ENGLISH 2013.006 and .007 Introduction to Literature Spring 2011
Instructor: Professor Maia Adamina Course Credit: 3 hours Email: [email protected] Phone: 458-5348 Office Hours: TR 2-4pm Office - HSS4.02.62 TA: Amy Hauk (Black Board) Grader: [email protected]
Course Description This course is an introduction to literature for English and non-English majors. It includes a survey of literary works from various genres and periods by culturally diverse authors. Through this introduction to literary terms and methods of analysis, students gain experience in reading, analyzing, interpreting, and writing about literature. This course also establishes connections between literature and film, music, and live performance.
Required Texts Literature and its Writers. 5th ed. Charters and Charters 55.25 used, 73.50 new, 35.83 rent Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. 4.50 used and 5.95 new (also available via Kindle) The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. 3.75 used and 4.95 new (also available via Kindle)
Required Materials 10 Scantron sheets. Form No. 882-E, ONLY--bring to each class for quizzes and exams #2 pencils, sharpened (DO NOT use ink to mark the scantrons) RF Card (can be sold back at the end of the term) Worksheets to be printed from Blackboard so check BB before each class
Policies Attendance is mandatory. Also, be on time and stay. In-class writings, including the quizzes, RF card sessions, and worksheets, cannot be made up. Late Work: NO make up exams, except for those missing class for religious holidays or as participants in university-sponsored events. Instructor should be informed ahead of time if student is going to miss a class for religious or university related reasons. If an emergency arises, proper documentation will be required and make ups will be at my discretion – travel plans do not constitute an emergency. Please contact the grader concerning questions about grade input on Black Board (grades are usually up by two weeks at the latest). Contact me or Ms. Hauk concerning questions about grades and/or assignments. Readings will be completed before class discussion. Always bring the text we will be discussing to class. Always bring your RF Card. Please refer to the RF card FAQ sheet on Black Board. You must have your card correctly registered at http://www.turningtechnologies.com/studentresponsesystems/studentresources/ to begin receiving credit. Look at the bottom of the web page for the registration link. Make sure you register under the correct section number! Should you forget your card, you are allowed one freebie by writing your name and responses on a sheet of paper. You may drop your lowest quiz grade, if you complete a play critique (BB). UTSA policies and services regarding disabilities and academic dishonesty: these may be found online at Disability: http://www.utsa.edu/disability/students.htm Academic dishonesty: http://www.utsa.edu/infoguide/appendices/b.html under section 203 Additional Points: please make use of my office hours for help with your work or to review quizzes and exams. I’m not a mind reader, so if you have questions or comments, please let me know. This syllabus is subject to change, so check Blackboard for updates. Also, please turn off all cell phones and put them away (not under the desk on your lap or in an open purse or bag) as well as lap tops, unless use is authorized, for the duration of the class. Each incident of unauthorized use will deduct a point from your final grade. Also, keep in mind other students and refrain from talking during class.
Course Requirements 60% - 4 genre specific exams (15% each) 15% - 5 Quizzes (3% each) 10% - Participation – RF Card Sessions and worksheets 15% - Final Exam Week 1 January 11 Introduction to course: syllabus and RF Card registration tutorial January 13 Plot “An Act of Vengeance” by Isabel Allende (40)
Week 2 January 18 Point of View “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (172) January 20 Character “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (540)
Week 3 January 25 Setting “Young Good Man Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne () January 27 Symbol “Araby” by James Joyce (264)
Week 4 February 1 Irony “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (166) February 3 Motif “The Things they Carried” by Tim O’Brien (419)
Week 5 February 8 Theme “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck (507) February 10 *Exam 1 Short Stories (Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and discussed short stories)
Week 6 February 15 Introduction to Moll Flanders and the eighteenth century. February 17 Discuss Moll Flanders
Week 7 February 22 Discuss Moll Flanders February 24 Discuss Moll Flanders
Week 8 March 1 *Exam 2 Moll Flanders March 3 Poetry: Diction and Imagery. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks (921), “Eating Alone” by Li- Young Lee (), “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath (998), “The Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall (755), and “My Mistress’ Eyes” by William Shakespeare ()
Week 9 March 8 Discuss Poetry: Figurative Language and Lyric Qualities “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes (982), “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson (941), “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe (http://tinyurl.com/ssxx March 10 Discuss poetic forms Henry V monologues –(Black Board)
Week 10 March 14- 19 Off – Spring Break
Week 11 March 22 Poetry Analysis Workshop -“Kearney Park” by Gary Soto (http://www.aprweb.org/poem/kearney- park) and handout on BB March 24 *Exam 3 Poetry
Week 12 March 29 Discuss Drama and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (1493) March 31 Discuss Tragedy and Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1204)
Week 13 April 5 Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1204) April 7 Discuss Comedy and The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Week 14 April 12 Discuss The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde April 14 *Exam 4 Drama Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and discussed plays
Week 15 April 19 Lecture and discuss Much Ado About Nothing (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/much_ado/full.html) for final April 21 Watch Much Ado About Nothing for final
Week 16 April 26 Finish Much Ado About Nothing and review for final. April 28 – No Class – Study Day
Final Exam(s) 930 am class – May 2 at 1030am – 1pm 11am class – May 3 at 1030am -1pm