Course Syllabus & Information
Novels should be read for at least the first time on the following schedule. The Poetry will be read passim and schedule announced in class: one week is dedicated for a concentrated study of the singular phenomenon of the War poets.
Virginia Woolf - Jacob's Room
May 9th & 11th
May 16th & 18th
C.S. Forester - The General
May 23rd & 25th
May 30th & June 1st
Rebecca West - The Return of the Soldier
June 6th & June 8th
June 13th & June 15th
Ford Maddox Ford - Parade's End
June 20th & June 22th
June 27th & June 29th
July 4th & July 6th
Evelyn Waugh - Vile Bodies
July 11th & July 13th
July 18th & July 20th
Penguin Edition of First World War Poetry
July 25th & July 27th
Review and Wrap-Up
August 1st & August 3rd
See support material available on Library Reserve.
Assignment Deadlines: Nb. There is a 3% per day late penalty for assignments, documented medical or bereavement leave excepted. For medical exemptions, simply provide a letter from a physician on letterhead which declares his or her medical judgement that an illness prevented work on the essay over the assigned three week period.
1. Mid term paper, twenty-five hundred words: due July 11th in seminar. Assignment sheet with suggested topics will be blogged on June 13th. Criteria will include literary analysis, engagement with course themes and writing mechanics.
2. Group quiz project: in last two seminar weeks.
3. Individual class presentation: schedule and assignment sheet handed out in seminar. A ten minute presentation on one of a choice of topics to be blogged. Ten minutes is a firm limit: the Instructor will blow the whistle ....
4. Final Paper, Thirty-five hundred words: Open topic, due no later than August 7th at midnight in the Instructor's Department mailbox.
Course Approach
Course requirement weighting:
10% Course participation
10% Seminar presentation
20% Group quiz project
20% Mid-term paper (approx. 2500 words)
40% Final Paper (approx. 3500 words)
Nb: “Participation requires both participation in seminar and attendance and punctuality at lecture and seminar."
Instructor Contact:
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30– 11:20, Tuesday 13:30-15:00, Friday 12:00-13:00, and by appointment, in AQ6094.
Also ogden@sfu.ca and http://firstworldwarlit.blogspot.com. E-mail accepted from campus mail accounts only.
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