ENGLISH 2328 COURSE SYLLABUS (CRN 95266)
Part I: Course Information
Mini-Session 2015/2016
When the student is ready, the teacher appears. (ancient proverb)
Art lives upon discussion, upon experiment, upon curiosity, upon variety of attempt, upon
exchange of views and the comparison of standpoints. . . .
(Henry James, “The Art of Fiction”)
Instructor
Name: Mr. Jeff Lindemann
Office location: Room C-218, West Loop Campus
Office hours: Monday-Friday: 12:00-1:00
Office phone: 713-718-8853
E-mail: Jeff.Lindemann@hccs.edu
Learning Web: http://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/jeff.lindemann
English 2328 Course Description
English 2328 is a critical study of major American writers from 1865 to the present. This course
requires substantial reading and research. Students who enroll in this course are strongly advised
to have passed English 1302 with a grade of “C” or better. Prerequisite is English 1302. Three
credit hours (Three lecture).
Textbooks
Optional book: The Norton Anthology of American Literature, seventh edition, volumes
C, D, and E (The textbooks are optional since almost all readings are open sourced
online.)
A paperback copy of Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire
Other Materials
Three ring binder for calendar, handouts, and literature that you wish to print
Grade Percentages
Essay #1: (20%) (1,000 words, two primary sources)
Essay #2: (20%) (1,000 words, two primary sources)
Essay #3: (20%) (1,000 words, two primary sources and two secondary sources)
Final Exam: (20%) A Streetcar Named Desire
Daily Grade Average: (20%) (daily quizzes)
Grading Scale
A = Excellent (90-100): A+ = 100, A = 95, A- = 93
B = Good (80-89): B+ = 88, B = 85, B- = 83
C = Adequate (70-79): C+ = 78, C = 75, C- = 73
D = Needs work (60-69): D+ = 68, D = 65, D- = 63
F = Unacceptable (0-59): F+ = 58, F = anywhere between 0 – 57
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Other Abbreviations
L = Late (minus 10 points or a letter grade)
R = Revise (for no higher than 75)
P = Plagiarized (0 for the assignment/no opportunity for revision)
Note on Major Sentence/Grammar Errors
Major grammar errors include fragment, comma splice, run-on, awkward/garbled
sentence, and subject-verb agreement errors. These errors will cause you to lose valuable
points on your essay. By the time you are a sophomore, you should not be making these
errors. We have our HCCS AskOnLine, our 24/7 on-line tutoring service to help you with
your out-of-class-essays before you submit them.
Attendance Policy
Regular attendance is required at Houston Community College. HCCS class policy states
that a student who is absent more than 12.5% (6 hours) of class may be administratively
dropped. Students who intend to withdraw from a course must do so themselves by the
official last day to drop. After the official drop date I am unable to assign you a grade of
“W”; I have no other option but to assign you a grade of “F” or an “FX” if you stop
attending. NOTE: Whenever you leave the classroom, you are not attending class!
Withdrawal Policy
The State of Texas has begun to impose penalties on students who drop courses
excessively. For example, if you repeat the same course more than twice, you have to pay
extra tuition. Beginning in the Fall of 2007, the Texas Legislature passed a law limiting
first time entering students to no more than six total course withdrawals throughout their
academic career in obtaining a certificate or baccalaureate degree. There may be future
penalties imposed.
If you do not withdraw before the deadline, you will receive the grade that you are
making as the final grade. This grade will probably be an “F.”
You should visit with your instructor, an HCC counselor, or HCC Online Student
Services to learn what, if any, HCC interventions might be offered to assist you to stay in
class and improve your performance. Such interventions could include tutoring, child
care, financial aid, and job placement.
Grading Rubric
I have designed a “Baseline B/85” grading rubric for my literature courses. I use this
rubric to determine your grade for each of the three essays. When you submit an essay, I
like to assume that it is a B/85 essay. As I grade, I add or subtract points from the
baseline. The rubric has five components, each weighed differently. You earn your most
points for meaningful content. Here are the five components with their weights: Content
xx); Organization (xx); Sentences (xx); Diction (xx), and Punctuation, capitalization, and
manuscript mechanics (xx).
The rubric is on the following page.
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ENGLISH 2327 AND 2328: AMERICAN LITERATURE I AND II
GRADING RUBRIC SUMMARY PAGE
LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
NAME: __________________________________ GRADE: ____ / ___
OR Revise for 75.
A detailed explanation of the following categories is on the Long Form located on my Learning Web.
ESSAY EVALUATION CRITERIA CATEGORIES
1. Content (focused, correct & relevant content; depth of thought; critical thinking/literary connections;
focused thesis & related topic sentences; paragraph development & unity; selection of & integration of
quotations from both primary sources (& and when required, credible secondary sources) plus correct MLA
in-text documentation) (27% of grade)
Excellent (A)
27 26 25 24
Good (B)
23 22 21
Adequate (C)
20 19
Needs Work (D)
18 17
Unacceptable (F)
16 15 14 13 12
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2. Organization (title, framed introduction & conclusion, logical ordering of topic sentence paragraphs,
transition, coherence, overall essay & paragraph structure, smooth flow of ideas) (23% of grade)
Excellent (A)
23 22 21
Good (B)
20 19 18
Adequate (C)
17 16
Needs Work (D)
15 14
Unacceptable (F)
13 12 11 10 9 8 7
3. Sentences (correctness, clear & effective expression, variety of structure/style) (20% of grade)
Major sentence errors are fragment (frag), run-on (r-o), comma splice (cs) and awkward sentence (awk).
In this category, one major sentence error = C, two to three major errors = D, four or more major errors = F.
Other sentence errors include faulty parallelism, faulty modification, & faulty subordination of ideas.
Excellent (A)
20 19 18
Good (B)
17 16
Adequate (C)
15 14
Needs Work (D)
13 12
Unacceptable (F)
11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
4. Diction (correct usage & spelling, word form/case/agreement, historical present tense; effective word
choice, precise & concise diction) &tone (17% of grade) A subject-verb agreement error = major error.
Excellent (A)
17 16 15
Good (B)
14
Adequate (C)
13 12
Needs Work (D)
11 10
Unacceptable (F)
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
5. Punctuation, capitalization, italics, quotation marks, MLA works cited entries, MLA formatting for long
quotes, manuscript mechanics, indentations, margins, spacing, course information, & headers (13% of grade)
Excellent (A)
13 12
Good (B)
11 10
Adequate (C)
9
Needs Work (D)
8 7
Unacceptable (F)
6 5 4 3 2 1
____ TOTAL POINTS EARNED IN ABOVE CATEGORIES
____ This essay was submitted late (-10 points/one letter grade).
____ This essay is missing the required MLA works cited page (-20 points/two letter grades).
____ This essay is missing hard copies of secondary sources (if required)
____ +2 for using AskOnline and/or visiting tutor in the HCC Writing Centers (proof required)
____ = FINAL NUMERIC GRADE ON ESSAY
____ = FINAL LETTER GRADE ON ESSAY
OTHER
____ This essay does not meet the minimum standards for acceptance due to major problems with organization
and/or content. See the tutor or me and revise this essay until it earns a grade of 75.
____ This essay does not meet the minimum standards for acceptance due to major problems with grammar
(especially word forms) and/or sentences. See the tutor or me and revise this essay until it earns a grade of 75.
____ This essay contains plagiarized material and receives a grade of 0 / F with no opportunity to revise.
____ This essay needs to be totally rewritten because it does not fulfill the assignment. No grade higher than 75.
____ This essay contains numerous major problems with MLA in-text documentation &works cited entries.
Revise and re-submit until the essay receives a grade of 75.
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GRADING STANDARDS FOR GRADE OF “A” IN COMPONENTS
1. Content
Highest Standard (A): Superior understanding of writing assignment. Strong sense of
purpose and audience (our class and me). Insightful, well-written thesis supported with
substantial, thorough, significant, and meaningful content. Intelligently handled focused
topic and depth of development that reveals critical thinking/literary connections. This
essay is distinctive because of originality and perceptiveness. Because of powerful
content due to critical thinking, this essay produces strong reader interest. Excellent use
of primary sources (and secondary sources if required). Sources introduced and
documented with MLA in-text citation.
2. Organization
Highest Standard (A): Excellent organizational plan related to thesis. Excellent use of
appropriate developmental strategies (examples, definition, and/or comparison/contrast).
Excellent use of topic sentence paragraphs with topic sentence, development, unity, and
coherence. Excellent “framing” with related introductory and concluding paragraphs.
Organization might also include excellent use of transition paragraph(s) to create essay
coherence. Excellent title that engages reader interest.
3. Sentences
Highest Standard (A): Sentences are artistically constructed. Excellent sentence variety
achieved adding a richness and sophistication to the essay. No major sentence errors of
fragment, comma splice, run-on, and/or awkward sentence. Correct and effective
modification, parallelism, and subordination. No awkward of confusing sentences.
Effective use of intentional fragment (if used) for stylistic effect. Forceful sentence style:
graceful yet energetic. Polished, finished prose.
4. Diction (word choice and usage) and tone
Highest Standard (A): Excellent use of diction and tone. Diction for the essay is
distinctive and exhibits word form mastery. No clichés. Artistic use of figurative
language: metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, symbol, hyperbole, understatement.
Vivid imagery. Strong verbs. No errors in idiomatic language. Concrete and specific
language. No errors in subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, pronoun
case, or pronoun reference. Tone is appropriate and complements the subject matter. Any
switch in tone is done carefully. Mature vocabulary. No misspelled words.
5. Punctuation, capitalization, italics, quotation marks, MLA works cited entries,
MLA formatting for long quotes, course information, headers, margins, and
manuscript mechanics
Highest Standard (A): Correct MLA work cited entries. Clarity and expression are
promoted by effective and consistent use of standard punctuation and capitalization.
Attractive and correct manuscript mechanics (margins, course information, placement of
title, and headers).
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International Students
Receiving a “W” in a course may affect the status of your student visa. Once a “W” is
given for the course, it will not be changed to an “F” because of the visa consideration.
Please contact the International Student Office at 713-718-8520 if you have any questions
about your visa status and any other transfer issues.
Student Course Reinstatement Policy
Students have a responsibility to arrange payment for their classes when they register,
either through cash, credit card, financial aid, or the installment plan. Students who are
dropped from their courses for non-payment of tuition and fees who request reinstatement
after the official date of record can be reinstated by making payment in full and paying an
additional $75.00 per course reinstatement fee. The academic dean may waive the
reinstatement fee upon determining that the student was dropped because of a college
error.
Please note: If you are dropped for non-payment, you run the risk of not being able to
renter the course you selected because it filled to seat capacity before you were ready to
pay.
HCC Student Email Accounts
All students who have registered and paid for courses at HCC automatically have an
HCC email account generated for them. Please go to http://www.hccs.edu/students/email/
to review how to send email using this account. You must use your HCC email account
when you want to contact the on-line tutors.
Daily Grades
Daily grades are worth twenty-five percent of your grade. They are usually ten multiplechoice questions on the homework readings. I give no make-ups on daily quizzes. On
some days, I give two daily quizzes. I do not give early daily quizzes before class or late
quizzes after class. You may drop two quiz grades.
Special Conditions
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision,
hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the
Disability Services Office at the Southwest College at the beginning of each semester.
Faculty members are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the
Disability Support Services Office. You may contact Dr. Becky Hauri, counselor for the
Southwest College Office of Disabilities at becky.hauri@hccs.edu .
Free English Tutoring
The Southwest College offers you free tutoring at our tutoring centers where you will
receive individual attention with any of your writing concerns. Check with me for
location, dates, and times of tutoring. Signs will be posted once the hours have been
established for the semester. Electronic tutoring is also available 24/7 at
www.hccs.askonline.net.
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Open Computer Lab
You have free access to the Internet and word processing in the open computer lab.
Check on the door of the open computer lab for hours of operation.
Library
The West Loop Library homepage (for hours) is
http://swc2.hccs.edu/swc/0506/library/westloop_lib.php .
The HCC Library homepage (for research) is
http://www.hccs.edu/system/library/library.html .
Student Organizations
Phi Theta Kappa is the honor society of two-year colleges. Students must earn a 3.5 grade
point average and accumulate 12 credit hours at HCCS. HCCS has a very active chapter
called the Omega Sigma Chapter. For contact information visit www.omegasigma.org or
contact the Southwest College faculty advisor Ms. Eunice Kallarackal at
Eunice.Kallarackal@hccs.edu.
The Women’s Studies Club meets each month and online to discuss the roles of women
and men in society and to investigate how sexual differences and cultural constructions of
gender may affect identity. The organization promotes awareness of gender issues on
campus, encourages research and discussion of gender issues, hosts prominent speakers
in the field, and serves the community. Faculty advisors are Ms. Marie Dybala at
Marie.Dybala@hccs.edu and Ms. Iliana Loubser at Iliana.Loubser@hccs.edu.
Inclement Weather
During inclement weather conditions, monitor major local channels for updates on school
closings.
Due Dates and Make-Up Exams
All essays have due dates. Essays submitted late are docked a letter grade (ten points). A
late essay must be submitted by the end of the week in which it is due.
