English 202: Hemingway, Fitzgerald and the 1920s
English 202-001
Dr. DeFazio
Office: RobA 119B
Office Hours: MW 10:30-11:30
Fall 2011
MW Innovation 134
Class: 9:00-10:15 a.m.
adefazio@gmu.edu
Required Texts: The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway; The Sun Also Rises; Fitzgerald’s The
Great Gatsby. You are invited to purchase used copies, any edition, of these books. Bring 100-count scantrons
(Form #882 ES) for our quizzes. Fitzgerald’s short stories are available on line and on our Blackboard site.
“Winter Dreams”
“Absolution”
“The Rich Boy”
“The Sensible Thing”
“Babylon Revisited”
“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz”
“Bernice Bobs her Hair”
Course Overview and Objectives: Through readings, writings, and presentations about Hemingway and
Fitzgerald and the twenties we will refine your analytical skills, improve your written and oral expression, and
enhance your appreciation of the art and era.
This course satisfies a General Education requirement by addressing the following General Education
Learning Outcomes for Literature:
 Read for comprehension, detail and nuance
 Identify the specific literary qualities of language as employed in the texts they read
 Analyze the ways specific literary devices contribute to the meaning of a text
 Identify and evaluate the contribution of the social, political, historical and cultural contexts in which a
literary text is produced
 Evaluate a critical argument in others’ writing as well as one’s own
Course Requirements and Grading:
25% Essay #1 SAR and EH’s Short Stories
25% Essay#2 on Gatsby and FSF Short Stories
20% Interactive Presentation
20% Quizzes (drop lowest)
10% Class Participation (participating in interactive presentations, peer reviews, in-class activities)
Methods of Instruction: We will spend most of our time reading, discussing, and writing about our texts. This
isn’t a “lecture course”; it’s designed to be interactive and requires that you read and consider each day’s
assignments before coming to class and participate actively. We will use BlackBoard 9.1 to submit assignments,
conduct peer reviews, and for discussion boards.
General Guidelines
1. Etiquette: do not use electronics for personal communication during class.
2. Punctuality and Attendance: Please be on time and do not ask for permission to miss class. You need not
only to attend this class but also actively think and participate on a weekly basis. If you miss a class,
contact a fellow student for notes.
3. Due Dates/Times: Assignments are due no later than the date/time posted on our calendar. Because drafts
of essays must be submitted on time in order for us to conduct peer reviews, I do not accept late drafts. If
you submit a revision late, you lose one letter grade for each day (or portion of day) that you paper is late.
You may not make up missed quizzes or peer reviews. I don’t accept papers by email: submit them to the
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assignment dropbox on our Blackboard site. If you need to contact me, do so before the due date; email is
your best option.
4. Reading and Viewing assignments: You should have read the assigned texts and viewed the assigned
video clips or websites listed before coming to class. Everything we do in class is based on the assumption
that you have done the reading before coming to class.
5. Format: Use Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) to write all submitted drafts. Save all work in two locations.
Setting your Essay to MLA format using Word 2007 or Word 2010MLA In Text Citations (Instructions for
“Works Cited” page here as well)
6. Style Sheet: We use MLA style; see these guidelines.
7. Email: Activate your GMU email account. You may also change the settings on your GMU mail to have it
forwarded to a more convenient account. I will post announcements/changes/cancelations to Bb. For other
policies, see catalog.gmu.edu and http://universitypolicy.gmu.edu/.
8. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Students with documented disabilities are entitled to
certain accommodations in the classroom. If you have such a disability, contact me immediately.
(Disability Resource Center: 703-993-2472)
9. Midterm Grades: Students will receive a midterm letter grade based on the work of the first seven weeks
of the course. The purpose of this grade is to help students learn how well they are doing in the first half of
the course in order to make any adjustments necessary for success in the course as a whole. Instructors
calculate letter grades based on the completed course assignments as weighted on the syllabus through the
seventh week. The work in the second half of the semester may be weighted more heavily, and so the
midterm grade is not meant to predict the final course grade. Students may view their grade online at
WebGMU.
10. Minimum Passing Grade: The lowest passing grade for English 202 is a C (72% or better). If you do not
earn a C, you will get an N/C (No-Credit), which means you must repeat the course. N/C has no effect on
your GPA. I use a 10-point scale and award pluses to the top two-points on the scale, minuses to the bottom
two (e.g. 90-91 A-; 92-98 A; 99-100 A+).
11. Class participation includes your contribution to discussions, small groups, peer reviews and more.
12. Honor Code and Plagiarism: The GMU Honor Code applies to this course. The English Department’s
“Statement on Plagiarism” follows:
Plagiarism means using the exact words, opinions, or factual information from another source without
giving that source credit. Writers give credit through the use of accepted documentation styles, such as
parenthetical citation, footnotes, or end notes; a simple listing of books, articles, and websites is not
sufficient. Plagiarism is the equivalent of intellectual robbery and cannot be tolerated in an academic setting.
Student writers are often confused as to what should be cited. Some think that only direct quotations need to
be credited. While direct quotations do need citations, so do paraphrases and summaries of opinions or
factual information formerly unknown to the writers or which the writers did not discover themselves.
Exceptions to this include factual information that can be obtained from a variety of sources, the writers'
own insights or findings from their own field research, and what has been called common knowledge. What
constitutes common knowledge can sometimes be precarious; what is common knowledge for one audience
may not be so for another. In such situations, it is helpful to keep the reader in mind and to think of citations
as being "reader friendly." In other words, writers provide a citation for any piece of information that they
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think their readers might want to investigate further. Not only is this attitude considerate of readers, it will
almost certainly ensure that writers will not be guilty of plagiarism.
13. Writing Center: I may ask you to attend the Writing Center for additional help (please do this
immediately as appointment times are sometimes scarce). Tutors in the writing center (Robinson A114;
703-993-1200) offer suggestions for revision and editing but will not edit or proofread your work. The
English Department provides additional Writing Guides
14. Sign up for the Mason Alert system and note that an emergency poster exists in each classroom explaining
what to do in the event of crises and that further information about emergency procedures exists.
16. Religious Holidays: Please review our due dates and let me know during the first week of class if they
conflict with any non-work religious holiday.
17. Questions? Log on to our Bb site, click on the Discussion tab, and click on the category “Ask the Prof.”
Post all but personal questions there and I or your classmates will answer them daily. Only personal
question should be directed to my email account.
Last day to add classes—all individualized section forms due
Last day to drop with no tuition penalty
Last day to drop with a 33% tuition penalty
Final Drop Deadline (67% tuition penalty)
Midterm progress reporting period (100-200 level classes)—grades available via
Patriot Web
September 6
September 19
September 30
September 26 October 21
October 3 October 28
Selective Withdrawal Period (undergraduate students only)
Columbus Day recess (Monday classes/labs meet Tuesday. Tuesday classes do not
meet this week)
Incomplete work from spring/summer 2011 due to instructor
Incomplete grade changes from spring/summer 2011 due to registrar
Thanksgiving recess
Last day of classes
Reading Days
Exam Period
Degree Conferral Date
October 10
October 28
November 4
November 23-27
December 10
December 12
December 13 December 20
January 14, 2012
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Aug 29
Aug 31
Sept 5
(holiday)
Sept 7
Sept 12
Sept 14
Sept 19
Sept 21
Sept 26
Sept 28
Oct 3
Oct 5
Oct 11 (M
classes meet
T)
Oct 12
Oct 17
Oct 19
Oct 24
Oct 26
CLASS SCHEDULE-subject to
change
Introductions/Syllabus/in class: “Hills
Like White Elephants”; model
interactive presentation.
Conclude modeling of interactive
presentation. Introduce: The Sun Also
Rises (SAR) Book 1. Sign up for
presentations. Submit “Course
Agreement” and “Permission to Use
Student Work” (on “Assignment
Tab”)
No class
Presentations: “On the Quai at Smyrna”;
“Indian Camp”; READ: SAR Chapters
1-3.
Presentation: “Up In Michigan”; “The
Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”; READ:
SAR Book 1.
Presentation: “The End of Something”;
“Ten Indians”; Quiz 1 Short Stories;
discuss SAR.
Presentation: “The Battler”; “Soldier’s
Home”; Quiz 2 SAR Chapters 1-7;
discuss SAR.
Presentation: “Killers”; “The Short
Happy Life of Francis Macomber”;
discuss SAR.
Presentation: “After the Storm”; “In
Another Country”; Quiz 3 Short
Stories; discuss SAR
Presentation: “Mr. and Mrs. Eliot”; “Cat
in the Rain”; READ: SAR Book 2
Presentation: “Out of Season”; “An
Alpine Idyll”; discuss SAR.
Presentation: “Canary for One”; “The
Sea Change”; Quiz 4 Short Stories;
discuss SAR.
Presentation: “Big Two-hearted River
Pt. 1”; “Big Two-Hearted River Pt. 2”;
Quiz 5 SAR Chapters 8-12; discuss
SAR.
Presentation “Fifty-Grand”; “The Snows
of Kilimanjaro”; READ: SAR Book 3
Presentation: “A Day’s Wait”; “Fathers
and Sons”; Quiz 6 Short Stories
Quiz 7 SAR Chapters 13-19; Discuss
paper and peer review process on
Blackboard
Hemingway’s Haunts (Oak Park, Paris,
Key West, Cuba, Sun Valley)
Exploring primary and secondary
materials.
Read or View all assignments in this column by the date
listed before coming to class
BookDrum, A Moveable Feast (skim)
Ernest Hemingway in the Little Magazines (skim)
The Hemingway Society (skim)
Paris: Notre Dame, Seine
Parisian Attractions
Hemingway in Michigan
Hemingway in Michigan Pt 2
Hemingway in Michigan Pt 3
Papa’s Planet (skim)
National Portrait Gallery, Picturing Hemingway
The Great Fire of Smyrna 1922
Gertrude Stein
An Incomplete Portrait of Gertrude Stein
EH’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech
The Great Michigan Read from the Michigan Humanities
Council
Buckley’s anecdotes: EH is Spain
Ernest Hemingway and Bullfights in Spain
Rue Mouffetard
Battle Mons (optional)
Excerpt from “Monologue”; fishing footage; John Dos Passos
Footage off Peru for OMS
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) Trailer
EH and the Bullfights
Ernest Hemingway Recording
Stock Footage, 1950s, Cuba
The Hemingway Project—Finca Vigia, the Cuban Home
Ernest Hemingway: A Moveable Feast (includes excerpts of
mss, Patrick Hemingway-son, and Sean Hemingway-grandson)
Passage from MF
Hadley Richardson
Pauline Pfeiffer
Martha Gellhorn
Mary Welsch, brief biography
Snows of Kilimanjaro Immortalized by Hemingway 'Will Have
Melted by 2020'
Hemingway Mourned (British Newsreel)
No later than 8:00 am, post drafts for peer review to
Groups>Group Discussion Board.
No later than 9:00 pm, post completed peer reviews.
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Oct 31
Nov 2
In lieu of class today, we will have
conducted on-line peer reviews.
Essay on SAR and EH Short Stories
Due. Introduce The Great Gatsby.
Nov 7
Presentation: “Bernice Bobs her Hair”
Quiz 8; READ: Gatsby Chapters 1-3.
