Posted below is the Course Syllabus for EN102-O which reflects page numbers for the 10th Edition Literature text in parentheses "( )" and page numbers for the 9th Edition Literature text in brackets "[ ]." In class I will refer to the 9th Edition as it seems most people purchased this text.
Please note that some of the supplementary readings that are in the 10th Edition did not appear in the 9th Edition. Copies of these readings will be passed out in class on 2/6/07. These readings are indicated as HANDOUT on the revised syllabus.
Prof. D'Alotto
Class Hours: T/TH. 11:00 am – 12:15 pm (Chamberlayne 007)
Office Hours: By appt. (Writing Center) (Please email or talk to me after class to arrange.)
Email: bdalotto@mountida.edu
http://www.quia.com/pages/mtidacomp1020.html
SYLLABUS – EN102
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this reading and writing-intensive course, students practice and refine the skills developed in EN101. In addition to fiction, poetry, and drama, this course will include research methods and writing a research paper.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students who have completed this course will be able to:
• Present central ideas coherently: structure a paper; develop paragraphs; write clear sentences; punctuate effectively; edit and proofread
• Write persuasively: defend a debatable thesis; think critically and solve problems in the writing process; find appropriate information for a writing assignment
• Read with comprehension
• Write critically about fiction, poetry, and drama
• Incorporate citations into a research paper
• Communicate clearly and effectively through essays, discussions, and critiques
• Incorporate elements of the writing process, including critiquing the writing assignments of others.
• Recognize that diversity enriches all aspects of our individual and collective lives
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2006.
Kennedy, X. J. and Dana Gioia. Literature – An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Writing. 10th ed. New York: Pearson, 2007.
NOTE: Due to the Campus Store’s ordering of 9th Edition Literature texts, bracketed page numbers have been added which denote the appropriate page numbers in that edition.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Attendance, preparation and active participation will ensure productive and infinitely more interesting classes for all of us. Appropriate involvement means being prepared to actively discuss ideas, feelings and questions with the class by thoughtfully completing assigned reading and writing assignments prior to class meetings.
Attendance is extremely important in shaping the classroom community; therefore, after three absences, each absence will result in a one-point deduction from your FINAL grade. Each late arrival (after attendance is taken) will result in a ½ point deduction. Any student who has more than 6 un-excused absences will automatically fail this course. Students are expected to bring their literature text, a notebook and pens to every class session and to actively take notes.
EXAMS: A midterm exam will be given based upon readings and exercises from the texts as well as from class activities and discussions. Make-up exams will only be given upon presentation of a doctor’s note.
ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS: You will be responsible for writing three (3) well developed papers in this class. One of these papers will be a research paper. All papers will be written as part of a process which means that you must turn in each of the following to receive full credit: 1) a rough draft prior to the paper due date (generally, in the class preceding the due date) and 2) a peer commented (and signed) draft along with the revised final essay. Final essays will not be accepted without the peer edited draft. Late drafts will not be accepted and will result in a partial loss of credit in the final essay grade. Late essays will be downgraded one full letter grade for each day of lateness.
REFLECTION PAPERS: Approximately once a week, you will be asked to write a one-page response to the readings for that day. This response should be informal, but thoughtful. A brief prompt will be passed out in the class prior to the day this response is due. If you are absent, please check the class web page for that day’s assignments, as you are expected to bring it to the next class. Additionally, you will be writing in class and these papers will also periodically be collected and counted for a grade. Since all writing could be read by other class members, as well as by me, please choose topics that you feel comfortable sharing. Reflection papers will be holistically graded with “check-plus” (A range), “check” (B range), “check-minus” (C range) or “NC” (No Credit, inadequately done). Late Reflection Papers will only be accepted with a doctor’s excuse, as these relate to and will frequently be used to generate discussion on the day they are due.
PAPER FORMAT: All papers written for this class should be TYPED using MLA format, double-spaced, 12 point, and Times New Roman Font. Each paper MUST include: 1) the course name, 2) the assignment name and 3) your name in the heading of each page. Papers not including this information will be subject to loss of credit.
GRADES:
• Formal Essays (5 pages each) 30%
• Reflection Papers (1 page each) 25%
• Final Research Paper (7-10 pages) 25%
• Attendance and Class Participation 10%
• Midterm 10%
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Students are expected to produce independent, original work. Students who plagiarize, (use the words or ideas of others from published works, including internet sources, without appropriate quotation marks or references) will receive a grade of zero for the assignment. If you have questions about plagiarism or how to cite sources, please see me or a member of the Writing Center to clarify your questions.
MOUNT IDA E-MAIL: This course requires you to have a Mount Ida email address, even if you have another private account. If you do not yet have a Mount Ida Account, please register by the end of your first week of class.
MOUNT IDA ACCOMODATIONS: Mount Ida College is committed to arranging reasonable accommodations for all students with documented learning disabilities. Any student with a documented learning disability who is seeking accommodations in the classroom should speak with me at the earliest opportunity. Students who have not yet presented their documentation to the college should schedule an appointment with Dean Curtis at 617-928-4556 or acurtis@mountida.edu to arrange for appropriate support services and reasonable classroom accommodations.
COURSE CALENDAR: The following schedule is subject to adjustment during the semester, at the instructor’s discretion.
Week #1
Thurs. Jan. 18
Syllabus – Course Overview
Week #2
Tues. Jan. 23
“The Short Story” (13-14); [13-15]
“Writing Effectively” (20-22); [21-22]
“Point of View” (23-28); [23-28]
“A Rose for Emily”- William Faulkner (28-35); [29-36]
Reflection paper #1 due on POV
Thurs. Jan. 25
*Please read in this order:
“Critical Approaches to Literature” and “Formalist Criticism” (2177-2178); [2201-2202]
“Sonny’s Blues” – James Baldwin (43-63); [53-76]
Week #3
Tues. Jan 30
“Setting” (112-114); [124-126]
“The Story of an Hour” – Kate Chopin (523-525); [552-553]
“Miss Brill” – Katherine Mansfield (83-86); [639-643]
Reflection paper #2 due on Setting
Thurs. Feb 1
“Tone and Style” (153-156); [170-174]
“A Clean, Well Lighted Place” – Ernest Hemingway (156-160); [174-178]
“Saboteur” – Ha Jin (178-185); [200-209]
Week #4
Tues. Feb. 6
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” – Flannery O’Connor (358-368); [431-442]
“The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Perkins Gilman (424-435); [571-584]
Reflection Paper #3 due in class
Pass out prompt for Essay #1
Thurs. Feb 8
“Biographical Criticism” (2182-2183); [HANDOUT]
“Excerpt from ‘On Her Own Work’: The Element of Suspense in ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’” O’Connor (396-398); [459]
“On Her Catholic Faith” O’Connor (398-399); [462]
“Excerpt from ‘The Grotesque in Southern Fiction’: The Serious Writer and the Tired Reader” O’Connor (399-400); [462-463]
“Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” – Gilman (435-436); [HANDOUT]
“Whatever Is” – Gilman (436-437); [HANDOUT]
“The Nervous Breakdown of Women” – Gilman (437); [HANDOUT]
Reflection #4 due in class
Week #5
Tues. Feb. 13
“Symbol” (229-231); [251-253]
“The Chrysanthemums” John Steinbeck (231-239); [253-262]
“The Lottery” – Shirley Jackson (239-245); [263-269]
Rough Draft for Formal Essay #1 - Due in Class [BRING THREE (3) COPIES]
In Class: PEER EDIT AND SHORT WRITING ON READINGS
Thurs. Feb. 15
“What is Poetry?” (656-657); [697-699]
“Reading a Poem” (659-663); [701-705]
“Dramatic Poetry” (668); [711]
“Writing a Paraphrase – Can a Poem Be Paraphrased?” (671-673); [715-716]
“My Last Duchess” (668-670); [712-713]
“My Papa’s Waltz” - Roethke (674-675); [718-719]
“I like to see it lap the miles” – Dickenson (678); [721]
“To a Locomotive in Winter” – Whitman (677); [720]
Week #6
Tues. Feb. 20
NO CLASS TODAY! WORK ON YOUR ESSAYS!
LAST DAY FOR WRITING CENTER APPOINTMENTS!
