460A F18 Hadfield

ENGL 460A

Fall 2018

Instructor: Prof. D.A. Hadfield

Email: dhadfield@uwaterloo.ca

Office: HH 270

Office Hours: T/Th 11:30am-12:30pm, or by appointment

Class Times: T/Th 10-11:30 am in HH 259

Course Overview and Objectives:

As the Victorian era drew to a close and the world prepared to welcome the twentieth century, writers reflected both the optimism and the profound sense of anxiety and unease of a world on the cusp of change. New genres of literature and drama emerged to grapple with the effects of political tensions, technological innovations, spiritual unrest, and social upheaval. This is the age of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes—villains intent on destroying the sociopolitical order and agents intent on thwarting them. It’s the age of Major Barbara, pitting a Salvation Army crusader against her arms dealer father in an argument over which of them will save the world. But some of the most controversial literature of the period revolved around Grant Allen’s notorious novel The Woman Who Did, hotly debating the propriety of what the woman did – or didn’t – do. Whether their characters were recognizable social reformers or exotic, supernatural creatures, early modernist authors set them into familiar, contemporary landscapes, allowing them to bring their arguments—and their threats—directly into the world their readers inhabited. By considering both the literary texts and the historical and social contexts in which they were created, we will explore how the fin-de-siècle grappled with the inexorable approach of modernism.

Formal assessment and evaluation:

Pre-class quizzes: 15%

Timeline contributions: 20%

Context Analysis (3x10%): 30%

Critical edition project: 35%

We acknowledge that we are living and working on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (also known as Neutral), Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes 10 kilometres on each side of the Grand River.

Required Texts:

The following texts are available through the University bookstore:

*Allen, Grant. The Woman Who Did. Broadview Critical Edition. Ed. Nicholas Ruddick. Peterborough: Broadview, 2004.

*Meade, L.T. The Sorceress of the Strand. Broadview Critical Edition. Ed. Janis Dawson. Peterborough: Broadview, 2016.

Richardson, Angelique, ed. Women Who Did. London: Penguin, 2002.

*Shaw, Bernard. Mrs Warren’s Profession. Broadview Critical Edition. Ed. L.W. Conolly. Peterborough: Broadview, 2005.

*Stoker, Bram. Dracula. Broadview Critical Edition. Ed. Glennis Byron. Peterborough: Broadview, 1998.

* You must have at least one of these texts in the Broadview edition.

The following texts are available online (links in LEARN), or in print-on-demand course packs at the University bookstore. Alternatively, you can use any available edition.

Cross(e), Victoria. The Woman Who Didn’t. http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/vwwp/view?docId=VAB7197

Forster, E.M. “The Eternal Moment.” Short story published in The Eternal Moment and Other Stories and Collected Stories, volume 2. https://archive.org/stream/eternalmomentoth0000fors#page/80/mode/2up (please return book promptly)

Shaw, Bernard. Heartbreak House. 1913-16. https://archive.org/details/heartbreakhouseg00shaw

Shaw, Bernard. Major Barbara. 1905. https://archive.org/details/majorbarbara00shawgoog

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENTS/ESSAYS/TESTS

All writing assignments can be handed in online through the appropriate dropboxes in LEARN or in hardcopy, whichever you prefer.

Pre-class quizzes (15%): These quizzes will be available in LEARN, approximately one per week, and will test your general knowledge of the work we will be discussing in class. Each quiz will be available for a limited time, and there are no extensions, but only your best 10 quizzes will count towards your final grade.

Timeline Contributions (20%): Every week, we will create a timeline of political, social, literary, and technological events relevant to the text(s) under consideration that week. You will identify 3 events for the timeline (one in each category) and be prepared to explain their relevance in class. Min. 8 over the term.

Context Analysis (3@10%): Choose 3 works from the course and analyse how the text uses the events named in your timeline contribution for that text to invoke its contemporary milieu within the world of the text. Each essay will be approximately 750 1000 words, due one week after the timeline items were presented.

Critical Edition project (35%): For this assignment, you will prepare a partial critical edition for one of the works from the syllabus (or 3-4 short stories), excluding the Broadview editions. For the edition, you need to prepare an introductory essay for the play, a timeline, textual annotations, and suggestions for appendix material. Your introductory essay (1500-2000words) should situate the text(s) among at least 2 of the other works from the course and refer to its contribution to the early modernist literary milieu. The timeline should include a selection of events relevant to a reading of the text(s) in your edition. The annotations (8-10) will illuminate or explicate historically-relevant references useful or necessary for understanding the work. (You can excerpt only the pages of the text that include annotations if you wish.) Finally, you will suggest types of material for at least 2 appendices (you don’t have to provide the actual material, just 1-2 paragraphs describing what you would include, where you might find it, and why/how this material would contribute to an understanding of the play). All relevant sources, even primary texts or other course materials, must be documented properly according to MLA format. Due: Wednesday, December 12.

COURSE POLICIES

Late policy:

All assignments are due at the date and time specified. However, you can have up to 7 extension days (total) to use however you wish throughout the term for major written assignments (Context Analysis essays and Critical Edition project). You can use them for a fullweek extension on one assignment, or take a few days extra on several assignments. You don’t need to ask permission or provide documentation, and there will be no late penalties assessed for using them. If you will require assignment extensions beyond those 7 days, please come see me to discuss an appropriate plan.

These extension days do not apply to pre-class quizzes and timeline activities, but for each of those assignments, there are more opportunities to complete them than will count towards your final grade, so you can miss some without penalty.

Accommodations:

If you have specific needs that require accommodation, please come see me so we can work something out. I am committed to ensuring that this class provides everyone with a fair opportunity to succeed. See the “University Resources for Accommodation and Support” page in the syllabus section on LEARN for additional information about support services on campus and in the community.

Correspondence:

All course-related emails should be sent from your @uwaterloo account. Please include the course number (ENGL 460A) in the subject line of the email, and sign your email with your first and last name. Emails to your professors take place in a professional context, so please use appropriate language. I will not read emails that don’t identify the course number in the subject line or otherwise let me clearly identify who you are. If your emails address me as “Hey, Prof” or any of “Ms/Miss/Mrs. Hadfield,” I will weep for your lack of contextual self-awareness, but I will otherwise not respond.

University Policies:

Please see the syllabus section on LEARN for additional information about:

• Important dates for the Fall 2018 term
• University Policies on Academic Integrity and Freedom
• University Resources for Accommodation and Support

CLASS SCHEDULE OF READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS

The following schedule is tentative and may change. Additional readings may be assigned in

class.

Pre-class quizzes will close at the class start time on the day that they are due. Note that due dates for the Context Analysis assignments will vary depending on your choice of works. See the “Late policy” and “Accommodations” sections in the syllabus for more information on managing your course participation.

Short stories listed in the schedule are from Richardson, Women Who Did.

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