Jackie Joewono’s complete 1202 syllabus
Lisa Fisher’s complete 1202 syllabus
UNIT 1: LITERATURE AND ETHNIC IDENTITY (and the Study of Music)
(Note: Page number shows where the selection begins. Ending page number is not given.)
Week I : Introduction. Literature: “Introduction” (1) ; Langston Hughes, “Harlem” and selected poems (994); “Langston Hughes in Context” (989); Handbook– Part IX: “Critical Thinking,” Chapter 46 (skim).
Week II : Walker “Everyday Use” (743); Part 1, Chapter 1,“Reading Stories” (27); Chapter 3, “Elements of Fiction” (49) – “Plot and Structure”(49), “Character” (59); “Setting” (66). Part 4, Chapter 32, Writing with Sources: “Selecting a Topic” (2120) and “Developing a Thesis” (2127). Cisneros (238-240), “Barbie-Q” (243) and “Eleven” (241); on-line reading — Copeland. Topics for Paper 1 due on Thursday. You must find a musical piece that connects with the work of literature you will be discussing for your paper, dealing with the topic of ethnic identity. You may deal with the ethnicity described in the text, or you may focus on your own ethnicity and link it with the depiction in the story or poem you have chosen, as well as the musical piece. Lyrics posted in Blackboard also due on Thursday.
Week III : – Literature: Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues” (433); Part 2, Poetry, Chapter 11, “Reading Poems” (762); Kinnell, “Blackberry Eating” (1148); Yeats, “When You Are Old” (1223); Part 1, Chapter 4, “Writing about Fiction” (111) and Part 2, Chapter 14, “Writing about Poetry” (843). On-line reading: King’s Letter from the Birmingham Jail. Handbook: Part X: “Writing Arguments” and “Writing About Literature,” Part XI: “Document Design,” Outlines for Paper 1 due Thursday.
Week IV : Literature: Joyce, “The Dead”(584); Jen, Gish. “Who’s Irish?” (340); Part 2, Chapter 9, “Elements of Poetry,” “Voice, Speaker and Tone” (779), “Diction” (787), “Imagery” (793); Lee, “I Ask My Mother to Sing” (1153); Rough Drafts of Paper 2 due on Thursday.
UNIT 2: LITERATURE AND THE BIBLE (and the Study of Art)
Week V : Literature: “The Prodigal Son” (27); Bishop, “The Prodigal” and Rembrandt van Rijn “The Return of the Prodigal (art section of the text, between pages 906 and 907; this poem and image are on p. 9 of this section); Topics for Paper 2 due on Thursday; Paper 2 must examine a work of literature in connection with a work of art, both dealing with a Biblical subject. You may choose one of the readings in this unit, or find another one on your own (if it’s approved by me). The reading may be from the Bible itself or inspired by it in terms of subject and theme. Examine the museum databases in the External Links of our course and select and image and post it in Blackboard, along with the work of literature with which you want to link it. Be prepared to share your choice with the class.
Week VI: Literature: John Donne, Holy Sonnets “Death Be Not Proud” and “Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God”; Hopkins, “The Wind Hover”; Part 2, Chapter 9, “Elements of Poetry,” “Figures of Speech: Simile and Metaphor” and “Symbolism and Allegory.” On-line reading: Sermon on the Mount. Outline for Paper 2 due on Thursday.
Week VII: Literature: Flannery O’Connor, “Everything that Rises Must Converge” and “Revelation” (on-line); readings on Flannery O’Connor. On-line reading: selections from Genesis. Rough Drafts of Paper 2 due on Thursday.
Week VIII: Literature: Herbert, “Love III” (hand-out), “The Altar” (950); Part 2, Chapter 9, “Elements of Poetry,” “Syntax,” “Sound: Rhyme, Alliteration, and Assonance,” “Rhythm and Meter,” and “Structure.” On-line reading: Weil. Paper 2 due on Thursday.
UNIT 3: LITERATURE AND THE FAMILY: GENDER AND GENERATIONAL CONFLICT (and the Study of Film)
Week IX : Tuesday – Mid-term Exam. Thursday – Introduction to Drama. Literature: Part 3, Drama, Chapter 22, “Reading Plays” (1247-1249) and Chapter 23, “Types of Drama,” Chapter 27, “The Elizabethan Theatre: Shakespeare in Context” (1387-1391); Midsummer Night’s Dream(1391), Act I . Topics for Paper 3 due on Thursday.
Week X: Literature: Part 3, Chapter 24, “Elements of Drama,” “Plot,” “Character,” “Dialogue,” “Staging,” “Symbolism and Irony,” and “Theme”; Midsummer Night’s Dream, cont’d., Acts II and III. Outlines for Paper 3 due on Thursday.
Week XI : Literature: Midsummer Night’s Dream, cont’d., Acts IV and V . Sample Notecards for Paper 3 due on Thursday. View excerpts from Film of Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Week XII: Literature: Part 3, Chapter 26, “The Greek Theatre: Sophocles in Context” (1302-1307); Antigone (1347); Prologue and Parodos, Scene I, Ode I, Scene II, Ode II,. Rough Drafts for Paper 3 due on Tuesday.
Week XIII: Literature: Antigone, cont’d., Scene III, Ode III; View excerpts from Film of Antigone.
Week XIV: Paper 3 (6 full pages, min.; 4 sources, min.) due on Tuesday. Literature: Antigone, cont’d. Scene IV, Ode IV, Scene V, Paean, Exodos..
Week XV: Students’ choice of reading. Review.
This syllabus may be changed. Any such changes will be announced in class or by e-mail. It is your responsibility to find out about changes in readings or assignments.
Journal: Students will post journal entries each week. These postings will be part of your class participation grade.
Blackboard Discussion: Students, in groups and individually, will post answers to questions in Blackboard on a regular basis. This will count as part of class participation.
Late papers will be down-graded one half letter grade for each class day late and not accepted at all after two weeks.
Grading is as follows:
Two shorter papers (30%)
OR three shorter papers (either continuing as 30% or perhaps increasing in value 10%, 15%, 20%, with the research paper as 25%)
One research paper (30%)
OR if doing three shorter papers, instead of two, you might make this 25% — see above.
Class participation 15%
Mid-term exam 10%
Final exam 10%
Writing Center 5%
Notes: Materials for the on-line inter-disciplinary portion of 1202 are available in the TPP Community and the Writing Faculty Blackboard course; faculty members are also free to use their own source materials, so long as they fit their theme and fall into the required number of sources (3-5).
The sample syllabus is from a Humanities version of the course. Obviously, another version would use different inter-disciplinary focuses, but the basic idea will be the same. The largest portion of the readings, by far, is from the literature text. The on-line accompanying readings are supplemental and linked closely to the literary focus of the course.
Note that the film portion of the last third of the course involves showing only excerpts of films, not entire class meetings devoted to watching a film. Students can be directed to view films on their own. Small portions of film, however, may be shown and discussed in class.
If you have any questions about creating your syllabus, please contact Dr. Kelly Shea, Director of First Year Writing.