Week 1-3: Syllabus/assigning presentations
Modernism
Hemingway’s Life: Biography.
Short stories:
“Cat in the Rain”. P.127
“Indian Camp” p.67
“The Doctor and the Doctor’s wife”, p.71,
“The Killers” p.215”
“In Another Country” p. 206
Week 3-4: The African Stories: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, p.5, The Snows of Kilimanjaro p. 39
Week 5-6: The Sun Also Rises (1926)
Week 7-9: Farwell to Arms(1928)
Week 10-12: For Whom the Bell Tolls(1928)
Week 12-14: The Old Man and the Sea(1940)
Review
Final Exam
Presentations:
Each student is expected to read all the assigned material and to come to class prepared to engage in discussions and to answer any quiz questions, so each student is required to read all the novels and criticism assigned on every lecture. In addition, at the beginning of the course, each student will be assigned a presentation on one aspect in one of the 4 novels and will assume the responsibility of leading the class in discussions that will allow students to comprehend the most important elements in each novel.
To make their presentations worthwhile, students are requested to research and write an essay (research paper) of about 2500-3500 words on the novel they are presenting. The research paper is due the same day of the presentation. It should be double-spaced, typed with proper margins and it should follow the MLA standard of citation and in-text documentation. The presentations are at least 40 minutes long.
Plagiarism:
A student who commits an act of plagiarism or academic dishonesty is subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal from the university. Plagiarism includes any use of another’s ideas, words, or created product without crediting the source. Any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred. If the work is of major significance in the course, then this may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course.