Eng 250 Syllabus--Maner

Mon 3/12		Question-answer review for final exam Course evaluation Paper #3 due: diction, rhythm, and imagery in any assigned sonnet--1000 words minimum--submitted in a folder with a floppy disk containing the paper as a Word document or "txt" file			Review notes
Fri 3/16		Final exam 3:15-5:15 PM
	Evaluation		Second paper preliminary draft on time, long enough	5%
			Exercises and quizzes (drop lowest grade)	20%
			Paper #1	10%
			Paper #2--final draft	15%
			Paper #3	25%
			Attendance	5%
			Final exam	20%
	Attendance portion of course grade		0-2 absences	A
			3 absences	B
			4 absences	C
			5 absences	D
			6 absences	F
			7 absences	F for entire course
	Computing Course Grades Course grades are computed by multiplying weighted percentages times the numerical value of letter grades, using the following equivalents: A = 4.0, A- = 3.8, B+ = 3.2, and so on.
	Preliminary Draft Credit The grade for turning in a preliminary draft is either A or F. To earn the "A" credit for turning in a preliminary draft, your paper must be handed in on time at the beginning of the hour on the due date; it must meet the minimum length requirement; if it uses secondary source material, it must contain complete parenthetical citations and a complete list of works cited; and it must be accompanied by a disk copy in Word or "txt" format.. If it fails to meet any of these requirements (by being, for example, only a few minutes late or only a few words short of the minimum length), it will receive a grade of F. This deadline policy is designed to reward students merely for meeting basic obligations and to enable me to conduct prompt evaluations. Once deadlines and minimum criteria have been established, they must be enforced consistently. If you prefer to waive this 5% credit, you may do so during the first week of class, and these points will be distributed across other requirements at that time.
	Attendance Attendance at every class meeting is required. If you must miss a class, please do not ask me whether you "missed anything important." This question implies that on some days, nothing but trivial and unimportant material is presented. Please do not ask me to go over the material you missed; it is your responsibility to review such material with a classmate. After seven recorded absences, which may include days that you arrived late but failed to have me correct the attendance record, you will receive an automatic F for the course. I take attendance at the beginning of the hour. If you arrive late, your attendance will not be recorded unless you see me after class to have me mark you as present. Absences and late arrivals can affect your course grade, particularly in marginal cases. Also, note that repeated late arrivals will lower your attendance and participation grade; each set of three late arrivals equals one absence. If something or someone is frequently going to prevent your arriving on time, you should see me at once and tell me about it.
	"Writing Intensive" Component Grades Two grades are submitted for this course: a grade for the course itself, and a grade for the "writing intensive" component. The writing intensive grade is "pass" or "fail," and you must attain an average of C or better on the three papers (not counting preliminary draft credit) to receive a "pass.".
	Assistance on Papers I am happy to meet with you individually for assistance, but administrative work may force me to miss office hours occasionally. Making an appointment a day ahead of time is always advisable.
	Fourth Hour This is a four-credit-hour course which meets for only three hours per week. The fourth hour will be devoted to guided research and writing.
	CLASS POLICIES
	1. Papers, at-home exercises, etc. are due at the beginning of the class period on the due dates indicated above; arriving in class even two minutes late will mean zero credit for an exercise or a half-grade reduction for the final draft of a paper. I will evaluate preliminary drafts submitted after the deadline, but no "preliminary draft credit" will be given for them. Since late exercises will receive no credit, if you must miss class on a due date, be sure to fax me a copy of your exercise. (See Class Policy #9, below.) Late final drafts of the paper will be subject to the following reductions: work turned in after the beginning of class but before the end of office hours on the due date will be penalized 5 points (on a 100-point scale). For each day or portion of a day thereafter, the penalty will be 10 points per day, with 4:55 PM as the cut-off time (because that is when the secretaries lock up the English office).