Thurs. Feb. 22
“Literal Meaning: What a Poem Says First” (706-707); [749-750]
“Every Word Counts” (728-729); HANDOUT]
“This is Just to Say” – Williams (707-708); [750-751]
“Batter my heart, three-personed God, for You” – Donne (709); [753]
“The Ruined Maid” - Hardy (719); [764]
“Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” – Cummings (722); [767]
Final Essay #1 Due in Class
Week #7
Tues. Feb. 27
“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” – Shakespeare (767); [815]
“Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” – Moss (768); [816]
“Metaphors” – Plath (771); [820]
“The Pulley” – Herbert (778); [828]
“Success is counted sweetest” – Dickinson (1014); [1098]
“Fire and Ice”- Frost (737); [784]
Reflection Paper #5 - Paraphrased poem due in class
Thurs. March 1
Mid-Term Exam – Covers all readings and terms to date
Week #8
Tues. March 6
“Imagery [790-792]
“Black Identity in Langston Hughes” (Pinckney 1044) [1131-1132]
“Cultural Studies” (2216-2217); [2245-2246]
“The winter evening settles down” – T. S. Eliot (745); [792]
“Facing It” – Yusef Komunyakaa (942); [1012-1013]
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” – Hughes (1030); [1117]
“I, Too” – Hughes (1032); [1118]
Reflection Paper #6 due in class
Handout on Essay #2
Thurs. March 8
“Saying and Suggesting” (731-732); [776-777]
“Writing Effectively” (1007-1008); HANDOUT
“What is Poetry?” (1009-1012); HANDOUT
“London” – Blake (733-734); [778-780]; NOTE: Please read the explication in your book carefully!
Week #9
Tues. March 13 & Thurs. March 15 – SPRING BREAK! No classes this week.
Week #10
Tues. March 20
“Sound as Meaning” (808-809); [861-862]
“Eight O’Clock” – Housman (814);
“We Real Cool” – Brooks (833); [889] [BROOKS ON “WE” 905]
“Beat! Beat! Drums! – Whitman (845); [903]
“We Wear the Mask” Dunbar (1004); HANDOUT
Thurs. March 22
“Drama” (1220-1221); [1299-1301]
“Reading a Play” (1223-1224); [1303-1305]
Draft Essay #2 - due in class today! PEER EDIT!
Week #11
Tues. March 27
Hamlet – Shakespeare – Act I (1470 – 1499); [1603-1631]
In Class: Initial Discussion of Research Project – schedule, etc. (Handout)
Thurs. March 29
Library Visit - Discussion of Sources – Class meets in the campus Library
Final Essay #2 due today!
Week #12
Tues. April 3
Hamlet – Act II – ALL (1499 – 1518); [1631-1651]
“Psychoanalytic Criticism” (2192-2193); [2218-2219]
Research Paper Topic and Research Question due in class
Thurs. April 5
Hamlet – Shakespeare – Act III – ALL (1519 – 1546); [1651-1678]
Reflection Paper #7 due in class
Week #13
Tues. April 10
Hamlet – Act IV - ALL (1546-1566); [1678-1699]
Thurs. April 12
Hamlet – Shakespeare – Act V (1566-1588); [1699-1719]
Reflection Paper #8 due in class
Week #14
Tues. April 17
“The Modern Theater - Realism and Naturalism” (1677-1679); [1806-1808]
A Doll’s House – Ibsen – Act I – ALL (1679-1702); [1809-1832]
Preliminary Annotated Bibliography Due in class today!
Thurs. April 19
“Gender Criticism,” “Towards a Feminist Poetics,” (2204-2205); [2232-2233]
A Doll’s House – Ibsen – Act II – ALL (1702-1718); [1832-1849]
Reflection Paper #9 due in class
Week #15
Tues. April 24
In-Class Conferences on Research Papers
Draft Research Paper Due in Class (Draft of 3-5 pages min.)
Thurs. April 26
A Doll’s House – Ibsen – Act III – ALL (1718-1735); [1849-1866]
Reflection Paper #10 due in class
Week #16
Tues. May 1
Video
Final Outline of Research Paper Due in Class Today!
Thurs. May 3
Video
FINAL RESEARCH PAPER DUE TODAY! (7-10 pages)
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