ENGL 0133, Reading and Writing about Literature, Spring 2002
Section 31: Tue/Thurs 3.00 - 4.30
Instructor: Ms. Ansari
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Office Room: 387 B, Sturm Hall |
Office Hours: Tuesday, 9:00-12:00 |
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Office Phone: 871-2902 |
E-Mail:sansari@du.edu |
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Voice Mail: 871-4395 |
Purpose:
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist’s values. Literature objectifies an artist’s values and his view of life. When we read a story or watch a movie, we either identify with or reject the values dramatized by the artist. Literature helps us to concretise our abstract values.
Reading and Writing about Literature is the third and final course in the First-Year English sequence. This course will teach you to critically read a short story, a drama or a novel and to write analytically about it from a variety of perspectives. At its heart, literature is the best expression of what has been known, thought, and felt in the world, and the study of it will require both your emotional and intellectual selves.
Required Texts:
1) Kirszner, Laurie; Mandell, Stephen. Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing. New York: Harcourt College Publishers, 2001.
2) Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. NY : Perennial Classics, 1998.
3) Student's Guide To First-Year English.
Requirements:
1) Essay Assignments: You are required to write four 5-page essays. All paper assignments will be explained clearly in class -- in discussion and written form.
· Format for Assignments: All essays prepared out of class should be written on a computer or your laptop. Please proofread your essay carefully after it is typed and make any necessary corrections. Essays should be formatted using a standard twelve-point font such as Times New Roman. Leave 1-inch margins on the top, bottom and right borders of your text and 1.5 inch margin on the left. Double-space your papers.
· Folder for Assignments: All essays must be submitted in a folder with pockets and with your name on it. Keep your graded essays in the folder and turn the accumulated essays in each time an assignment is due.
· Late Assignments: An essay's grade will drop by one-third for the first, second and third day it is late. (An A, for example, will drop to an A- after one day.) After the third day, it will no longer be accepted.
· Plagiarism: If you use another writer's words and/or ideas in your paper, acknowledge it and cite the source in your paper. If you commit plagiarism, you will fail the paper on the first offence and you will fail the course on the second offence. Please read the Guide (p.41) for more details.
2) Editing Sheets: You are required to complete Editing Sheets for each of your papers. An editing sheet is due the class period immediately following my return of your paper.
3) Reader Responses: To encourage you to think critically about the material you will be reading, I will ask you to write a one-page informal response to a reading assignment.
4) Attendance: Regular attendance is mandatory. If you miss more than three classes, your grade will be lowered by one full letter grade. (see Guide, p. 57)
5) Conferences: You must schedule at least one conference with me during the quarter. A conference is for the purpose of discussing your writing with me in more detail than class time permits.
Assignments and Grading:
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Essay One (5 pages) |
150 points |
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Essay Two (5 pages) |
150 points |
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Essay Three (5 pages) |
150 points |
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Essay Four (5 pages) |
150 points |
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Daily Response Sheets |
200 points |
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Final Exam |
200 points |
Schedule of Readings, Assignments and Activities:
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Week
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INTRODUCTION |
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T, 03/26 |
Overview of the Course/Concept of Art |
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Th, 03/28 |
Read “Thinking Critically” pp. 7 – 14 and “Reading & Writing About Fiction” pp. 44 – 48. Discussion of “The Story of an Hour” pp. 77-79. |
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THE SHORT STORY |
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Week
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ROMANTICISM |
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T, 04/02 |
Read
“Plot” pp. 72 – 76. |
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Th, 04/04 |
Read “Point of View” pp. 195 – 206. |
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Week 3 |
ROMANTICISM |
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T, 04/9 |
Read
“Writing about Literature” pp.21-36 |
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Th, 04/11 |
Read
“Symbol and Allegory” pp. 297-302. |
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Week
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REALISM |
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T, 04/16 |
ROUGH
DRAFT OF ESSAY ONE DUE |
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Th, 04/18 |
Discussion of “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” by Hemingway pp.260-264 FINAL DRAFT OF ESSAY ONE DUE |
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Week
5 |
REALISM |
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T, 04/23 |
Discussion
of “The Disappearance” by Chitra Divakaruni
pp.419-426. |
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Th, 04/25 |
Discussion
of “Once upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer p.81-85 |
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THE DRAMA |
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Week
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ROMANTIC-REALISM |
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T, 04/30 |
Read
“Plot Structure & Plot Development” pp. 1158-1162 |
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Th, 05/02 |
Read A
Doll’s House pp. 1218-1234, Act
II |
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Week
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ROMANTIC-REALISM |
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T, 05/07 |
Read
“Writing about Drama” pp. 1139-1142 |
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Th, 05/9 |
Watch
the Movie A Doll’s House |
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THE
NOVEL |
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Week
8 |
MODERNISM |
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T, 05/14 |
Discussion
of Their
Eyes Were Watching God: 1-50 |
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Th, 05/16 |
Discussion
of Their
Eyes Were Watching God: 51-99 |
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Week
9 |
MODERNISM |
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T, 05/21 |
Discussion
of Their
Eyes Were Watching God: 100-146 |
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Th, 05/23 |
Discussion
of Their
Eyes Were Watching God: 147- 193 |
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Week
10 |
MODERNISM |
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T, 05/28 |
Their
Eyes Were Watching God, “Afterword”:195-205 |
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Th, 05/30 |
Review
for Final Exam |
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, June 4: 3.00-4.30 p.m (same classroom)