ENG 105: Introduction to Narrative

ENG 101-11: English Composition I Spring 2010 Instructor: Dr. Dorothy Kuykendal MWF 10-10:50 Location: MHRA 1210 Course Markers: GRD Phone: 334-9846 Email (preferred): [email protected] Office: 113 McIver Office hours: MWF 12-1 p.m. or by appointment; I will hold my regular office hours in the computer lab of the first floor of MHRA this semester.

Course Description This course is devoted to helping students gain skills in intellectual discourse, including constructing cogent arguments, locating, synthesizing and analyzing documents, and writing and speaking clearly, coherently, and effectively. To that end, students will complete both written and oral assignments throughout the semester (with more emphasis on written assignments) that require them to think critically and rigorously about a variety of subjects.

This semester, we will be reading several selections from Everyday Use by Roskelly and Joliffe, and several longer readings from one graphic biography, one memoir, and one novel written by a first-person narrator. From this, you can see that we will be very interested in personal narratives, and the ways in which people rhetorically frame their stories for different audiences. Everyday Use will give us the tools we need to analyze the three longer texts from a rhetorical and analytical perspective. We will also use Technê Rhêtorikê, put together by UNCG's own English graduate students, as a supplementary text.

Student Learning Goals At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:  Interpret and evaluate written and/or oral arguments  Locate and evaluate relevant information  Construct and communicate cogent arguments

Required Texts:  Everyday Use, 2nd Edition, ed. Roskelly and Joliffe. New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. ISBN: 0205590977  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. New York: Vintage Books, 2004. ISBN: 1400032717  The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. New York: Vintage International, 1989. ISBN: 0679721886  Maus I: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman. New York: Pantheon, 1986. ISBN: 0394747232  A Pocket Style Manual, 5th Edition, ed. Diana Hacker. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. ISBN: 0312593244  Technê Rhêtorikê, 1st Edition, ed. Lyda, Benson, et al. Southlake: Fountainhead Press, 2009. ISBN: 97815987112544  Selected readings in Blackboard Grade breakdown Writing portfolio: 50% Journal: 20% Group work: 15% Participation and conduct: 15%

Assignments

1) Students will be responsible for participating fully. Each student will take a turn being a "discussion leader" on our reading days. 2) Students will turn in two essays and two sets of journal assignments. They will also be responsible for any in-class writing that I assign. 3) Students will turn in a well-organized portfolio at the end of the semester. More details will be given later in the semester.

Attendance Policy From the English Department's policy: Students in MWF classes are allowed a maximum of three absences without a grade penalty (to be defined by the individual instructor); students in TR classes are allowed two absences without such penalty. Students who miss six classes on a MWF schedule, or four classes on a TR schedule, will fail the course.

My penalty policy is to deduct half a letter from your final grade for every class period you miss after the third class, up until your sixth absence, when you will fail the course.

Late Assignments Policy I will deduct a letter grade from your assignment for every day that it is late. Not every class period; every day. No exceptions. Period. Turn in your work on time. If you can't make it to class, have a friend turn in your assignment for you; alternatively, you may email it to me on the day it is due, and turn in a hard copy at the next class period.

The Writing Center The Writing Center is a free service available to all students. The Writing Center's employees will help you with all stages of your writing: brainstorming, structuring a paper, or putting on the final polish. Please take advantage of this opportunity to make your work as good as it can possibly be! Drop in or make an appointment. The Writing Center is in 3207 HHRA Building. Phone: 334-3215. Website: www.uncg.edu/eng/writingcenter

The Learning Assistance Center The Learning Assistance Center offers free services to the entire UNCG undergraduate community and is located in McIver Hall, rooms 101-104, and 150. For help with study skills, contact Erin Farrior, Academic Skills specialist. Telephone: 334-3878; e-mail: [email protected]. Students With Disabilities Students with documentation of special needs should arrange to see me about accommodations as soon as possible. If you believe you could benefit from such accommodations, you must first register with the Office of Disability Services on campus before such accommodations can be made. The office is located on the second floor of the Elliott University Center (EUC) in Suite 215, and the office is open 8am to 5pm, Monday - Friday. Telephone: 334-5440; e-mail: [email protected].