Nov 9
Presentation: “Winter Dreams” Quiz 9;
Discuss Gatsby; Quiz 10 Gatsby
Chapters 1-3
Presentation: “The Diamond as Big as
the Ritz” Quiz 11; Discuss Gatsby
Presentation: “Absolution” Quiz 12;
Discuss Gatsby
Nov 14
Nov 16
Nov 21
Nov 23
Nov 28
Nov 30
Dec 5
Dec 7
Presentation: “The Sensible Thing”
Quiz 13; Discuss Gatsby
(holiday)
Presentation: “The Rich Boy” Quiz 14;
Discuss Gatsby; Quiz 15 on entire
novel- Gatsby.
Presentation: “Babylon Revisited” Quiz
16; Conclude Gatsby
In lieu of class today, conduct on-line
peer reviews on Blackboard.
Essay on Gatsby and FSF Short
Stories due; Evaluations, Quiz 17
No later than 8:00 am, submit revised essay.
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society (skim)
BookDrum The Great Gatsby (skim)
FSF Biography Pt 1; FSF Biography Pt 2
FSF Stock Footage
FSF Reads Keats
FSF Centenary Page at University of South Carolina (skim)
READ: “Fitzgerald’s Eras Social and Political Backgrounds of
the 1920s and 1930s” by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
READ: “Celestial Eyes or from Metamorphosis to
Masterpiece,” by Charles Scribner III
To Live in the Twenties
Hollywood Glamour—Gilda Gray 1:22 and 2:23
Driving in NYC 1928 (optional)
FSF and Zelda
Zelda’s Artistic Artistry
Ziegfeld Style Nightclub Act from 1929
Sheik of Araby
“Three O’Clock in the Morning”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Rockville, MD
No later than 8:00 am, post drafts for peer review.
No later than 9:00 pm, post completed peer reviews.
No later than 8:00 am, submit revised essay.
Interactive Presentation (11-15 minutes): Each student will design and lead an interactive presentation on a short story.
I will model this assignment using “Hills Like White Elephants.”
a) Begin by conducting a 10-question oral quiz (1-2 minutes, true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank)
b) Present your argument about the theme of the story (1-2 minutes): What does the story seem designed to
make readers consider? What evidence can you marshal to encourage us to accept your interpretation?
c) Writing Element: Provide a writing prompt (3-4 minutes) that encourages the class to explore ideas that we
will all be addressing in the upcoming discussion.
d) Interactive Discussion (6-7 minutes): having selected germane quiz questions, put forth an argument, and
designed a writing prompt, you have been nudging the class toward what you believe are the significant issues
in the story. Now, draw out those issues through group discussion.
e) Submit a one-page outline to the assignment drop box before 8 am on the day of your presentation (it should
include your quiz questions, your argument, your writing prompt, and a few additional questions for use
during the interactive discussion.
f) Submit a one-page self-evaluation to the assignment drop box before our next class meeting. Reflect upon
what worked well and what could have been improved. Be specific about the particulars of the changes that
you would make.
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Please print your name legibly
Interactive Presentations on
Short Stories
“On the Quai at Smyrna”
1
“Indian Camp”
2
“Up In Michigan”
3
“The Doctor and the Doctor’s
Wife”
“The End of Something”
4
“Ten Indians”
6
“The Battler”
7
“Soldier’s Home”
8
“Killers”
9
“The Short Happy Life of Francis
Macomber”
“After the Storm”
10
“In Another Country”
13
“Mr. and Mrs. Eliot”
14
“Cat in the Rain”
15
“Out of Season”
16
“An Alpine Idyll”
17
“Canary for One”
18
“The Sea Change”
19
“Big Two-hearted River Pt. 1”
20
“Big Two-Hearted River Pt. 2”
21
“Fifty-Grand”
“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
22
23
24
“A Day’s Wait”
“Fathers and Sons”
“Bernice Bobs her Hair”
25
26
27
28
“Winter Dreams”
29
30
“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz”
31
32
“Absolution”
33
34
“The Sensible Thing”
35
36
“The Rich Boy”
37
38
“Babylon Revisited”
39
40
5
11
12
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