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JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

COURSE CODE: "EN 200-1"
COURSE NAME: "Introduction to Literature"
SEMESTER & YEAR: Fall 2023
SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Jonathan Jones
EMAIL: [email protected]
 HOURS: TTH 1:30 PM 2:45 PM
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:
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.
TEXTBOOK:
Book TitleAuthorPublisherISBN numberLibrary Call NumberCommentsFormatLocal BookstoreOnline Purchase
Introduction To Literature, Criticism and Theory (Sixth Edition)Andrew Bennet and Nicholas RoyleRoutledgeISBN 9781032158846  Hard Copy  
REQUIRED RESERVED READING:
NONE

RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:
NONE
GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:
AssignmentGuidelinesWeight
Essay - Poetry/Fiction (2,000 words) 40%
Final Exam - Drama (1,500 words) 40%
Five Forums - (100 words each) 20%

-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 course.
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:

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND EXAMINATION POLICY
You cannot make-up a major exam (midterm or final) without the permission of the Dean’s Office. The Dean’s Office will grant such permission only when the absence was caused by a serious impediment, such as a documented illness, hospitalization or death in the immediate family (in which you must attend the funeral) or other situations of similar gravity. Absences due to other meaningful conflicts, such as job interviews, family celebrations, travel difficulties, student misunderstandings or personal convenience, will not be excused. Students who will be absent from a major exam must notify the Dean’s Office prior to that exam. Absences from class due to the observance of a religious holiday will normally be excused. Individual students who will have to miss class to observe a religious holiday should notify the instructor by the end of the Add/Drop period to make prior arrangements for making up any work that will be missed. The final exam period runs until ____________

Keep in mind that it will be difficult for you to make up missed peer reviews, small group discussions, and spoken lectures and instructions. Even if you are not able to attend, you are still responsible for making sure any assignments due that day are submitted by the deadline.

You are expected to do your own work. Cheating, plagiarism, use of AI and any other form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. 

To participate  you must attend class having prepared the materials for the day. All students are expected to come to class prepared and on time, and remain for the full class period. This includes both library sessions. 

Cellphones are not permitted in class unless permission is given for the purposes of peer review.

Disruptive behaviour will result in dismissal from the class and will be counted as one absence. This includes repeatedly entering and leaving the class once the lesson has begun, doing work for other classes during class, eating during class, use of computers/smartphones (checking on your e-mail while in class, surfing the net) talking to others while someone else is talking, repeatedly arriving late to class, sleeping, using profanity, personal or physical threats or insults, damaging property. 

Please refer to the JCU catalog for the attendance and absence policies. Please note that there is homework in nearly every class so if you are absent it is your responsibility to call a classmate for the assignment.
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

POETRY

Week 1  (Language - Word Choice and Order) - Tuesday Introduction to the course - Why study literature? 

    Thursday The Opposites Game - Brendan Constantine My Life had stood a loaded gun - Emily Dickinson

 Week 2 (Setting and Imagery) - Tuesday - The Second Coming - W. B. Yeats.

    Thursday - MCMXIV - Philip Larkin

Week 3 (Speaker) - Tuesday - Musee de Beaux Arts - W.H.Auden

    Thursday - One Art - Elizabeth Bishop

Week 4 (Rhyme and Metre) - Tuesday - My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover - Robert Browning

  Thursday  - Her Kind - Anne Sexton

Week 5 (Personification and Metaphor) - Tuesday - Ode to the Nightingale - John Keats

   Thursday - Acquainted with the Night - Robert Frost

Week 6 (Symbol) - Tuesday - Spring and Fall - Gerald Manley Hopkins and Like as the Waves make unto the pebbled shore - William Shakespeare.

    Thursday - (Objective Correlative) - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - T.S. Eliot.

FICTION

Week 7 (Narrative) - Tuesday  - Death in the Woods - Sherwood Anderson

  (God) - Thursday - What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver

Week 8 (The Colony) - Tuesday - The Thing Around Your Neck - Chimamamba Ngozi Adiche

       (Secrets) - Thursday - Roman Fever - Edith Wharton

Week 9 (Me) - Tuesday - Indian Camp - Ernest Hemingway

         (The Uncanny) - Thursday - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas- Ursula Le Guin

Week 10 (The author) - Tuesday - Metamorphosis  - Franz Kafka

(The End) - Thursday - Bullet in the Brain  - Tobias Woolf

DRAMA

Week 11 (Prologue) - A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller 

Week 12  (Rising Action) - A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller

Week 13 - (Falling Action) A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller

Week 14 - (Denouement) A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller