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Heartland Community College
Master Course Syllabus
Division: Humanities and Fine Arts
COURSE PREFIX & NUMBER: ENGL 111.01
COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Literature
Course Syllabus for Students--Summer 2012
CREDIT HOURS: 3
CONTACT HOURS:
LECTURE HOURS: 3
LABORATORY HOURS: 0
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 101 is strongly
recommended. Reading and discussion of representative works from the major genres, with
the aim of providing competence in critical reading and analysis, knowledge of formal
characteristics, and appreciation of literary excellence.
Instructor Information:
Instructor name: Sean Colcleasure
Phone number to contact instructor: 309-286-8570 or 314-369-9897
Instructor e-mail address, if one: Sean.colcleasure@heartland.edu
Note: I will reply to emails within 24 hrs.
Location of instructor’s office: ICB 2007
Hours and days of instructor’s office hours: TTH 9:30-10:30
TEXTBOOKS:
Kennedy, X.J and Dana Gioia. Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction,
Poetry, Drama and Writing. Boston: Pearson, 2012.
RELATIONSHIP TO ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND
TRANSFERABILITY:
ENGL 111 fulfills 3 of the 9 semester hours of credit in Humanities/Fine Arts
required for the A.A. or A.S. degree. It satisfies the Humanities component of this
requirement. ENGL 111 should transfer to other Illinois colleges and universities as
the equivalent of the General Education Core Curriculum course H3 900, described in
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the Illinois Articulation Initiative. However, students should consult an academic
advisor for transfer information regarding particular institutions. Refer to the IAI web
page for information as well at
COURSE OBJECTIVES (Learning Outcomes)
After completing this course students should be able to:
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Read literary works with more pleasure and understanding.
Identify some of the major differences among fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction prose, and the qualities intrinsic to each.
Identify significant questions and ideas dealt with by literary authors, and
describe how literature goes about trying to answer them.
Define key literary terms such as sonnet, metaphor, and iamb.
Evaluate some of the ways that readers read literary texts.
Relate literature to your own experience and to the world around you.
Set forth a coherent, focused, and well developed discussion in writing.
COURSE/LAB OUTLINE:
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Introduction: Reading and Interpreting Literature
Fiction: Short Story
A. Plot and Structure
B. Character
C. Setting
D. Point of View
E. Language and Style
Poetry: Narrative, Lyric, Epic
A. Voice: Speaker and Tone
B. Imagery
C. Simile and Metaphor
D. Symbolism and Allegory
E. Sound: Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance
F. Rhythm and Meter
G. Structure
H. Theme
Drama: Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy
A. Plot and Structure
B. Character and Dialogue
C. Staging
D. Theme
Critical Approaches to Literature
A. The Literary Canon
B. Formalist Criticism
C. Biographical Criticism
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D. Psychological Criticism
E. Historical Criticism
F. Sociological Criticism
1. General Sociological Analyses
2. Marxist Criticism
3. Feminist Criticism
G. Archetypal and Mythological Criticism
H. Reader-Response Analysis
I. Deconstructionism
METHOD OF EVALUATION (Tests/Exams, Grading System):
Course grades will be a compilation of scores on in-class and out-of-class papers,
quizzes, and a final exam.
Final grades will be determined according to the following scale:
92- 100%
83 - 91%
74 - 82%
65 - 73%
Below 65%
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Grade Breakdown:
Journals/Explications: 20%
Attendance/Participation: 10%
Essays: 40%
Poetry Discussions: 10%
Final Exam: 20%
REQUIRED WRITING AND READING:
There will be 12-15 pages of formal writing and additional informal writings. The
readings will be assigned nightly and will consist of poems, short stories and plays.
Course Policies:
All papers for this course must be typed and submitted electronically, either through
Blackboard or e-mail. You must follow all guidelines. If you have problems with this, please let
me know.
Grading Policies:
Attendance:
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Attendance is required. We cover a great deal of information in class, so you should plan on
being in attendance. I give daily grades for participation, so being absent will hurt this grade.
I allow for one excused absences during summer sessions. To be considered an excused
absence, I must have prior knowledge of your not being able to attend. After that, I reserve
the right to drop you from the class. Also, class begins at 2:00, so I expect you to be on time
and ready to work. Anyone arriving after 2:10 will be locked out, so make it a priority to be
on-time.
Class Participation/Discussion:
This is also part of your grade. I like to have a lively class, and to make the class lively, I
need all students involved in productive ways. I do not like to single people out and put them
on the spot, so you need to speak for yourself. So, please work with me and your classmates
to make our interactions better by participating daily.
