the literary imagination

ENGLISH 105.006 explores human experience as it is imagined and expressed in fiction, poetry, prose, theory, and drama.

COURSE TIME MTWF 8–8:50 am

LOCATION L&L 223

INSTRUCTOR Joseph Johnson

CONTACT josjohns@cwu.edu or Canvas

OFFICE L&L 403i

OFFICE HOURS M 12–2:30 pm

English 105 requires thoughtful analysis and writing for an academic community. CWU and the English Department thus expect you to participate in this course in the following ways:

1. All assigned readings should be completed by due dates.

2. All assignments are due when noted on the course schedule.

3. Thoughtful participation in class discussions, groups, and exercises is essential.

4. Attendance is expected. Absences will damage your overall grade.

ENGLISH 105COURSE INFO

EXPECTATIONS

FRANKENSTEIN

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

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1. Students will read and respond to literary works from a variety of cultures and from a range of historical periods.

2. Students will read and respond to literary works of poetry, fiction, and drama; they may also read nonfiction or view films, depending on the organization and orientation of class materi-als.

3. Students will demonstrate an understand-ing of how literary elements such as character development, setting, and figurative language relate to literary meaning.

4. In accordance with the General Education Writing Requirement, students will submit at least seven pages of writing “that is assessed for content and mechanics.”

REQUIRED TEXTS

NOVEL

OUTCOMES

This is a literature course and requires reading. Lots of reading. Several versions exist for most books in this class—special editions, electronic formats, etc. However, every student must have the particular editions listed here.

Literature: A Portable Anthology. Third Edition. Bedford St Martin, 2013. ISBN: 9781457606502

Merchant of Venice. William Shakespeare. Oxford, 2008.[c. 1598] ISBN: 9780199535859

Frankenstein. 2nd Critical. Mary Shelley. Norton, 2012.[1818] ISBN: 978-0393927931

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Trans. Simon Armitage. Norton, 2008. [c. 1400] ISBN: 9780393334159

Ariel. Sylvia Plath. Harper Collins, 2004. [1965] ISBN: 9780060732608

A Clockwork Orange. Critical. Anthony Burgess. Norton, 2011. [1962] ISBN: 9780393928099

For the Novel... You will choose one of these two texts. You are required to use the Norton Critical Editions.

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If you wish to set up academic adjustments in this class, please provide a copy of your “Confirmation of Eligibility for Academic Adjustments” so we can discuss how to implement the approved adjustments. Disability Services, Bouillon 140, www.cwu.edu/disability-support, or 963-1202.

Everyone is expected to be respectful of other people, their ideas, and their work. Obscene or demeaning language and behavior is never appropriate or acceptable, nor is discrimination of any kind against race, gender, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation, whether spoken or written.

Any such conduct will not be tolerated, and any student who violates this expectation will be reprimanded accordingly. Reprimands may include receiving a lower participation or assignment grade or, in some situations, being reported to Student Affairs.

Also, please note restrictions on electronics (see "Participation," page 7).

The Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) is a replacement for Blackboard. It is a vital resource for handouts, announcements, grades, audio, and other items. Every student must be/become familiar with this tool. If you cannot regularly access and use Canvas, you will not be able to complete some assignments.

For assistance, contact 963-1224 or click the "Help" tab at the top-right of Canvas.

Regularly check Canvas and/or your student (name@cwu.edu) e-mail account. In the event that important information is posted, it will be announced on Canvas.

All e-mail must come from your student account (login to GroupWise to send) or Canvas.

For reasons of confidentiality and consistency, your instructor will not respond to e-mail from a non-cwu.edu or non-Canvas account.

COURSE POLICIESCOMMUNICATION

ADA STATEMENT

CITIZENSHIP

SIR GAWAIN AND

THE GREEN KNIGHT

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You will receive assignment sheets in class and/or on Canvas. If there are differences between those sheets and this schedule, follow the sheets. ¶ “Readings” must be completed by the matching class date. For example, you are

expected to read “Sonnet 18” before coming to class on 4/8. ¶ Symbols by dates represent specific assignments or activities. The Q on 4/11 alerts you to a quiz. The A on 4/15 signifies a Small Group Discussion.

SCHEDULE

Date Topic Reading Due

4/2 Introductions. Syllabus (in-class)

4/4 Elements of Drama pt 1. Aristotle [handout]; Genesis [handout]

4/7 Q

Elements pt 2 / Poetry. Syllabus Quiz (Canvas)

Aristotle [handout]; Genesis [handout]; “Writing about Poems” (1208–1213)

4/8 Sonnets. Shakespeare: “Sonnet 18” (453), “Sonnet 73” (454), “Sonnet 116” (455); Milton: “When I Consider” (462); Shelley: “Ozymandias” (487); Browning: “How Do I Love Thee?” (494)

4/9 Romantic Poetry. Wordsworth: “I Wandered Lonely” (476); Blake: “The Lamb” (473), “The Tyger” (474); Coleridge: “Kubla Khan” (484); Lord Byron: “She Walks in Beauty” (486); Pope: Essay on Criticism” (467–468)

4/11Q

Modern Poetry. Quiz 1

Frost: “The Road Not Taken” (536), “Birches” (537), “Stopping by Woods” (540); Stevens: “The Emperor of Ice Cream” (542); Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (547)

4/14 Sylvia Plath (Poetry). From Ariel: “Morning Song” (5), “The Applicant” (11–12), “Elm” (27–28), “Nick and the Candlestick” (47–48), “Berck-Plage” (49–55)

4/15 A

Sylvia Plath (Poetry). Small Group 1

From Ariel: “The Bee Meeting” (81–83), “The Arrival of the Bee Box” (84–85), “Stings” (86–88), “Wintering” (89–90), “The Swarm” (189–194)

4/16 Sylvia Plath (Poetry). From Ariel: “Lady Lazarus” (14–17), “Daddy” (74–76), “Fever 103º” (78–80)

4/18 Q

Contemporary Poetry.Quiz 2

Brooks: “We Real Cool” (578), “The Bean Eaters” (578); Ginsberg: “A Supermarket” (588); Sexton: “Cinderella” (597); Collins: “I Chop” (634); Broumas: “Cinderella” (659)

4/21 Sir Gawain (Poetry). From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Fitt I (21–53); 17–18; 195–198

4/22 Sir Gawain (Poetry). From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Fitt II (55–95)

4/23A

Sir Gawain (Poetry).Small Group 2

From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Fitt III (97–153)

4/25Q

Sir Gawain (Poetry).Quiz 3

From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Fitt IV (155–189); 9–16

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Date Topic Reading Due

4/28 Tragedy/Intro to Oedipus Syllabus Quiz (Canvas)

“Writings about Plays” (1223–1226); Aristotle [handout]; Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (707–721)

4/29 Greek Drama/Oedipus Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (722–750)

4/30 Shakespeare. Merchant. From Merchant of Venice: Act I (99–127)

5/2

Shakespeare. Merchant. Poem Analysis

From Merchant of Venice: Act II (127–158)

5/5A

Shakespeare. Merchant. Small Group 3

From Merchant of Venice: Act III (159–189)

5/6 Shakespeare. Merchant. From Merchant of Venice: Act IV (190–211)

5/7Q

Shakespeare. Merchant. Quiz 4

From Merchant of Venice: Act V (211–228)

5/9 Fiction/Fiction Elements. Gilman: "Yellow Wallpaper" (76–89); Poe: "The Cask of Amontillado" (14–19)

5/12 Short Fiction/Novel Intros. Chopin: “Story of an Hour” (1201–1203, 59–61); Hawthorne: “Young Goodman Brown” (3–13)

5/13 Novels. From A Clockwork Orange: Volume 1 (3–50)

5/14 Novels. From Frankenstein: Volume 1 (1–18, 18–60)

5/16A

Short Fiction. Small Group 4

Hemingway: "Hills Like White Elephants" (212–216); Updike: "A&P" (294–299)

5/19 Novels. From A Clockwork Orange: Volume 2 (51–84)

5/20 Novels. From Frankenstein: Volume 2 (61–108)

5/21Q

Short Fiction. Quiz 5 O'Brien: "The Things They Carried" (344–359); Atwood: "Happy End-ings" (326–329)

5/23A

Short Fiction. Small Group 5Connections Paper

Alexie: "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" (402–407); Lahiri: "Interpreter of Maladies" (407–425)

5/27Q

Novels. Quiz 6a

From A Clockwork Orange: Volume 3 (108–166)

5/28Q

Novels. Quiz 6b

From Frankenstein: Volume 3 (61–108)

5/30 Novel Analysis Workshop

6/2 Graphic Novels/New Media 6/3,4,6 Film/Visual Stories

6/9 Novel Analysis (Final) by 10 a.m.

FIRST PAPER

SECOND PAPER

FINAL PAPER

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APARTICIPATION The heart of a face-to-face

literature class is meaningful participation. This includes Small Group work, pop quizzes as nec-essary, and Conversation Starters. For a detailed explanation of how Participation is defined and calculated, see page 7.

QQUIZZES Seven quizzes are sched-uled this quarter. The first,

the Syllabus Quiz, will be taken on Canvas. The remaining quizzes take place in class. Each quiz requires you to identify characters, texts, authors, etc. (multiple choice). Quizzes also ask for a brief (2–3 sentence) question response.

CONNECTIONS This major paper will

analyze one major work and make connections between it and one (or more) other texts from class. In addition, this paper requires basic academic research. 1200–2400 words, MLA formatted. Due by 5/23.

POEM ANALYSIS The Poem Element

Analysis requires a thoughtful analysis of a poem (or pair of related poems). The paper demonstrates how either Characterization or Symbolism deepens understanding of a text. 400–800 words, MLA formatted. Due by 5/2.

