World Literature I English 2332-dl
Professor: Marcella
Phillips
Required texts:
Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 5th ed. or latest.
Use your textbook website for timelines, biographies, quizzes, and contextual help. Go to http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/wilkie/.
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verification of both prerequisites, and students are to be withdrawn at
the end of the second week of classes for failure to provide both
prerequisites.
Note
I do not withdraw students except for lack of proof of prerequisites or lack of correctly completed orientation quiz.
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 keep all drafts of papers
until the course is completed.
Students will be responded to Monday through Friday
at noon, 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
Please send
all papers in Rich Text Format (.rtf) as attachments. Use MLA style which
includes paragraphing and double-spacing. Do not skip extra lines between
paragraphs. Cite if necessary. Plagiarism or scholastic dishonesty will result in an F in the course.
Turning in work
I do not accept late papers, but I do accept early papers. What you send to me as your assignment will be graded as your assignment.
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
|
Mid-term and Final exam: Ancient World, |
|
|
Middle
Ages, and Renaissance |
200 |
|
critical
essay |
150 |
|
Oral
Tradition or myth |
50 |
|
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.
The tests will need to be taken in the testing
center at Rio Grande, Pinnacle, Northridge, Cypress, Eastview, or Riverside
Campuses. Photo id and current ACC id are required by all ACC testing centers.
Go to austincc.edu/testctr/hr.htm
Short
Writing Assignments
The
short assignments will vary from semester to semester. They may be creative
in nature. See Assignment I.
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.rtf.
For example Roxanne Riley would use WLrrileyRR.rtf.
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.
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
Essay Check out the helpful Links!!!
Read the following instructions carefully so that you will have a successful
essay. This informative-interpretive (referential)analytical essay focuses
on Don Quixote and will require the student to relate elements of at
least three other assigned works for this course and at least three terms from
the course to the novel, Don Quixote, in a well-organized and cohesive
essay. In other words, you are writing a paper where you compare Cervantes’
novel to three other works assigned this semester by analyzing how each term
you have chosen to use is employed in Don Quixote and another work,
ultimately covering three other works and three terms. You must develop your
paper analytically by the points of comparison you are making. You may analyze
how term #1 is used in Don Quixote and one or more works, but term
#2 may only apply to Don Quixote and one other work that you are using.
Do not organize by work; organize by terms. Develop your paragraphs by giving specific textual examples rather than summarizing or defining. Any paper organized by work will be returned wiith
a maximun grade of F. It is the student’s responsibillity to contact
me with questions before they begin rather than suffering the consequences
of not understanding. Starting at the last minute precludes asking questions
and getting answers and usually leads to a poor paper.
Your terms are in Class Notes. Students will need to read the novel first,
then review the works and terms for the course, taking notes for the first
draft of the paper. A thesis statement must be submitted to me for approval
no later than ten days before the paper due date, fewer in summer. (See your
schedule.) Sooner is highly preferable. Do not assume that your thesis will
be accepted. Allow time to revise your thesis so that it can be accepted on
the required date for twenty points. No credit will be given for theses submitted for the first time on the deadline day or for those that are submitted late. An acceptable thesis presents the content
of the paper in the order in which the content will be presented. The thesis
needs to clearly indicate that you are comparing Don Quixote to other
works and what those works are and that you are comparing by using terms and
what those terms are. When you send your thesis, indicate below it which terms you are using with which works. Send your one sentence
thesis statement as an e-mail, not an attachment. Do not include introductory
sentences. These are best written after you have developed a paper to introduce.
When I evaluate your thesis statement, I will assume it is based on preliminary
work by you and that you have carefully thought out your content or you would
not be submitting the thesis. Understand the terms before you use them. If
you have been working with Class Notes and your text from the beginning, this
will not be an issue. Your thesis will need to be specifically stated, rather
than general, so that I can tell what the content of the paper will actually
be. An example , not a model, from American Literature could be as follows:
Billy Budd's use of in medeas res, irony, and desmesure parallels the use of the terms in "The Minister's Black Veil," "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", and Uncle Tom's Cabin, respectively. Also, remember that short works take quotes
and long works are in italics or are underlined.
You will need to document your essay using MLA parenthetical documentation;
after all, you will want to develop it through details, examples, and illustrations
from your sources for a minimum length of 1500 words. You will need to cite
your primary sources: Cervantes’ Don Quixote and the other works
that you choose. These sources will appear on your Annotated Works Cited.
(You are provided an example in Class Notes.) You are not to use any secondary
sources; doing so will result in a failing paper. The analysis for this assignment
is intended to be your work alone. A paper without parenthetical documentation or without the Works Cited page will not be read and will receive a zero. Use the Hacker manual.
You will see information explaining and giving the rules for in-text parenthetical
documentation. Read this through, make notes, and follow them or copy and
annotate. Next you will be presented with a SAMPLE Works Cited. This is what
you look at to see what your Works Cited page as a whole should look like:
all double-spaced, alphabetical order, no numbering, reverse indentation,
ending periods, etc. Next, you will find examples of variations in entries
that you can use as models. Find the “A work within an anthology” This is the entry
you will model after. You will need to add 5th ed. after the editors’
names. You will add your sentence of annotation after the ending period for
each entry. Each work on your Annotated Works Cited will have its own entry,
so that you will have a minimum of four entries. For additional help with MLA style,
you may also consult any Learning Resource Center (ACC Library), the learning
labs, and/or you may purchase a copy of the MLA Manual of Style.
Please send your annotated works cited as the last page of your paper not
as a separate attachment. Name your file WL, your first initial and last name,
then DQ.rtf. An example for Roxanne Riley would be WLrrileyDQ.rtf.
Reread these instructions and double check your paper before sending it to
me.
The grade will be based on the following: the thesis accepted (not submitted)
by the required date=20 points; the essay content=100 points; correct parenthetical
documentation=10 points; correct, annotated Works Cited=20 points. The annotation
will count for 10 points of the twenty.
Plagiarism will result in an F in the course. Read the section in the Hacker manual on plagiarism and MLA style. If you have any additional questions about
what constitutes plagiarism, communicate with me.
Go to library.austincc.edu (no www) to get help for help. The library also
offers a live chatroom with a librarian from this site.