SCOPE OF COURSE: Western World Literature from the Neoclassical period through the Twentieth Century.
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE: To increase the students’ appreciation of their literary heritage; to enlarge their awareness of the human condition as expressed in writings that have stood the test of time; to help them form their own set of values in a changing world; to develop their critical reading skills; to improve their ability to express their ideas in speech and writing.
ATTENDANCE: Regular attendance at class
is most important and is the student’s responsibility. An
instructor
may drop a
student from class with a grade of WF when that student has
missed twenty percent (20%) of regularly scheduled class
meetings.
If such absences are excused, the withdrawal grade will be W or WF,
depending
on the student’s status at the time he/she was dropped. However, it is the student’s responsibility to
pursue the withdrawal process.
Non-attendance does not constitute withdrawal, nor does it guarantee
administrative withdrawal. Failure to attend class can adversely affect
financial aid.
Tardiness: Class
will begin on time. Students are expected to remain in class
until
dismissed by the instructor. Two tardies and/or two early
departures
will count as one absence. You are accountable for material
presented
in all classes, whether you attend or not.
CLASSROOM CONDUCT: This course is designed to foster intelligent, mature discussion. It is NOT a suitable environment for children or pets; please do not bring either to class. If a student exhibits disruptive behavior, he/she will be asked to leave the classroom. Disruptive behavior includes talking while the instructor is talking, gathering belongings before class has been dismissed, sleeping in class, and/or possession of activated pagers, beepers, or telephones in class. Departure from the classroom during testing is prohibited, so attend to personal business before tests begin. Under no circumstances should students have phones, iPods, or other such personal electronic devices activated during class time.
HOW A STUDENT MAY DROP A COURSE WITHOUT PENALTY: In order to drop a course officially without penalty, a student must obtain and fill out a Drop/Add form from the Registrar’s office, acquire appropriate signatures, and return the completed form to the Registrar’s office before the designated date published in the Academic Calendar in the Waycross College Catalog.
MAKE-UP WORK: It is the student’s responsibility to make up missed work absolutely no later than one (1) week after his/her absence. Such opportunity for make-up work shall be given at the instructor’s discretion. Habitual absences on testing days and/or essay days will not be excused. Missed quizzes cannot be made up; the first two quizzes missed will be dropped. Thereafter, missed quizzes will be recorded as zeros.
GRADING: The final grade will be determined as follows:
I. Tests/Essays 40%
II. Quizzes (lowest grade dropped)
20%
III. Research Paper (retained in division
files) 20%
IV. Final Examination (retained in division
files) 20 %
GRADE EQUIVALENCIES:
| A+ = 98 | B+ = 88 | C+ = 78 | D+ = 68 | F = 55 |
| A = 95 | B = 85 | C = 75 | D = 65 | |
| A- = 92 | B- = 82 | C- = 72 | D- = 62 |
ADA STATEMENT: “The College is committed to providing accessibility to all students in accordance to ADA/504 guidelines. Students should contact the Director of Student Life regarding accessibility.”
ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER: The Academic Support (ASC) was created to offer supplemental assistance to students enrolled in all courses at the College. The ASC offers a variety of services at all levels, ranging from personal tutoring in math, reading, and composition skills to providing handouts and supplementary materials on writing research papers and critiques, taking essay and objective tests, and developing effective study techniques. Through audio-visual, computerized, self-paced, and one-to-one tutorial work, the ASC assists students in developing strengths and eliminating deficiencies. Students may be referred by instructors or may independently seek additional help.
RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT:
Write a paper
presenting
and developing a critical analysis of one aspect of a work by an author
included in the textbook’s table of contents or an author approved by the
instructor. (DO
NOT
SELECT
AN AUTHOR WHOSE WORK WE ARE READING IN CLASS.)
The paper should be a researched critical analysis integrating your own
ideas about the primary source with information from secondary sources.
Your paper should be
organized as an extended essay. You should present a clear thesis
which states your main idea. You should use evidence from both
the
primary source and secondary sources to support and develop your
analysis. Your paper should be original to this course; submission of a
paper previously written for another course is not acceptable.
Complete documentation
is required. Follow the forms for internal documentation and for
the Works Cited page consistent with MLA format. If you have any
questions about documentation, see me or ask for help in the ASC.
The manuscript should be typed (6-8 pages) or handwritten in blue or
black
ink on unlined white paper (8-10 pages). One-inch margins are
expected.
PLAGIARISM, WHETHER
INTENTIONAL OR UNINTENTIONAL, IS PROHIBITED AND WILL RESULT IN FAILURE
OF THE RESEARCH PAPER; IT COULD RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE COURSE.
Plagiarism is defined by Webster as the
stealing and passing off of the ideas or words of another as one’s
own.
Further, the MLA HANDBOOK states, “Plagiarism may take the form of
repeating
another’s sentences as your own, adopting a particularly apt phrase as
your own, or even presenting someone else’s line of thinking as your
own.”
Alleged violations involving plagiarism and other academic misconduct
will
be handled according to the procedures outlined in the WAYCROSS COLLEGE
STUDENT HANDBOOK.
Some reminders about
using sources:
When using the primary
source, you need not document a reference to a plot event.
However,
if you quote, you must introduce the quotation, use quotation marks,
give
proper internal page documentation, and provide a complete
bibliographic
entry on the Works Cited page.
When using secondary
sources, you must document all references. If you quote, you must
introduce the quotation, use quotation marks, give proper internal page
documentation, and provide a complete bibliographic entry on the Works
Cited page. When paraphrasing, remember that if you retain any of
the wording of the original material, you must use quotation marks
around
that wording.
Explanations and
examples
of internal page documentation, bibliographic forms, etc., are readily
available in any good handbook of the English language.
Outstanding vocabulary, sentence structure,
development, and organization
Outstanding maturity of thought and logic
No major errors
No more than one or two minor errors, depending
on the length of the essay
Good vocabulary, sentence structure,
development, and organization
Good maturity of thought and logic
Only one major error
No more than a few minor errors, depending on the
length of the essay
Average vocabulary, sentence structure,
development, and organization
Average maturity of thought and logic
No more than two major errors
Several minor errors, depending on the length of
the essay
Weak vocabulary, sentence structure,
development, and organization
Weak maturity of thought and logic
No more than three major errors
Multiple minor errors
Unsatisfactory vocabulary, sentence structure,
development, and organization
Unsatisfactory maturity of thought and logic
Three or more major errors
Multiple minor errors
| 1. Sentence fragment (frag) | 4. Garbled sentence (awk/gs) |
| 2. Comma splice (cs) | 5. Faulty subject-verb agreement (s-v) |
| 3. Run-on sentence (run-on) |
| 1. Misused verb form (vb) | 8. Error in
pronoun-antecedent agreement (agr) |
| 2. Nonparallel element (non-11) | 9. Error in capitalization |
| 3. Misused or omitted comma | 10. Error in pronoun case or reference (upr) |
| 4. Misused or omitted semicolon | 11. Inappropriate word choice or sentence structure |
| 5. Dangling or misplaced modifier (mm) | 12. Misspelled word (sp) |
| 6. Misuse of adjective or adverb | 13. Omission of word ending |
| 7. Misused or omitted apostrophe |
| 1/7 | Overview of the course, review of the syllabus |
| 1/9 | “The Enlightenment,” 1-7 |
| 1/14 | Moliére, “Tartuffe,” 10-67; Quiz #1 |
| 1/16 | Swift, “A Modest Proposal,” 289-291, 341-347 |
| 1/21 |
MLK Holiday - Class does not meet |
| 1/23 | Pope, “The Rape of the Lock,” 347-368; Quiz #2 |
| 1/28-30 | Voltaire, “Candide,” 375-438; Quiz #3 |
| 2/4 | Test #1/Essay #1 |
| 2/6 | “The Nineteenth Century: Romanticism,” 485-492 |
| 2/11 | Blake, Poems, 683-692 |
| 2/13 | Wordsworth, Poems, 693-704 |
| 2/18-20 | Coleridge, “Christabel,” 736-737, handout; Quiz #4 |
| 2/25 | Shelley, “Stanzas Written in Dejection…” & “A Defence of Poetry,” 748-750, 753-754 |
| 2/27 | Keats, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” & “Ode on Melancholy,” 755-758 |
| 3/3 | Tennyson, “Ulysses”, 820-823; “The Lady of Shalott,” handout |
| 3/5 | Browning, “The Bishop Orders
His Tomb,”
843-845, 847-849 |
| 3/10-3/12--> | SPRING BREAK |
| 3/17 | Browning, “The Bishop Orders
His Tomb,”
843-845, 847-849; Whitman, “Song of Myself,”
916-923 |
| 3/19 | Dickinson, “303: The Soul selects her own Society—,” “449: I died for Beauty—but was scarce,” “712: Because I could not stop for Death—,” “1129: Tell all the Truth but tell it slant—,” 986-995; Quiz #5; RESEARCH PAPERS DUE ABSOLUTELY NO LATER THAN 1:40 P.M. |
| 3/24 | Test #2/Essay #2 |
| 3/26 | “The Nineteenth Century: Realism and Symbolism,” 997-1005 |
| 3/31 | Tolstoy, “The Death of Iván Ilyich,” 1327-1368; Quiz #6 |
| 4/2-7 | Ibsen, “Hedda Gabler,” 1407-1466; Quiz #7 |
| 4/9 | Test #3 |
| 4/14 | “The Twentieth Century: Modernisms and Modernity,” 1621-1626; Yeats, “When You Are Old,” 1723-1726; “The Second Coming,” 1728-1729 |
| 4/16 |
Essay #3 |
| 4/21 | Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” 1999-2006; Quiz #8 |
| 4/23 | Joyce, “The Dead,” 1888-1921; Quiz #9 |
| 4/28 | Wright, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” 2238-2249; Quiz #10 |
| 4/31 |
REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM |