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Humanities 420/Literature - Syllabus
Professor Perkins
E-mail: kperkins@faculty.atl.devry.edu
Phone: 770-521-4900 X3527
Office #15
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Catalog Description: This course builds appreciation and understanding of fictional and imaginative works such as short stories, novels and plays. Reading and analysis highlight techniques of language, structure, and characterization and ideas and values that emerge from them. Literary works are evaluated in relation to both their times and to other art forms.
Terminal Course Objectives:
Define literature and explain its purposes and value to both individuals and cultures.
Relate the history, development, and characteristics of the four major literary genres: poetry, drama, the novel, and the short story.
Define and illustrate the basic elements of literature: theme, plot, character, tone, atmosphere, setting, conflict, point of view, structure, figurative language, irony, style.
Analyze and evaluate individual works according to their basic literary elements.
Describe and apply several of the following critical approaches to literature: biographical, historical, psychological, formalist, structuralist, Marxist, post-structuralist.
Explain the importance of archetypal images and motifs in literature.
Analyze the relationship between the literature and critical thought of an era and contemporaneous movements in politics, economics, religion, and philosophy.
Describe the characteristics of major literary movements and eras (e.g., neo-classicism, romanticism, realism, naturalism, modernism, and post-modernism) and apply them to specific texts.
Characterize the general relationship between literature and other arts.
Assess the place of English literature within the context of Western literature and world literature.
Describe representative contributions of women and minority writers to English, Canadian, and American literature.
Evaluate the significance of selected critical works.
GRADES
Final = 25%
Midterm = 25%
Papers = 25% (two papers, 12.5% each)
Daily work = 25%
(Daily work includes presentations, class participation, quizzes, attendance.)
CLASS OUTLINE
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In Class Activity |
Homework |
Week One (3/11)
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Rent and Watch"Dead Poet's Society"
Do DPS Worksheet
Reach Chapters 1 & 2 of Landy & Allen; Read Chapters 13 & 14 of PH Guide; Lightly peruse rest of PH Guide
Read handouts
Read and prepare to present your assigned story next week:
Feminist Criticism:
Kate Chopin, Story of an Hour 21
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 77
Faulkner, A Rose for Emily, 148
Katherine Anne Porter, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall 264
Jury of her Peers - Susan Glaspell |
Week Two (3/18)
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QUIZ
DPS Worksheet
Short Story Presentation |
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Week Three (3/25)
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Short Story Presentation |
Present Stories
Sign up for next story presentation |
Read and prepare to present your assigned story next week:
Culture & Connections:
Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 192
Flannery O’Connor, A Good Man is Hard to Find 280
John Steinbeck, The Chrysanthemums 271
Richard Wright, The Man Who Was Almost a Man 254
James Baldwin, Sonny’s Blues 230
The Sky is Gray- Ernest Gaines |
Week Four (4/1)
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QUIZ
Short Story Presentation |
QUIZ
Present Stories
Sign up for next story presentation |
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Week Five (4/8)
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No Class |
No Class |
Read and prepare to present your assigned story next week:
Contemporary Society/Capitalism/Postmodernism:
A & P - John Updike
Things They Carried - Tim O’Brien
Cathedral - Raymond Carver
Blue Winds Dancing - Tom Whitecloud
Everyday Use - Alice Walker |
Week Six (4/15)
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QUIZ
Short Story Presentation |
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Choose story for Literary Analysis
Write Literary Analysis Thesis
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Week Seven (4/22)
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Short Story Presentation
Literary Analysis Thesis |
Present Stories
Review for Midterm
Peer Review Literary Analysis Thesis Statement
Discuss Outline & Rough Draft |
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Week Eight (4/29)
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Midterm
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Week Nine (5/6)
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Literary Analysis Outline &
Rough Draft |
Peer Review Outlines and Rough Drafts
Introduction to Poetry
Literary Eras |
Write Literary Analysis Final Draft |
Week Ten (5/13)
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Literary Analysis Final Essay |
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Week Eleven (5/20)
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Poetry (see list) |
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Week Twelve (5/27)
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Poetry (see list) |
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Week Thirteen(5/27)
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Poetry (see list)
Review for Final |
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Week Fourteen (5/20)
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Final
Poetry/Play Summary |
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Course Guidelines
Attendance & Class Participation: Attendance and participation can affect your final grade significantly. Each missed class/lack of participation is worth minus 1% of your final grade.
Late Work: Assignments are marked down 10% for each day they are late. Assignments will not be accepted after one week after the due date. In-class quizzes and other in class work cannot be made up.
Professionalism: If you have to miss a class, you are responsible for getting assignments, handouts, etc. from a classmate or via eCollege. In order to do this, you must have an email address other than DeVry student email and you must sign up for eCollege by the end of the first week of class. If for any reason eCollege is not working, you can submit any assignments directly to my home email address. PUT HUMN 445 IN SUBJECT LINE.
Homework: Read the assigned chapters/readings before you come to class. Keep up with the portfolio assignments and do them the same week that we cover them in class, that way you won't fall behind.
Academic Integrity: As a student, you are expected to read, understand, and follow the procedures and rules of conduct as stated in the DeVry/Atlanta Institute of Technology Student Handbook. You are expected to adhere to the Student Academic Integrity Policy. Plagiarism is covered in the handbook, and includes improper paraphrasing, copying and lack of proper documentation of sources. Keep in mind that all writing submitted to me must be written by you for this class. Any time you borrow an idea or passage from an outside source (newspaper, book, TV show, friend, relative, etc.) without giving that source credit (quotations or citations), you have plagiarized. If you let a fellow student borrow from your work or copy your essay then you are guilty of plagiarism, too. Please see the handbook for DeVry's policies.
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