English 209: World
Literature
Required Texts:
·
The Norton Anthology of
World Literature,
2nd Edition, Volumes D, E, and F
·
Blindness by Jose Saramago
Purpose of the Course:
English
209 at Shepherd University is designed to instill in students each of the
following: (1) an ability to render close textual analysis; (2) an ability to
synthesize information from multiple texts; (3) an ability to render clear,
cogent ideas; (4) an ability to structure well-developed essays, with thesis,
textual support and analysis; (5) an understanding of ethnic/cultural
diversity; (6) an aesthetic and critical judgment of literature; (7) a concept
of chronology associated with literary periods; and (8) an understanding of the
inter-relationship of the arts, history, and philosophy through the study of
literature.
Course Requirements:
|
Essay
1 |
15% |
|
Essay
2 |
15% |
|
Essay
3 |
20% |
|
Mid-Term
Exam |
15% |
|
Final
Exam |
15% |
|
Class
Participation |
20% |
Attendance
is required, and you should be prepared for class, as you are expected to
participate. Attendance, in fact, will be a variable of your class
participation grade. Periodic quizzes and response papers will also test your
preparedness for class. For each class, your participation will be assessed,
using the following scale: +, √, -, or 0. Unauthorized use of cell phones
is prohibited. I will not accept late papers or administer make-up exams (any
exceptions must be approved in advance).
Honor Code:
This
class has an honor code. Each student agrees that all examinations, papers and
other course requirements submitted by the student to the instructor are solely
that student’s work, unless agreed to otherwise in advance by the instructor.
Plagiarism, the use of another individual’s material without explicit
acknowledgement of the source of that material, is a violation of the honor
code. A student who plagiarizes will automatically fail the course as
plagiarism is contrary to the ethos of higher education.
Disabilities:
If you require academic accommodations because of a
learning, processing or cognition related disability, you will need to submit
an accommodation request form (available from Disability Support Services) and
one or more of the following documentation: A high school Individual Education
Plan (IEP), a 504 Plan and/or a psycho-educational evaluation. These
documents must be less than five years old and verify the nature of your
disability, the functional limitations it imposes, and the need for a specific
accommodation. Please contact Disability Support Services at 876-5453 if
you have questions or need assistance providing this information.
Calendar:
You
should complete each assignment prior
to class. Any changes to the calendar will be posted on my webpage.
Week One,
ending Friday, January 16th
M: Course Introduction
W: Read: Saramago,
1-55
F: Read: Saramago, 56-113
Week Two, ending Friday,
January 23rd
M: No Class: Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
W: Read: Saramago, 114-216
F: Read: Saramago, 217-end
Week Three, ending
Friday, January 30th
M: Read:
W: Read: Jonathan Swift, 483-89
F: Read: Pope, 510-17
Week Four, ending
Friday, February 6th
M: 8:10 AM, Pope, 510-17
9:10 AM, Swift 483-89
W: Read: Swift, 430-83
F: Research Assignment,
meet in the library
Week Five, ending
Friday, February 13th
M: Read: Achebe,
2860-88
W:
Read: Achebe, 2888-915
W: Read: Achebe, 2915-48
Week Six, ending Friday,
February 20th
M: Read: Rousseau, 662-78
W: Read: Wordsworth,
789-801
F: Read Whitman, 980-87
Week Seven, ending
Friday, February 27th
M: Read Whitman, continued
W: Read: Melville, 992-1018
F: Library Research
Week Eight, ending
Friday, March 6th
M: Read: Melville, 1018-49
Due:
Essay
1
W: Read: Melville,
continued
F: Midterm
Exam
Week Nine, ending
Friday, March 13th
M: Read: Flaubert, 1084-128
W: Read: Flaubert, 1128-227
F: Read: Flaubert,
1227-1301
Week Ten, ending Friday,
March 20th
Spring Recess
Week Eleven, ending
Friday, March 27th
M: Read: Dostoevsky,
1307-45
W: Read: Dostoevsky,
1345-79
F: Read: Tolstoy,
1418-41
Week Twelve, ending
Friday, April 3rd
M: Read: Tolstoy, 1441-60
W: Read: Freud, 1611-70
F: Read: Eliot, 2071-91
Week Thirteen, ending
Friday, April 10th
M: Read: Woolf,
1974-96
W: Read: Mann, 1836-66
F: Read: Mann, 1866-90
Week Fourteen, ending
Friday, April 17th
M: Read: Kafka, 1996-2016
W: Read: Kafka, 2016-30
F: Library Research
Week Fifteen, ending
Friday, April 24th
M: Read: Camus, 2574-82
W: Read: Camus, continued
F: Spring Weekend Recess
Week Sixteen, ending
Friday, May 1st
M: Read: Silko, pages 3143-50
W: Read Marquez,
pages 2845-55
F: Review for Final Exam
Week Seventeen, ending
Friday, May 8th
Final Exam:
ENGL
209-01: Monday, May 4th, 9:00 AM
ENGL
209-02: Wednesday, May 6th, 9:00 AM