Heartland Community College
Humanities & Fine Arts
Course Syllabus for Students
Course Prefix and Number: ENGL 232-01
Course Title: American Literature II
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours:
0
Days and times the course meets: MWF 9:00-9:50AM ICB 2810 (Spring, 2011)
Catalog Description:
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 101 is strongly recommended. A
survey of major writers from the Civil War to the present.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Glen Bush, PhD
Phone number to contact instructor: 268-8621 (office) or 824-1591 (cell)
Instructor e-mail address: glen.bush@heartland.edu
Location of instructor’s office: ICB 2018
Hours and days of instructor’s office hours: MW 12:00-1:00pm
TR 8:30-9:00am
T 5:00-6:00pm
Or by appointment
Textbook:
Perkins & Perkins. The American Tradition in Literature, 12th ed. McGraw-Hill
Relationship to Academic Development Programs and Transfer: (Indicate if course is
General Education/IAI)
ENGL 232 fulfills 3 of the 9 semester hours of credit in Humanities/Fine Arts required
for the A.A. or A.S. degree. It satisfies the Humanities component of this requirement.
ENGL 232 should transfer to other Illinois colleges and universities as the equivalent of
the General Education Core Curriculum course H3 915, described in the Illinois
Articulation Initiative. However, students should consult an academic advisor for
transfer information regarding particular institutions. Refer to the IAI web page for
information as well at www.itransfer.org
Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes):
Students who successfully complete ENGL 232 should be able to:
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Identify major American authors and their principal writings.
Place American authors in their appropriate historical periods and identify the
historical events that influenced their writing (D3).
Describe issues, trends, philosophical and literary movements, and principal ideas
relating to American literature (D5).
Define key literary terms, such as Realism, Naturalism, Modernism,
Postmodernism, Imagism, Black Arts Movement.
Evaluate some of the ways that readers read literary texts, such as formalist,
archetypal-mythological, feminist, Afrocentric (P5).
Articulate in both writing and speech your thoughts and observations about what
you read (C1, P7).
Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research so as to develop a more
objective way of interpreting and analyzing primary and secondary literary
sources (C6).
Identify appropriate topics for scholarly research in ENGL 232, utilize standard
bibliographic and other research tools, select suitable sources and methodology,
and write papers presenting the results of your research while observing the
conventions of scholarly discourse (C6).
Course/Lab Outlines:
I. Multicultural Tales and Stories from the late 19th Century
a.
African-American Folktales
b.
Traditional Folktales and Folk Stories
c.
Ethnic Stories
II. Realism and Naturalism
a.
Realist Literary Theory
b.
Realist Short Stories
c.
Naturalist Literary Theory
d.
Naturalist Short Stories
III. Early Modernism
a.
Modernist Literary Theory
b.
Washington-DuBois debates
c.
Turn-of-the Century Poetry and Poses
IV. Modernism
a.
Post-World War I Modernist Literary Theory
b.
Lost Generation
c.
Harlem Renaissance
V. Late Modernism
a.
Socialism as Literary Theories
b.
Naturalism as Literary Theories
c.
Beat Generation
d.
Early Feminism
e.
Black Arts Movement
VI. Postmodernism
a.
Multiculturalism and Postmodernist Literary Theory
b.
Re-Definition of "American" Writers
c.
Ex-centricity
Methods of Instruction: Instruction will consist of lectures, class discussion, readings, in-class
writing, e.g., quizzes, and research assignments. Unless otherwise stated, all exams will be essay
exams given online @ Heartland’s Blackboard. Class discussion is mandatory!
Course Policies:
Method of Evaluation (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
There will be both formal and informal writings, including research assignments. Also,
there will be exams, quizzes, and a final exam. Exams are worth 300 pts, final exam 300
pts, research essays 400 pts (2 research essays), quizzes 50 pts, and class discussion and
participation (including attendance) 100 pts for a TOTAL of 1150 pts. Four essay exams
will be given. The lowest grade of the four exams will be dropped. The final exam, the
fifth exam, CANNOT be dropped. The final exam will be given in a specified room;
IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE ASSIGNED CLASSROOM AT THE PROPER TIME,
YOU WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO ON THE FINAL EXAM!
Final grades will be determined according the following scale:
93-100%
84-92%
74-83%
65-73%
Below 65%
A
B
C
D
F
1070 pts
966 pts
851 pts
748 pts
Participation and Attendance: Class attendance and participation are mandatory.
Three unexcused absences may be acceptable, but any more than three absences and you,
the student, stand a very good chance of having your grade lowered, possibly to an F. The
discretion is mine. IF YOU MISS THE FINAL EXAM, YOU WILL RECEIVE A GRADE
OF ZERO ON THE FINAL EXAM AND PROBABLY FAIL THE CLASS.
Class Participation: REQUIRED
Incompletes: For the most part, incompletes are non-existent in this class.
Extra Credit: On rare occasions an extra credit assignment may be given to the class.
Make-up of tests and assignments: none
Deadlines: This means DEADLINE, not “maybe about this time”! Exams are
scheduled during class! The exams will be for the same length as the class time, i.e.,
MWF for 50 minutes. Outside assignments are due at the beginning of class on the date
due. After class ends on the date due, no assignment will be accepted and the grade for
that assignment will automatically become a Zero.
Required Writing and Reading:
Each student will write essay exams, including a final exam, in-class quizzes, and two (2) 5-8
typed page research essays written in the MLA format, 7th ed. No other format will be
accepted!
There will be approximately 50 assigned readings, including short stories, poems, and essays.
In conjunction with these literary readings there will also be required critical essays that
discuss the literature and the literary movements as well as two novels that will be read for
your research essays.
Student Conduct:
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community College
and is essential to the credibility of the College’s educational programs. Moreover, because
grading may be competitive, students who misrepresent their academic work violate the right of
their fellow students. The College, therefore, views any act of academic dishonest as a serious
offense requiring disciplinary measures, including course failure, suspension, and even expulsion
from the College. In addition, an act of academic dishonesty may have unforeseen effects far
beyond any officially imposed penalties.
Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to cheating, aiding or
suborning cheating or other acts of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, misrepresentation of data,
falsification of academic records or documents and unauthorized access to computerized
academic or administrative records or systems. Definitions of these violations may be found in
the college catalog.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presenting of others’ ideas as if they were your own. When you write a paper,
create a project, do a presentation or create anything original, it is assumed that all the work,
except for that which is attributed to another author or creator, is your own. Plagiarism is
considered a serious academic offense and may take the following forms:
1
Copying word-for-word from another source and not giving that source credit.
2
3
4
5
6
Paraphrasing the work of another and not giving that source credit.
Adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own.
Using an image or a copy of an image without crediting its source.
Paraphrasing someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a topic as if it
were your own.
Receiving excessive help from a friend or elsewhere, or using another project as
if it were your own.
Note that word-for-word copying is not the only form of plagiarism.
The penalties for plagiarism may be severe, ranging from failure on the particular piece
of work, failure in the course or expulsion from school in extreme cases.
[Adapted from the Modem Language Association’s MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. New York: MLA, 1995: 26]
Support Services:
Heartland Library Information
The Library, located in the Students Commons Buildings at the Raab Road campus, provides Heartland students
with a full range of resources including books, online journal databases, videos, newspapers, periodicals, reserves,
and interlibrary loan. Librarians are available to assist in locating information.
For more information please call the Library (309) 268-8200 or (309) 268-8292
Tutoring Center
Heartland Community College offers tutoring in various forms at no cost to
Heartland students at the Academic Support Center (ASC) in Normal and at the Pontiac
and Lincoln Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week.
Study groups, group tutoring facilitated by a specially-trained tutor, are also available by
request. For more information about services available at each location, please call the
ASC in Normal (309) 268-8231; the Pontiac Center (815) 842-6777; the Lincoln Center
(217) 735-1731.
Testing Center
The Testing Center provides a quiet environment for students to complete make-up exams, online exams, and exams
for students with special accommodations. Students may be able to complete exams in the Testing Center if
arrangements are made with their instructor. For more information, contact the Testing Center at (309) 268-8231.
Course Calendar:
Jan-Feb.
