Frederick Community College

EN 102-ONL1: Composition and Literature

Summer 2009: 8-Week Session (May 31-July 25)

 

Instruction Information:

Name: Liz Hadley

Office: BB Collaboration (Office Hours Chat Room)

Email: chadley@frederick.edu

Phone: 301-694-5983 (Home)

301-846-2600 (English Office Manager)

Office Hours: T/TH 10-11am, or by appointment

Campus Mailbox #: 212 (name on box says "Catherine" Hadley

 

Course Information:

Credits: 3

Last Day to Withdraw: TBA

Prerequisites: EN 101

Co-Requisites: None

Description: Reinforces, through an examination of literature, the reading, writing, critical thinking, and information literacy skills introduced in freshman composition. By exploring literary texts from fiction, poetry, and drama, students learn to clarify their own values and identities as well as develop a better understanding of ideas and cultures beyond their own experience.

Meeting Day/Time: N/A

Location: Blackboard

 

Core Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Students will have written papers, completed examinations, and participated in discussions that demonstrate:

  1. informed critical responses to the fiction, poetry, and drama genres and to the human values they express through an awareness of literature as both a record and a reflection of culture
  2. an understanding and interpretation of social values by identifying and evaluating moral issues and conflicts, by displaying academic honesty, and by valuing lifelong learning. 
  3. college-level communication skills and appropriate documentation of source material
  4. critical thinking skills in the analysis, comparison, synthesis, interpretation, and evaluation of literature and the techniques used by writers to create it. 
  5. appropriate use of literary terminology.
  6. the value of literature as evidence of a multicultural society expressing the universality and diversity of the human experience and the importance and responsibility of the individual.
  7. the use of technology to format papers and conduct research.

 

Course Requirements:

Students are expected to:

  1. Read all assigned texts during the week they are assigned.
  2. Participate actively in class discussions in the DB.
  3. Complete and turn in all assignments on time.
  4. Demonstrate academic honesty and integrity by avoiding plagiarism.
  5. Check their FCC email account on a regular basis.

 

Instructional Methods:

Weekly reading assignments of short stories, poems, and plays

Class discussions using Blackboard Discussion Board

Instructor feedback on written assignments

Individual Conferences  using Blackboard Collaboration

 

Required Texts/Materials:

Roberts, Edgar V. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 4th Compact Edition. New

     Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2007.

Hacker, Diana.  The Bedford Handbook. 7h Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2006.

Handouts available in Blackboard

A valid email address (FCC email address required)

 

Evaluation Methods:

Assignment

Points Value

Grade Scale

Short Fiction draft

5 points

A = 90-100

Revised Short Fiction

15 points

B = 80-89

Poetry Essay

10 points

C = 70-79

Drama draft

5 points

D = 60-69

Revised Drama Essay

20 points

F = Below 60

Library Scavenger Hunt

10 points

 

Annotated Bibliography

10 points

 

Class Participation/DB

20 points

 

5 Text Responses

5 points

 

 

Submitting Assignments/Late Assignment Policy:

To submit an assignment, click on the Assignments tab from the main menu and scroll down to the Week when an assignment is assigned (not when the assignment is due). For instance, the Short Fiction Draft is assigned during Week 1, so you will find the link to submit it in Week 1.

Select the appropriate Week and click on View/Complete Assignment: [Name]. Click on Browse and locate the file of the assignment (on your computer's hard drive, a flash drive, etc.). You may type any questions or messages in the box if you choose. Then click on Submit - if you click on Save, the assignment will not be sent to me! There is a day and time stamp proving when you turned in your assignment. Please note: I do NOT use the Digital Dropbox for receiving/ returning assignments. The Digital Dropbox will not be available to you in the Blackboard menu; use the procedure described above.

 

You will be submitting rough drafts and revised copies of the Short Fiction and Drama essays. The rough drafts are worth 5 points; you will receive full credit if you submit a draft (as complete as possible) on time. You will receive 3/5 points if the draft is turned in within 2 days of the due date. After two days, you will not be able to submit the draft, and you will receive a zero for both the draft and the revised essay.

 

Class Participation/Discussion Board:

In lieu of face-to-face lecture and discussion, we will be using Blackboard Discussion Board (DB) for weekly questions and answers about the reading assignments. All questions will be posted on the Sunday of each week.

