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Tiffin University, School of Arts and Sciences Spring 2014

Romantic Psychologies and Literature

ENG290h01 Spring 2014Course Description

Romantic Psychologies and Literature will focus on significant

literary and philosophical texts that address how the human

mind understands itself in relationship to a larger world. Texts

studied will reflect a variety of perspectives, genres, and

traditions from Plato to the English Romantics and Kierkegaard.

Because this course fills requirements for ENG142, this course

will also teach research writing.

James Rovira

OfficeHours

TF12:452:00;3:155:30

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Class

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T, 6:309:15

ClassLocation

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About M.Phil. Drew U 2004

Ph.D. Drew U 2008

www.jamesrovira.com

Contact [email protected]

4194483586

Bridgewater House 5

To study literature is to study some of the most complex

uses of the English language. It will improve your

communication, listening, reading, writing, and critical

thinking skills.

This semester we will bereading literature and

philosophy that explores the

human mind

This course will explore a variety of philosophical and literary

traditions from antiquity to the twentieth century that consider how

the human mind understands itself in relationship to itself and to the

world around it. You will study authors such as Plato, John Locke,

William Blake, and Sren Kierkegaard in addition to selections from

your instructor's book, BlakeandKierkegaard:CreationandAnxietythat places your readings of Plato, Blake, and Kierkegaard within their

historical contexts.

This course will support your study of literature by presenting a range

of authors, genres, and periods from around the world. Readings in

Peter Barrys BeginningTheoryare intended to present interpretiveapparatus from a variety of theoretical schools that have been

informed by and that respond to some of the literature that you will be

reading in this class. Your WritingMatterstext is an important writingresource intended to help you develop research writing skills.


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Tiffin University School of Arts and Sciences Spring 2014

Course PoliciesParticipation in this course implies agreement with all policies as stated in

the course syllabus. Applicable policies are not limited to those explicitlystated in the course syllabus but also include verbal instruction given

privately, given in class, and universitywide policies.

Required Texts:

Howard, WritingMatters Barry, BeginningTheory Kierkegaard, Either/Or1and Either/Or2 Blake, Blake'sPoetryandDesigns Rovira, BlakeandKierkegaard:CreationandAnxiety Handouts as assigned Students mustpurchasetheassignedtextsforthisclassas notes,

introductory material, and criticism unavailable online will be assignedfrom these texts.

All final drafts of writing assignments are to be uploaded to turnitin.com.

The instructor will grade them using the Grademark function in

turnitin.com. Once the writing assignment has been graded, students can

view instructor comments by opening the assignment and clicking the

Grademark button in the upper left hand corner of the page. Instructor

comments will appear both in the right sidebar and in little blue bubbles on

the paper. The blue bubbles will reveal instructor comments when the

mouse cursor is placed over them. Please do not just view final grades on

turnitin.com. Read all instructor comments and use them to correct errors

on your next assignment. Errorsthatarerepeatedfromassignmenttoassignmentwillcostmorepointseachtimetheyarerepeated.

Academic Honesty Policy

This course will follow the academic honestypolicy as stated in the most recent edition of

the student handbook. The following course

specific policies will also be enforced:Any

student found plagiarizing on any paper over

the course ofthe semester to any extent maybe awarded a grade of XF for the class. This

policy may be applied retroactively to any

papers found to be plagiarized after a final

grade has been issued. Please note, however,that the instructor distinguishes between

citationand/or documentation errors andblatant plagiarism, the final determination of

which rests with the instructor alone.

Improper citations will result in a lower grade,

but not necessarily a grade of XF.

Documentation

All papers in this course shall be formatted and

documented following MLA style as described in the

MLAHandbook7

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edition. See the WritingMatterstextfor MLA style. All papers shall be set up according to

the MLAHandbookfollowing the example provided bythe sample paper in WritingMatters: Times NewRoman, 12 pt. font double spaced from top to bottom

without interruption or extra line spaces and with 1

margins all around. Proper setup of assigned papers

counts toward the mechanical half of paper grades

described below.

Following correct documentation style gives you

invaluable practice in reading and following

complex written instructions and in payingattention to detail. It is a sign of professionalism

in written presentations.


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Attendance and Grading

PoliciesTherearenoexcusedabsencesexcept for competition sports travelas per NCAA regulations. Absences for family illnesses, births,

deaths, weddings, etc., and the students own illnesses arenotexcusedabsences. Students who miss more than three classesexcept for competition travel will receive an automatic grade of F

in the class.

All students are required

to submit all written work by the due date and

time,

to demonstrate comprehension of the material

in their written work,

to argue a thesis original to the student in every

paper, unless summary is explicitly assigned,

to follow MLA style.

No late work will be accepted under any

circumstances, including competition sports travel,

unless thestudent makes arrangements inadvance

to which the instructor has agreed either in writing

or by email. Late papers will otherwise be issued a

grade of 0.

GradingThere will be 100 pt. quizzes given in class on each

weeks reading. Quizzescannotbemadeupunless

youmakearrangementsinadvance. I will agree to

one makeup date. If you do not meet that date, you

will not be able to make up the quiz. Quizzes will

cover factual information about the assigned

reading, being very similar in content to your

midterm and final (see below). You must take notes

on your reading in order to pass the quizzes.

Students must complete an initial twopage paper, a

three to five page paper, a research project proposal,

an annotated bibliography, and a 1012 page

research paper. Due dates are on course schedule

below.

All papers shall be focused on the assigned readings,

shall be about any one or more of the works found

the assigned texts but none external to it (though

supported by secondary sources, see below), shall

argue a thesis original to the student about the

literature, and shall support that thesis with

evidence quoted from the literary texts and from

peerreviewed, scholarly sources properly

documented following MLA style. Class discussion

will serve the purpose of helping students develop

ideas about the literature. See also the handout

Writing a Literary Thesis on Moodle.

Students are also required to incorporate at least s

critical sources into their writing. These critical

sources may come from the assigned texts, from th

MLAInternationalBibliographyon Ohiolink, fromTiffin Universitys library, or from peerreviewed

articles obtained by Interlibrary Loan. Students ar

not allowed to use any works on the publicly

available internet without advanced written

permission from the instructor.


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Continued from previous page

Each individual paper will be graded on the following basis:

50% grammar, spelling, MLA formatting.50% clarity, style, organization, content, and fulfillment of the

requirements of the assignment.

Points will be deducted from the final grade of any paper for beingshort of length requirements in and page increments as

determined by the instructor adding up to 100 points per page.

Students should not pad their papers with unnecessary words,

phrases, or ideas if they are coming up short. They should add

more detail, more support, more examples, and/or further

explanation.

Papers using internet or text message abbreviations will receive anautomatic grade of F.

My computer crashed is not an excuse for not submitting a paper to

turnitin.com by the due date. Students are responsible for backing up all

work either onto a memory stick, onto the school network drive, or onto a file

storage system such as Google docs or Dropbox (preferably at least two of

the above). Students who have their work backed up will be able to continue

their work on a public computer on campus should their personal computer

crash. Students who do not back up their work are responsible for failing to

do so.

The midterm and final exams will be worth 500 pts each. The final exam will

cover only material studied since the midterm exam. Each exam will consistof 50100 multiple choice questions asking factual questions about the

following topics:

Associating authors with their works.Birth and death dates of authors and composition dates of works.Genre and other literary features of works.Relevant biographical and historical details associated with the

works.

Quotation or speaker identification: please note that being able toidentify a quotation or the speaker associated with quoted text

does not mean that students are expected to memorize assigned

reading, only that they have read it, comprehended it, andunderstood its major themes and major characters well enough to

identify them within a multiple choice question.

Questions on the midterm and final will be drawn from classdiscussion and from assigned reading.

All papers must be submitted to the appropriate folder on turnitin.com on the

due date (by the start of class the day that the final draft is due) for a grade to

be issued.

ServicesTutoring

Students who would like additionalhelp with their papers may take

advantage of tutoring services offeredby TUs Student Success Center. TheStudent Success Center is located in

Friedley Hall and is open from 9:00a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday throughThursday and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

on Fridays. Students who wish towork with a tutor are encouraged to

call extension 3324 to make anappointment.

Please be advised that tutors will notwrite or fix papers, nor will they

guarantee particular grades. Theirfunction is to review and discusswriting with students and to make

suggestions for improvement.

StudentConductTU is a professional university; its

students are preparing forprofessional careers. They aretherefore expected to dress

appropriately and behaveprofessionally.

Students must turn off cell phones andpagers at the beginning of every class.

Students must not spend class timewriting letters, doing homework,

using computers for activities notrelated to class, chewing tobacco,and/or talking privately with others.

Such conduct is highly disrespectfuland will not be tolerated.


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January 14: Course introduction, avoiding

plagiarism, Allegory of the Cave.January 17: LastdaytoaddaclassJanuary 21: WritingMattersTabs 1, 2, 6: WritingResponsibly, Writing Matters, and MLA Style. Plato:

selections from the Symposium and Genesis 13 (see

Moodle for handouts).

January 28: Rovira ch. 1 and 2.

February 4: Selections from Locke (see Moodle for

handout); Blake: Introduction to volume,AllReligionsareOne, ThereisNoNaturalReligion(A andB); Viscomi, Behrendt.

February 11: Blake: SongsofInnocenceandofExperience, TheMarriageofHeavenandHell; Frye,Mitchell, Nurmi.

February 18: Blake, TheBookofThel, VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbion, Ostriker. Two page paper forpeer review (print it out and bring it to class): Argue

a thesis about the psychology of any character

studied so far using any of the interpretive strategies

studied so far.

February 25: Rovira chs. 3 and 4. Upload final draftof two page paper to turnitin.com.

March 4: Blake:AmericaaProphecy, EuropeaProphecy, The[First]BookofUrizen. Rovira ch. 5.March 11: No class, Spring Break

March 18: DonGiovanni. See YouTube link onMoodle. Watch it outside of class; well discuss it in

class. Two page paper: argue a thesis about DonGiovanniusing any interpretive strategies studied so

far. Print out your paper and bring to class for peer

review.

March 24: Lastdaytowithdrawwithoutafailinggrade

March 25: WritingMatters, Tab 5. Research paperproposal due 250 word description of your project

and its approach with an outline. Print out and bring

to class and upload to turnitin.com. Selections from

Either/OrI. Upload final draft of last weeks two

page paper to turnitin.com.

April 1: Annotated Bibliography due, submit to

turnitin.com. At least six sources. Selections from

Either/OrI.April 8: Selections from Either/OrII.April 15: Selections from Either/OrII.April 22: Final paper due in class for peer review.

Short stories. See Moodle for handouts.

April29:Final Exam, 6:008:00. Upload final paperto turnitin.com.May3:CommencementMay6:Final grades due

Course Schedule


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Writing Rubric

GradeofA:ExcellentThe A paper is a highly sophisticated paper that supports an original thesis

with a complex argument that skillfully and correctly integrates substantialoutside research. The A paper demonstrates not only substantial

understanding of primary and secondary reading but the ability to advance

knowledge with its insight into the material. It has few or no grammatical

or punctuation errors no more than three or four for every five pages ofwriting and maintains a highly academic tone that correctly and

effectively employs fieldspecific language.

GradeofB:AboveAverageThe B paper fulfills all requirements of the assignment. It meets or exceedsresearch requirements effectively, demonstrating comprehension of all

sources. It properly documents its sources with no more than two or three

citation errors. It is almost free of grammatical or punctuation errors,

having no more than one or two errors per page, but while highly

competent, the B paper lacks the insight and linguistic competencecharacterizing the A essay.

GradeofC:AverageTheaveragecollegelevelpaperwillreceiveagradeofC. Thispaper is written well enough to be easy to follow, but could benefit

from some restructuring or additional paragraphs. It meetsminimum assignment requirements for research and otherelements and integrates sources correctly following the most basicrequirements of the assigned documentation style; intext citations are

clearly keyed to the references, bibliography, or works cited page. It

demonstrates basic reading comprehension of both primary and secondarysources. It may have some minor punctuation, capitalization, grammatical,

or spelling errors or some use of informal language but is generallyappropriate and correct.

GradeofD:BelowAverageThe D paper is deficient in one or more of the following areas:

structure/organization, research, reading comprehension, documentation,word choice, grammar, or punctuation, capitalization, orspelling. Thegrade of D indicates belowaverage achievement in organizing ideas,

expressing ideas, understanding sources, writingcorrectly, or followingdocumentation style. Most D papers containserious errorsin usage andfail to present a central thesis or todevelop it adequately.

These essay standards summarize the Writing Intensive Class rubriccreated by Dr. Jim Rovira and Dr. Sherry Truffin in the Summer of 2011.

The rubric itself is on eCollege and integrated into turnitin.com and will beused to score your papers.

Invest in this class. In doing so, you willinvest in yourself in your knowledge of the

world, of people, of language, of history, of

art, and of imagination.

GradeScaleA 93100

A 9092

B+ 8789

B 8386

B 8082

C+ 7779

C 7376

C 7072

D+ 6769

D 6366

D 6062

F 59or below

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