Grade of “I”
An “I” is assigned for a missed final due to an emergency, not for unfinished coursework
such as a research paper. All work must be submitted by the end of the semester, even if
it is not finished. A student has 60 days to complete the missed final. After 60 days a
grade of “I” incomplete becomes an “F.” I am unable to give a final after 60 days.
My Course Policies (Reasonable Guidelines)
1. Please come to class on time. Time missed before class is subtracted from the 12.5%
attendance policy. Leaving class early or arriving late also results in time subtracted from
the 12.5% attendance policy. Whenever you leave class, you are not in attendance.
2. Sorry! No sleeping or heads on desks permitted. If you fall asleep, I’ll wake you up by
tapping on your desk.
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3. If you must leave early, please tell me before class starts.
4. No food allowed in class. Beverages are fine. Please throw away trash at end of the
class session.
5. I dismiss class ten-fifteen minutes early; therefore, do not pack books before I dismiss
class.
6. Please do not chat with class colleagues during discussion. Let us listen to what our
class members have to contribute.
7. An 89.4 average at the end of the semester is a B. A 79.4 average at the end of the
semester is a C.
8. The time to discuss an essay grade is after it is returned, not at the end of the semester.
9. The out-of-class essays must be typed in Times Roman.12.
10. If you come by my office, I will read your essay for content and organization;
however, I will edit only the first page. You must edit the rest.
11. If for some reason, I am more than fifteen minutes late, class is dismissed. Follow
your course calendar and complete any assignments for the next session.
12. Save an electronic copy of your out-of-class essays.
13. If you miss the final exam, contact me immediately. You will have to take a make-up,
which will be different from the exam I give the class. If I don’t hear from you, I will
assume you do not wish to take it, and therefore, I assign a grade of “0.”
14. Good learning attitude, cooperative demeanor, and courteous behavior all go a long
way with me!
Personal Electronics Policies (A Note to the “Thumb Generation”)
1. Turn off your cell phones. The sounds of cell phones ringing during class are
disruptive to me and other students.
2 Students should not leave the class to make a call or answer one (or worse
answer a call in class).
3. You can answer your calls and make calls before or after class (or during the break
for three hour class sessions).
4. If you have an impending emergency and need to keep an electronics device turned
on, I would like to know as soon as class starts.
5. I view the use of personal electronic devices during class to be a distraction of the
normal educational process and a failure on your part to abide by basic and reasonable
standards of classroom conduct. If you are text messaging to someone during class, you
are obviously not engaged in the course.
Use of Cameras and Recording Devices
Use of recording devices, including camera phones and tape recorders, is prohibited in
classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and other locations where instruction, tutoring,
or testing occurs. These devices are also not allowed to be used in campus restrooms.
Students with disabilities who need to use a recording device as a reasonable
accommodation should contact the Office for Students with Disabilities for information
regarding reasonable accommodations.
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Scholastic Dishonesty
According to the 2006-2009 Student Handbook for the Houston Community College
System :“Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in
fulfilling course requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated
by College System officials against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty.
‘Scholastic dishonesty’ includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and
collusion.”
Cheating on a test includes:
Copying from another student’s test paper;
Using materials during a test that are not authorized by the person giving the test;
Collaborating with another student during a test without authority;
Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or part
the contents of an unadministered test; and/or
Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered.
Plagiarism means the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged
incorporation of that work in one’s own written work offered for credit.
Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written
work offered for credit” (34-35).
Please note the possible consequences of such dishonesty, as stated in the 2006-2009
Student Handbook: Possible punishments for academic dishonesty may include a grade
of “0” or “F” for the particular assignment, failure in the course, and/or recommendation
for probation or dismissal from the College System (35).
The following information is provided by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
and is applicable to English 2328:
CORE OBJECTIVES
Given the rapid evolution of necessary knowledge and skills and the need to take into account
global, national, state, and local cultures, the core curriculum must ensure that students will
develop the essential knowledge and skills they need to be successful in college, in a career,
in their communities, and in life. Through the Texas Core Curriculum, students will gain a
foundation of knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world, develop
principles of personal and social responsibility for living in a diverse world, and advance
intellectual and practical skills that are essential for all learning.
