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IMAGES OF LOVE

ENGL 354

NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester.

Course Description: Love is perhaps the most common theme in imaginative literature. In this course, we will examine some of the concepts and images used by writers in Western culture to represent the idea and the experience of romantic love.

Texts:

Bedier, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde

Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Chopin, The Awakening

Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

The texts listed above have been ordered for this course through the UB Bookstore.

Supplementary materials will be handed out in class and are indicated on the class schedule. You are responsible for getting and keeping these materials.

Requirements: --Regular class attendance and participation in class discussions.

--Two exams: it take-home exam (due October 16) an in-class exam (December 18)

--An essay of 3-5 typewritten pages on Romeo and Juliet (due November 13)

Gradinq: In determining your grade for the course, the various aspects of your performance will be weighed as follows:

Exams: 1/3 each = 2/3

Essay: 1/3

Although no exact weight is assigned to attendance and class participation, excessive absences (more than three) will adversely affect your grade, as will repeated evidence of lack of preparation.

Class Schedule

Sep 4 Introduction to course; classical backgrounds: Plato and Ovid

11 Romance of Tristan and Iseult

Selected lyrics frorn the Middle Ages*

18 The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

selected lyrics from the Middle Ages*

25 Troilus and Criseyde

Oct 2 Troilus and Criseyde

9 Troilus and Criseyde

16 TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE

Petrarch, selections from the Canzoniere*

Shakespeare, excerpts from Venus and Adonis*

23 Romeo and Juliet

30 Romeo and Juliet

Nov 6 Screen film: Now Voyager

13 ESSAY DUE

Discussion of film

20 The Awakening

27 Their Eyes Were Watching God

Dec 4 Their Eyes Were Watiching God

18 EXAM

Note: * indicates material to be handed out in class.




			IMAGES OF LOVE ENGL 354 NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester. Course Description: Love is perhaps the most common theme in imaginative literature. In this course, we will examine some of the concepts and images used by writers in Western culture to represent the idea and the experience of romantic love. Texts: Bedier, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Chopin, The Awakening Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God The texts listed above have been ordered for this course through the UB Bookstore. Supplementary materials will be handed out in class and are indicated on the class schedule. You are responsible for getting and keeping these materials. Requirements: --Regular class attendance and participation in class discussions. --Two exams: it take-home exam (due October 16) an in-class exam (December 18) --An essay of 3-5 typewritten pages on Romeo and Juliet (due November 13) Gradinq: In determining your grade for the course, the various aspects of your performance will be weighed as follows: Exams: 1/3 each = 2/3 Essay: 1/3 Although no exact weight is assigned to attendance and class participation, excessive absences (more than three) will adversely affect your grade, as will repeated evidence of lack of preparation. Class Schedule Sep 4 Introduction to course; classical backgrounds: Plato and Ovid 11 Romance of Tristan and Iseult Selected lyrics frorn the Middle Ages* 18 The Romance of Tristan and Iseult selected lyrics from the Middle Ages* 25 Troilus and Criseyde Oct 2 Troilus and Criseyde 9 Troilus and Criseyde 16 TAKE-HOME EXAM DUE Petrarch, selections from the Canzoniere* Shakespeare, excerpts from Venus and Adonis* 23 Romeo and Juliet 30 Romeo and Juliet Nov 6 Screen film: Now Voyager 13 ESSAY DUE Discussion of film 20 The Awakening 27 Their Eyes Were Watching God Dec 4 Their Eyes Were Watiching God 18 EXAM Note: * indicates material to be handed out in class. home \| bs, corporate communication \| ba, english \| ma, publications design \| mfa, integrated design \| mfa, creative writing & publishing arts \| people \| portfolio \| facilities \| classes \| undergraduate applications \| graduate applications \| contact \| site index \| university of baltimore