	2. Papers shorter than the assigned minimum length will receive grade reductions of 5 points for each unit of 100 words by which they fall short.. Please do not try to evade the length requirement by fooling around with large fonts and margins. A page using proper MLA format should have 1" margins on all sides, 1/3" line spacing, 27 lines to the page (unless over-ridden by widow and orphan control), plus a page header. Properly formatted MLA templates are available at <http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/rptemp.htm>.
	3. I will not give a make-up quizzes, nor will I reschedule examinations for times other than those specified in the syllabus.
	4. Assistance on written work should be limited to the instructor, library reference personnel, and Writing Center personnel. Automatic penalty for any form of plagiarism (defined as passing off the work of someone else as if it were your own): F for the course, written notification of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the English Department Chair. Your papers for this course must be exclusively your own and exclusively for this course. You may not submit a previously submitted paper, nor a paper simultaneously submitted for another course.
	5. I normally do not grant "I" grades, since they usually cause more problems than they solve. If you miss an assignment, your grade will be computed on the basis of the work you completed, with the missing assignment counted as a zero.
	6. A preliminary draft is not a rough draft. The preliminary draft should represent your best effort; it should be a paper ready to hand in for credit in a regular literature course, even though in this writing intensive course it will receive further revision. If a preliminary draft is substantially below this standard, you man receive zero "preliminary draft credit" for it.
	7. Mid-course changes in the syllabus (assignments, readings, grading policies) are sometimes necessary, though I will always try to provide sufficient advance notice of such changes.
	8. My office is 341 Allyn, telephone 775-2639. You may leave messages for me with the department secretaries at 775-3136. Another convenient way to have individual conferences is via e-mail. My e-mail address is listed at the top of the syllabus. I check my account daily. Note, too, that this syllabus is posted on the Web at <http://philos.wright.edu/Dept/ENG/maner/Maner.htm>.
	9. Sending a fax copy to meet a deadline is acceptable. The departmental fax number is 775-2707. However, it is your responsibility to follow up the fax transmission by calling 775-3136 to confirm that the fax copy was received. You should always "chase" a fax copy with a regular printed copy as soon as possible, since fax copies are flimsy and often only semi-legible. Never hand in the only paper copy or disk copy of a paper. Always make a full disk backup of your work. Last-minute printer failures, disk crashes, etc. are not valid excuses for late work.
	10. You will have accumulated only a few percentage points of graded credit by the time the last drop date arrives. Probably the best way to estimate your likely performance in this course is to ask yourself the following questions: a) Has the diagnostic exam indicated that I am likely to receive a grade lower than C? b) Have I attended every class and done every assignment? c) By the time the last drop date arrives, have I received low grades on the first paper and the first two quizzes?
	11. Due to the continuing decline of courtesy among Wright State students, it is necessary to mention some things that should normally go without saying. a) It is rude to e-mail someone anonymously, using only a screen name. b) It is rude to leave voice mail messages without identifying yourself. ("I am a student in your morning class" is not adequate self-identification.) c) It is rude to bring a beeping watch, or cell phone, or other digital device to class without turning it off first. d) It is rude to bring a child to class with you, especially if you have not asked for the instructor's permission.
	RESOURCES
	Online Research Tutorial (in two parts): http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/eval01.htm (Finding and Evaluating Sources) http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/act06.htm (Gathering Information Online)
	Guide to Essential Tools for Research in English Literature: http://philos.wright.edu/Dept/ENG/maner/701lib.htm
	MLA Online Guide to Documentation: http://www.mla.org/ [Click "MLA Style."]
	Using Search Engines to Find Web Resources: http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/search_engines.htm
	Online Resources for Research Writers: http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/eng344.htm
	Links to Resources in Literature and the Humanities: http://philos.wright.edu/Dept/ENG/others.htm
	E-Mail Links: Martin Maner Charlotte Droll (Humanities Reference Librarian) Martin Jenkins (Humanities Reference Librarian)

