EH 218-38, MW5:30-7:35, 235 HBWorld Literature from 1660 to the present

Dr. Karen Tatum

Email: iJ;ltum@uab.eduOffice: 317 Hulsey CenterOffice Hours: 3-4 p.m., M-TH

and by appt.PhOt1~~ 935-5337

Prerequisites In accordance with UAB and English department policy, any student whohas not received at least a C in EH 101 and EH 102,must complete these requirements beforeenrolling in this course and may in fact be dropped from this course if these requirements havenot been met.

Textbook The Norton Anthology of WorldMasterpieces~th edition. vol. 2

Work Requirements This is a heavy reading, writing, critical thinking, and critical writingcourse. In order to successfully complete this course, it is crucial that you come to class everyday having read the assigned works, fonned questions for discussion in your mind, and otherwisebe prepared to contribute to class discussion. It is also-crucial that you hand in all major andminor assignments in class on the date they are due. Responses, essays, and exams stem fromand build on class discussion of the assigned readings.

.1~pect you to treat this course, me, your classmates, and your course work with thesame respect that you would give to ajob, your employer, and your coworkers. If you slack ona job in the least, you will get fIred. Same applies here.

'enalties All due dates for major assignmentsare listed on the attached course schedule sothat YQUknow well in advance. Extensions for essays and exams are entirely up to mydiscretion..~esponses turned in after the class period on which they are due will not be acceptedan~lr.eceive a 0 for that response. For each day an essay is late, it receives a letter grade off.After 2 days, late essays wiUnot-be accepted and will receive a O.

Attendance will be taken within the first 10 minutes of each class period. Any student whomisses 3 or more class periods, with or without an excuse (excepting military service or juryduty), will automatically fail this course. If you arrive to class late, remind me after class to markyou p~. This is your responsibility. No changes to my attendance records will be made expost fac~o.

If you miss more than an hour of class, you will be marked absent. Sleeping, doinghomework for other classes while in my class, or otherwise displaying obvious signs of not beingmentally present can result in your being marked absent. At my discretion, such consistentactions on your part could mean the difference between a B or an A in detennining final coursegrades.

AS$1gnmef¥S -Weekly responses (10 pts. each) for a total of 100pts

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(see course schedule for due dates.topics will be given in class)

~2essays (4~6pgs.,typed, double spaced,MLA format. Topics and specific instructionswill be given in class at least a week prior todue date.)

~1 in~lass mid~term exam

~1 in class Final Exa1tt.Total Possible Points

200 pts

100pts.100pts.500

Determining Final Grades Your cumulative response paper grade, essay grades and finalexam grades are all weighted equally. In the end~I will add up your total number of points, divideby the total number of points possible, and assign the corresponding letter grade. I reserve theright to round up or down borderline giaaes based on the quality of your discussion andparticipation in this course.

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Responses cover the assigned readings in between responses. These should be no less thanone page in lengt~ typed, and double~spaced. More specific topics will be announced in class nolater than the class period before these are due. Responses are basically freewrites designed toinitiate more in depth critical thinking and interpretation in preparation for class discussio~essays, and exams. I reserve the right to grant half or no credit for responses that do notdemonstrate thorough reading and reflection about the material assigned. Use your best style,grammar and documentationskills in these.

Essays must be 4~6pgs., typed, double~spaced,using MLA format. Essays are more formal,thoroughly developed and supported arguments about the assigned works. Topics and specificrequirements will be given and discussed in class at least 2 weeks prior to the due dates listed onyour syllabus. I expect these essays to reflect your own analysis of your topics. No outsidesources: lust you and the work/so I also encourage you to set up meetings with me to go overpreliminary drafts and/or outlines, particularly if it has been a while since your last English classor critical analysis essay.

The Mid-term and Final Exams will be taken in class during the scheduled time and consist ofdefIning terms, passage identification and short essay answers. Some more lengthy in classwriting may be assigned if necessary. Ideally, the mid~termwill cover all works discussed inclass up to that point. The fmal exam will cover all works discussed in class from the mid~term

to the final exam. However, this will change if necessary. You cannot progress to the nextliterary period unless you have thoroughly grasped the major trends and themes of the priorperiod.