Incompletes: Are at the instructor’s discretion.
Late Work:
I have set deadlines for all assignments; therefore, I do not take late work. I expect you all to
be in attendance, and with that expectation, I will not take any work past the established due
date.
Student Conduct:
Cell Phones:
Please have them on vibrate and put away. There is no reason to disrupt the learning
environment because you cannot let go of technology for an hour. If you cannot abide by this
rule, you will be asked to leave class for the night and that will count as an absence.
Academic Integrity:
Academic integrity is a fundamental principle of collegial life at Heartland Community
College and is essential to the credibility of the College’s educational programs. Moreover,
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because grading may be competitive, students who misrepresent their academic work violate
the right of their fellow students. The College, therefore, views any act of academic
dishonest as a serious offense requiring disciplinary measures, including course failure,
suspension, and even expulsion from the College. In addition, an act of academic dishonesty
may have unforeseen effects far beyond any officially imposed penalties.
Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to cheating, aiding or
suborning cheating or other acts of academic dishonesty, plagiarism,
misrepresentation of data, falsification of academic records or documents and
unauthorized access to computerized academic or administrative records or systems.
Definitions of these violations may be found in the college catalog.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presenting of others’ ideas as if they were your own. When you
write a paper, create a project, do a presentation or create anything original, it is
assumed that all the work, except for that which is attributed to another author or
creator, is your own. Plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and may
take the following forms:
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Copying word-for-word from another source and not giving that source credit.
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Paraphrasing the work of another and not giving that source credit.
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Adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own.
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Using an image or a copy of an image without crediting its source.
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Paraphrasing someone else’s line of thinking in the development of a topic as if it
were your own.
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Receiving excessive help from a friend or elsewhere, or using another project as if it
were your own.
[Adapted from the Modern Language Association’s MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers. New York: MLA, 1995: 26]
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Note that word-for-word copying is not the only form of plagiarism. The penalties for
plagiarism may be severe, ranging from failure on the particular piece of work, failure
in the course or expulsion from school in extreme cases.
Support Services:
Academic Support Center Services:
Library
The Library, located in the Student Commons Buildings at the Raab Road campus,
provides Heartland students with a full range of resources including books, online
journal databases, videos, newspapers, periodicals, reserves, and interlibrary loan.
Librarians are available to assist in locating information. For more information,
please call the Library (309) 268-8200 or (309) 268-8292
Tutoring Services
Heartland Community College offers tutoring in various forms at no cost to Heartland
students at the Tutoring and Testing Center in Normal and at the Pontiac and Lincoln
Centers. Tutors are available at convenient times throughout the week. Study groups
are also available by request. For more information about services available at each
location, please call the Tutoring and Testing Center in Normal (309) at 268-8231,
the Pontiac Center at (815) 842-6777, or the Lincoln Center at (217) 735-1731.
Writing Services: Writing Services is open to all HCC students working on their
writing. HCC writing faculty help students apply course outcomes to their
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papers. Visit the Tutoring and Testing Center or call the TTC for an appointment:
268-8231.
Testing Services
The Tutoring and Testing Center provides a secure testing environment for students
who are enrolled in online, hybrid, and other distance learning courses; have a
documented disability; or need to take a make-up exam. Testing accommodations for
students having documented disabilities must be arranged by the student through the
Office of Disability Services, and Testing Services will only administer make-up
exams at the request of the instructor. Contact Testing Services at (309) 268-8231 for
more information.
Open Computing Lab
The Open Computing Lab provides free computing for HCC students at convenient
times throughout the week. The computer lab is staffed by trained Lab Assistants and
offers the use of approximately 70 computers, a scanner, a laser printer, and an
electric typewriter.
Disability Support Services
Heartland Community College offers Disability Support Services (DSS) with offices
located in the Academic Support Center. DSS ensures that students with disabilities
have equal access to the college’s programs, services and activities through the
provision of reasonable accommodations as outlined in Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. DSS offers a wide range
of services to support students with disabilities, including: assistive technology,
document conversion services, personnel, classroom and testing accommodations.
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Students with a documented disability who wish to discuss academic
accommodations can contact disability support services at (309)268-8259.
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Specifications for written materials:
Please follow established guidelines covered and passed out in class. Also, remember that
all papers must be submitted to the instructor electronically and no late work will be
accepted.
About the Professor:
I am easy to get along with if you work with me. If you find yourself struggling at any
time, please find me early so that we can address any issues before they get too large. I
am here for you, and my aim is to help you all become more successful writers and
critical thinkers.
