SANTIAGO CANYON COLLEGE
Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Spring 2007
English 272
Section #
William Lennertz
www.sccollege.edu/wlennertz
Office: E313
Phone: (714) 628-4781
Email: lennertz_will@sccollege.edu
Office Hours:
MW: 7-7:30 a.m.
TTH: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
English 272: Survey of World Literature
Course Description
This course will survey selections of world masterpieces from the end of Renaissance to
the present day. It will examine literary works in historical context for artistic form,
influence on culture and contribution to understanding the human experience.
Course Themes
Literary Worth and Influence
Historical and Cultural Contexts of Literature
Literary Innovation
The Universality of Human Experience
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this semester you will be able to:
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Analyze, interpret and compare literary works from similar and differing eras
Create presentations and essays that convey original ideas about literary works
while also appropriately using research materials
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Demonstrate a knowledge of the history of ideas and literature from the
beginnings of writing to the Renaissance through discussion, written exams
and out-of-class projects
Examine literary works in light of philosophical themes, troubling human
questions and personal decisions
View all literature as a doorway into the human heart and soul
Assessment Tasks
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Give a presentation on a work that inspires and intellectually interests
you. You will create an original response to it. It could be an essay
concerning an aspect of the work. It could be a visual piece representing one
part or the whole of the work. It could be a short story, a poem or other
creative work—including a short movie or Power Point presentation. You
will submit the work to me and present your work to the class. Your class
presentation should be roughly three to five minutes in length.
Demonstrate understanding of literary works and eras through four written
exams. Each exam will cover one era—the Age of Reason, the Romantics,
Realism, and the Modern World. A variety of thematic questions are
typically used for exams. You will need a standard 8 ½” by 11” blue book for
each exam.
Write an 8-10 page research paper. Your research topic will be yours to
select, but it must be approved by me. Follow the MLA format. You need a
minimum of five sources.
Read and discuss weekly assignments. I will provide reading quizzes and
questions to check your progress each week.
Learning Resources
Required Texts
The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 2nd edition, volume .D, E,F
Required Materials and Expenses
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Four standard blue books
Media and other materials for your creative response. This may vary greatly
depending on the nature of your response. If you need a computer or DVD cart
that can be arranged. Notify me and I will make arrangements for appropriate
college machinery.
Attendance and Tardiness
I expect you to be in class on time. Some in-class work cannot be made up. Your
attendance, therefore, is essential.
Excessive absences will be deal with according to the current catalog guidelines.
It is the student’s responsibility to drop the course.
Important Dates:
Last day to drop with enrollment fee refund:
Last day to drop with "W" grade:
Assessment and Grading:
The following points will determine your grade:
Project/Presentation
75
Research Paper
200
Exams
600
Reading Responses/Quizzes
125
1,000
Letter Grades for the Semester:
Your letter grade will be determined as follows:
1,000 – 900 = A
899 – 800 = B
799 – 700 = C
699 – 600 = D
599 – 0 = F
Borderline Grades: I deal with borderline grades using a simple mathematical principle
– rounding. If you are within 5 points of the next letter grade, I will round up your grade.
If you are not, I will not. Please refrain from begging and pleading regarding grades.
I stand firm.
Each assignment is kept as a numeral in my grade book until your final grade is
calculated.
I am always open to discussing your grades with you.
All work must be turned in on the due date. NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED.
If you are ill, someone should drop your paper on the due date or you should turn it
in on your return.
ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
Students of Santiago Canyon College are expected to be honest and forthright in their
academic endeavors. To falsify the results of one’s research, to steal the words or ideas
of another, or to cheat on an examination, corrupts the essential process by which
knowledge is advanced. Academic dishonesty is seen as an intentional act of fraud, in
which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without
authorization, or uses unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic
exercise. As an institution, we also consider academic dishonesty to include forgery of
academic documents, intentionally impeding or damaging the academic work of others,
assisting other students in acts of dishonesty or coercing students into acts of dishonesty
Classroom Behavior
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No cell phone use in class.
Practice kindness and honesty during class discussions—allowing others to speak.
Listen to others and seek to understand them and their words.
Avoid non-related, secondary conversations during class discussions and
activities.
Accommodations for Disabilities
Students with verifiable disabilities who want to request academic accommodations are
responsible for notifying their instructor and Disabled Students Programs and Services
(DSPS) as early as possible in the semester. To arrange for accommodations, contact
DSPS at (714) 628-4860, (714) 639-9742 (TTY) or stop by the DSPS Center in U114.
A Final Word
Studying literature is a study of many things. All of us can contribute to the
understanding of a literary work. Don’t be afraid to use all of your experiences to relate
to literature. We want to open a door for ourselves to every work. Once we do, other
parts become accessible.
Schedule
February
7
Introduction
14
Moliere--Tartuffe
21
Racine—Phaedra, Swift—“A Modest Proposal” Pope—“The Rape of
the Lock.”
28
Voltaire—Candide
March
7
Cao Xueqin—The Story of the Stone,Wu-- Monkey
14
Basho/ Enlightenment Exam--#1
21
Goethe—Faust
28
Blake, Wordsworth, Pushkin
April
4
Spring Break
11
Whitman, Dickinson/ Romantic Exam #2
18
Flaubert/ Baudelaire
25
Dostoyevsky
May
2
Chekov/Tolstoy
9
Rilke, Woolf,/ Realism Exam #3
16
Proust/Eliot/ Selected
23
Borges/Kafka/Marquez/ Selected Poems
30
Exam Modern Period