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ENGL3000 Twentieth Century Anglophone

Fiction

Class Meets: every T/ Th 11:15am-12:30 pm Class Room: Lind 215

3 credits course, no prerequisite

Course Overview

With a Caribbean novel published in 1966 (Jean Rhyss Wide Sargasso

Sea) as an introductory frame, this course will consider a variety of

twentieth-century Anglophone novels through the postcolonial and

transnational lens. This course is geared towards the students need to

delve into specific racial, gender and national issues, and to a certain

degree at the expense of regional representation. We look at novels

from Britain, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean in the twentieth century

that are part of global English literary tradition. Texts include novels by

Charlotte Bronte, Jean Rhys, Arundhati Roy, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jamaica

Kincaid, J.M. Coetzee, E. M. Forster and Zadie Smith. This body of

literature has created a diverse but powerful movement that speaks

about the experience of a common and fractured modern world after the

decolonization. Students will also be guided toward discovering and

distinguishing how the later post-colonial writers participate in the

literary dialogue through adaptation and appropriation of the texts.

In general, the Tuesday class will be a lecture, and the Thursday class a

seminar/discussion. Lecture notes for the Tuesday class, if applicable,

will be uploaded to Moodle the evening before class. Reading

assignments for the week must be completed in advance.

The goal of this course is to 1) develop the skills of interpreting novels

in the context of a range of historical possibilities. 2) learn the concepts

of modernism and modernity in the postcolonial context and 3) gain

substantial knowledge of twentieth-century Anglophone fiction through

broad reading.

Required Text

Bronte, Charlotte.Jane Eyre

Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea

Instructor

Bomi Jeon

Phone

612-624-3375

Email

[email protected]

Office Location

Lind Hall, 24-25

Office Hours

T 1:00-2:00 pm

Th 1:00-3:00pm

OR by appointments


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Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things

Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Unconsoled

Kincaid, Jamaica.A Small Place

Coetzee, J. M.Disgrace

Forster, E. M. Howards End

Smith, Zadie.On Beauty

Requirements

Course requirements include a midterm, final, two short papers (1200-1500 words each), 8

reading responses.

Note: All assignments need to be submitted before the beginning of class on the due date, both

online and in hard copy. Late assignments will be penalized, unless you notify me in advance

of your emergency, so please try not to be late without good reason.

ATTENDANCE (15%):

Attendance and completion of all assignments are mandatory. Participation is very important

for this class, which means excessive absences (or tardiness) will affect your grade negatively

in English 3000. If you are more than 10 minutes late (or leave early) 3 times, you will be

given 1 absence.

If you have an excusable absence that prevents your attending a class, please let me know so

that you can be marked as excused. In most cases you will be expected to provide

documentation (signed doctor notes, proof of academic participation etc) of the reason for

your absence. You must notify me of an excused absence before or within 24 hours after the

absence. For the CLA policy on excused absences, seehttp://www.cla.umn.edu/cgep/3.html

MIDTERM/FINAL (20% each):

Identification, short essay questions, no open-book.

SHORT PAPER 1 (15%):

Will ask students to do close readings of select texts on an assigned topic.

SHORT PAPER 2 (15%):

Will ask students to write an interpretive essay making an argument about one text by Kincaid,

Coetzee, Forster or Smith. Choice of topics distributed in advance.
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8 READING RESPONSES (15%):

Single-spaced, 300 word reviews of the novels. They should cover the portion assigned on the

first day we discuss the work. Responses should go beyond mere plot summary and should

foreground key phrases and passages (with page numbers) and advance 2 or 3 argumentsabout the work.

Course Schedule

Week Subject

Week 1 T Introduction

Week 1 Th Jane Eyre Response #1

Week 2 T Jane Eyre

Week 2 Th Jane Eyre

Week 3 T Wide Sargasso Sea Response #2

Week 3 Th Wide Sargasso Sea

Week 4 T Wide Sargasso Sea

Week 4 Th Wide Sargasso Sea

Week 5 T The God of Small Things Response #3

Week 5 Th The God of Small Things

Week 6 T The God of Small Things Short Paper 1 due

Week 6 Th The God of Small Things

Week 7 T The Unconsoled Response #4

Week 7 Th The Unconsoled

Week 8 T The Unconsoled

Week 8 Th Midterm Exam

Week 9 T A Small Place Response #5

Week 9 Th A Small Place

Week 10 T A Small Place


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Week 10 Th A Small Place

Week 11 T Disgrace Response #6

Week 11 Th Disgrace

Week 12 T Disgrace

Week 12 Th Disgrace

Week 13 T Howards End Response #7

Week 13 Th Howards End

Week 14 T Howards End

Week 14 Th On Beauty Response #8

Week 15 T On Beauty Short Paper 2 due

Week 15 Th On Beauty

Week 16 T On Beauty

Week 16 Th Final Exam

Grades Defined by the University

University legislation prescribes the grades and symbols that will be reported on the studentstranscript as Achievement as follows;

A (90-100) outstanding relative to the level necessary to meet course requirements.

B (80-89) significantly above the level necessary to meet course requirements.

C (70-79) meeting the basic course requirements in every respect.

D (60-69) worthy of credit even though it does not fully meet the basic course requirements

in every respect.

F (0-59) failing to meet the basic course requirements.

S satisfactory = not less than C-

N No credit. Performance not meriting S on the S-N grade base.

Technology

Using personal electronic devices in the classroom setting can hinder instruction and learning,

not only for the student using the device but also for other students in the class. In order to

reap maximum benefit of the classroom environment, cell phones will be turned off or on

vibrate (and stored in pockets, purses, backpack not on the desks). If you must answer you cell


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quietly exit the room. Over use of this could result in having cell phone turned off. Laptops

will be closed and/or turned off when class is being conducted unless laptop is being used in

class.

Scholastic Dishonesty

You are expected to do your own academic work and cite sources as necessary. Failing to do

so is scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty means plagiarizing; cheating on assignments

or examinations; engaging in unauthorized collaboration on academic work; taking, acquiring,

or using test materials without faculty permission; submitting false or incomplete records of

academic achievement; acting alone or in cooperation with another to falsify records or to

obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement; altering, forging, or

misusing a University academic record; or fabricating or falsifying data, research procedures,

or data analysis. If it is determined that a student has cheated, he or she may be given an "F" or

an "N" for the course, and may face additional sanctions from the University.

Disability

The University provides full support for any student requiring special assistance, and I will be

glad to accommodate such assistance in my classroom, granted that you register with

Disability Services first. According to the official policy, any student with a documented

disability condition (e.g., physical, learning, psychiatric, systemic, vision, hearing, etc.) who

needs to arrange reasonable accommodations should contact the instructor and Disability

Services at the beginning of the semester (http://ds.umn.edu).

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and/or

other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of

unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance or creating an

intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or academic environment in any University activity

or program. Such behavior is not acceptable in the University setting. For additional

information, please consult Board of Regents Policy:

http://regents.umn.edu/sites/default/files/policies/SexHarassment.pdf

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