Course Syllabus

JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

COURSE CODE: "EN 200"
COURSE NAME: "Introduction to Literature"
SEMESTER & YEAR: Summer Session II 2023

SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Silvia Ammary
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS: MTWTH 9:00 AM 10:50 AM
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS: 45
CREDITS: 3
PREREQUISITES: Prerequisite: EN 110 with a grade of C or above
OFFICE HOURS:

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This is a reading and writing intensive course. Students in 200-level literature classes are required to produce 4-5,000 words of critical writing. Presupposing no previous knowledge in particular of literature, the course deals in an intensive manner with a very limited selection of works in the three genres of fiction, drama, and poetry. Students learn the basic literary terms that they need to know to approach literary texts. They are required to do close readings of the assigned texts, use various critical approaches, and write several critical essays on specified readings.

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:
This is a reading and writing intensive course. Students in 200-level literature classes are required to produce 4-5,000 words of critical writing. Presupposing no previous knowledge in particular of literature, the course deals in an intensive manner with a very limited selection of works in the three genres of fiction, drama, and poetry. Students learn the basic literary terms that they need to know to approach literary texts. They are required to do close readings of the assigned texts, use various critical approaches, and write several critical essays on specified readings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

In the context of the course, students should develop both the knowledge of literary terms as well as the ability to apply those terms in their appreciation and critical analysis of the literary text, both through discussing the work orally or in writing literary critiques about a specific literary text belonging to poetry, drama and fiction.

TEXTBOOK:

NONE

REQUIRED RESERVED READING:

NONE

RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:

NONE

GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:

Assignment	Guidelines	Weight
The mid-term exam deals with definition of literary terms and their application to literary texts.		20%
participation	Participation is mandatory. As part of the participation mark, reader response assignments may be given. Students will be responsible to initiate a discussion about a reading assignment for the day. They will have to ask questions and/or comment on the reading.	5%
The final exam will cover the material taken from the entire semester.		25%
one research paper (1000-1200 words)	The research paper should use MLA citation system, must be peer-reviewed research.	10%
3 essays (800 words each essay)		30% (10% each essay)
Assignments	These will be done biweekly	10%

-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
AWork of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensive knowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the co
BThis is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments.
CThis is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings.
DThis level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail.
FThis work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.

-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
No more than 4 absences are accepted.

ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred. In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment, may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation to the President, who will make the final decision.

STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap. Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.

SCHEDULE

Orientation, introduction to the course. What is Literature?

Reading from pp.1-20 from the Anthology.

Keats “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”

Approaching Fiction: plot, character, theme.

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm “The Shroud”

Marjane Satrapi “The Shabbat” p. 21

Luke, “The Parable of the Prodigal Son”

“The Elephant in the Village of the Blind”

Ernest Hemingway: “Cat in the Rain”

Kate Chopin: “Desiree’s Baby”

“The Story of an Hour”

Narrative Point of View

Alice Walker: “Everyday Use”

Edgar Allan Poe: “The Cask of Amontillado”

Approaching Poetry

Langston Hughes: “Harlem”

John Keats: “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

Robert Frost’s poetry

“Mending Wall”

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

“The Road Not Taken”

Tone, Figurative Language

Robert Herrick: “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”

Thomas Hardy: “The Man He Killed”

Sylvia Plath: “Metaphors”

William Carlos Williams: “The Red Wheelbarrow”

Dickinson: “Because I Could not Stop for Death”

Imagery and Symbolism, Irony

Ezra Pound:” In a Station of a Metro”

Percy Shelley: “Ozymandias”.

Andrew Marvel: “To His Coy Mistress”

John Donne: “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”

Approaching Drama

Tragedy: Arthur Miller: Tragedy and the Common Man (photocopy)

Henrik Ibsen: A Doll’s House

Criticism

Week 14: Things resolved and unresolved

Final Exam.