Spring 2006
ENC 1102 Literary Analysis
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Reference 11605
Section U05
6:40 to 7:55 AM
Room GC 276
Reference 11613
Section U16
8:00 to 9:15 AM
Room GC 274
Professor Peter Robert Monck
Website: http://www.fiu.edu/~monckp
(305) 348-2874
Email: monckp@fiu.edu
Office hours in GC atrium from 6:00 to 6:40 AM and 9:15 to 10:00 AM on class meeting days.
Appointments available by mutually agreed time and place.
Course Description
ENC 1102 is a reading, writing, and research course that focuses on rhetoric, argument, and
literary analysis. Students will practice active and critical reading as they analyze the rhetorical
strategies of professional writers. They will situate their analysis of the texts in historical context
and focus on how context shapes a writer’s choice of structure, style, appeals, and content. Such
critical awareness will be put into practice as students write and research their own arguments.
This course builds on ENC 1101 as students continue to focus on process writing and on writing
in response to rhetorical context. In ENC 1102, students focus more sharply on argument, and
they will learn more about rhetoric. They will also focus on literature, using texts to prompt their
writing and discussion about rhetoric. In this class, students will write longer and more
comprehensive papers than in 1101.
Course Outcomes :
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Analyze literary texts, focusing on rhetorical strategy and understanding how the writer
responded to his/her historical/cultural context
Write extended arguments, effectively analyzing your rhetorical context and using
appropriate rhetorical strategies and argumentative structure
Write extended research essays that exhibit your information literacy
Respond effectively in writing to various rhetorical situations by engaging in a full writing
process (invention, drafting, revising, and editing)
Effectively use sources in your own writing, synthesizing others’ ideas with your own, and
properly documenting sources
Read actively and critically
Appreciate creative, logical, and effective writing and rhetoric
Classroom Practice :
This classroom is active with students often writing, engaging in workshops, peer reviews,
instructor-student conferences, and collaborative writing activities. Students participate in large
and small group discussions of thematic and rhetorical matters related to assigned readings. They
conduct research with guidance of the instructor and/or library staff. Electronic media may
enhance and extend classroom activity. I utilize lecture and discussion to develop course content
as part of pedagogical strategy.
In accordance with the university's Information Literacy Program, instructors must schedule their
classes to attend two sessions on research strategies offered by the library. These workshops are
the last two in a three-course sequence. (See accompanying page for further information.)
Required Texts :
 The Everyday Writer. Author: Andrea A. Lunsford.
 Literature: Portable Anthology. Author: Janet E. Gardner.
Grades:
Please see grading rubric at http://w3.fiu.edu/enc/Grading%20Rubric.htm for a complete break
down of grading criteria. Students will complete all written assignments on time; no late papers
will be accepted. This places all learners on an even field. Only extraordinary circumstances will
alter this policy at the discretion of the instructor.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance is integral to a student’s success in all ENC courses. Students must be present at all
class meetings in order to participate in discussions, in-class writing experiences, and peer
response groups or workshops. A great deal of the work of improving one's writing happens with
other writers and other readers. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend every
class on time, participate in class discussions, and complete all assignments.
A student cannot miss more than six class meetings in a course that meets two days a week.
Three tardies will constitute one absence.
N.B. Students must acquaint themselves with all pertinent university rules.
Please go to the following website and read all available information:
http://w3.fiu.edu/enc/Students.htm