Classroom Manners:

-Turn off all cell phones, pagers, and other technological paraphernalia while in class.

-Do not chat amongst yourselves while I am talking.-Do not draw attention to yourself if you arrive late to class, and avoid consistently late

arrival to class.

-Pick up your trash when class is over and drop it in the trash can on your way out-Always ask if you have a question, but do so in a diplomatic manner.

Academic Misconduct Do not cheat, lie, steal or perform any other acts that should plagueyour conscience. The School of Arts and Humanities defines Plagiarism as "using the words orthoughts of another person without proper citation; specifically, it is submitting as one's ownwork any portion of a book, magazine,journal, handout, original creation, speech, lecture, oralcommunication, paper or examination written by someone else. . . . This includes traditionalmaterial and electronicallymediated material such as that found on the Internet." An)' student

who commits JJlaziarismantl/f!r acadent!c misconduct in this course will automaticaUv receivea final courserradeofFqijil be fUrnedoverto theDea~ - - -

Course Withdrawals:W 6/9 Last drop dayill 6/10 Last add day

If you are registered for this course and you have not attended class or notified mewith sufficient documentation for your absencefsby Wed. June 9. I will. at my discretion. initiatean administ@tivewithdrawal on your behalf Such action depends in part on whether the class isfull and how many students come to me in person asking permission to be added to this course.

T 7/13 Last Day to drop with a WThe first major assignment will be returned to you with a grade before the date

listed above. At that point, if you are concerned about your final course wader I hi~hlyrecommend that you discuss with me withdrawing from the course without grade penalty by thedate listed above. This withdrawal action is one you must take yourself I will not do it for you.

If you simply stop attending class without filing the necessary paper work, you will fail.

Course ScheduleEnlightenment (1660-1785)W 6/2 Course Introduction

The Enlightenment 1-11; Alexander Pope "Essay on Man," Epistle 1, parts VTII,IX, and X

M 6/7 Moliere, Tartuffi, pgs.II-68 ResponseW 6/9 Francois-MarIe Arouet de Voltaire 316, Candide, or Optimism, Chaps. 1-15M 6/14 Voltaire, Candide, chaps. 16-30 ResponseRomanticism (1785..1820)W 6/16 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 427, Confessions 427-438

William Wordsworth 549, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"Realism/NaturalismM 6/21 Flaubert, Madame Bovary, first half Response

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W 6/23M 6/28W 6/30

Flaubert, Madame Bovary, finishIbse~ Hedda GabblerIbsen, Hedda Gabbler ESS2\Y1 DuelMid~term exam

M 7/5 Independence Day HoHday

M 7/12

Charles Baudelaire 1141,From The Flowers o/Evil, "To The Reader" 1145,"Her Hair" 1147,"A Carcass" 1148.

Anton Chekhov 1281, "The Lady With the Dog" 1286-1298Arthur Rimbaud 1172,A Season in Hell 1177Leo Tolstoy 1180, The Death o/Ivan Ilyich 1184-1222 Response

W7/7

Tues., July 13 Last Day to WIthdraw with a "W----

Modernism (The 2Oth~Century)W 7/14 Luigi Pirandello 1427,Six Characters in Search o/anAuthor 1432-72M 7/19 Franz Kafka 1638, The Metamorphosis 1640-1671. ResponseW 7/21 BertoIt Brecht 1799, The Good Woman ofSetzuan 1804-1858Magical RealismM 7/26 Federico Garcia Lorca 1858,"Lament for Ignacio SanchezMejias" 1862-7

Jorge Luis Borges 1905,"The Garden of Forking Paths" 1908-15Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2051?"Death Constant Beyond Love" 2055-60

Essay 2 Due

Post-ColonialismlPost- Mod ernism

W 7/28 W.B. Yeats "The Second Coming"; Achebe, ThingsFall Apart, Part 1M 8/2 Achebe ThingsFall Apart, Part 2 ResponseW 8/4 Achebe, ThingsFall Apart. Finish

Last Class Day; Review for finalFINAL EXAM Wed., August 11, 4:15-6:45 p.m.

*This Course Outline is Subject to Change With Proper Notice *

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