Summer Sessions 2025 Course Syllabus Course: ENGL-2321 (Section: 71, CRN: 61252) British Literature

Instructor Information
Instructor	Steven Zani
Email	zanisj@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6431
Office	Educational I - Room: 133
Office Hours	None  M-F 9-5
Additional Contact Information
Course Information
Description	A survey of the development of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present. 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.
Required Textbooks	Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. None.  Class employs OER.
Additional Materials/Resources	None
Corequisites/Prerequisites	ENGL-1301 Composition I
Learning Outcomes	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 social/ethical, 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
Core Objectives	Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and/or visual communication. Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions.     * Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities.
Lecture Topics Outline	5 – Beowulf , Marie de France 12 - Chaucer 19 – Wyatt “The Lover Showeth...” “They Flee From Me” Surrey, selections The English Bible Queen Elizabeth First Exam (take home) Christopher Marlowe “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” Sir Walter Ralegh “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” Edmund Spenser Amoretti Sonnets 1, 34, 67 Sir Philip Sidney Astrophil and Stella Sonnets 41, 53 and Defense of Poesy 935-937, 947-948 Midsummer Night's Dream (film), William Shakespeare Sonnets 18, 20, 73, 116, 130, 135, 138 Poetry Recitation, Second Exam Given (in class) John Donne, “The Good Morrow,” “Song,” “The Undertaking,” “The Indifferent,” “The Bait,” Holy Sonnets 5, 10, 14 George Herbert “The Altar,” “Easter Wings,” “Man” John Milton Paradise Lost (lines 1-26), “When I Consider How My Light is Spent,” “Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint” Robert Herrick “The Vine,” “Corinna’s Going A-Maying,” “To The Virgins to Make Much of Time” Andrew Marvell “To His Coy Mistress” The Restoration (2045-2068) John Dryden “Song from Marriage à la Mode” Third Exam Given (in-class) Slavery 2806-2811, John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester Alexander Pope “An Essay on Criticism” Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal,” Gulliver's Travels Samuel Jonson , Rasselas, Dictionary of the English Language Thomas Gray “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” Final Exam given (take home)
Major Assignments Schedule	5 – Beowulf , Marie de France  - Response 12 - Chaucer - Response 19 – Wyatt “The Lover Showeth...” “They Flee From Me” Surrey, selections - Response First Exam (take home) Christopher Marlowe “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” Sir Walter Ralegh “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” Response John Donne, “The Good Morrow,” “Song,” “The Undertaking,” “The Indifferent,” “The Bait,” Holy Sonnets 5, 10, 14 Response John Milton Paradise Lost (lines 1-26), “When I Consider How My Light is Spent,” “Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint” The Restoration (2045-2068) Second Exam Given  Alexander Pope “An Essay on Criticism” Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal,” Gulliver's Travels Samuel Jonson , Rasselas, Dictionary of the English Language Thomas Gray “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” Final Exam given (take home)
Final Exam Date	August 3, 2025 - 8:0 AM   Through  August 7, 2025 - 11:59 PM
Grading Scale
Determination of Final Grade	60%, Responses- Exams - 20% and 20%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. If you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person.
Attendance Policy	Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Students with more extended non-participation in the course will receive an academic penalty
Additional Information	None.
Institutional Policies
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Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
ADA Considerations	The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Disability Services Coordinator, Room 117, in the Student Sucess Center. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.
COVID 19 Information	The Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) Student Code of Conduct COVID 19 Policy requires students who have been diagnosed with COVID 19 to report their condition directly to their local health department. Students should also contact their course faculty to report their quarantine status. In addition, this policy requires all students to wear face coverings when directly exposed to COVID 19 in compliance with the criteria included in the policy. For more information please refer to the COVID 19 link on the LSCPA website.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.
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Grievance / Complaint / Concern	If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
Department Information	General Education and Developmental Studies Chair: Dr. Steven Zani Email: zanisj@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6431