WEEK ONE: |
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Introduction to Course
Assignment for next class: Freewrite for 15 minutes about Kate
Chopin's "A Story of an Hour"
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PART ONE: READING AND WRITING ABOUT
LITERATURE
"Story of an Hour" (Kate Chopin); Chapter 1, "Reading
Fiction"
(Meyer 11-19); Read about "Plot" (Meyer 64-65), "Character"
(Meyer 98- 99)
Assignment for next class: Answer in writing the first seven
questions on Karen van der Zee's From "A Secret Sorrow"
and Gail Godwin's "A Sorrowful Woman" (Meyer 39-40) |
WEEK TWO: |
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Secret Sorrow" (Karen van der Zee);
Gail Godwin's "A Sorrowful Woman"; "Reading Fiction"
(Meyer 20-42); Read about "Setting" (Meyer 134-136), "Point
of View" (Meyer 156-161), "Symbolism" (Meyer 198-
200)
Assignment for next class: Having decided which story you will
write about for your first paper, write a list of five questions
you would like to explore with regard to your story (Use Chapter
2 in Meyer for guidance). Then focus on the one question you find
most compelling and write a page addr"Aessing it. This exercise
should help you clarify a focus for your first essay. |
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Lecture on the Thesis. Chapter 2, "Writing about Fiction
(Meyer 43-63); Read about "Theme" (Meyer 220-223), Read
about "Style, Tone and Irony" (Meyer 244-248)
Assignment for next class: Answer questions 1-11 on page 317
about Hawthorne's "The Birthmark"
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WEEK THREE: |
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PART TWO: CRITICAL APPROACHES
"Criticism" in Abrams; "The Birthmark" by
Nathanial Hawthorne (Meyer 306-316); Quiz
on Literary Terminology
Assignment for next class: Answer 1 question after each of
the four on Hawthorne's writing
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Read all of Perspectives on Hawthorne (Meyer 317-322)
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WEEK FOUR: |
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"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor (Meyer
327-338)
Assignment for next class: Answer 1 question after each of
the 6 perspectives on O'Connor's writing
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Perspectives on O'Connor (Meyer 390-393) |
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WEEK FIVE: |
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Read "Gender Criticism" and "Deconstruction"
in Abrams. FIRST PAPER DUE (thesis on title page).
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Read "Reader Response Criticism"
"Formalism," "Psychological and Psychoanalytic Criticism,"
"Marxist Criticism," "New Historicism," "Culture
Studies" in Abrams. |
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Quiz on Schools of Criticism |
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PART THREE: LITERARY RESEARCH
Chapter 1, "Research and Writing," in MLA Handbook (1-40)
Class will meet in the Dunbar Library, Room 441-442 for library
research instruction.
Assignment for next class: Turn in a typed list of at least
six possible sources for your upcoming essay on Joyce. Arrange
your sources as if they were on a "Works Cited" page.
Consult Meyer (2099-2115) and the MLA Handbook for proper
format. On a separate sheet of paper, write several sentences
about the potential value of each work as a critical source for
your essay.
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SECOND PAPER DUE ON HAWTHORNE OR O'CONNOR
(Thesis on title page). Chapter 47,"The Literary Research
Paper." (1564- 1583) |
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Discuss James Joyce's "The Dead" (Dead
21-59) |
| WEEK EIGHT: |
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Team presentations on critical perspectives
of "The Dead." In-class exercises on quoting and paraphrasing
literary criticism |
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Team presentations on critical perspectives
of "The Dead"; Thesis for
research paper due (You must be able to identify the kind of critical
approach you are taking) |
| WEEK NINE: |
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ROUGH DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE (Thesis
on title page) (Make three copies, one for yourself and two
to bring to class) |
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Review MLA documentation and style. Bring MLA Handbook
and Meyer to class. |
| WEEK TEN: |
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Individual Conferences: No Class |
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RESEARCH PAPER IS DUE (Attach
all drafts) (Thesis on title page.) MLA Quiz (Bring MLA
Handbook to class); Summary, Evaluation. |
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Three Papers:
2-3 page paper--critical analysis of a story to be determined
2-3 page paper--critical analysis of Hawthorne's "The Birthmark"
or O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to find," incorporating
material from the "Perspectives" sections of Meyer
4-5 page paper--critical research paper on James Joyce's "The
Dead," incorporating at least two secondary sources besides
those in Bedford
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Three quizzes:
Two quizzes--one covering literary terminology, the other literary
theory will be given in class. A third quiz will cover MLA documentation
and style. |
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Six Short Assignments:
Most short assignments are noted on the syllabus; others may
be announced in class. If you are absent, it is your responsibility
to find whether there are additional assignments. All short assignments
must be typed and carefully proofread. They must be handed in
in class on the day they are due.
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Presentation:
In-class Presentation on a critical approach to James Joyce's
"The Dead"
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| ABSENCES: To do well in English 301, you must attend class
regularly: at least sixteen of the twenty scheduled
class sessions. Anyone missing more than four classes (two
weeks) will fail the course. If you must be absent from class, you
MUST make arrangements with someone to take notes for you. |
| LATE ARRIVAL: Please be on time for class. Being on time
means being in class when your name is called for roll. Two tardies
equal an absence.If you are late for class, please let me know,
after class, that you were present for the class session; otherwise,
I will consider you absent. If you must leave class before it is
over, be sure to let me know before class begins. |
| PERFECT ATTENDANCE: If you have perfect attendance, if
you are on time for every class session, and if your grade for the
course falls between two letter grades, you will receive the higher
grade. |
| DUE DATES: All assignments must be handed in during
class on the date they are due, so that I can return them at
the next class session. Late assignments will receive a "credit"
grade that will not be averaged into your final grade. |
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REWRITES: Individual grades received (A through F) cannot
be changed, but you may rewrite your first two papers ONE TIME
to improve their quality and your overall grade. You may do a
rewrite ONLY if you discuss your rewrite plans with me
and I sign off on them. A rewritten assignment that is an improvement
over the previous draft but would not have earned an A grade as
a first draft will receive a credit (CR) grade. It may improve
your overall grade. A rewritten assignment that would have earned
an A grade as a first draft will receive a credit plus (CR+).
If you earn a credit+ grades or A's on all assignments, you
will receive an A for the course, regardless of the grade you
originally received. You must submit a rewrite BEFORE you
hand in the next assignment.
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