English 2200: Introduction to Literature (v.1.0) Dr. Scott Rogers MWF 12:30 EH 203 Office: EH 448 Office Hours: TBA Email: srogers@weber.edu http://faculty.weber.edu/srogers The Course English 2200: Introduction to Literature provides students with an introduction to the reading and analysis of the primary genres of literature fiction, poetry, and drama. Over the course of the semester, students will learn to read literature critically and to write informed analyses of that literature. The Books The Seagull Reader: Literature, 2 nd edition Bronte, The Assignments Short Essay: 20% An analysis of a single text. Long Essay: 30% An analysis that considers the ways two texts engage a similar issue of idea. Discussion Questions (10): 10% Typed questions designed to kick off our discussion for the day. Quizzes: 10% Several quizzes for reading comprehension. Reading Responses (7): 20% These should come in 2 parts: first, a description of what the theme or point of the text is; second, a discussion of the specific literary techniques that reveal how the text accomplishes this theme. You may not turn in more than two at once. Final Exam: 10% An essay exam that will ask you to compose an analysis of short fiction and poetry that we have not discussed in class. Policies Attendance: You may miss class 2 times without penalty. Each absence after the 2 nd will result in a half letter grade reduction of your final grade. Late work: I will not accept late work unless prior arrangements have been made with me. I will not accept any submissions via email. Get your work in and get it in on time. Plagiarism: Any attempt to pass off another's work as your own, in whole or in part, will result in failure of the course. I reserve the right to make changed to the syllabus to
accommodate the dynamics of the class. Accommodations: Students with Disabilities: Any student requiring accommodations or services due to a disability must contact Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) in room 181 of the Student Service Center. SSD can also arrange to provide course materials (including this syllabus) in alternative formats if necessary. Conflict Resolution Weber State University recognizes that there are times when course content may differ from a studentʼs core beliefs. Faculty, however, have a responsibility to teach content that is related to the discipline and that has a reasonable relationship to pedagogical goals. If you, as a student, believe that the content of the course conflicts with your ability to pursue the topic, you may request a resolution from the instructor.
Date What We're Reading What's Due Week One M 1.3 Introductions and Syllabus W 1.5 Introduction; Joyce, "Araby" (215) F 1.7 Carver, "Cathedral" (84) Week Two M 1.10 Walker, "Everyday Use" (459) W 1.11 Kafka, "A Hunger Artist" (222) F 1.13 Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (172) Week Three M 1.17 MLK DAY W 1.19 Boyle, "Tooth and Claw" (61) F 1.21 Marquez, "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" (165) Week Four
M 1.24 Erdrich, "I'm A Mad Dog Biting Myself for Sympathy" (148) W 1.26 O'Connor, "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" (372) F 1.28 Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" (155) Week Five M 1.31 W 2.2 F 2.4 Week Six M 2.7 W 2.9 F 2.11 Week Seven M 2.14 Introduction; Shakespeare, Hamlet W 2.16 F 2.18 Week Eight
M 2.21 President's Day W 2.23 F 2.25 Week Nine M 2.28 Short Essay Due W 3.2 F 3.4 Week Ten M 3.7 W 3.9 F 3.11 Week Eleven M 3.14 Spring Break W 3.16 Spring Break F 3.18 Spring Break Week Twelve M 3.21 Introduction; Donne, "A Valediction: Forbidding
Mourning" (98), "Holy Sonnet 10" (100) W 3.23 Bradstreet, "An Author To Her Book" (41); Shakespeare, "Sonnet 29" (276), "Sonnet 116" (277); "Sonnet 130" (278) F 3.25 Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" (135); Wordsworth, "The World is Too Much With Us" (357) Week Thirteen M 3.28 Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (186) W 3.30 Arnold. "Dover Beach" (14) F 4.1 Shelley, "Ode to the West Wind" (280). "Ozymandias" (279) Week Fourteen M 4.4 Tennyson, "Ulysses" (304) W 4.6 Rossetti, "Goblin Market" (handout) F 4.8 Hopkins, "Pied Beauty" (162); Yeats, "The Second Coming" (369) Week Fifteen M 4.11 Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (109) Long Essay Due
W 4.13 Frost, "Mending Wall" (124); Collins, all selections F 4.15 Review Week Sixteen M 4.18 TBA Final Exam Wednesday, April 20, 1:00 2:50