Date	Topic	Reading*
Wed 1/3	The study of literature Class policies Ungraded diagnostic exam Complete the assigned readings and exercises before coming to class. Page numbers beginning with "A" refer to the Abrams Glossary; page numbers beginning with "M" refer to the Meyer Bedford Introduction.	*See comment under "Topic."
Fri 1/5	Discussion of diagnostic Writing critical analysis Problems and pitfalls Developing an argument	M 1540-47.
Mon 1/8	What to say about a poem Qualities of a good thesis Last day to add classes or receive 100% refund of fees	M 1-6; M 1523-40; M 531-62.
Wed 1/10	Comments on poetry and its enjoyment A sample analysis Interpretation, features, and functions "The Fish" Ambiguity	M 563-69; M 542-44; A 10-11.

Fri 1/12	Concrete and abstract Connotation and denotation Motif and theme Discuss Paper #1 assignment Distribute handout, "I Knew a Woman"	A 43-44; A 36-37; A 121.
Mon 1/15	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Wright State University closed
Wed 1/17	Word choice, word order, and tone "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" "To His Coy Mistress" "In a Station of the Metro"	M 570-82; M 573; M 581-82; M 614.
Thu 1/18	Last day for 70% refund of fees
Fri 1/19	"I Knew a Woman" Images Last day to drop without a "W"	Handout; M 600-05.
Mon 1/22	Persona, tone, and voice "Dover Beach" Poetic diction Quiz #1: in class	A217-19; M 605-06; A228-30.
Wed 1/24	Peer evaluations Distribute "April Inventory" handout Group discussion of sample paper Paper #1 due: Response paper on Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish"--500 words minimum--submitted in a folder with a floppy disk containing the paper as a Word document or "txt" file	M 542-44.
Fri 1/26	Figures of speech Antithesis Euphony and cacophony Figurative language Rhetorical figures "Mirror"	M 617-34: A 11-12; A 83-84; A 96-103; A 270-73; M 628.
Mon 1/29	"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"	M 630-31.
Wed 1/31	"April Inventory" Return graded papers	Handout.
Fri 2/2	Quiz #2: in class Catch up on missed material Last day to drop with a "W"

Mon 2/5	Symbol, allegory, and irony Conceit Hyperbole and understatement Symbol Irony Paradox Pun Synesthesia	M 635-61; A 42-43; A 120; A 311-14; A 134-38; A 201-02; A 253; A 315.
Wed 2/7	Sounds "God's Grandeur" From An Essay on Criticism	M 662-86: M 673; M 681-82.
Fri 2/9	Alliteration Blank verse Free verse Heroic couplet Meter Onomatopoeia Rhyme	A 8-9: A 24-25: A 105-08: A 114-15; A 159-65: A 199-200: A 273-75.
Mon 2/12	Quiz #3: in class	None.
Wed 2/14	Patterns of rhythm "Still to Be Neat" "My Papa's Waltz" Distribute handout	M 687-705; M 697: M 701-02.
Fri 2/16	Paper #2 preliminary draft due: critical analysis of any assigned poem--1000 words minimum--submitted in a folder with a floppy disk containing the paper as a Word document or "txt" file Peer evaluations
Mon 2/19	Poetic forms--I (stanza, rhyme scheme, couplet, tercet, quatrain, terza rima) "Shall I compare thee . . . " "My mistress' eyes . . . " "Death Be Not Proud" "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" Conventions Form and structure Sonnet Stanza Return of preliminary drafts with critiques	M 706-14; M 711-12; M 712: M 882; M 896-97; A 47-48; A 101-02; A 290-91; A 294-97.

Wed 2/21	Poetic forms--I (villanelle, sestina, limerick, haiku, elegy, picture poem, parody) "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" "The Windhover" "Dover Bitch" Ballad Elegy Epigram Haiku Lyric Ode Refrain Accentual verse; accentual verse; accentual-syllabic verse	M 714-27; M 709-10; M 889-90; M 886-87; A 18-19; A 56; A 146-47; A 198-99; A 263.
Fri 2/23	Quiz #4: in class Quoting and paraphrasing--I Deadline for optiional preliminary draft of Paper #3.
Mon 2/26	Quoting and paraphrasing--II Parenthetical documentation Return of ptional preliminary drafts of paper #3 with critiques
Wed 2/28	Basics of critical theory "Ars Poetica"	M 1483-505; handout.
Fri 3/2	Affective fallacy Criticism Intentional fallacy New Criticism Final draft of paper #2 due--submitted in a folder with a floppy disk containing the paper as a Word document or "txt" file	A 4; A 49-53; A 126-27; A 180-82;.
Mon 3/5	Objective correlative Pathetic fallacy Tension Quiz #5: in class	A 197; A 203-04; A 315-16.
Wed 3/7	Course review through close analysis "The Windhover" "Leda and the Swan"	M889-90; M 914.
Fri 3/9	Winter quarter "bad weather catch up day"