Students enrolled in this core curriculum course will complete a research project or case study
designed to cultivate the following core objectives:
Critical Thinking Skills*—to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and
analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information
Communication Skills—to include effective development, interpretation and expression
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of ideas through written, oral and visual communication
Personal Responsibility—to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and
consequences to ethical decision-making
Social Responsibility--to include intercultural competency, knowledge
of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national,
and global communities
NOTE: Student proficiency in Communication Skills will be assessed as a formal written out-of-class
essay, which is at least three pages long and which includes an oral presentation component as well as a
visual component. Student proficiency in Critical Thinking will be assessed by a formal out-of-class
essay assignment. Personal Responsibility and Social Responsibility will be assessed as part of long
unit or major essay assignments, which will include assigned reading responses, pre-writing activities,
multiple drafts, and group activities.
*Critical Thinking: Critical thinking embraces methods for applying both qualitative and
quantitative skills analytically and creatively to subject matter in order to construct alternative
strategies. Problem solving is one of the applications of critical thinking used to address an
identified task.
Critical thinking as applied to the study of literature involves
1. connecting patterns and motifs in works of literature,
2. looking for relevant information that supports your assertions,
3. interpreting literature,
4. solving literary problems,
5. drawing conclusions, and
6. tolerating ambiguity and complexity in literature.
American Literature Student Learning Outcomes
1. Explain and illustrate stylistic characteristics of representative works
2. Connect representative works to human and individual values in historical and social
contexts
3. Demonstrate knowledge of American literature from 1865 to the present
4. Analyze literary texts from American literature from 1865 to the present
5. Critique and Interpret representative literary works
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MY GRADE ROSTER
You may keep a record of your grades in this course. At any given moment during the semester,
you should have a very good idea of what your grade is in this course.
Your Exam Grades:
_____ Essay #1 (20%) Realism and naturalism (fiction)
_____ Essay #2 (20%) Early modern poetry and fiction
_____ Essay #3 (20%) Modern fiction and poetry
_____ Final Exam (20%) A Streetcar Named Desire
_____ Daily Grade Average (20%)
Daily Quiz Grades:
_____ Quiz #1
_____ Quiz #11
_____ Quiz 21
_____ Quiz #2
_____ Quiz #12
_____ Quiz 22
_____ Quiz #3
_____ Quiz #13
_____ Quiz 23
_____ Quiz #4
_____ Quiz #14
_____ Quiz 24
_____ Quiz #5
_____ Quiz #15
_____ Quiz 25
_____ Quiz #6
_____ Quiz #16
_____ Extra credit point
_____ Quiz #7
_____ Quiz #17
_____ Extra credit point
_____ Quiz #8
_____ Quiz #18
_____ Extra credit point
_____ Quiz #9
_____ Quiz #19
_____ Extra credit point
_____ Quiz #10
_____ Quiz #20
_____ Extra credit point
Reminder: No make-ups on daily quizzes. I will drop the two lowest daily quiz grades at the
end of the semester and average what is left. Extra credits are worth one point each and are
added on to the daily quiz average at the end of the semester. In other words, if you have a daily
quiz average of 78 and you have done three extra credits, then your average is 81. Extra credits
have due dates and will not be accepted after their due dates.
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ENGLISH 2328 COURSE SYLLABUS
Part II: Course Calendar
Mini-Term 2015-2016
WEEK ONE
SESSION #1 (Monday, December 14th)
 Introduction to English 2328
 Course objectives, grades, class policies
 Overview of English 2328
 Reading Guides
 American literary realism
 Realism: Frontier humor
 Mark Twain
 “How to Tell a Story” (on our Learning Web)
 “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
 Writing topics for Essay #1
 Writing a literary analysis/critical thinking essay on literature
Assignment for Session #2: Read brief biography of Mary Wilkins Freeman and “The Revolt of
Mother.” Read brief biography of Sarah Orne Jewett and “A White Heron.” Read brief
biography of Kate Chopin and “The Storm.”
SESSION #2 (Tuesday, December 15th)
 Realism: Regionalism
 Mary Wilkins Freeman: “The Revolt of Mother”
 Sarah Orne Jewett: “A White Heron”
 Realism: Naturalism
 Kate Chopin: “The Storm”
Assignment for Session #3: Read brief biography of Stephen Crane and “The Open Boat.” Read
brief biography of Charles W. Chesnutt and “The Wife of His Youth.” Read brief biography of
Sui Sin Far and “In the Land of the Free.” Read brief biography of Hamlin Garland and “Under
the Lion’s Paw.”
