Introduction
to Literature – LIT 2000- course ref # 291551 – Spring 2009
Professor
Kinder
Kent Campus
Course and
Instructor information:
Class meetings: Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:15, B208
Office hours: You’re welcome to
drop by, but it’s best to call to make sure I don’t have an appointment. These
hours are posted on my office door and on my website.
Kent: B247 M: 12:20 – 2:20
T: 9:15 am –
12:15
W: 12:20 -
4:20 pm
R: 11:00 am
- 2:00 pm
Web Page: www1.fccj.edu/jkinder
Contact phone: office 381-3508
cell (nights and weekends) 545-1504 –
Please do not text me on my cell phone.
E-mail: jkinder@fccj.org
Course
Description: This course
is designed to enhance personal appreciation of literature, hone critical
thinking skills, and provide instruction in the MLA research paper.
Introduction to Literature presents the major literary forms and their
distinctive characteristics and conventions, principle literary themes, and
different critical approaches. This introductory course prepares students for
further literary study. This course includes reading, speaking and writing
competencies. Prerequisite: C or higher in ENC 1101.
Texts: Gardner. Literature:
A Portable Anthology, Bedford St. Martins.
Recommended: The Easy Writer or
another reliable English handbook
Policies:
Attendance: Students should have no more than two
absences, since excessive absences can result in serious loss of momentum for a
student, not to mention falling behind in class assignments After an absence,
students are to come to class prepared with the last class assignment as well
as those for the current class. Please keep me informed either via phone or
email if you need to be absent, so that I know you have not stopped attending
class. Email correspondence is not a substitute for presence in class.
I post
copies of handouts in Blackboard. If you need one that you do not see posted,
feel free to email me. However, please do not contact me asking me to provide
notes or a summary of the class you missed.
It is always wise to form study groups so that classmates may keep each
other informed during absences.
Tardies: I do not
count tardies, as I would rather students show up
late than not attend at all; however, please be considerate of those who
arrived on time by entering and being seated quietly.
Persistent Absences: Students with several consecutive
absences without contacting the instructor or those who fail to finish the
course will receive a “FN” grade. Be aware that this may affect some financial
aid situations. The deadline to drop the course with a “w” this term is Monday,
March 16.
Advice to those responsible for
school age children: County
school district schedules and the college calendar rarely match exactly. Be
alert for those days when children are off school and we are not; arrange
childcare accordingly.
Electronic
Devices:
Please keep
cell phones stowed and on silent setting during class time. All other
electronic devices should remain off. Laptops may be used for note taking or
instruction related activities.
Submitting work:
Format: All student work completed outside of class is to be typed in
10-12 standard fonts and double-spaced.
Globally conscious students may reduce margins to save paper.
Submission procedure: In order to receive credit for
their writing, students will digitally submit essays and final papers to
turnitin.com first.
v class ID: 2540442, password:
kinder
For grading,
students will turn it a hard copy with its turnitin.com submission receipt to
Professor Kinder.
Digital submission: Some assignments will be available
in Blackboard for digital submission. Hard copies are not necessary when
submitted to Blackboard.
However, while 100 point (or greater) assignments submitted to turnitin.com
are counted as submitted according to their digital time stamp, I still require
a hard copy of each paper delivered to me for grading; I do not download and
print the papers for grading myself. I
will not grade hard copies submitted more than 7 days after the paper is due.
Academic Integrity: Writing by other authors will be
treated with due respect and will be cited properly. Students who plagiarize
will receive a 0 on the assignment with no option to rewrite. Students who
plagiarize two assignments will fail the course. See FCCJ Code of Academic
Integrity for additional college consequences that may also follow.
Late work: Late work is extremely disruptive
to my grading and record keeping; therefore, my policies have little leeway.
*
All online
work must be completed by the time the final paper for the essay mode is
due.
*
Papers are
considered late and will receive a grade penalty if they are not submitted to
me during the class period that it is due, even if you contact me about your
absence. Work not received within one week of the deadline will not be accepted
at all. At the end of the semester, all work must be submitted by the last day
of class; it will not be accepted during exam week.
*
A rough
draft will not receive more than half credit if the student does not present it
during or before the class meeting in which it is due.
