KPE 245 Prose
KPE 245 Prose
Credit
Time Allocation
Study Program
Lecturer
: 3 credits
: 3 x 50 minutes class meeting,
3 x 120 minutes independent work and structured tasks
: English Language Education Study Program
: Henny Herawati, S.Pd., M.Hum.
August 2012
Short Description of the Course:
KPE 245 Prose (Short Story + Novel) is designed to help students develop a deeper understanding and a
fuller appreciation of the short stories and novels assigned to them. This course will focus on the ways in which
creative literature help people develop empathy, sensitivity, and understanding of human’s experiences. The
students are to analyze, interpret, and evaluate these works in order that they grasp what the texts mean, how
they shape meaning, and why such meaning-making takes place.
This course is compulsory and offered in Semester III. The prerequisite course for KPE 245 Prose is KPE 242
Introduction to Literature.
Goals of the course
On completing this course the students will be able to:
1. comprehend the literary basics that include knowledge of the literary elements (Competence)
2. analyze the intrinsic literary elements of prose (Competence)
3. identify the external factors (culture and society) that shape the literary works selected (Competence)
4.
5.
develop the habit of reading to cultivate personal reflection and societal sensitivity (Conscience)
show empathic understanding for others and respect for human dignity by learning that each literary work
is built on different aspects of human condition, at different times, at different places (Compassion).
Course Outline (Thursdays)
Week
Date
Topics
Tasks
 Register to prose1.pbworks.com
 Read The Answer is No
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Course outline
Review of literary elements
Marriage is a Private Affair [Chinua Achebe]
The Answer is No [Naguib Mahfouz]
2
30
A Clean Well-lighted Place [Ernest Hemingway]
 Read Two Kinds
3
Sept. 6
Two Kinds [Amy Tan]
 Read The Clay Marble
4
13
 Read The Clay Marble
5
20
Quizz 1 (Short Stories)
The Clay Marble [Minfong Ho]
The Clay Marble [Minfong Ho]
6
27
 Read This Earth of Mankind
7
Oct. 4
The Clay Marble [Minfong Ho]
Quizz 2 (The Clay Marble)
This Earth of Mankind [Pramoedya A.Toer]
8
11
This Earth of Mankind [Pramoedya A. Toer]
 Do the task in the workbook
9
18
10
25
This Earth of Mankind [Pramoedya A. Toer]
Quizz 3 [This Earth of Mankind]
Mid-term project
Creative Responses
1
Aug. 16
 Read A Clean Well-lighted Place
 Do the task in the workbook
 Do the task in the workbook
 Read The Little Prince
1
KPE 245 Prose
11
Nov. 1
The Little Prince [Antoine de Saint Exupery]
 Do task in the workbook
12
8
The Little Prince [Antoine de Saint Exupery]
Quizz 4
 Read Jonathan Livingstone
Seagull
 See task in the workbook
15
holiday
13
22
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull [Richard Bach]
 Do task in the workbook
14
29
 Do task in the workbook
15
Dec. 6
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull [Richard Bach]
Quizz 5
Wrap-up discussion
Final project
Course Website
The course website for this course is prose1.pbworks.com. Ensure that you sign up to have access to the
materials, assignments and other information related to the course.
Classroom Rules
a) Cellular phones must be switched to silent mode during the course.
b) Students must attend classes, participate actively and complete assigned tasks.
c) Class attendance must not be less than 75%.
d) Tolerance for late arrival is 15 minutes. If the tolerance is exceeded, the student involved will be marked
absent.
e) Plagiarism will result in failing the assignment, and possibly the course. If you need to cite someone else’s
work, do it properly.
Grading Policy
Assessment Aspects
Quizzes (5 quizzes)
Mid-term project
Final project
Reflections and workbook
Total
Percentage
25%
15%
30%
30%
100 %
Short stories and novels to discuss:
Chinua Achebe’s Marriage is a Private Affair.
Ernest Hemingway’s A Clean, Well-lighted Place.
Amy Tan’s Two Kinds.
Naguib Mahfouz’s The Answer is No. Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.
Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingstone’s Seagull .
Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince. Translated by Katherine Woods.
Minfong Ho’s Clay Marble.
Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s This Earth of Mankind. Translated by Max Lane.
References
Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary Terms. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1993.
Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Second Edition. Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 2002.
Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Guerin, Wilfried L, Earle Labor, Lee Morgan, Jeanne C. Reesman, and John R. Willingham. A Handbook of Critical Approaches
to Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell. Literature. Reading, Reacting, Writing. Chicago: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.,
1991.
Selden, Raman. A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. Sussex: The Harvester Press Limited, 1986.
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