Syllabus – ENG 111: Literature and Composition – Hostos Community College - Page 1 of 10 Hostos Community College / English Department ENG 111: Literature and Composition / Spring 2018 Syllabus Course: English - ENG 111 – 715B / Section 49207 Class Meeting: Monday/Wednesday, 5:30pm-6:45pm January 29 – May 16, 2018 / Final Exam – Monday, May 21, 2018 (to be confirmed) Class Location: Building C - Room 557 Professor/Contact: Charles Rice-González | [email protected]; Office Phone: 718-518-6865 Office hours: Mondays 3:30-4:30pm / Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm / (by appointment)/Room B-514 Course description: The Hostos Community College Course Catalog offers the following course description: English 111, the second semester of freshman composition and a foundational writing course, introduces students to techniques for close reading of literary texts. This course develops students’ critical thinking skills through the study of literary elements such as plot, character, setting, point of view, symbolism, and irony. Additionally, students will learn the Modern Language Association (MLA) system of parenthetical citation and how to incorporate quotations into their analysis of literary texts; they will also complete a research assignment by consulting both print and online sources. Students will be able to interpret and write critically about each of the three major genres: fiction, poetry, and drama. Also, students will participate in class discussions and readings. They will also be required to submit formal essays and a research paper written at the university level. The readings will provide the fodder for ideas, concepts and experiences that will feed the essays. Course Objectives for English 111: In this course students will become familiar with three of the major genres of literature (fiction, poetry, and drama) and read and write critically about one or more of these forms. By the end of this course, they are expected to: 1. Identify literary elements such as plot, character, point of view, setting, imagery, irony, tone, and symbols when analyzing stories, poems, and plays; 2. Interpret a literary text and support that interpretation with evidence gained from close reading; 3. Write clearly and coherently in varied, academic formats using standard English; 4. Integrate ideas with those of others from print and online sources; 5. Find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize appropriate primary and secondary sources in a literary research paper; 6. Write at least 3 formal, critical essays (minimum 10 pages total) and 1 research paper (minimum 5 pages). Required Texts: Handouts provided by instructor that include selected poems and shorts stories from the list below. Plus handouts on the elements of Poetry, Fiction, Theater, Writing Essays and MLA formats. Syllabus – ENG 111: Literature and Composition – Hostos Community College - Page 2 of 10 Supplemental Poems Included in Handout or available via internet Angelou, Maya. And Still I Rise. New York: Random House, 1978 - “Still I Rise” http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/maya-angelou/still-i-rise/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0 - “Phenomenal Woman” http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178942 Anthony, Adelina, Dino Foxx and Lorenzo Herrera Y Lozano. “You Never Change” by Dino Foxx; “Hairspray & Fideo” by Lorenzo Herrera Y Lozano. Tragic Bitches. San Francisco: Korima Press, 2013 Beam, Joseph. “For My Own Protection” by Essex Hemphill. In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology, San Francisco: Alyson Books, 1986. Cabrera, J. Skye. “Para los papis que nacieron en la isla and complain because we got tattoos.” Music for Caterpillars. New York: Gypsy Rose Press, 2011 Campos, Brandon Lacy. Stump Speech.” It Ain’t the Truth if It Doesn’t Hurt. Bar Harbor: Rebel Satori Press, 2011 Carroll, Lewis. “Epilogue to Through the Looking Glass” Through the Looking Glass. London: MacMillan, 1871. http://allpoetry.com/Through-The-Looking-Glass:-Epilogue Carroll, Lewis. “My Fairy.” 1845 - http://allpoetry.com/My-Fairy Chin, Marilyn. “Chinese Quatrains (The Woman in Tomb 44).” Rhapsody in Plain Yellow. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/244500 Clark, Phillip and David Groff. “Heatbeats by Melvin Dixon.” Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS. New York: Alyson Books, 2009 De La Luz, Caridad “La Bruja.” “Nuyorico;” “WTC.” The Poetician. New York: De La Luz Publishing, 2011. Doty, Mark. “Heaven for Paul.” School of the Arts. New York: Harper Collins, 2005 Doty, Mark. “At the Gym.” Source. New York: Harper Perennial, 2001 https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/gym Esteves, Sandra Maria. “Father’s Day on Longwood Avenue;” “Sistas.” Bluestown Mockingbird Mambo. Houston: Arte Publico, 1990 Finney, Nikky. “The Girlfriend’s Train;” “Easy Bake.” The World is Round. Atlanta: InnerLight Publishing, 2003 Frost, Robert. “Love and a Question.” A Boy’s Will. London: David Nutt, 1913 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/237914 Gibran, Khalil. “Laughter and Tears IX.” Tears and Laughter. https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/laughter-and-tears-ix/ Giovanni, Nikki. “The Life I Led;” “Revolutionary Dreams.” The Women and The Men. New York: William Morrow, 1975 Hammad, Suheir. “First Poem Since;” “I Will Not Dance.” Breaking Poems. New York: Cypher Books, 2008 Hughes, Langston. “Let America Be America Again.” The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. New York: Knopf, 1994. https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/let-america-be-america-again James, G. Winston. “Uprising.” Lyric: Poems along a broken road. Los Angeles: GrapeVinePress, 1999 Jones, Saeed. “Body and Kentucky Bourbon.” Prelude to a Bruise. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2014 Lorde, Audre. “The Electric Slide Boogie.” The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance. New York. W.W. Norton & Co., 1993 http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/6545/the_electric_slide_boogie Lorde, Audre. “Power.” The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1997 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/240144 Maldonado, Sheila. “Coney Island Clashing.” One-Bedroom Solo. New York: Fly by Night Press, 2011 Neruda, Pablo. “The Queen.” Love Poems. New York: New Directions Press 2008 McGee, Donnelle. “Don’t Look at My Arms; I Ain’t Never; Long Before the Bullet Burned Into His Head.” Naked. Englewood: Unbound Content, 2015 Plath, Sylvia. “Cinderella.” The Collected Poems. New York: Harper & Row, 1981 Seibles, Tim. “Allison Wolff.” Fast Animal. Wilkes-Barre: Etruscan Press, 2012 St. Vincent Millay, Edna. “Elegy Before Death.” Second April. 1921 and “Recuerdo.” A Few Figs from Thistles. 1921 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/14404/recuerdo Whitman, Walt. “To A Stranger.” Leaves of Grass. New York: Fulton Street Printing, 1855 http://www.bartleby.com/142/52.html Wilson, L. Lamar. “Legion: Human Immunodeficiency Virus” Sacrilegion. Durham: Carolina Wren Press, 2013. Xavier, Emanuel. “Americano.” Americano: Growing up Gay and Latino in the USA. Reissued. Bar Harbor, Maine: Rebel Satori Press, 2012 Syllabus – ENG 111: Literature and Composition – Hostos Community College - Page 3 of 10 Supplemental Short Stories Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “Apollo,” New Yorker, April 13, 2015. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/13/apollo Alexi, Sherman. “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” New Yorker, April 21, 2003. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/04/21/030421fi_fiction Allende, Isabelle. “The Judge’s Wife,” Granta, June 25, 1987. https://granta.com/judges-wife/ Brown, Rebecca. “Forgiveness,” The Terrible Girls. San Francisco: City Lights, 1992. Carver, Raymond. “Cathedral,” Cathedral. New York: Knopf, 1983. Diaz, Junot. “Alma,” The New Yorker, December 24, 2007. http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/12/24/071224fi_fiction_diaz Diaz, Junot. “The Pura Principal,” The New Yorker, March 22, 2010. http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/03/22/100322fi_fiction_diaz Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” Leaf Storm and other Stories. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/MarquezManwithWings.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/cora/works_coraunashamed.html; Lima, Lazaro and Felice Picano. “Shorty” (by Daisy Hernandez), Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011 Updike, John. “A&P,” New Yorker, July 21, 1961. Walker, Alice. “Everyday Use,” In Love and Trouble. Toronto: Women’s Press, 1973. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/quilt/walker.html Supplemental Play Kane, Bruce. Ruby of Elsinore. Bruce Kane Productions, 2009. Suggested Materials: A sturdy folder with pockets or three binder for course material (handouts) A paperback dictionary and thesaurus A notebook to be used exclusively for this class. Tools with which to write. Grades and Requirements: You will receive a grade for this course. To receive an “A” you must satisfactorily: Attend class regularly and on time. Complete all reading and writing assignments Participate actively in class discussions. Share your work in class and receive criticism gracefully. Complete a course portfolio which includes: - Complete three essays (including one in-class essay) between 3-4 pages (double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point Times Roman or Arial) in length; - Complete a research paper a minimum of 5 pages (double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point Times Roman or Arial) in length plus a works cited page. - Complete any revised work required (the poetry or fiction essay, and/or research paper) - A