World Literature I English 2332-dl
Professor: Marcella
Phillips
Office Times: Are available in the online directory, on Blackboard, or you may call me at 512-223-8046, or email me at phillips@austincc.edu.
You are required to read this syllabus on the first day. If you choose to remain in the course, you are agreeing to abide by the policies stated within the syllabus. Your grade will be based solely on quality of work. Do not remain in the class with the expectation that exceptions will be made for you. Extra credit is not available, as the focus needs to be on the assignments. It is the students' responsibility to edit, proof, and correctly submit work. Since six hours of composition are required as prerequisite for this course, revisions and rewrites are not allowed. I do want to work with you in advance of due dates to help you in any way I can, but you must communicate your needs and follow up as necessary. Doing your work or taking tests too close to the deadlines may create problems that you cannot overcome. No make-up tests will be given. Doing well requires communication, time, effort, organization, and self-motivation.
Required texts:
Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 7th ed. or latest. OPTIONAL
Prerequisites
Passing grades in Composition I and II (6 hours
minimum). Students must verify these prerequisites by faxing transcripts, or
grade reports for both courses. The fax number is 512-223-8900. The student's
name must show clearly on what is faxed, and my name needs to be on the
transmittal form. If a prerequisite was completed at ACC, faxing will not be
necessary for that prerequisite. No assignments will be accepted before verification of both prerequisites, and students are to be withdrawn Friday, the second week of the course for failure to provide both prerequisites, or Friday the first week in the summer course. If you are withdrawn, you will not be reinstated.
Note
I do not withdraw students except for lack of proof of prerequisites or lack of correctly completed orientation quiz or lack of progress: any combination of two f's and/or zeros.
I reserve the right to make changes in the schedule
with adequate notice given to the students.
The student is responsible for all information
contained in the current ACC catalog.
Students are required to copy themselves on all correspondence or submissions and retain copies until the course is completed.
Students will be responded to during set office/computer times, excluding holidays.
Although I expect to return papers sooner, please allow one week to receive graded assignments.
Student-professor telephone conferences may be
required of some students.
Format
Submit each assignment to Blackboard as a pdf file only. Click on the "Assignment Submit Here" link, then click "Browse My Computer," navigate to your file, and click on your file to submit it.
Turning in work
I do not accept late papers or tests, but I do accept early papers; however, all of the papers will be graded after the due date. What you send to me as your assignment will be graded as your assignment.
Incompletes
Students may not initiate incomplete grades.
Syllabus
World Literature I concerns itself with major
Western works from the Ancient World through the Renaissance. British works are
excluded due to time constraints and with the hope that a course in those
works will make up the deficiency. The genres are the narrative epic, the
drama, poetry, and novel. The authors and their backgrounds, and mythologies
are basic to the course as is appreciation of the periods of history involved.
Students will focus on the relevance of the works,
their importance in the body of literature, and the importance of myth.
Mythology will be the unifying concept for the course. Myth, as defined by Keen
and Valley-Fox in Your Mythic Journey and as influenced by the many works of Joseph Campbell, is "an
intricate set of interlocking stories, rituals, rites, and customs that inform and
give the pivotal sense of meaning and direction to a person, family, community,
or culture"(7)
Myth is also defined as "a conscious celebration of
certain values... unspoken consensus, the habitual way of seeing things, the
unquestioned assumptions, the automatic stance"(7).
Objectives
for World Literature
1. The
student will be introduced to a sampling of literature of the Western World,
excluding British works.
2. The
student will be able to discuss plot, character, conflict, theme, language,
and setting of each work.
3. The
student will be able to associate the influences of broad historical periods
with the works.
4. The
student will be able to identify and discuss myth in relation to the works.
5. The
student will be able to use literary terms appropriate to the works.
6. The
student will be able to state the significance of the works and the authors.
7. The
student will be able to distinguish between genres.
8. The
student will be able to analyze major themes, topics, or motifs in the works.
9. The
student will be able to identify the language, period, and country of origin of
each work.
10. The
student will demonstrate reading comprehension.
11. The
student will demonstrate critical thinking and critical reading.
Grades
|
Ancient World and Final exam, |
|
|
Middle
Ages, and Renaissance |
250 |
|
Don Quixote assignment |
150 |
|
Reading
Responses |
100 |
|
Total |
500 |
450 -500 = A
400 - 449
= B
350 - 399
= C
300 - 349
= D
0 - 299 = F
TESTS
The test is primarily subjective with some
objective questions.You need to read critically and comprehend the material
assigned because you will be asked to critically think about and respond to
what you have read. You need to take notes over terms and annotate in your text
throughout the course. (Marking in your text is a very helpful tool.) Studying
with others can be extremely helpful, too.
Tests may be taken at any of the campuses but not the centers. Photo id and current ACC id are required by all ACC testing centers.
Go to austincc.edu/testctr/hr.htm
See assignment one followed by assignment two below. The sources for both assignments are limited to your textbook (readings and introductions) and Class Notes and must be documented to indicate these borrowed materials (and not just when using direct quotes)
Reading Response
You will respond to a
set of ten questions about the content of your reading assignments. You need to
complete each question as you finish each assignment. When you have finished
all ten, on or before the deadline, send the responses to me as one paper and
as one attachment. Name your file WL, first initial, your last name, RR.docx.
For example Roxanne Riley would use WLrrileyRR.docx.
Number your paragraphs to correspond with
the prompts. The prompt should be clearly discernible in the topic sentence of
your paragraph. Each paragraph needs to be 100-125 words, using specific detail
to support and develop the prompt. Think of this assignment as an open book
test. You want to demonstrate to me that you have read the material carefully
and critically, meaning that you have comprehended it and thought about it.
General statements will not demonstrate that. Do not summarize. You will lose
points for every part of the plot that you retell. Do not write introductory
sentences. Start with your topic and go immediately to your support for the
topic. Your method of development will not be narrative; it will be analytical.
You will pull from the text the support that you need rather than "walking"
through the plot and stumbling upon the support that you need. The best
responses will show some insight. Your answers are to be entirely your own. You are to use your text and Class Notes only.
1. In The Odyssey name and explain the relationship
between Athena and Odysseus.
2. In The Odyssey what events allow Odysseus to
learn about himself?
3. Telemachus alters the course of events in what ways?
4. Name and explain how Oedipus's tragic flaw is evident
in the play.
5. Regarding the books of The Aeneid that you read,
which very minor characters are significant and why?
6. Explain which epic conventions listed in Class Notes
are present in The Metamorphosis.
7. Discuss the range of emotions presented in each of the
assigned poems of Sappho that are specified in Class Notes.
8. Explain the use of desmesure in both of the
Marie de France lais.
9. Explain the setting (time and place) and the framing
device in the assigned part of 1001 Nights.
10. Explain what the three ladies and the city symbolize
in the assigned section of The Book of the City of the Ladies, and in
doing so, relate the ladies to the city.
Don Quixote Assignment
Answer the questions indicated below to prove that you have critically read and thought about your assigned readings. You must use twelve point standard Arial font for this assignment, double space as required by MLA, and number correctly. You are to rephrase the question as a topic sentence for a detailed paragraph, citing ideas from the work. Use 132-133 in your required Hacker manual for documentation for literary works. You will not have a Works Cited as you may treat this assignment as a take-home test. Each paragraph will be one page in length or very close to one page. The responses are thirty points each for a total of 150 points. Paragraphs do not have introductions. You will state your topic sentence and begin providing your support. Not following instructions, scholastic dishonesty, writing errors, and lack of specifics will be penalized.
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