Course Title: Introduction to Fiction 112
Department Prefix: ENG
Course Number: 112
Number of Credits: 5
Prerequisites: Reading 098
General Education Core Course: Yes
Division: Humanities
Location: Main Campus
Name of the Textbooks:
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye
The Longman Anthology of Mystery Stories,
ed. by Mansfield Kelley and Marchino
Instructor’s Name: Michael J. Kiefel
Office Location: #7, Humanities Division (on the end of the main building closest to the
dome)
Office Hours: 10:30-11:30, M-Th or by arrangement
(Office # 7)
Phone: (509) 527-4640 (office) (The phone has voice mail.)
e-mail address:
michael.kiefel@wwcc.edu
QUARTER ITEM
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ENGL&112
B1
Spring
2012
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Course description: Short fiction from the 19th century to the present, drawn from a
variety of countries and cultures.
Type of Instruction Used in this Course: Lecture, discussion, applied use of terms from
fiction, fingers-on application of terms through original prose fiction piece, review, tests.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance is essential, no matter how smart a student might be. In my classes,
in-class work is a key to good writing. Attendance and Participation comprise 15% of the
grade. Each hour attended counts three points (each class missed counts ten points off
for unexcused absences and five off for excused). In any case, only five absences are
allowed, excused or unexcused. (Special arrangements may allow exceptions.)
If an emergency occurs, the instructor can be reached by voice-mail (527-4640)
or, if no phone is available, e-mail (see above). A student should not miss more than five
classes in the quarter. Excused classes (i.e. emergency doctor appointments, sports
events) that have been discussed with the instructor prior will count fewer points off than
unexcused absences. (My classes are helpful and interactive, and you don’t want to miss
them anyway.) Haircuts, dancing lessons, and scheduled doctor or dentist appointments
do not count as excused absences since they can be scheduled easily around class time if
the student mentions the need not to miss class. Students who are athletes need to let me
know in advance when a class needs to be missed because of a sports event. This should
not rest only on the coach’s shoulders.
Testing Policy: Make-up quizzes will be deducted 20% automatically before any other
points are
deducted for errors. However, those students who inform the instructor in
advance of
events or who have an unforeseen emergency may have only a 5%
deduction.
Behavior Policy: Attendance is essential to success in this course: lectures, inclass exercises,and discussion provide the bulk of what you need to learn.
Productive attendance is essential. Distractions like whispering--- using
your cell phone to text, playing games, or talking; using your computer for nonclass activities; passing notes; eating during class; demonstrating habitual lack of
preparation (failing to bring the proper materials to class such as paper,
notebook, writing utensil, book from which we will be discussing, etc.); arriving
late; and leaving the classroom before the completion of class are not acceptable
college activities. A student’s grade may be lowered for distracting the instructor
or students in any way, or, at the instructor’s discretion, a student’s distracting
behavior may result in the student being required to drop the course, or in failing
the course. Handing in work that is not your own will result in either your needing
to drop or fail the course. Beverages are okay to have in class, but they need a
lid.
Disability Support Services: Claudia Angus as the Coordinator of WWCC’s Disability
Support Service encourages students who need special accommodations to see her
by calling her at 527-4262 or by e-mail: Claudia.angus@wwcc.edu
Students are expected to self-identify and provide documentation of the disability
that is reviewed by her before reasonable accommodations are assigned.
Homework Policy: Assignments must be typed, titled, and double-spaced (for
correction and editing), and be handed in by 2 p.m. on the day they are due.
They can be handed directly to the
instructor, put into his office door-box, or
placed in the instructor’s mailbox at the Info Center. If worse comes to worst,
essays can be e-mailed, but believe me when I say e-mail essays are not
encouraged.
Course Activities
Four Quizzes
Mid-term power point Test
Two Analysis papers
Final power point Test
Original story (with requirements described)
Attendance/Participation
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400 possible points
150 possible points
200 possible points
150 possible points
150 possible points
200 possible points
1250 possible points
Grading Policy
93-100% = A, 90-92% = A86-89% = B+, 83-85% = B, 80-82% = B76-79% = C+, 73-75% = C, 70-72% = C66-69% = D+, 60-65% = D
0-59% = F
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the quarter, students will be familiar with several
essential literary terms for both general prose fiction and specific mystery story
terms. The students will work with literary analysis and apply their knowledge
by writing a short original prose fiction work that meets certain requirements that
appear in classical prose fiction (learning by applying and doing).
Reading, Quiz, and Test Schedule:
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 1-3
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 4-6
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 7-9
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 10-12
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 13-15
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 16-18
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 19-21
Catcher in the Rye
Chapters 22-end
Catcher in the Rye Quiz
Ed McBain’s “Sadie When She Died”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Silver Blaze”
Sharyn McCrumb’s Nine Lives to Live”
Dianne Mott Davidson’s “Cold Turkey”
Peter Robinson’s “Missing in Action”
First analysis paper due
Sue Grafton’s “The Parker Shotgun”
Margaret Maron’s “Deborah’s Judgment”
Short Story Quiz
Lord of the Flies Chapter 1
Lord of the Flies Chapter 2
Lord of the Flies Chapter 3
Lord of the Flies Chapter 4
Mid-term Preparation Lord of the Flies Chapter 5-7
Mid-term
Mid-term
Lord of the Flies Chapter 8-9
Lord of the Flies Chapter 10-end
Lord of the Flies Quiz
Agatha Christie’s “Witness for the Prosecution”
Dorothy Sayer’s “The House in Goblin Wood”
Dashiell Hammett’s “The Gutting of Couffignal”
Sara Paretsky’s “Skin Deep”
Second analysis paper due
S. J. Rozan’s “Going Home”
Freeman Wills Croft’s “The Hunt Ball”
Short Story Quiz
Original Short Story due
Power Point Final
Friday, March 30
Monday, April 2
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