Expected
grade values: subject to change as necessary (see grade tracker on last page for
calculation method)
Exercises/
Homework: 20 pts
Genre
analyses: 100 pts
Research
assignments: 50 pts
Literary
research paper (see below)*: 200 pts
Final exam
grade – research paper corrections: 100 pts.
*students will research and write
a critical paper about one of the following works:
Wit by Margaret Edson
Dinner with
Friends by Donald Marguiles
A Soldier's
Play by Charles
Fuller
Proof by David Auburn
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Known
World by Edward
P. Jones
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien
Academic Integrity: Plagiarism and other forms of
cheating will be dealt with according to college rules and regulations. See
FCCJ Code of Academic Integrity for other possible college procedures. Students
will receive a 0 for plagiarized papers with no option to rewrite.
Late work: Late work is extremely disruptive
to grading. Work that is not submitted
to me during the class period that it is due is late and will receive a grade
penalty, even if you contact me about your absence. Work not received within
one week of the deadline will not be accepted. At the end of the semester, all
work must be submitted by the last day of class; it will not be accepted during
exam week.
Digital
submission: Papers
submitted to turnitin.com are given credit for their time stamp. However, I
still require a hard copy of each paper delivered to me for grading. I will not grade hard copies submitted more
than 7 days after the paper is due.
Electronic
Devices: Please keep cell phones stowed and on silent setting during class time
and remember to alert friends and family of your class schedule. Please avoid
interrupting class by taking essential communications (either text messaging or
phone calls) out in the hall. Laptops may be used for note taking or
instruction related activities.
Course Assignments: Schedule subject to change when
necessary. Changes will be announced and posted in Blackboard.
|
Date |
Reading
due |
Work
Due |
Lesson
planned |
|
Jan
6 |
|
|
class procedures and syllabus discussion; initial literary
interpretation |
|
Jan
8 |
"A&P" 270 |
|
Close Reading & annotation; Summary vs
Criticism |
|
Jan
13 |
“The Red Convertible” 359 Literary Terms handout Appendix 1 - 1265-1277 |
- Annotated short story - “A & P” commentary due |
Finding a Thesis; Using Quotations |
|
Jan
15 |
"Where are you going, Where have you been?" 348 Appendix 2 – 1279-1303 |
- Annotated short story 2 - “Red Convertible” Quotation exercise due |
Analysis & planning a response |
|
Jan
20 |
"The White Heron" 50 Appendices 3 & 4 – 1318-1324 |
- “Where are you going?” analysis outline |
Finding and reading criticism; types of criticism |
|
Jan
22 |
|
- Prewriting for short story analysis |
Sample literary papers; basic documentation; Integrating sources in writing, |
|
Jan
27 |
|
- Short story analysis rough draft |
Peer/ teacher conferences; Short fiction: Literary trends and eras,
common themes, major authors |
|
Jan
29 |
“Soldier’s Home” - handout |
-Submit title of work for research project |
Short fiction: Literary trends and eras, common themes |
|
Feb
3 |
|
-Short Story analysis due |
Intro to poetry - Literary trends and eras, common themes & forms:
narrative, sonnet Sir Patrick Spens" 371 |
|
Feb
5 |
“Sailing to Byzantium” 504 |
|
Literary trends and eras, common themes & forms: scansion &
meter, free verse |
|
Feb
10 |
"in Just-" 533 |
|
Modern verse techniques and themes |
|
Feb
12 |
Appendix 5 – 1325-1330 |
- Poetry Analysis rough draft |
Peer/ teacher conferences “Convergence of the Twain” 491 |
|
Feb
17 |
The Piano Lesson – Act I 1191 |
- Bring in examples of modern cultural references – with “footnotes” |
Reading drama: literary terms; Characterization, dialogue, themes;
discuss thesis for drama analysis |