SESSION #3 (Wednesday, December 16th)
 Naturalism, continnued
 Stephen Crane: “The Open Boat”
 Poetry by Stephen Crane (read in class)
 Charles W. Chesnutt: “The Wife of His Youth”
 Sui Sin Far: “In the Land of the Free”
 Hamlin Garland: “Under the Lion’s Paw”
Assignment for Session #4: Read brief biography of Henry James. Read Daisy Miller: A Study.
SESSION #4 (Thursday, December 17th)
 Realism: Psychological realism
 Henry James
 Daisy Miller: A Study
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Assignment for Session #5: Finish Essay #1 and have it ready to submit on Session #5. Read
brief biography of Willa Cather and read “Neighbor Rosicky.
WEEK TWO
SESSION #5 (Monday, December 21st)
 Essay #1 due at beginning of class
 Introduction to early modern poetry
 Robert Frost: Poems (read in class)
 Willa Cather: “Neighbor Rosicky”
Assignment for Session #6: Read brief biography of Arna Bontemps and “A Summer Tragedy”
(handout). Read brief biography of Zora Neal Hurston and “The Gilded Six Bits.”
SESSION #6 (Tuesday, December 22nd)
 The Harlem Renaissance
 Video: Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
 Langston Hughes: Poems assigned in class
 Zora Neal Hurston: “The Gilded Six Bits”
 Arna Bontemps: “A Summer Tragedy”
Assignment for Session #7: Read brief biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Winter Dreams,” and
“Babylon Revisited.”
SESSION #7 (Wednesday, December 23rd)
 F. Scott Fitzgerald
 Biography on F. Scott Fitzgerald (video)
 “Winter Dreams”
 “Babylon Revisited”
Assignment for Session #8: Assignment for Session #8: Read brief biography of Ernest
Hemingway, “A Clean Well-Lighted Place,” and “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.”
SESSION #8 (Thursday, December 24th)
 Ernest Hemingway
 Biography on Ernest Hemingway (video)
 “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”
 “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
Assignment for Session #9: Finish Essay #2 and have it ready to submit on Session #10.
HOLIDAY (Friday, December 25th)
 Christmas
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WEEK THREE
SESSION #9 (Monday, December 28th)
 Essay #2 due
 Writing topics for Essay #3
 Researching databases for literary criticism
 Modern poetry (in class)
 Introduction to southern writers/southern gothic
Assignment for Session #10: Read brief biography of William Faulkner and “A Rose for
Emily.” Read brief biography of Eudora Welty and “A Worn Path.” Read brief biography of
Flannery O’Connor and “Good Country People.”
SESSION #10 (Tuesday, December 29th)
 William Faulkner: “A Rose for Emily”
 Eudora Welty: “A Worn Path”
 Flannery O’Connor: “Good Country People”
 Assignment for Session #11: Read brief biography of Alice Walker and “Everyday Use.”
Read brief biography of Sandra Cisneros and “Woman Hollering Creek.” Read brief
biography of Amy Tan and “Two Kinds.”
SESSION #11 (Wednesday, December 30th)
 Alice Walker: “Everyday Use”
 Legends of La Llorona
 Sandra Cisneros: “Woman Hollering Creek”
 Amy Tan: “Two Kinds” from her novel The Joy Luck Club
Assignment for Session #12: Read brief biography of Raymond Carver and “Cathedral.” Read
brief biography of Amy Hempel and “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried.”
SESSION #12 (Thursday, December 31st)
 Raymond Carver: “Cathedral”
 Amy Hempel: “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried”
Assignment for Session #13: Write Essay #3 and have it ready to submit at the beginning of
Session #14. Read Read brief biography of Tennessee Williams and Scenes 1-2 of A Streetcar
Named Desire.
HOLIDAY (Friday January 1st)
 New Year’s Day
WEEK FOUR
SESSION #13 (Monday, January 4th)
 Essay #3 due (with attached secondary sources of literary criticism)
 Elements of modern drama
 Introduction to Tennessee Williams
 Scenes 1-3 of A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Assignment for Session #14: Read brief biography of Tennessee Williams and Scenes 4-7 of A
Streetcar Named Desire.
SESSION #14 (Tuesday, January 5th)
 A Streetcar Named Desire (Scenes 4-7)
Assignment for Session #15: Read Scenes 6-11 of A Streetcar Named Desire.
SESSION #15 (Wednesday, January 6th)
 A Streetcar Named Desire (Scenes 8-11)
 Review for the Final Exam
Assignment for Session #16: Study for Final Exam on A Streetcar Named Desire.
SESSION #16 (Thursday, January 7th)
 Final exam: A Streetcar Named Desire
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