Academic Integrity Policy Academic integrity is founded upon and encompasses the following five values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. Violations include, for example, cheating, plagiarism, misuse of academic resources, falsification, and facilitating academic dishonesty. If knowledge is to be gained and properly evaluated, it must be pursued under conditions free from dishonesty. Deceit and misrepresentations are incompatible with the fundamental activity of this academic institution and shall not be tolerated (from UNCG’s Academic Integrity Policy). To ensure that you understand the university’s policy on academic integrity, review the guidelines and list of violations at . I expect you to abide by the Academic Integrity Policy.

If you are caught violating the Academic Integrity Policy, you will receive a failing grade on the assignment in question and, at my discretion, the course. Further referral to a hearing for suspension and/or expulsion from the university is also a possibility.

Laptops in the Classroom Laptops may be used in class only by students having a special need for purposes of note-taking or other classroom activities. Students with such a need should make specific arrangements with me. No student may use a laptop in class without such a prior arrangement.

How to Contact Me Feel free to call me at my office during my office hours, but as I share the phone with other people, leaving me a voicemail is not the most reliable way to get a message to me. Email me instead if you can't catch me during my office hours. My contact information is on the first page of this syllabus.

Also, I'm busy and you are too, so this is how you should email me in order to make things efficient and productive for us both: frame your concern in your email's subject line (i.e., instead of "hey there" or "English 101," put, "question about the midterm exam"). Try to limit your email to one specific issue--do not bombard me with a lot of different things at once. Finally, allow at least 24 hours turnaround time during the weekdays, and longer on the weekends.

Conduct The environment of this classroom will be based on RESPECT: respect for your peers, for me, and for yourself. The class should be a place where everyone feels safe and welcome. Our views and opinions on many subjects will differ, but we're all adults, and we're going to deal with that like adults. Basic courtesy is expected. Listen to what other people are saying. Don't interrupt. Take notes. Turn off your cell phone, and don't text during class. Don't go to sleep. Don't cry, yell, or whine to me. You get the idea.

Course Schedule

January 20: Introduction to course and course materials 22: Essential Foundations: Everything's an Argument (EU), pages 1-15; Technê Rhêtorikê (TR) 47-54 25: The Rhetorical Triangle, Appeals and Canons: EU 15-27; TR 38-46 29: Invention and Memory: EU 33-51; essay assignment to be handed out

February 1: Style and Tone: EU 63-80; TR 72-78 3: Readers as Writers and Academic Integrity: EU 153-161, 112-114; TR 16-25 5: Essay workshop 8: Essay workshop 10: Delivery, Analysis, and Voice: EU 86-90, 336-338; TR 79-86 12: Essay due; EU 166-176 and TR 26-37 (the three appeals) 15: Rhetoric in Narrative: EU 191-218 17: Narrative at work: Art Spiegelman, Maus, Prologue and Chapter 1 ("The Sheik") 19: Maus, Chapters 2 ("The Honeymoon") & 3 ("Prisoner of War") 22: Maus, Chapters 4 ("The Noose Tightens") & 5 ("Mouse Holes") 22: Maus, finish 24: Research: EU 176-188 (start at "Reading, Writing, and Synthesis"); TR 110-116 28: Conferences in my office (turn in journals at your conference)

March 1: Conferences 3: Conferences 5: Conferences 8: Spring Break 10: Spring Break 12: Spring Break 15: Essay workshop 17: Essay workshop 19: Parody and satire: Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal" (in External Links); TR 184-188 22: Essay due; Mark Twain, "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" (in External Links) 24: Character and the three appeals: Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, chapters 2-107 25: Curious Incident, chs. 107-163 29: Curious Incident, chs. 163-191 31: Finish Curious Incident

April 2: Spring Holiday 5: Music Day: examining popular songs through the three appeals 7: Memoir as rhetoric: Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior, "No Name Woman" 9: The Woman Warrior, "White Tigers" 12: The Woman Warrior, "Shaman" 14: The Woman Warrior, "At the Western Palace" 16: Journals due; Information session in library 19: Guided research in class 21: Guided research in class 23: Group presentations 26: Group presentations 28: Group presentations 30: Portfolio prep

May 3: Portfolio prep/party, course evaluations 5: Reading Day

PORTFOLIOS DUE: In my office during our exam period, Monday, May 10, 12-3:00 pm. I will NOT accept late portfolios.