 

The distribution of points for class participation will vary depending on the reading assignments for each week. Some weeks have more reading assignments while others (like Weeks 7 and 8) have less so that you may concentrate on your writing. Point values for each week will be posted with the questions. To receive full credit for class participation, you must answer the questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. Brief answers such as “I agree” do not count as “thorough and thoughtful.”

 

Proctored Writing Assignment:

You are required to write one proctored essay at FCC's Testing Center. This semester, you will write the Poetry Essay between Wed., June 24 and             Wed., July 1. Information about the Testing Center is available at http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/testingctr.aspx.

 

The writing sample you complete will be certified as your own work. Writing teachers become accustomed to students’ writing styles. The writing sample is a measure of your writing style and ability. When a student deviates greatly from the initial sample, often he or she has plagiarized or cheated.

 

If you live outside of Frederick County, Maryland, and wish to write the Proctored Essay at an alternate location, you must contact me by the end of Week 1 so that I can make arrangements for you.

 

 

Progress Report:

By the end of Week 3, you will receive a report detailing your standing in the class, and, if necessary, you will meet with me in an online conference to help determine if any changes are needed to ensure your success in this class, such as additional studying, tutoring/Writing Center, conferences with me to discuss assignments, etc.

 

Students with Disabilities:

FCC provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and amendments. Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations must contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408 (A Building, Room 106A) in order to request and apply for services. The SSD office will require appropriate documentation of a disability. Questions related to accommodations or services can be directed to the SSD office. Additional information related to services can be viewed at the following FCC web page:  http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx. 

 

If you currently receive services from the SSD office, please submit your Student Success Plan to me and make an appointment with me to discuss your accommodations and needs in class.  I will hold any information you share with me in strict confidence unless you give me permission to do otherwise.

 

 

Weekly Schedule

Abbreviations: L = Literature; BH = Bedford Handbook; BB Course Doc = Blackboard Course Document.

 

Texts with an asterisk (*) are available as an audio file in BB under the "Audio Files" tab. I encourage you to listen to these files to improve your understanding and appreciation of these texts. The audio files have been separated according to genre: short fiction, poetry, and drama.

 

WEEK 1 (May 31-Jun 6) Introduction; Short Fiction

            Course and Syllabus Overview; “Writing about Literature” (BH pg. 667-683, 685-688,

            excluding the section about secondary sources); Tallent, “No One’s a Mystery” (BB

            Course Doc)

           

            Assign/discuss Short Fiction Essay

 

            "Critical Approaches Important in the Study of Literature" (L pg. 1390-1391)

           

            "Moral/Intellectual" (L pg. 1391-1392); Dubus, "The Curse" (L pg. 404-407); Jackson,       "The Lottery"* (L pg. 120-125)

 

            "Topical/Historical" (L pg. 1393-1395); Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily"* (L pg. 75-81);         Ozick, "The Shawl" (L pg. 230-233)

 

WEEK 2 (Jun 7-Jun 13) Short Fiction

            "Structuralist" (L pg. 1397-1399); "The Erl-King" (BB Course Doc); "The Legend of          Boruta" (BB Course Doc)

 

            "Feminist Criticism/Gender Studies/Queer Theory" (L pg. 1399-1401); Chopin, "The          Story of an Hour"* (L pg. 287-289); Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"* (L pg. 408-417)

 

            "Psychological/Psychoanalytic" (L pg. 1403-1405); Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado"*        (BB Course Doc)

 

            "Archetypal/Symbolic/Mythic" (L pg. 1405-1407); Hawthorne, "Young Goodman             Brown"* (L pg. 331-339); Joyce, "Araby"* (L pg. 226-230)

 

            Short Fiction Draft due in BB by Thur., Jun 11 at 5:00pm

 

WEEK 3 (Jun 14-Jun 20) Short Fiction; Poetry

            "Deconstructionist" (L pg. 1407-1409); Hemingway, "Hills like White Elephants"* (L pg. 289-293)

 

            "Reader-Response" (L pg. 1409-1411); Tan, "Two Kinds" (L pg. 180-187)

