COMSATS University Islamabad Lahore Campus

COURSE HANDBOOK

1 Course Title Classical and Neo Classical Poetry

2 Course Code ENG101
3 Credit Hours 3(3,0)
4 Semester 1st
5 Resource Person Dr Javaria Farooqui
javariafarooqui@cuilahore.edu.pk
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6 Supporting Team Members
7 Contact Hours (Theory) 3 hours per week
8 Contact Hours (Lab)
9 Office Hours
10 Course Introduction

This course focuses on the reading, discussion, and scholarly analysis of selected classical and neo-
classical English poems in order to develop essential literary analysis and interpretative skills and
develop familiarity with the conventions of poetry and drama. Different practices to raise questions and
discussions will also be the part of the syllabus

11 Learning Objectives

• To interpret Classical Poetry within its literary and historical context.

• To develop keen awareness of poetic language and tone.

• To perceive poetry as refined commentary on the aesthetics of its time.

After successful completion of the course, the students will be able to identify major tenets of Classical
Poetry, effectively analyze Classical Poetry within its literary and historical context, and understand the
elements of versification: rhyme, rhythm, metre, tone, mood, and other technicalities of verse.

12 Course Contents
13 Lecture/Lab Schedule
Weeks Topic of Lecture Readings/Assignment/
Quiz
Week 1-3 Introduction to Classical English poetry

Introduction to Chaucer- General Prologue

Week 4-8 Prologue- critical analysis

Midterm exams

Week9-11 Sonnents

1. One day I wrote her name upon the strand

[Spencer]
2. When forty winters will besiege thy brow
[Shakespeare]

Week12-13 Donne
1. The sun rising
2. When thou hath Donne

Week14-16 Milton

Paradise Lost- Book 1- First 320 lines

Week17-18
Pope

The Rape of the Lock

14 Course Assessment
The assessment of this module shall have following breakdown structure

First Sessional Test 10%

Second Sessional Test 15%
Quizzes/Assignments 25%
Terminal Examination 50%

The minimum pass marks for each course shall be 50%. Students obtaining less than 50% marks in any
course shall be deemed to have failed in that course. The correspondence between letter grades , credit
points, and percentage marks at CIIT shall be as follows:
Grades Letter Grade Credit Points Percentage Marks

A (Excellent) 4.0 90and above

A- 3.7 85-89
B+ 3.3 80-84
B (Good) 3.0 75-79
B- 2.7 70-74
 C+ 2.3 65-69
C (Average) 2.0 60-64
C- 1.7 55-59
D (Minimum passing) 1.3 50-54
F (Failing) 0.0 Less than 50
Note: The marks to be assigned to students shall be in whole numbers and are not same as followed in
the annual system of Lancaster University.
15 Assessment Schedule
Assignment 1 Class notes- Research
Assignment 2 Spencer’s sonnet- critical analysis
Assignment 3 Donne- sonnet 2- critical analysis
Assignment 4 Pope- Rape of the Lock- review
Quiz 1 Shakespeare’s sonnet
Quiz 2 Spencer’s sonnet
Quiz 3 Milton- quiz
Quiz 4 Extempore quiz in class
16. Format of Assignment
This course indoctrinates the following format for all its assignments:
1. Paper Size: A4
2. Left Margin: 2 Inches
3. Right Margin: 1 Inch
4. Top Margin: 0.5 Inch
5. Bottom Margin: 0.5 Inch
6. Font: Times New Roman
7. Font Size:
a. Main Heading 14
b. Sub Heading 12
c. Text 12
d. Titles 16
8. Font Color: Black
9. Line Spacing: 1.5
10. Diagrams & Charts: Need not be colored
11. Title page must be designed as guided by resource person in class
12. Number of Pages: No Limit
13. Reference Style: MLA (If applicable)
17. Text Book

18. Reference Books

19. Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves the unacknowledged use of someone else’s work, usually in coursework, and
passing it off as if it were one’s own. Many students who submit apparently plagiarised work probably
do so inadvertently without realising it because of poorly developed study skills, including note taking,
referencing and citations; this is poor academic practice rather than malpractice. Some students,
particularly those from different cultures and educational systems, find UK academic
referencing/acknowledgement systems and conventions awkward, and proof-reading is not always easy
for dyslexic students and some visually-impaired students. Study skills education within programmes of
study should minimise the number of students submitting poorly referenced work. However, some
students plagiarise deliberately, with the intent to deceive. This intentional malpractice is a conscious,
pre-mediated form of cheating and is regarded as a particularly serious breach of the core values of
academic integrity.

Plagiarism can include the following:

 1. collusion, where a piece of work prepared by a group is represented as if it were the student’s
own;
2. commission or use of work by the student which is not his/her own and representing it as if it
were, e.g.:
a. purchase of a paper from a commercial service, including internet sites, whether pre-
written or specially prepared for the student concerned
b. submission of a paper written by another person, either by a fellow student or a person
who is not a member of the university;
3. duplication (of one’s own work) of the same or almost identical work for more than one module;
4. the act of copying or paraphrasing a paper from a source text, whether in manuscript, printed or
electronic form, without appropriate acknowledgement (this includes quoting directly from
another source with a reference but without quotation marks);
5. submission of another student’s work, whether with or without that student’s knowledge or
consent;
6. Directly quoting from model solutions/answers made available in previous years;
7. cheating in class tests, e.g.
a. when a candidate communicates, or attempts to communicate, with a fellow candidate or
individual who is neither an invigilator or member of staff
b. copies, or attempts to copy from a fellow candidate
c. attempts to introduce or consult during the examination any unauthorised printed or written
material, or electronic calculating, information storage device, mobile phones or other
communication device
d. personates or allows himself or herself to be impersonated.
8. Fabrication of results occurs when a student claims to have carried out tests, experiments or
observations that have not taken place or presents results not supported by the evidence with the
object of obtaining an unfair advantage.
These definitions apply to work in whatever format it is presented, including written work, online
submissions, groupwork and oral presentations.
20. Attendance Policy
Every student must attend 80% of the lectures/seminars delivered in this course and 80% of the
practical/laboratory work prescribed for the respective courses. The students falling short of required
percentage of attendance of lectures/seminars/practical/laboratory work, etc., shall not be allowed to
appear in the terminal examination of this course and shall be treated as having failed this course.