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English 1302-Composition 2 || room 162
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room 271: T Th 08.00 am - 09.15 am
Syllabus || Instructor reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice.
Page numbers below reflect the Ninth Edition of
Literature and the Writing Process.
Week 1
01.18
Tuesday:
Basic introduction
Essay Guidelines
Thursday:
Literary Analysis Process:
• Guidelines for Reading
• Intertextuality
• Literary Devices
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demo-Critical Analysis and the Reading Process
Week 2
01.25
Tuesday:
Types of Conflict
Literary Modes, Movements, and Genres of Literature
•
demo-Conflict and Classifiation
Definitions of: Myth • Fable • Parable • Folk Tales
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demo-Definitions of Early Genres
Myth:
Herakles Wrestling Death
from the Greek Myth "Admetus and Alcestis"
Fable: Aesop,
"The Old Man and Death"
Parable:
Buddha, "The Parable of the Elephant"
Folk Tales:
Alabama-Coushatta Native American Folk Tale
>
Coyote as Trickster-Animal Spirit Guide
Thursday:
Figurative Language • Archetypes and Symbol • Elements of Fairy Tales
•
demo
Creating a Literary Analysis
•
demo-Literary Criticism Overview
-part 1
•
demo-Freytag's Pyramid
Week 3
02.01
Tuesday:
Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm
“The Goose Girl”
Thursday:
Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm
“God Father Death”
Short Story Structure • Setting • Creating a Literary Analysis-part 2
•
demo-Comparisons of Elements
•
demo-Literary Criticism Overview
-part 2
• Item of Interest:
Blog Commentary from SurLaLune
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Assignment 1: Comparison/Contrast Analysis
Week 4
02.06
Tuesday:
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” p 225
•
demo-Fertility Symbols
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demo 2-Nathaniel Hawthorne and Transcendentalism
Thursday:
Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” p 225
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado” p 236
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demo-Types of Narration and Irony
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demo-Gothic Ideology
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demo-Atmospheric Setting
Week 5 - Week 6
02.15 - 02.24
Tuesday:
Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
“The Yellow Wallpaper”
supplemental
•
demo-Gilman
Thursday:
William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” p 287
•
demo-Faulkner
•
demo-Definition of Tragic Hero
>
Faulkner's Interpretation
>
William Faulkner on the Web