Walt Whitman:
Introduction 1-13
I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing 52
When I Heard a Learn’d Astronomer 61
To a Common Prostitute 67
Emily Dickinson:
Introduction 68-70
Poems 68-90
Mark Twain:
Introduction 134-138
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 330-360
W.D. Howells:
Introduction 361-363
Editha 371-380
Henry James:
Introduction 380-383
Daisy Miller: A Study 383-423
Kate Chopin:
Introduction 537-539
The Story of an Hour 539-540
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman:
Introduction 627-628
The Revolt of “Mother” 628-639
Charles W. Chesnutt:
Introduction 639-640
The Passing of Grandison 640-651
Abraham Cahan:
Introduction 651-652
Ghetto Wedding 652-663
EXAM # 1: Feb. 7, 2011, MONDAY
THE FIRST RESEARCH ESSAY (5-8 TYPED PAGES, MLA FORMAT) IS DUE AT
THE BEGINNING OF CLASS ON MONDAY, FEB. 28, 2011. ALL LATE RESEARCH
ESSAYS WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO.
Realism and Naturalism 1880-1920 105-112
W.E.B. DuBois:
Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others 672-675
And
Booker T. Washington:
The Struggle for Education100-105
Hamlin Garland:
Under the Lion’s Paw 675-685
Charlotte Perkins Gilman:
The Yellow Wallpaper 686-697
Stephen Crane:
Introduction 701-703
Poems 703-706
The Open Boat 747-763
Paul Laurence Dunbar:
Introduction 763-764
Poems 764-766
Edith Wharton:
Introduction 766-769
The Muse’s Tragedy 769-778
Jack London:
Introduction 808-810
To Build a Fire 810-821
EXAM #2: Feb. 25, 2011, FRIDAY
MARCH 5-13, 2011 : SPRING BREAK
Literary Renaissance: 1910-1930 821-827
And
A Literature of Social and Cultural Challenge1920-1945 1043-1052
Robert Frost:
Introduction 880-882
Poems 882-904
Ezra Pound:
Introduction 927-930
Poems 930-931
T.S. Eliot:
Introduction 947-950
Poems 950-975
E.E. Cummings:
Introduction 1109-1111
Poems 1111-1120
Claude McKay:
Poems 1102-1104
Countee Cullen:
Introduction 1133
Poems 1133-1137
Langston Hughes:
Introduction 1137-1138
When the Negro Was in Vogue 1125-1128
Poems 1138-1142
F. Scott Fitzgerald:
Introduction 1142-1144
Babylon Revisited 1144-1158
William Faulkner:
Introduction 1172-1175
Barn Burning 1187-1198
Ernest Hemingway:
Introduction 1198-1201
The Big Two-Hearted River: Part I and Part II 1201-1213
Thomas Wolfe:
Introduction 1213-1215
An Angel on the Porch 1215-1220
EXAM #3: APRIL 4, 2011, MONDAY
SECOND ESSAY (5-8 TYPED PAGES, MLA FORMAT) IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING
OF CLASS ON MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011. THIS IS A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY,
I.E., AN ESSAY WITHOUT RESEARCH. NO LATE PAPERS!
Edward Albee:
Introduction 1379-1381
The American Dream 1381-1405
Jack Kerouac:
From On The Road 1406-1409
And
John Clellon Holmes:
From The Philosophy of the Beat Generation 1409-1412
Allen Ginsberg:
Introduction 1499
Poems 1499-1509
Elizabeth Bishop:
Introduction 1430-1431
Poems 1431-1440
Gwendolyn Brooks:
Introduction 1461-1462
Poems 1462-1465
Sylvia Plath:
Introduction 1515-1516
Poems 1516-1525
Eudora Welty:
Introduction 1535-1536
A Memory 1536-1540
Flannery O’Connor:
Introduction 1630-1632
Good Country People 1632-1645
Norman Mailer:
A Palette of Tactics 1788-1791
Betty Friedan:
The Problem That Has No Name 1791-1794
Anne Sexton:
Introduction 1819-1820
Poems 1820-1823
Adrienne Rich:
Introduction 1823-1824
Poems 1824-1830
Alice Walker:
Introduction 1984-1985
Everyday Use 1985-1991
EXAM # 4: MAY 2, 2011, Monday
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011, IS AN OPTIONAL REVIEW DAY.
FINAL EXAM: WILL BE IN AN ASSIGNED COMPUTER LAB ON WEDNESDAY,
MAY 11, 2011, FROM 8:00AM TO 9:50AM. YOU MUST BE IN THE ASSIGNED
COMPUTER LAB AT THIS TIME OR YOU WILLRECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO ON
THE FINAL EXAM. THE COMPUTER LAB IS ROOM _____________________.