Missouri Western State College
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism
ENG 210.06 Approaches to Literature: Outlooks and Insights2:00-3:20 T TH SSC 210
Spring 2002
Instructor: Dennis Chepurnov
Office: SSC 222N
Office Hours: 12:30-1:30 T Th; 10:00-12:00 W; and by appointment
Phone: 271-5812; e-mail: chepurno@missouriwestern.edu
Text
The Bedford Introduction to Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999.
Course Objectives
(see also the ENG 210 departmental web page: http://www.missouriwestern.edu/EFLJ/eng210.asp)
In this course you will:
Attendance Policy
Attendance is expected (be sure to sign in daily). Six absences will constitute failure in the course. The fifth absence will decrease your final grade by a letter. Continual tardiness may lower your final grade by as much as 30 pts (½ letter grade).
Students with Disabilities Policy
Any student in this course who has a disability that requires any special consideration should make an appointment to meet with me as soon as possible to discuss class requirements.
Assignments and Grading Policy
Three papers (Fiction, Poetry, Drama) x100 pts each == 300 pts
Reading journal (follow attached guidelines), Quizzes & Exercises == 100 pts
Midterm Exam and Final Exam x100 pts each == 200 pts
600 pts total: A (600-540); B (539-480); C (479-420); D (419-360); F (359-0)
Revision Policy
The first two essays may be revised and resubmitted before the deadline (see calendar). Revisions must be submitted together with the graded drafts.
Classroom Behavior Policy
As stated in the MWSC Student Handbook, "Behavior which disrupts the classroom environment or interferes with other students' ability to learn may be grounds or justification for dismissal from the classroom" (28). Please turn off the ringers of your pagers and phones, and refrain from sleeping, conducting private conversations or using computers for other than assigned purposes while in class.
Academic Honesty Policy
You are expected to do your own work in this course. Any case of cheating/plagiarism will result in no credit (0) for that assignment and may result in a disciplinary action by the College.
Tentative Calendar
T 1/15 Course, Texts, Literature
Th 1/17 Introduction (1-6), Ch 1 (11-15), Ch 37 (2091-5)
T 1/22 Ch 3 (64-72), Dubus (83-96)
Th 1/24 Formalism (2095-7), Faulkner (493-506), Ferguson (512-13)
T 1/29 Ch 4 (99-104), Melville (115-40), Biographical Criticism (2097-9), Hawthorne (141)
Th 1/31 Hawthorne (327-40), Ch 2 (43-46)
T 2/5 Ch 5 (150-57), Camus (Handout)
Th 2/7 Psychological Criticism (2099-2101), DeLillo (558-62)
T 2/12 Ch 6 (173-8), Chekhov (187-98)
Th 2/14 Historical & Marxist Criticisms (2101-03), DeMott (507-9), London (Handout)
T 2/19 Ch 7 (220-3), O'Connor (380-395), Mythological Criticism (2107-9)
Th 2/21 New Historicism & Cultural Criticism (2103-5), Joyce (519-27)
T 2/26 Ch 8 (247-50), Mishima (Handout), Gender Criticism (2105-7)
Th 2/28 Ch 9 (282-6), O'Brien (548-57)
T 3/5 Reader Response & Deconstruction (2109-2113); No Journal
Th 3/7 Midterm Examination
T 3/12, Th 3/14 No Class - Spring Break
T 3/19 Ch 20 (671-91), Salter(Handout)
Th 3/21 Ch 22 (715-24, 747-51), Ch 23 (752-60), Auden (1147), Neruda (1203-5)
T 3/26 Ch 24 (777-86), Ch 25 (801-10), Ch 21 (708-14)
Th 3/28 Ch 26 (832-43), Ch 27 (863-70)
T 4/2 Ch 28 (885-94), Ch 29 (913-8)
Th 4/4 Ch 41 (1235-60)
T 4/9 Ch 44 - Shakespeare (1383-85, 1392-3), Hamlet (Act I: 1449-73)
Th 4/11 Hamlet (Acts II&III: 1473-1513), Ch 42 (1275-77)
T 4/16 Hamlet (Acts IV&V: 1513-47)
Th 4/18 All Revisions Due; Ch 45 (1563-7), A Doll House (Act I: 1567-87)
T 4/23 A Doll House (1587-1616), Ch 46 (1626-8)
Th 4/25 Ch 47 (1643-7) Williams (1892-1937)
T 4/30 Finish Williams; No Journal
Reading Journals
Your journal should be your response to (not a summary of) the assigned works of literature. Every journal entry should include your name, date, and the title of the work. Journals are due at the beginning of each class . No late journals will be accepted.
A journal entry may be any one of the following:
- your exploration of the emotional effects created by the work
- a connection between the work and personal experiences
- your response to the moral/thematic issues raised by the work
- a correlation with relevant works from music, art, science or other disciplines
- a comparison, using any of the above as guidelines, to any other work(s) we read.
Sometimes you also may be asked to respond to specific question or through an exercise. I encourage you to try out various ways of responding throughout this semester.