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Tentative Semester Daily Assignments
Week One:
Tuesday: Introduction to class. Discuss first Essay on short stories. Discuss Short Story
Journals. Discuss the Elements of Fiction. Discuss forms of Literary Criticism. Read and Discuss
Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.”
Assignment: Read Updike’s “A&P” pg. 18, Kincaid’s “Girl” pg. 46 and Chopin’s “The Storm”
pg. 95. Journal One of them.
Thursday: Collect Journals. Discuss Journals. Discuss stories. Discuss Essay #1.
Assignment: Essay #1. Read Walker’s “Everyday Use” pg. 69, Oates’ “Where Are You Going,
Where Have You Been?” pg. 323, Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” pg. 293 and Jackson’s “The Lottery.”
Journal one of them.
Week Two:
Tuesday: Collect Journals. Discuss Stories. Discuss Literary Criticism.
Assignment: Read Hemingway’s “A Clean Well-lighted Place” pg. 142, Vonnegut Jr.’s
“Harrison Bergeron” pg. 216 and Achebe’s “Dead Man’s Path” 269. Journal one of them.
Thursday: Collect Journal. Discuss Stories.
Assignment: Essay #1
Week Three:
Tuesday: Collect Essay #1. Discuss Essay #2. Discuss Poetic Terms. Discuss Explications. Read
and discuss Collins’ “Introduction to Poetry,” Moore’s “Poetry,” Plath’s Metaphors” and
Macleish’s “Ars Poetica.”
Assignment: Read Rich’s “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” pg. 382, Frost’s “Out Out” pg. 385,
Browning’s “My Last Duchess” pg. 387, Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” pg. 393, Brooks’
“Speech…” pg. 398, Thomas’ “Do Not…” pg. 526, Stevens’ “The Emperor…” pg. 638,
Updike’s “Ex-Basketball Player” pg. 642 and Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing” pg. 644.
Explicate One.
Thursday: Collect Explication. Discuss Poems. Discuss Essay #2.
Assignment: Read Hughes’ “Theme For English B” pg. 404, Williams’ “The Red
Wheelbarrow” pg. 406, Williams’ “Just To Say” pg. 418, Sandburg’s “Fog” pg. 474 and “Grass”
pg. 425, Whitman’s “Beat…” pg. 507, Sheehan’s “Hate Poem” pg. 412 and Olds’ “Rite of
Passage” pg. 410. Explicate One.
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Week Four:
Tuesday: Collect Explication. Discuss poems.
Assignment: Read Frost’s “Fire and Ice” pg. 441, Bishop’s “The Fish” pg. 450, Basho’s Haikus
on pg. 455, Dickinson’s “My Life…” pg. 467, Yeat’s “Lead and the Swan” pg. 490, Parker’s
“Resume” pg. 501, Cumming’s “Buffalo Bill’s” pg. 536 and Frost’s “Mending Wall” pg. 608.
Explicate One.
Thursday: Collect Explication. Discuss Poems.
Assignment: Read Alexie’s “The Powwow…” pg. 582, Bishop’s “One Art” pg. 589, Blake’s
“The Tyger” pg. 590, Dickinson’s “I heard…” pg. 600, Frost’s “Birches” pg. 609, Heaney’s
“Digging” pg. 612, Jeffers “Rock and Hawk” pg. 618 and Shelley’s “Ozymandias” pg. 638.
Explicate One.
Week Five:
Tuesday: Collect Explication. Discuss Poems. Look at Plath, Piercy and Sexton. Look at
Hughes, Brooks and Randall. Look at Hayden, Espaillat and Roethke.
Assignment: Essay #2
Thursday: Watch Def Poets and discuss.
Assignment: Essay #2
Week Six:
Tuesday: Collect Essay #2. Discuss Drama Terms. Read and discuss Martin’s “Beauty” pg.961,
Ives’ “Sure Thing” pg. 691 and McNally’s “Andre’s Mother” pg. 966. Discuss Essay #3.
Assignment: Read Othello pg. 762. Journal it.
Thursday: Watch a play. TBD.
Assignment: Othello. Essay #3.
Week Seven:
Tuesday: Discuss Othello. Discuss Essay #3. Collect Journal.
Assignment: Read Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?
Thursday: Watch Othello or O.
Assignment: Essay#3. Read Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?
Week Eight:
Tuesday: Discuss Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?
Assignment: Essay #3
Thursday: Watch Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? Collect Essay #3.
Assignment: Study for Exam.
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Final Exam:
Tuesday: Take Exam.