|
Feb
19 |
The Piano Lesson – Act II 1226 |
- Poetry Analysis due |
Intro to Drama:
eras & development; tragedy & tragic hero |
|
Feb
24 |
Appendix 6 1331-1337 |
Drama analysis rough draft |
Peer/ teacher conferences; Discussing
research project |
|
Feb
26 |
Outside reading (novel or play)
for research completed |
Bring play or novel to class |
Peer/ teacher conferences about
outside reading; identify themes and research topics |
|
Mar
3 |
|
Bring ideas for research |
Locating sources – meet in
computer classroom |
|
Mar
5 |
Theme: War & Loyalty "The Things They Carried" 332 “Do Not weep Maiden” 506 |
- Drama analysis due - Bring or post lyrics to song dealing with patriotism. |
Class discussion War & Loyalty: authors' techniques &
purposes, eras Group work – devise and prove thesis |
|
Mar
10 |
|
Bring preliminary research |
Research teams: research
findings Discuss thesis and development
of drafts |
|
Mar
12 |
Theme: War & Loyalty “Dulce et Decorum
Est" 532 "Begotten of the Spleen" 622 |
|
|
|
Mar
17 |
|
Thesis/ Argument Plan due Source copies due |
Drafting and documentation |
|
Mar
19 |
Theme: War & Loyalty Modern lyrics & video segments |
|
|
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Mar
24 |
Group 1: Rough draft conferences Group 2: In class essay: War & Loyalty |
Bring rough draft of research paper for revision or notes for in class
essay |
Rough draft conferences - by appointment |
|
Mar
26 |
Group 2: Rough draft conferences Group 3: In class essay: War & Loyalty |
Bring rough draft of research paper for revision or notes for in class
essay |
Rough draft conferences - by appointment |
|
Mar
31 & Apr 2 |
Spring Break |
||
|
Apr
7 |
Group 3: Rough draft conferences Group 4: In class essay: War & Loyalty |
Bring rough draft of research paper for revision or notes for in class
essay |
Rough draft conferences - by appointment |
|
Apr
9 |
Group 4: Rough draft conferences Group 1: In class essay: War & Loyalty |
Bring rough draft of research paper for revision or notes for in class
essay |
Rough draft conferences - by appointment |
|
Apr
14 |
View literary performance |
|
Greek Drama: viewing Oedipus scenes Shakespeare: viewing Hamlet scenes |
|
Apr
16 |
View literary performance |
Final Research Paper Due |
|
|
Apr
21 |
Group presentations: literary performance |
|
|
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Apr
23 |
Group presentations: literary performance |
|
Revisions returned |
|
Apr
28 |
Final exam –
paper revisions due by 2:30 pm |
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Grade Tracker: Use the chart below to keep track of your current grade standing.
|
Assignment Assignments
subject to change as deemed necessary during the semester. |
Letter Grade |
Points Earned |
Points Possible |
|
Summary/ criticism: “A & P”
commentary |
|
|
20 |
|
Using quotations exercise: “Red Convertible” |
|
|
20 |
|
Analysis
outline: “Where are you going?” |
|
|
20 |
|
Short
story analysis rd |
|
|
20 |
|
Short
story analysis |
|
|
100 |
|
Poetry
analysis rd |
|
|
20 |
|
Cultural
references – lyrics, skits, comics |
|
|
20 |
|
Poetry
analysis |
|
|
100 |
|
Drama
analysis rd |
|
|
20 |
|
Drama
analysis |
|
|
100 |
|
War &
Loyalty lyrics |
|
|
20 |
|
War &
Loyalty in class writing |
|
|
50 |
|
Final
analysis paper |
|
|
100 |
|
Research
novel/ play submission (on time) |
|
|
10 |
|
Mar 10
group meeting prep |
|
|
20 |
|
Thesis/ Argument
plan |
|
|
50 |
|
Source
copies |
|
|
50 |
|
Rough
draft conference |
|
|
50 |
|
Research
paper – grade value (x2) |
|
|
200 |
|
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Total Points |
|
|
|
To calculate grade, divide points earned by points possible and
multiply by 100.
Letter Grade conversion:
|
A+ |
100 |
|
B+ |
88 |
|
C+ |
78 |
|
D+ |
68 |
|
A |
95 |
|
B |
85 |
|
C |
75 |
|
D |
65 |
|
A- |
90 |
|
B- |
80 |
|
C- |
70 |
|
D- |
60 |