14 | Discuss Poetry & Option 3 | Theme Analysis |
15 | Discuss Poetry & Option 3 |
