Dr. Karen U. Fulton, Professor
Tel: 271-4317(work) 1-660-582-8830 (home)
e-mail: fulton@missouriwestern.edu
Office: Eder Hall 222H (SS/C building)
M
10-11 and 1-3
TT 11-12; other hours by appointment
Access to word processor with spell-checker.
Access to internet connection so that you
can receive materials posted on the O-drive or
A 3 ring-binder (spine no greater than 1/2")
for submission of end of semester portfolio.
English 333
It is required that students submit their own work. Students who are guilty of plagiarism or cheating in any form will automatically receive a zero for the assignment involved and will place themselves in jeopardy of failing the course.
Students who have a disability which might prevent their maximum performance in the class should make this known to the instructor immediately so that provisions may be made for any assistance needed.
Mid-term grades
Because no grades are in place by mid-term,
grades at mid-term are based on attendance, completion of papers, and class
participation. Generally in the past, a
common grade is decided on with deviations from that grade intended to convey information
to the student.
Final grade
Your grade will be determined on the basis of a portfolio due Monday, November 17 at class time. This portfolio will consist of at least three finished and revised pieces of writing (in addition to the self-reflective essay). One piece must come from class although all three pieces may initially been in response to class assignments.
During the first two weeks of class, more
detailed portfolio specifications will be handed out and previous portfolios
will be brought to class.
You will meet with me to grade the portfolio
beginning Wednesday, November 19. This will give you adequate time to revise
(should you wish to do so). The final day for resubmitting the portfolio will
be
In order to pass (grade of "D") the class
Instructor’s Philosophy of Teaching Drama
Drama is perhaps the oldest form of
literature. Certainly it existed in
performance before it was written down.
Equally certain is the fact that it is intimately related to and linked
with religious observances. We can
pinpoint this easily with Greek theatre, but the impulse to “act out” as part
of a religious rite can be seen in any religious service you attend even
today. This course will focus first on
performance therefore.
One of the fundamental differences between
“drama” and “theatre” is, I believe, that drama takes in the category of
reading the text, where theatre does not. Therefore, most sessions will begin
with a writing and/or quiz which asks that you reflect in some way on the
reading you have done prior to class.
In addition, you will complete a one page (12 point Arial double-spaced) on each play we read prior to coming to class. I will pick these up with regularity and you will include them in your end-of-semester portfolio.
All drafts of papers must be word processed.
It is your responsibility to have material ready (i.e. proofread, spell-checked, edited, etc.) by deadlines assigned.
The submission of your first paper will be followed by a conference with me where we will discuss the paper and record that discussion. I can burn a CD for you; however, if you have a recording device of your own, you may want to use it since the process of burning the CD is a somewhat time-consuming one. Credit is not be given until the instructor has commented on the work.
No letter grades are given on the writing assignments
Such indicators as I give are not convertible to letter grades. I welcome conferences with anyone who has questions about the paper or how the paper might fit into the final portfolio.
The project will be not be responded to if format requirements, word-processing, and spell checking have not been completed.
Calendar:
8/25 Go over syllabus,
procedures, portfolios, drama, etc.
9/1 No class – Labor Day
9/8 Sophocles Oedipus Rex
and “A Brief History of Western Theater” (705-711)
9/15 The Mysteries
9/22 Shakespeare Hamlet,
Prince of
9/29 Ibsen A Doll’s House
10/6 Williams, The Glass
Menagerie
10/13 Miller, Death of a
Salesman
10/20 Beckett, Endgame
10/27 Churchill, Top
Girls
11/3 Fugard, ‘MASTER HAROLD’ . . .and the boys
11/10 Stoppard, Rock ‘n’
Roll
Due dates:
9/29 First paper due
10/20 Second Paper due
11/17 Portfolio due
(including journal)
12/12 Final examination
session