Division of Arts and Sciences
Department of English
Lodi, New Jersey 07644
SPRING 2016
ENG 302 B Tues 2:35 PM – 5:05 PM 326 Kirby Hall
Prerequisites: ENG-102
Course Level: Undergraduate
Mr. David Swartz Adjunct Professor (Department of English)
Available 30 minutes before and after class swartzd@felician.edu
or wocl@aol.com
FELICIAN UNIVERSITY MISSION
Felician University is an independent co-educational Catholic/Franciscan University founded and sponsored by the Felician Sisters to educate a diverse population of students within the framework of a liberal arts tradition. Its mission is to provide a full complement of learning experiences, reinforced with strong academic and student development programs designed to bring students to their highest potential and prepare them to meet the challenges of the new century with informed minds and understanding hearts. The enduring purpose of Felician University is to promote a love for learning, a desire for God, self knowledge, service to others, and respect for all creation.
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES MISSION
The School of Arts and Sciences is committed to promoting the University’s Franciscan-Felician mission by providing an environment that fosters the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual development of our students. The Liberal Arts curriculum challenges students to explore creative ways of thinking within a broad scope of study that integrates intellectual traditions with essential values. Our diverse programs encourage students to become lifelong learners and compassionate contributors to the well-being of others throughout their lives.
COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to acquaint students with the continuing relevance of ancient texts and concepts from the classical Greek and Roman worlds, and the Judeo-Christian tradition, to today’s society. Students will also examine multiple genres, disciplines, and themes to understand how “great works” remain in dialogue with one another over time and how the legacy of western thought can be understood through the prism of contemporary literature. Eng 302 exposes students to the essential human theme of developing individual identity while exploring the literature of pilgrimage from the
Classical and Modern canons. Students appreciate the theme of the literary pilgrim as a type of hero, and are able to integrate the relationship between literature and life’s journey—in a Franciscan context—within their personal journeys.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To examine how literary texts relate to classic and contemporary issues through reflective discussions and assigned papers.
2. To interpret how the works read reflect diverse cultures, periods, values, and gender.
3. To analyze how the literature studied raises issues of the self, justice, community, culture, and ethical choices about how to live a worthwhile life. To compare the values embodied in the literature studied to the Franciscan tradition and values.
4. To develop critical reading, research and writing skills through frequent written work and participation in class discussions.
By the end of this course, you should be able to exhibit competency in oral and written communication and demonstrate your ability to think critically and analytically. This class enables you to sharpen your interpretive skills through the analysis of works in a variety of disciplines. The class should also heighten your sensitivity to the nuances of linguistic expression.
[It is the instructor’s particular bias that the story of Christ in the Gospels is paradigmatic (a mode, a model) for the whole of human existence and is reflective of all the works discussed in this course,
Whether in Classical, Renaissance, or even the more recent developments, up to the contemporary.
As such it will be kept in mind and discussed throughout the semester.]
THERE ARE NO REQUIRED TEXTS SINCE EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND CAN BE
“GOOGLED.”
The day a new work comes to be discussed, a singlein-class paragraph reaction to it is required of every student. Attendance and class participation are strictly enforced and are weighed as a third of the final grade. The paragraphs are an important part of the third.
FINAL GRADE ASSESSED AS:
1/3 attendance and class participation

50% assigned paragraphs for each work assigned; 30 % attendance; 20 % class participation
[You are measured against the record of your class, so that if the work in response varies from class to class, so will the standard. I any case 100% attendance and corresponding paragraphs are required and will elicit an A. Likewise with participation; the standard varies against a preference of 100%.]
Lateness is discouraged and will be adjudged on an individual basis.
1/3 research papers [1 Bradley and Knight; 2 Bloom and Alfar on “King Lear”]
1/3 examinations final [exam week] and mid-term [3/15/16]
Plagiarized work will receive an automatic F grade for the given assignment.
1/19/16 Sophocles “Oedipus Rex” film Summary and reaction paper discussion
1/26/16 Sophocles “Antigone” read Summary and reaction paper discussion
2/2/16 Aeschylus “Agamemnon” read Summary and reaction paper discussion
2/9/16 Aeschylus “Libation Bearers” read Summary and reaction paper discussion
2/16/16 Dante “The Inferno” 1-34 read Summary and reaction paper discussion
2/23/16 Dante “Purgatorio” 1-7 read Summary and reaction paper discussion
2/29-3/4/16 spring break
3/8/16 Dante “Paradiso” 24-33 read Summary and reaction paper discussion
3/15/16 Mid-term IN-CLASS ESSAY
3/22/16 Virgil “The Aeneid” book 6 Homer “The Odyssey” book 11 discussion
3/29/16 Shakespeare ‘King Lear” film Summary and reaction paper due 4/5/16
4/5/16 A. C. Bradley and G. W. Knight on “King Lear” 4 page paper due 4/19/16
Both chapters Bradley, first chapter Knight
4/12/16 H. Bloom and C. L. Alfar on “King Lear” 4 page paper due 5/10/16
Part 3 Bloom, entire article Alfar (“King Lear” and “the Immoral Daughters” . . . )
4/19/16 Genesis 3 Milton “Paradise Lost” Book IX lines 509-1098 Read and discussed

4/26/16 Hardy “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” Entire book due this date discussion
5/3/16 Hardy “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” Summary and reaction paper discussion
5/10/16 Final Exam IN-CLASS ESSAY
THE SCHEDULE CAN BE AMENDED OR CHANGED AT ANY TIME TO MAKE ROOM FOR EXAMS.
ADDITIONAL WORK ASSIGNED, OR SPECIFIC CLASS PACE OR NEEDS.