NOVEL ANALYSIS This paper

analyzes and responds to one critic's analysis (from your critical edition text) of your novel through textual evidence and critical reasoning. This paper acts as your final. 500–1000 words, MLA formatted. Due by 6/9, no later than 10am.

GRADESYour final grade will be calculated according to how you score in five categories. Each category is worth a percentage of your grade.

To calculate your final grade in the class, compare your class average (the total of the five categories) to the following chart. Scores are updated regularly on Canvas.

A Participation 20%Q Quizzes 20% Poem Element Analysis 15% Connections Paper 30% Novel Analysis (Final) 15%

100–93% A92.9%–90% A-87–89.9% B+83–86.9% B80–82.9% B-77–79.9% C+73–76.9% C70–72.9% C-67–69.9% D+63–66.9% D60–62.9% D-0–59.9% F

FINAL GRADE

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PARTICIPATIONDEFINITION For every class,

students should be ready to engage fellow students, the instructor, and the material. If you come to class and participate (or are prepared to participate), you will earn participation credit.

If you are not prepared for class, are disruptive, or are disengaged (such as in the use of electronic devices) you will be considered “non-participatory” and counted absent for the day (however, a non-participation does not count toward your "Total Absences").

MISSED ASSIGNMENTS: You are responsible for completing work assigned while absent. Some material cannot be made up. Requests for making up in-class quizzes must be made via e-mail/Canvas within 12 hours of the original quiz date/time to avoid receiving zero credit. Some assignments are participation-depen-dent and cannot be made up or pre-arranged. Your participation score can be affected by performance on pop quizzes, in-class discus-sion, etc.

CONVERSATION Because your thoughts,

insights, and observations are essential, you are asked to submit "Conversation Starters." Each "Starter" is a question or conversation topic related to one of the day's readings. To earn full participation credit each week, you must submit a Conversation Starter at least two days a week. (More details will be provided.)

ABSENCESIf you are absent from a session, you are unable

to offer your perspectives and contribute to the class—thus, this course does not distin-guish between excused and unexcused absences. Furthermore, the lack of reliable and consistent attendance affects the overall quality of the class.

Absences affect your Participation grade. Each week, you may earn up to forty participation points* (20 for attendance, 20 for Conversation Starters). For your first absence in a week, you lose 10 points. For a second, you lose 20. *Ratings are adjusted for shorter weeks.

TOTAL ABSENCES Each absence counts toward your Total Absences. If you have six or more total absences during the quarter, you receive a zero for the entire "Participation" category.

EXCEPTIONS There’s no way to earn participa-tion points apart from being in class. However, in rare circumstances, you may petition to have an absence not count toward your Total Ab-sences (to avoid loss of all Participation points). Requests must be made via e-mail/Canvas within 12 hours of the absence.

TARDIES If you are not present when roll is completed but arrive within the first five minutes of class, you are counted “tardy.” Every set of four tardies counts as an absence. If you arrive to class more than five minutes late, you will not earn participation points for that day. Tardy-caused absences do not count toward your Total Absences.

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ASSIGNMENT POLICIESREVISION

EXTRA CREDIT

PLAGIARISM

DEADLINES

WRITING HELP

If any extra credit options arise, they will be offered to the entire class. Please do not request extra credit or expect that extra credit will make up for missed or poorly completed assignments.

Start your assignments early. Papers must be well-edited, cohesive, and consistent with assignment rubrics. They should be academic papers written by university students.

Unless arrangements have been made in advance via e-mail/Canvas, all assignments must be submitted by the beginning of class on the due date. Quizzes* and the Final will not be accepted late. [*See "Missed Assignments" on page 7.] You may also submit papers to the English Department Office.

If a paper is submitted late on the due date but before the English Office closes, the assignment will receive 90% credit. Papers up to 24 hours late receive 75% credit. Papers up to 48 hours late receive 50% credit. Papers over 48 hours late do not receive credit unless pre-arranged with your instructor via e-mail/Canvas.

DRAFTS: You may request a draft reading of papers (your instructor will, given 24 hours, read through a preliminary paper and offer suggestions and corrections).

You may revise your Poem Element Analysis grade if you meet the following conditions: 1. The paper was submitted by the due date and time, 2. You have a consultation with the Writing Commons, and 3. You submit the revised paper within ten days of receiving your original graded paper. The revised paper may raise your overall paper score up to an 85%. Remember, revision requires re-viewing a paper, not just making editing corrections. A revised paper will feel new.

Other assignments may be revised for critique, but not for credit or score adjustments.

If you need extra assistance with your writing, exchange files with a classmate, consult your instructor, and/or visit the CWU Writing Commons in the library or online: www.cwu.edu/learning-commons/. Learning Commons services are free and usually improve papers.

A demonstrable case of plagiarism will likely result in a failing grade for the assignment and may result in a failing grade for the class. Furthermore, such a violation of the Student Code of Conduct may be reported to Student Affairs. (See “106-120-027 Proscribed conduct 2.h” at www.cwu.edu/student-success/student-rights-and-responsibilities.)