#3: Research Synopsis (RS)--15%: Each student
will write one synopsis (similar to an annotated bibliographical
entry) on a critical, scholarly article. The purpose of this
assignment is to provide yourself and other students with
authoritative information about these books. Therefore, we will
post this material on Blackboard, and you must present your
synopsis in class on the assigned day (or have 2 points deducted
from the final total); please bring a hard copy for the
instructor to evaluate. After reading, digesting, and thinking
critically about your assigned essay, answer the
following questions, in about 1 to 2 pages: 1) What is the
author’s argument? 2) How does the author support this argument?
What kinds of evidence does she use? 3) What does the author hope
to accomplish by writing this piece? What kind of bias might the author have? 4)
Who is the author’s audience? To what kind of scholarly debate is
she contributing? 5) How does this research change your
perspective on the primary work?
Date |
Class Activities | Homework Due |
T 1/22 |
Course + student intro.; MLA citation; Close Reading Ex.: Blake; What is Romanticism? Romantic Art | Acquire your books, please! Thursday's reading assignment is in the cell below |
Unit I: Children of Nature and Sentiment | ||
R 1/24 |
French Revolution; Women
& Revolution; In-class
writing; Research Synopsis group assignment |
Read T. Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (1776); Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789); Gouges, Rights of Woman and Citizen (1791; online) & bring copies to class please; videos: Coppola's Marie Antoinette, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Marie Antoinette: the Last Queen of France (optional); Time Line of the French Revolution by Marxists.org |
T 1/29 |
Review; Rousseau's Discourse;
Research Synopsis
article assignment |
Read Rousseau, Discourse, 1-44 (Pt. I); look over your options for your Research Synopsis and rate your top 3 choices |
R 1/31 |
Your Ques about Rousseau's Discourse; Synopsis;
Exam #1: Children of Nature and Sentiment (2/14) |
Read Rousseau, Discourse,
45-end (Pt. II, perusing ftn. recommended); DQ #1 (Discourse): Post
1 or more discussion questions (DQ) about Rousseau on
Blackboard > Discussion Forum > Rousseau, Discourse (click Add Thread).
These questions might include ones you would pose as an
instructor of the class, things you are confused about in
the reading, or a mix between the two. The purpose of
discussion questions is to open a dialogue between you and
me; to make this a student-centered classroom; and to help
students become better writers by becoming critical
thinkers, or people who question what they read. Discussion
questions are not evaluated, are not mandatory, but
are taken into consideration for your Participation
Grade. Please
feel free to respond to other students' queries if you
feel inspired to answer; I will take such responses as
extra credit for your Participation Grade (and enjoy
reading them, of course). |
T 2/5 |
Review; Romantic Art; Goethe, Werther; Close Analysis | Read Goethe 1-61 |
R 2/7 |
Free Write; Werther; Irony | Read Goethe 61-96 + pick a suppl. reading from back; DQ #2 (Werther): Post 1 or more discussion questions about the reading on Blackboard |
T 2/12 |
Review for Exam | Bring books to class: Research
Synopses #1 for Discourse (Moran, Sorenson)
& Werther (Bennett, Schiffman, Siebers, Sondrup:
see separate Werther folder under Readings) |
R 2/14 |
Essay Exam #1: Children of
Nature and Sentiment (no make-up dates) |
Bring Rousseau, Goethe, and one page of notes (written on back of exam) to class. |
Unit II:
The Dangers of Nature |
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T 2/19 |
Trivia; Candide |
Read
Voltaire,
1-46 |
R 2/21 | Review;
Candide |
Read Voltaire, 47-75; DQ #3 (Candide): post 1 or more discussion questions about the reading on Blackboard |
T 2/26 |
Party
Game for "The Chilean Earthquake" |
Read Kleist (scroll down to pg. 18 in pdf, 312 in text for
short story) |
R 2/28 | Review for Exam | Research Synopses #2 for Candide (Kjørholt, Scherr, at least 15 pages from one or more of the interpretive essays at the back [list each item separately in the Works Cited]), Kleist (Holm, Norton), & the earthquake (Hamblyn) |
T 3/5 |
Essay Exam #2: Nature
& Revolutions |
Bring Voltaire, Kleist, and one page of notes (written on back of exam) to class. |
Unit III: Sentiment & Scientific Revolution | ||
R 3/7 | Faust I | Read Goethe 9-49 (245/"Prologue in Heaven" through 1850/Study, up to where M. speaks w/the Student) |
Spring Break |
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T 3/19 |
Faust I | Read Goethe 49-101 (1850/Study - 3585/thr. "At the Well") |
R 3/21 |
Review; Faust I |
Read Goethe 102-19 & 126-35 (3590-4220 & Dreary Day - 4610/end Pt. I but skip Walp. Night Dream) |
T 3/26 | Gretchen; Faust II, Act I; Performance | 135 (4615/first few lines of Faust II, "Charming Landscape"), 142-46 (4895-5000/Imp. Res.), 170-79 (5970/end of Spac. Hall + Pleasance - 6305/Dark Gallery), and 182-86 (6380-6565/Hall) |
R 3/28 | Free write; Faust II, some of Act
II; Student Ques.; Final Essays |
Read Goethe 194-213 + 219-227 (6570-7490 + 7695-8030/Upper Peneios); DQ #4 (Faust): Post 1 or more discussion questions about the reading on Blackboard |
T 4/2 | Faust II, Act II,
sc. 1 of Act III |
Read Goethe 228-258 (8035/Rocky - 9125/Palace); Hamlin, "Faust in Performance" (Bb) (bring a copy to class if possible) |
R 4/4 | Faust II, Act III; Faust Game | Read Goethe 259-71 (9130/Courtyard - 9575) + 275-85 (9695-10035/end of Act III) |
T 4/9 |
Review; Faust II, Act V | Read Goethe 313-344 (11045-12110/all of Act V) |
R 4/11 |
Human? Frankenstein | Read Shelley, 1-60/vol. I |
T 4/16 |
Faustian? Frankenstein:
Family; De Laceys; the Sublime, Werther; Close
Reading ex. |
Read Shelley, 61-105/vol.
II; and P. B. Shelley, "Mont
Blanc" (295-99); DQ #5 (Frankenstein) |
R 4/18 | Questions; Frankenstein | Read Shelley, 107-61/vol. III |
T 4/23 |
Review for Essay Exam
#3: Political & Scientific Revolutions |
Bring any questions about Shelley or Goethe to class; Research Synopses #3 for Faust (Brown, Hoezel, at least 15 pages from one or more of the interpretive essays at the back [list each item separately in the Works Cited]) & Frankenstein (Bewell, Reese, at least 15 pages from one or more of the interpretive essays at the back [list each item separately in the Works Cited]) |
R 4/25 |
Essay Exam #3 (no make-up dates) | Bring Faust, Shelley, and one page of notes (written on back of exam) to class. |
T 4/30 | Exams returned; Disc. of
Final Essay |
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R 5/2 |
Peer Review |
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T 5/14 |
Final Essay due on Safe Assign by 5:15pm | Instructions
TBA |