ENGL 2322:
A survey of the development of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Eighteenth Century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama and fiction in relation to their historical, linguistic and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
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Fall or spring semesters:
3 or more class meeting times per week - 5 absences
2 class meeting times per week - 3 absences
1 class meeting per week - 2 absences
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There are situations throughout the course where you may be asked to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to explore how they can be used. Outside of those circumstances, you should not use AI tools to generate content that will end up in any student work (assignments, activities, discussion responses, etc.). Use of any AI-generated content in this course without the instructor’s consent qualifies as academic dishonesty and violates Panola College’s standards of academic integrity.
Communication Skills – to include effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication
Teamwork – to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goa
Personal Responsibility – to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making
The purpose of this course is to fulfill academic requirements of the Panola College Core Curriculum and an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree.
- Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
- Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
- Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
- Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
Students in English 2322 will read selections in English literature from its beginnings until 1800 that may include poems, narratives, plays, essays, or other selections appropriate to the course.
Typically, units may include the following authors or works:
- Unit I (The Middle Ages)—Beowulf, Chaucer (including The Canterbury Tales), Malory, The Second Shepherd’s Play, Everyman, popular ballads
- Unit II (The Sixteenth Century)—More, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser
- Unit III (The Early Seventeenth Century)—Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Jonson, Herrick, Suckling, Lovelace, Pepys, Milton, Bacon
- Unit IV (The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century)—Dryden, Bunyan, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Addison and Steele
Students will read literary works as assigned by the instructor and will be required to pass unit tests over reading selections as well as supplementary materials required by the instructor, including background handouts, literary terminology, etc., at a minimum competency level of 70%.
In addition, students will be required to complete three essay assignments over topics provided by the instructor. The instructor will specify requirements such as the use of outside sources and MLA documentation. Essays will be required to meet the English department’s Minimum Grading Standards at a competency level of 70%.
English 2322 is taught both as a traditional face-to-face class and as an online class. Online English 2322 classes are delivered through the Canvas learning management system. Traditional face-to-face classes may include the use of Canvas as an enhancement to the course.
Instruction includes assigned readings, lecture, discussion, oral and/or written responses to readings, and both in-class and out-of-class writing and revising and editing. Online students interact with the instructor and with other students through email, discussion boards, and chat rooms. Online instructors determine requirements and methods of submitting drafts of essays and receiving feedback on assignments
The grading scale for this course is as follows:
- Unit Tests – 50%
- Daily Work and Quizzes– 20%
- Formal Essays – 20%
- Comprehensive Final Exam – 10%
Major Assignments/Assessments
Assignments
Students will take four Unit Tests and a comprehensive final exam. These tests may include a combination of objective test items and short essay responses. A test over a supplementary work, such as a play, is optional. Students will complete three essay assignments, with at least one of the assignments will be proctored. Short in-class writing assignments and discussion postings (for online courses) may be included in daily work.
Assessments
Sixty percent of the course grade will be based on test grades. The remaining 40% of the course grade will be based on essays, quizzes, and daily work. Essays will be required to meet the English department’s Minimum Grading Standards for English 1301 (see appendix at end of document—the same standards apply to English 2322) at a competency level of 70%. The instructor will specify requirements such as the use of outside sources and MLA documentation. A final exam is required. All testing not administered by the instructor must be proctored by a Panola College testing proctor at a Panola College testing site or proctored by an online proctoring tool approved by the instructo
No text or other materials are required for this course.
Reading selections are accessible through links in the Canvas course.
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- Courses conducted via video conferencing may be recorded and shared for instructional purposes by the instructor.
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- Withdrawing from a course is the student’s responsibility. Students who do not attend class and who do not withdraw will receive the grade earned for the course.
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