ENGLISH 214, ANDERSON COLLEGE
Section
A and B, SPRING 2002
English 214, American Literature Since 1865
Credit: 3
semester hours
Course Description From Current Catalog: "A survey of American literature
since the Civil War continuing
to the present. Major
authors and their works emphasized.”
Prerequisite: English 101 and 102.
Students for Whom the Course is Intended: Sophomores
Class Meeting Time and Place: Section
A: 08:00
- 09:15 TR, WA004
Section
B: 12:30
- 13:45 TR, WA004
Associate Professor Sarah Sprague
Office: Faculty Office Building #5
Office Hours: MWF: 10:00-12:00
T:
11:00-12:00
Conferences
at other times by appointment
Telephone: 231-2043 (office); 226-7595 (home)
E-mail: ssprague@ac.edu
III. COURSE
PURPOSE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this course is to increase your knowledge of American literature from the Civil War (1865) to the present. After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
1.
recall
distinguishing characteristics of the periods of literature covered in the
course and identify these characteristics in literary works from a given
period;
2.
list the principal
works, the themes, and the literary techniques of each author;
3.
recall the plot,
characters, setting, theme, and other techniques of each literary selection;
4.
analyze and
interpret literary selections and literary criticism in order to write essays;
5.
compare and contrast
two works of literature according to their literary elements;
6.
identify particular
characteristics of genres of literature; and
7.
speak and write in
standard American English.
Your final grade will be determined from the
grades on daily quizzes, papers, the mid-term, and the final.
17
Quizzes (2 quiz grades dropped) 300
points 30%
Paper
#1
150
points 15%
Paper
#2 and oral presentation
150 points 15%
Mid-term
test 200
points 20%
Final 200
points 20%
1000
points
V. STUDENT
FEEDBACK AND GRADING POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES
Grade: All grades
in English 214 will be awarded according to the following scale:
A
= 90% - 100%
B
= 80% - 89%
C
= 70% - 79%
D
= 60% - 69%
F
= 59% and below
Daily quizzes: These, which count 20 points, will be given at the beginning of the class period. If you come in
after the quiz has been given, you may not take the quiz. Quizzes may not be made up. Two quiz
grades will be dropped from the total number of points, however, so you may miss two
quizzes without being penalized.
Feedback: All written work, with the exception of your final, will be
returned to you. Your final will
be kept on file in my office for one semester. I shall give you your cumulative
grade on a slip of paper at the end of 5 ½ weeks and 11 1/2 weeks.
Makeup Work: Major tests or assignments which are not taken or handed in
on the due date must be made up within four days. After four days, a zero will be recorded in the grade
book. Daily quizzes may not be
made up; however, your two lowest quiz grades will be dropped.
·
Poetry, short
stories, plays and novels from Anthology of American Literature, Volume II
· Two documented paper (using a minimum of five sources)
· Mid-term exam (will include both essay and objective questions)
·
Final Exam (will
include both essay and objective questions)
The methods of instruction for this course will
include the lecture; discussion; audio, video and slide presentations on
various writers and their works; student oral presentations; and group
work. Individual instruction will
be given, if requested, on how to use:
electronic indexes on the computer, the microfiche reader and printer,
and Microsoft Word.
JAN. 10 Introduction
to course/The Age of Realism
15
The age of
Realism/Emily Dickinson
17
Emily Dickinson
22
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Service Day
23
Emily Dickinson
29
Emily Dickinson
31
Bret Harte
and Joel Chandler Harris
FEB.
5 Mark
Twain
7
Mark Twain
12 Mark
Twain
14 Mark
Twain
19 Charlotte
Perkins Gilman/Kate Chopin (Paper #1 Due)
21 Kate
Chopin
26 Kate
Chopin
28
Kate Chopin
MAR. 5 Test
on Age of Realism (essay and objective)
7 E.
A. Robinson
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM COURSES –
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
12 Robert
Frost
14
Robert Frost
19 Spring
Holidays – No Classes
21 Spring
Holidays – No Classes
26 Robert
Frost
28 Group
Presentations
APR.
2 Group
Presentations
4 Group
Presentations
9 Tennessee
Williams
11
Tennessee Williams
16 Tennessee
Williams
18 Arthur
Miller
23 Arthur
Miller
25 Arthur
Miller
30 Arthur
Miller (LAST CLASS DAY-- preparation for final)
FINAL
EXAMS: Wednesday, May 1, through
Tuesday, May 7.
FINALS: Eng.
214-A – Friday, May 3, 9:00-11:00
Eng.
214-B – Tuesday, May 7, 12:00-14:00
Anthology
of American Literature: Realism to
the Present, Volume II, George McMichael et al., Prentice Hall, Seventh
Edition, 2000.
Individual instruction will be given, if
requested, on how to use: (1) the
Internet and electronic indexes to research the topics for your two papers and
your oral report and (2) and Microsoft Word. Papers should be computer print outs. No handwritten papers or papers typed
on a typewriter will be accepted.
Attendance: Attendance is expected at every class session. If you must be absent because of an
emergency, please contact me concerning the work that you have missed. Three tardies or three early departures
(or any combinations of these) are equivalent to one absence. If you enter the class after the roll
has been taken, it is your responsibility to stay after class to ensure that
your absence has been changed to a tardy.
If you miss more than half the class period, whether because of a late
arrival or early departure, you will be counted absent.
College Attendance Policy:
A class attendance policy is in effect for the
entire college. A student who
misses more than three times the number of times a class or lab meets per week
for all purposes will receive a grade of "F" for the course unless
he withdraws or requests an incomplete.
In other words, in a three-day-a-week class, a student may not miss more
than nine days.
Academic Honesty and Dishonesty: Please read the "Guiding
Principles" and the "Forms of Academic Dishonesty"" in your
Student Handbook.
XII.
LEARNING
FACILITIES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE
The Anderson College Library (closed for all school holidays):
Monday
through Thursday – 08:00 to 23:00
Friday
- 08:00 to 17:00
Saturdays
- 10:00 to 15:00
Sunday
- 13:00 to 23:00
The Watkins Computer Lab (located in Watkins 104)
and the Vandiver Computer Lab
Times
will be announced later in the semester in Campus News.
The Writing Lab (located in Watkins 102)