| English 2200 CRN 10705 | Meeting time MW 5:30-8:00 |
| Summer Semester, 2006 | Classroom SS229 |
| Office SS344 | Office Phone 626-6543 |
| Office Hours (344) MW 4:30-5:20 home page <http://faculty.weber.edu/dkrantz> |
Email: dkrantz@weber.edu |
| Course description | Materials | Reading Requirement |
| Writing Requirement | Discussion/Participation | Grade weights |
| Weekly Schedule | Presentation |
INFORMATION ABOUT ENGLISH 2200
English 2200 is an introductory course in literature with
writing in response to reading. We will read examples of each of the genres
of imaginative literature: drama/film, fiction, and poetry as well as several
essays. We will seek to understand the fundamental qualities and characteristics
of those genres. You will learn specific strategies to respond to and eventually
analyze and interpret literary texts, and you will be responsible for bringing
your ideas and experiences to the texts and the class discussions. I will
give notes on basic concepts and, of course, answer questions, but the
bulk of the class time will be spent in group discussion.
This course also aims to satisfy some of the goals of the University Gen. Ed. program. According to the university catalogue, these include the following student achievements:
We will aim especially for the 3rd and 4th goals.
Required Text: Literature
and Ourselves: A Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers 4th
Ed.
OTHER SUPPLIES
A dictionary
A notebook for your class notes and essay drafts.
A very cheap folder for weekly journal entries and final
drafts of papers
A small stapler
A backup device for the work done on your computer.
READING REQUIREMENT: We will read all of the pieces in your text under the "Quest" theme and will also watch the movie "The Matrix" as a video "text" that we will "read." You may also watch "The Fellowship of the Ring" for extra credit (3 % added to your average). You must submit a one-page summary and analysis for the extra credit.
WRITING REQUIREMENT: You will be asked to write journal entries on each reading 30% (easy "A"). This is to be a one-page typed and dated response to the reading for the week--not summary or paraphrase. Undated journals will receive no credit. Journal entries are due Wednesday of the week for which the reading is assigned. They may not be made up, but they may be handed in, or, if you are absent, sent by email, ahead of time. Your grade for journaling begins as an A. You can only lower it by a) failing to hand entries in the week they are due or b) by inappropriate responses (summary rather than interpreting or critiquing). Sample Journal. You will take an in-class midterm (10%) and a final exam (15%) and give a group presentation (15%) and a response paper (15%).
DISCUSSION REQUIREMENT
15% (Another easy A). Not only does your attendance contribute to the
community we make in this class, your contribution to class discussion shows
me that
you've read and thought about the assigned texts. I grade your participation
according to the number of times you attend class during the semester, working
on the basis that you can't participate if you don't attend. Here's how it
will work:
0-1 absences = A; 2 absences = B+; 3 absences = B-; 4 absences = C; 5 or more
absences results in losing all 15% for participation.
There are 15 class sessions this semester, and you have 1 "freebie". Your freebie
is intended to cover a real emergency. While I sympathize with those who through
no fault of their own miss class, physical presence is required to earn the
participation points.
PAPER SIZE AND GRADE DISTRIBUTION
The full percentage is given only for perfect (A+) work. An A on the midterm,
for example, would earn .95 x 10% or 9.5%.
| Presentation | 50 min | 15 % |
| Paper | 5-6 pp | 15 % |
| Midterm | 10 % | |
| Final | 15 % | |
| Participation | 15 % | |
| journal | 30 | 30 % |
NOTES 1) To pass this course, you must TURN IN every assignment.
2) The paper will be graded and returned to you one week from the day you
hand it in. This analysis, if submitted on the due date, may be rewritten
one week after being handed back. Consultation with the instructor
is mandatory before a rewrite. LATE PAPERS will be reduced 1/3 grade
for each day of lateness including weekends; no rewrite is possible on these.
3) If you are absent, it is your responsibility to contact me or a classmate
to find out about additional assignments or handouts. In-class work may not
be made up.
The syllabus is a contract stating what work is required for a given class period. I will try to adhere to it closely, but if more time is needed for discussion of some of the pieces, I reserve the right to modify the assignments in your favor.
Ethics: Failure to maintain academic ethics/academic honesty, including the avoidance of cheating, plagiarism, collusion, and falsification, will result in an E in this course, and may result in charges issued, hearings held, and/or sanctions imposed.
Readings are due on the
day they are listed. Journals are due each week on Wednesday at 5:30 pm.
Week 1. June 12
Mon Introduction to course; Computer classroom
for my syllabus on the web; thematic introduction: The Quest pp.1280-82;
prep for Plato. Sample
Journal; Understanding and reading/writing about Literature, pp 1-25;
Annotating and underlining to understand. Sample presentation on Plato and
Hawking.
Wed Plato's Allegory
of the Cave 1282-1288; Naipaul, Loss 1288-97; Hawking, Conclusion 1297-1301;
Sign up for Presentation.
Week 2 June 19
Mon Rose, "I Just Wanna Be Average" 1301-1311;
Presentation; Joyce, "Araby" 1311-1315 Genres; character
Wed Malamud, "Angel
Levine" 1316-24;; Fiction
reading guide; Clarke, "The
Star" 1324-29; Presentation
Week 3 June 26
Mon; Roth "The
Conversion of the Jews" 1329-1341; Bambara, "Raymond's
Run" 1329-48; Atwood "Homelanding" 1348-50;
Wed How
to Read Poetry; Poetic
Conventions;
word
meaning; Preparation
for Donne and Blake; Presentation
on Eliot and Hopkins
Week 4 July 3 Week 5 July 10
Mon Donne,
Milton, Blake, Wordsworth 1351-1356; Tennyson,
Hopkins, Yeats,
Eliot 1356-1366; tone words; Presentation
Wed Hughes
and other modern poets 1366-72; Brodsky,
Cofer, Song 1372-77; Reading
Drama; Presentation on McCullers
Mon ;
Begin reading "The Member of the Wedding"
since the whole play will be due for Wednesday. Prep
for midterm; Take midterm in the testing center by 5:00 pm on
Friday
Wed. "The
Member of the Wedding" 1379-1426
Week 6 July 17 Week 7 July 24
Mon Writing
on literature and poetry 25-44; Intro to Flannery O'Connor Casebook. O'Connor's "A
Good Man is Hard to Find" 1427-40; Writing
Process and devising a thesis. Essay
assignment; Student
Essays and Suggestions
for Writing about lit and film 1472-79
Wed;
O'Connor "Greenleaf" and "The
Fiction Writer and His Country" 1440-1459; Prep for Critical reading. Hoffman
and Muller 1459-69.
Mon Holiday
Wed Video "The Matrix"; Whit
1469-72; Appendices
A and B 1479-96; Draft Workshop
Week 8 July 31
Mon, Video and
discussion; Create Final exam; Paper
due
Wed 8/4
Final Exam 5:30-7:30