English 110: Syllabus
 

Instructor: Siân Echard           
514 Buchanan Tower                                               

 Office Hours: W 11:00-12:00; Th 10:30-11:30; F 2:00-3:00, or by appointment 604-822-6735
sian@interchange.ubc.ca
 

Course Texts

The following texts have been ordered from the Bookstore:

Beowulf: the graphic novel version by Gareth Hinds (Candlewick Press)
William Shakespeare, Henry V (Oxford World’s Classics)
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Harper Collins)
Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes (Vertigo)

It may be that you already own some of these texts. In some cases, having a different edition will simply mean you need to flip more to find page references, but you must have the graphic novel version of Beowulf.

There is also a course package of additional readings, also available at the Bookstore.
 

Evaluation

As each due date approaches, check the website's Assignments page for study guidelines and further information.

In-class essay # 1, February 8:            20
In-class essay #2, March 7:                 20
Take-home essay, due April 4:            25
Final examination:                               30
Participation (tutorials):                        5

Regular attendance at both lectures and tutorials is expected: please let your teaching assistant know if you have to miss class for some reason.

Plagiarism– using the words and/ or ideas of another person without proper acknowledgement, as if they were your own– is a serious offence, and will not be tolerated. The Faculty of Arts has an online brochure which outlines what plagiarism is and how to avoid it: visit http://www.arts.ubc.ca/Plagiarism_Avoided.373.0.html to read the brochure. I would be happy to help clarify for you what does, and does not, constitute plagiarism: feel free to come to talk to me or to your teaching assistant.
 

Reading Schedule
 
As the course progresses, I will be linking web pages to this syllabus: they will contain background information, material we've discussed in class, and other helpful material. The links will appear in the column on the far right below. Check back often to see what has been added.
 
 
January
  
M 7 Introduction to course  
W 9 Introduction to Beowulf Notes and links here
F 11 First meeting of all discussion groups  

Theme: Warriors
M 14 Beowulf Notes and links here
W 16 Beowulf  
F 18    
M 21 Eirik the Red's Saga (course pack) Notes and links here
W 23 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (screening) Notes and links here
F    
Theme: Kings, Queens and Knights
M 28 King Arthur: Chivalry and Nationalism Notes and links here (you'll also find a link to a basic Arthurian plot synopsis; click here to go directly to that page)
W 30 Malory's Morte Darthur (selections in course pack) Notes and links here
F 1    
 
February
  
M 4 The Cult of Elizabeth (Speech to the Troops at Tilbury; Edmund Spenser on The Faerie Queene; in course pack) Notes and links here
W 6 William Shakespeare, Henry V Notes and links for all classes here
F 8 In-class essay #1
M 11 Henry V
W 13 Henry V
F 15    
M 18 Reading Week: no classes  
W 20  
F 22  
M 25 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, from  Idylls of the King (selections from Lancelot and Elaine, Guinevere, and The Passing of Arthur; in course pack) Notes and links for all Tennyson classes here
W 27 Tennyson, Idylls
F 29    
 
March
  
M 3 Tennyson, “Sir Galahad”; Algernon Charles Swinburne, “The Day Before the Trial”            (course pack)  
W 5 John Ciardi, “Lancelot in Hell” (course pack) Notes here
F 7    
Theme: Powers
M 10 John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci; Tam Lin (course pack) Notes and links here
W 12 Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market (course pack) Notes and links here
F 14 In-class essay #2 NOTE CHANGE  
M 17 Neil Gaiman, The Sandman; also read selection from John Milton, Paradise Lost, in course pack Notes and links here
W 19 The Sandman
F 21 Good Friday: no class  
Theme: After-heroes
M 24 Easter Monday: no class  
W 26 World War I poetry (Rupert Brooke, “The Soldier”; Siegfried Sassoon, “They”; Isaac Rosenberg, “Break of Day in the Trenches”; Wilfred Owen, “Dulce Et Decorum Est”; Robert Graves, “Recalling War”; all in course pack) Notes here; note that this is a Word document only, rather than the usual web page and printable Word version
F 28    
 
April
  
M 31 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Notes and links here
W 2 The Hobbit
F 4 Take-home essay due this day: click HERE for topics and instructions  
M 7 The Lord of the Rings (screening)  
W 9 Review Exam description and study guide here
F 11 Review in tutorials
 
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