World Literature I English 2332-dl Syllabus

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Professor: Marcella Phillips

Office Times are available in the online directory, on Blackboard, or you may call me at (512) 223.2143, 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 in 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. You are responsible for the content sent to you in emails and posted on Blackboard as it is, along with Class Notes, the instructional part of the course.

Required text: Hacker, Diana, A Pocket Style Manual, 7th edition or latest.

Required text: Wilkie/Hurt, Literature of the Western World, vol.1, 5th edition or latest. Books are available at the ACC Rio Grande Campus Book St.

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 512-223.2046. 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 No assignments will be accepted before verification of both prerequisites, and students are to be withdrawn Friday, the second week of the course for failure to provide both prerequisites, or Friday the first week in the summer course. If you are withdrawn, you will not be reinstated.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 the 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.

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.

"Save as" or "export" your file to .pdf. on your computer, then go to Blackboard. Click on the name of the assignment in the left menu. When the menu opens, choose the assignment name again. Scroll down to Browse My Computer. Chose the file from your computer that you want to submit, ( being sure that you previously saved it as .pdf.). Then scroll to the bottom of the page and click Submit.

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. 1. The student will be introduced to a sampling of literature of the Western World, excluding British works.
  2. 2. The student will be able to discuss plot, character, conflict, theme, language, and setting of each work.
  3. 3. The student will be able to associate the influences of broad historical periods with the works.
  4. 4. The student will be able to identify and discuss myth in relation to the works.
  5. 5. The student will be able to use literary terms appropriate to the works.
  6. 6. The student will be able to state the significance of the works and the authors.
  7. 7. The student will be able to distinguish between genres.
  8. 8. The student will be able to analyze major themes, topics, or motifs in the works.
  9. 9. The student will be able to identify the language, period, and country of origin of each work.
  10. 10. The student will demonstrate reading comprehension.
  11. 11. The student will demonstrate critical thinking and critical reading.

Grades

  • Ancient World and Final exams Middle Ages, and Renaissance250
  • Don Quixote assignment150
  • Reading Responses100
  • Total500
  • 450 -500 = A
  • 400 - 449 = B
  • 350 - 399 = C
  • 300 - 349 = D
  • 0 - 299 = F

Appointments

Students need to email me to set up appointments during office time.

Methodology

As a literature course, the primary focus is reading. Students may interact with their peers in studying the literature and arrange study groups and have access to podcasts and other media using Blackboard. They may discuss with the professor via email or on the phone. They receive email instructions and have a Class Notes section on the professor's website.

Scholastic Dishonesty

Stay off the internet unless instructed otherwise. This course focuses on the student's ability to think, not the student's ability to copy what others think, (and the internet being what it is, it takes a lot of research to find good ideas). The penalty for scholastic dishonesty, plagiarism, or collusion is an F in the course. Read the departmental syllabus. Primary sources must be credited within the text by using in-text citations. Any borrowed idea must be cited, whether quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. All papers require MLA documentation. Any attempt to pass off ideas originating from someone else as your own, even one idea or one phrase, will result in an F in the course. Contact me during the first week of class if clarification of this policy is needed or if you need further explanation of plagiarism.

For the English Departmental Syllabus, go to https://sites.austincc.edu/english/master-syllabi/.

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 https://www.austincc.edu/support-and-services/services-for-students/testing-services/instructional-testing

Reading Response

Note: Papers require full MLA documentation (citations) and will fail without it.

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.pdf. For example Roxanne Riley would use WLrrileyRR.pdf.

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. A minimum of five examples of textual support is required for each of the responses, though more examples are preferable, and each must be cited.

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

Note: Papers require full MLA documentation (citations) and will fail without it.

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. A minimum of five examples of textual support is required for each of the responses, though more examples are preferable, and each must be cited.

  • 1. Specifically how does the concept of fate in Oedipus relate to fate in Don Quixote?
  • 2. Specifically how does Aeneas's concept of duty relate to duty in Don Quixote?
  • 3A. Specifically how does the concept of the knight in the works assigned from Marie de France relate to Don Quixote?

    OR

    3B. How do women in Pizan's work relate to the women in Don Quixote? (Choose some aspect of this question to respond to.)

  • 4. The Decameron and Don Quixote are both Renaissance works. How can one tell? (Use the relevant introductory material in addition to the works.) Use the strongest examples; you can't cover them all.
  • 5. Specifically relate any assigned reading (not just the ones above) to yourself or your life.

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The Austin Community College District concealed handgun policy ensures compliance with Section 411.2031 of the Texas Government Code (also known as the Campus Carry Law), while maintaining ACC's commitment to provide a safe environment for its students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Beginning August 1, 2017, individuals who are licensed to carry (LTC) may do so on campus premises except in locations and at activities prohibited by state or federal law, or the college's concealed handgun policy.

It is the responsibility of license holders to conceal their handguns at all times. Persons who see a handgun on campus are asked to contact the ACC Police Department by dialing 222 from a campus phone or 512-223-7999.

Refer to the concealed handgun policy online at austincc.edu/campuscarry.

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