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| English 1302-Composition 2 || CRN 50006 |
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8 am - 12.30 pm |
| Room: WCJC-UH Sugarland Complex 162 |
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| Syllabus || Instructor reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice. |
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Monday 12/21/09 |
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Basic introduction • General Essay Guidelines
How to Read Poetry • Explication of Poetry • Summary versus Analysis
Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Allusion, Symbol and Other Literary Devices
Eve Merriam "How to Eat a Poem"
William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say"
Anonymous “Western Wind” p 717
English/Irish Folk Ballads supplemental
video: "Lucy Wan," "The Unquiet Grave," "I am Stretched on Your Grave" supplemental
Matsuo Basho and Richard Wright supplemental
Haiku Society of America
William Carlos Williams, “The Red Wheelbarrow” p 619
e. e. cummings, “l(a” supplemental
James Wright, “Lying in a Hammock” supplemental |
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Tuesday 12/22/09 |
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James Wright, “Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio” p 652
Sylvia Plath, “Mirror” p 656
Robert Herrick, "Upon His Departure Hence" — monometer
Thomas Hardy, "The Robin" — dimeter
Emily Dickinson, “#365 (Because I Could Not Stop for Death)” p 1201
“#241 (I Like a Look of Agony)” supplemental
T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p 620
Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus” supplemental
>S. Plath's son Nicholas Hughes commits suicide || March 16, 2009
• Assignment 1: Poetry Explication |
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Wednesday 12/23/09 |
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Class Demo: Proper Paper Presentation for Poetry Explications
William Blake “The Sick Rose” p 117 • Illustration
“The Lamb" p 583
e. e. cummings “in Just” p 627
History of the Sonnet
Francesco Petracrch, “Sonnet 133” (Italian sonnet) supplemental
Edmund Spencer, “Sonnet IX” (Spencerian sonnet) supplemental
William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 126: O Thou My Lovely Boy” (English sonnet) supplemental
William Shakespeare,“Sonnet 130: My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” p 579
• Illustration |
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Thursday 12/24/09 |
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School Holiday |
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Monday 12/28/09 |
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• Assignment 1: Poetry Explication, due
William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 29: When in Disgrace with—” p 577
William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” p 521
John Donne, “Death Be Not Proud” p 580
William Wordsworth, “The World Is Too Much With Us” p 587
e. e. cummings “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in” supplemental
Billy Collins, “Sonnet” p 544
• Review for Midterm |
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Tuesday 12/29/09 |
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• Midterm
How to Read Short Stories
Literary Genres, Movements • Types of Conflict • Literary Modes
Literary Devices for Prose
Fairy Tales / Folk Tales / Myths defined
>Coyote as Trickster-Animal Spirit Guide
Alabama-Coushatta Native American Folk Tale supplemental
“Herakles Wrestling Death” from Greek Myth Admetus & Alcestis supplemental
Aesop “The Fox and the Goat” • “The Old Man and Death” supplemental
>On-line Collection of Aesop Fables
Jakob & Wilhelm Grim “The Goose Girl”• “Godfather Death” supplemental
An On-line Collection of Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales
>Analysis of selected Fairy Tales |
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Wednesday 12/30/09 |
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• Final Project Expectations
How to Declare a Thesis
> Demonstration of the Literary Analysis Process
> Literary Analysis Guidelines
Library Orientation: Literary Databases
New MLA Work Cited page expectations
• Assignment 2: Formal Declaration of Thesis, due Monday 01/04/10
• Assignment 3: E-mail Five PDF Articles, due by Monday 01/04/10
Archetypes and Symbol
Short Story Defined
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” p 207 |
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Thursday 12/31/09 |
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Edgar Allan Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado” p 217
>Official Edgar Allan Poe site
Kate Chopin, “The Story of An Hour” p 227
Charlotte Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” supplemental
William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” p 314
>Faulkner's Interpretation
>William Faulkner on the Web
>William Faulkner's Home in Oxford, MS: Rowan Oak |
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Monday 01/04/10 |
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• Assignment 2: Formal Declaration of Thesis due
• Assignment 4: Tentative Work Cited Page due
James Joyce, “Eveline” p 3
James Joyce, “Araby” p 290
Richard Wright, “A Man Almost a Man” p 333
Ernest Hemingway, “Hills like White Elephants” p 321
Final Essay Rubric |
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Tuesday 01/05/10 |
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Flash Fiction
Carolyn Forché, “The Colonel” supplemental
Ray Bradbury, “I See You Never” supplemental
Sandra Cisneros, “Geraldo No Last Name” p 435
Virginia Woolf, “A Haunted House” supplemental
Review |
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Wednesday 01/06/10 |
Final Day |
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Class meets at scheduled time for final exam.
• Final Project Due |
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