English 10 Syllabus - K. Knight Summer 2007

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English 10 - Introduction to Literary Study Literature and the Viral

Summer B 2007

Catalog No. 5181 Meets: MTWR 3:30 - 4:55, SH 1417

Instructor: Kim Knight, kknight08@gmail.com Office Hours: T W 5pm - 6pm and by appointment, SH 2509

Course website: Http://kimknight.com Course wiki: Http://kimknight.com/engl10/m07/wiki


Contents

[edit] Course Description

English 10 is designed to introduce students to the principles of literary analysis and will include instruction in close reading, critical frameworks, and literary and theoretical terminology. In this particular version of English 10, our reading will center on the theme of “the viral.” Always anxiety-inducing, the viral takes many forms: from the “wet” viruses of HIV/AIDS to the “dry” viruses unleashed by computer hackers, to the viral as a metaphor for dissemination (as in “viral video”). We will explore the ways in which the viral functions in literature across the genres of poetry, prose, drama, and electronic literature. In these forms we will encounter viruses both as material subject and as metaphor and we will pursue the question of whether literature itself might be considered viral.

English 10 fulfills the second half of the GE Area A requirement and is required for all English majors and recommended for English minors. Anyone interested in pursuing the Literature and Culture of Information specialization may count this course toward the requirements of the specialization by substituting for the final paper a web project of equal depth and length.


[edit] Required Texts

(available at the UCSB bookstore, unless otherwise noted)

Hayles, N. Katherine. Writing Machines. Hall, Donald E., ed. Literary and Cultural Theory. Kunzru, Hari. Transmission. Nakata, Hideo, dir. Ringu. To be screened in class. Stoker, Bram. Dracula. Course Reader available at Associated Students. Various online readings.


[edit] Course Policies

[edit] Attendance

Much of the most valuable information will come out of our class discussions and your participation is necessary for our success. It is important that you come to every class prepared and on time. Because your presence in class is important, two or more absences will impact your final grade. In most circumstances, four absences will result in failure. Two instances of tardiness will equal one absence.

Cell phones are to be turned off and kept out of my sight. If your phone rings during class, or if I see you checking your messages during class, you will be marked absent. No exceptions.

[edit] Electronic Communications

Please be aware that I respond to most email messages within 24 hours Monday - Friday. If you send me an email and I do not respond during this time frame, chances are that I did not receive it. It is your responsibility to re-send the email or to contact me another way.

As we will undoubtedly discover in class, the finer points of online communication can be tricky. Emotions are difficult to express and read. Our many online assignments will require vigilance to ensure that we are always preserving an atmosphere of mutual respect. Disagreements may arise and consensus may not be possible. We can, however, respect each person’s right to an opinion. Name calling or menacing behavior will not be tolerated.

[edit] Academic Honesty

From the UCSB General Catalog: “Materials submitted to fulfill academic requirements must represent a student’s own efforts. Any act of academic dishonesty, such as plagiarism or other forms of cheating, is unacceptable and will be met with disciplinary action.” Plagiarism will result in a failing grade on the plagiarized assignment and possible disciplinary action by the university. We will review the proper way to use outside sources in order to avoid plagiarism; however, I encourage you to meet with me if you are at all uncertain about whether your writing could be misconstrued as plagiarism.

[edit] Assignments

[edit] Course Schedule

[edit] Week One: Introduction; Early Modern to Victorian Poetry

  • Mon, August 6
    • Introduction and syllabus review
    • Defining “the viral.”
  • Tue, August 7 - Early Modern Poetry
    • First Day Wiki Assignment Due - Create your reading journal
    • Intro to poetry.
    • Thomas Nashe, “In Time of Pestilence”
    • Sir Philip Sidney, “A Dirge”
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXLI “In Faith I do not love Thee with Mine Eyes”
  • Wed, August 8 - Romantic & Victorian Poetry

We begin meeting in SH 1417 on Wed Aug 8th and will remain there for the duration of the quarter

    • Letitia Landon “Scene during the Plague at Gibraltar”
    • Christina Rosetti - “Goblin Market”
  • Thu, August 9 - Theory
    • Hall, Ch 1 “The New Criticism and Formalist Analysis”
    • Wiki project due - terminology (Robbie and Mikael)
    • Wiki project due - New Criticism/Formalism (Kristen and Ana)

Terms: meter, rhyme, tropes, poetic diction, Early Modern, Romanticism, Victorian, lyric, cacophony, euphony, persona.


[edit] Week 2: Modernist to Contemporary Poetry

  • Mon, August 13 Modernist Poetry
    • Carl Sandburg, “Foot and Mouth Plague”
    • Ezra Pound, “La Fraisne”
    • Stevie Smith, “Our Bog is Dood”
    • Archibald MacLeish, “Ars Poetica”
    • Wiki project due - terminology (Lindsey M. and Lindsey T.)
  • Tue, August 14 - Postmodern/Contemporary Poetry
    • Tory Dent, “Omen”
    • Adrienne Rich, “Power”
    • John Agard, “Palm Tree King”
    • Billy Collins, “Sonnet”
  • Wed, August 15 - Visual Poetry
    • Ian Hamilton Finlay, “Star/Steer” and “Ajar”
    • Michael P. Garofalo, “Concrete Block”
    • jwcurry, “i”
    • Edward Baraga, “poema”
    • Stephen MallarmÈ, “One Toss of the Dice Never Will Abolish Chance”
  • Thu, August 16 - Theory
    • Hall, Ch 5 “Structuralism and Semiotic Analysis”
    • Wiki project due - Structuralism & Semiotics (Chris and Yesenia)

Terms: free verse, modernism, postmodernism, shaped poetics, exegesis, irony, confessional poetry, expressionism. skeltonics, imagism.

[edit] Week 3: Dracula

  • Mon, August 20
    • Wiki project due - terminology (Bianca and Jennifer K.)
    • Dracula, 1 - 126
  • Tue, August 21
    • Dracula, 127 - 256
  • Wed, August 22
    • Dracula, 257 - 378
  • Thu, August 23
    • Hall, Ch 7 “Feminist Analysis”
    • Wiki project due - Feminist Analysis (Jakriza, Kelly, and Michelle)

Terms: narrative, epistolary novel, gothic, motif, realism, story, plot.

[edit] Week 4: Transmission

  • Mon, August 27
    • Mid-term exam.
  • Tue, August 28
    • Transmission, 1 - 79
    • Wiki project due - terminology (Jinni and Lauren)
  • Wed, August 29
    • Transmission, 80 - 175
  • Thu, August 30
    • Transmission, 176 - 276
    • Hall, Ch 9 “Race, Ethnicity, and Post-Colonial Analysis”
    • Wiki Project due - Race, Ethnicity, and Post-Colonial Analysis (Sanjay and Marie)

Terms: antihero, black humor, dÈnouement, tone, atmosphere, tragic flaw, satire.

[edit] Week 5: Ringu

  • Mon, September 3
    • Labor Day Holiday - no class
  • Tue, September 4
    • Ringu viewing
    • No Reading Journal Due
    • Research / Bibliography Workshop: 5 pm, SH 2509
  • Wed, September 5
    • Ringu discussion
    • Wiki project due - terminology
  • Thu, September 6
    • Hall, Ch 4 “Psychoanalytic Analysis”
    • Wiki project due - Psychoanalytic Analysis (Jennifer T. and Asad)
    • Dreamweaver Workshop: 5 pm, SH 2509

Terms: lighting, shot, focus, mise-en-scene, montage.

[edit] Week 6: Electronic Literature

  • Mon, September 10
    • Writing Machines 1 - 46, 72-73
    • Webtake and Lexicon Linkmap (web supplement) (online);
    • Wiki project due, terminology
    • Final Paper Topic Proposal due in the course wiki and in class
  • Tue, September 11
    • Jason Nelson, Dreamaphage, Version 2 (online); If you are using Firefox and having a hard time reading the piece, try switching to Safari or IE.
    • Peter Howard, “A Poppy”; Also read the plain text version.
    • Dan Waber, “Strings”
  • Wed, September 12
    • Hall, Ch 6 “Deconstruction and Post-structuralist Analysis”
    • Wiki project due - Deconstruction/Post-structuralism (Jonathon and Colin)
  • Thu, September 13
    • Midterm Exam II.

Terms: aporia, hypertext, electronic texts, interface, materiality, epiphany, media-specific analysis.

Sun, Sept 16: Final Paper, due in course wiki by 11:59 pm

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