            “Writing an Explication of a Poem” (L pg. 487-492); "Writing about Literature:      Formatting Quotations for Poems" (BH pg. bottom 683-684 top)

 

            "Poetry: An Overview" (L pg. 456-466 – including "Schoolsville," "Hope," "Here a            Pretty Baby Lies," and "Sir Patrick Spens"); "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" (pg.          468), "Catch" (pg. 469), "The Man He Killed" (pg. 471), "The Death of the Ball Turret        Gunner" (pg. 473)

 

            Revised Short Fiction Essay due by Sat., June 20 at 12:00 noon

 

WEEK 4 (Jun 21-Jun 27) Poetry

            "Words: The Building Blocks of Poetry" (L pg. 494-502); "The Naked and the Nude"        (pg. 501), "The Lamb"* & "The Tyger"* (paired poems pg. 503 &     569), "The       Jabberwocky"* (pg. 505), "Holy Sonnet 14" (pg. 508), "Daffodils"* (pg. 520), "We Real          Cool"*, "The Word Plum" (BB Course Doc)

 

            "Imagery: The Poem's Links to the Senses" (L pg. 528-532); "Anthem for Doomed            Youth" (pg. 531), "The Fish" (pg. 533), "Kubla Khan"* (pg. 536), "The Voice You      Hear…" (pg. 546), "Pied Beauty"*, "Delight in Disorder" (BB Course Doc)

 

            “Figures of Speech/Metaphorical Language” (L pg. 560-567); "On First Looking…”*(pg. 562), “To Autumn”* (pg. 578), "Conjoined" (pg. 582), "Harlem" (pg. 767), "Marks"   (pg. 833)

 

            “Tone” (L pg. 599-607); “Dulce et Decorum Est”* (pg. 601), “homage to my hips”* (pg.   612), "she being Brand/-new” (pg. 614), “My Papa’s Waltz”* (628), "After Making Love…"* (pg. 821), "The Road Not Taken"* (pg. 756), "After great pain…"* (pg. 739)

 

            Poetry Essay to be written at FCC’s Testing Center between Wed., June 24 and

            Wed., July 1

 

WEEK 5 (Jun 28-Jul 4) Poetry; Drama

            "Symbolism & Allusion" (L pg. 691-698); "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"* (pg. 715), "To      His Coy Mistress"* (pg. 720), "The Second Coming"* (pg. 725; should be paired with   "The Shape of History" pg. 655 in the chapter on "Form"), "The Negro Speaks of          Rivers"* (pg. 770), "Adam's Task," "Eve Names the Animals" (BB Course Doc)

 

            "Form" (L pg. 641-660); "Sonnet 116"* (pg. 649), "Easter Wings" (pg. 654), "The Shape    of History" (pg. 655; should be paired with "The Second Coming" pg. 725 in the chapter     on "Symbolism & Allusion"), "Do not go gentle…"* (pg. 681), "Porphyria's Lover" (pg.           798)

 

            "The Dramatic Vision: An Overview" (L pg. 862-873 top); Assign and Discuss Drama       Essay, including Library Scavenger Hunt and Annotated Bibliography; “Writing about

            the Elements of Drama” (L pg. 914-918)

           

            Henley, Am I Blue? (L pg. 1165-1179)

 

            Conducting Research; Evaluating Sources (BB Course Doc); Sample Annotated    Bibliography (BB Course Doc)

           

WEEK 6 (Jul 5-Jul 11) Drama

            “Economic Determinist/Marxist” (L pg. 1402-1403)

 

            Miller, Death of a Salesman (L pg. 1263-1326)

 

            Library Scavenger Hunt and Annotated Bibliography due by Sat., July 11 at 12:00

            noon

 

WEEK 7 (Jul 12-Jul 18) Drama

            Glaspell, Trifles (L pg. 891-902)

 

            Researched Drama Draft due by Wed., July 15 at 5:00pm

 

            Conferences to discuss Researched Drama Draft (You must submit your drama draft    before your scheduled conference)

           

WEEK 8 (Jul 19-Jul 25) Drama

            Hughes, Mulatto (L pg. 1239-1261)

 

            Revised Researched Drama Essay due by Fri., July 24 at 5:00pm