Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point. Dalkey Archive Press, 2010. Beckett,
Samuel. Waiting for Godot. Grove/Atlantic, 1994. Truman Capote. In Cold Blood.
Carleton University Department of English Fall 2010 – Winter 2011 Instructor: Dr. David Lafferty Course and Section: ENGL1000B (Precludes additional credit for FYSM 1004) Course Title: Literature, Genre, Context Wednesdays and Fridays 8:35 am – 9:55 am Class Location: Please confirm location on Carleton Central Office: 1914 Dunton Tower Office hours: Tuesdays 1:30pm-2:30pm Phone: (613) 520-2600 x2307 Course Website: Log in to WebCT at www.carleton.ca Email:
[email protected] (use only if WebCT mail is not working) Course Description: With the outbreak of World War I, Western culture was thrust into a period of unparalleled change marked by conflict, revolution, and collapse; the literature of the past hundred years is tied integrally to this cultural upheaval. This course provides a selective overview of Englishlanguage literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, focusing on texts that address the tangled political and moral dimensions of modernity. We will take an eclectic approach to the study of this literature, examining poetry, plays, novels and short stories. At the same time, we will cover the fundamentals of literary analysis, including devoting segments of our classes to the development of essay-writing skills. Preclusions: Precludes additional credit for FYSM 1004 Required Texts: Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point. Dalkey Archive Press, 2010. Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. Grove/Atlantic, 1994. Truman Capote. In Cold Blood. Knopf Doubleday, 1994. Ryga, George. The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. Talon, 1970. Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five. Random House, 1991. Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. Doubleday, 2004. Lynch, Gerald and David Rampton, eds. Short Fiction: An Introductory Anthology. 2nd Edition. Nelson, 2005. Poetry coursepack. The poetry coursepack will be available at the Carleton University Bookstore. All other texts will be available at Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave. (just off Bank Street in the Glebe).
WebCT: WebCT will be used for all course emails, and for the posting of grades (except for final grades, which will be posted through the E-Grades system), announcements and any supplementary course content. The link to the login page for WebCT can be found on the right-hand side of the main Carleton page (www.carleton.ca). If you have any problems using WebCT, please contact me at
[email protected]. ENGL 1000 is a writing-attentive course. In ENGL 1000, “writing attentive” means: Students will write at least one examination. Students will write a minimum of two graded writing assignments per term, in which they are expected to do the following: develop an argumentative thesis across an essay develop complex ideas using correct and effective expression according to academic English practice use and cite evidence from primary texts appropriately develop literary skills through close critical analysis of texts from a variety of genres develop fluency in genre-specific literary terms of analysis. Students will be introduced to issues in secondary research (such as critical evaluation of and citation of secondary materials). A portion of class time will be devoted to developing and improving essay writing skills. Grade Distribution (FT=Fall Term; WT=Winter Term): FT Poetry Analysis Exercise (5%) due 24 September FT Character Study Assignment (10%) due 29 October FT Major Essay (15%) due 1 December FT Exam (20%), time TBA WT Narrative Analysis Assignment (10%) due 4 February WT Major Essay (20%) due 25 March WT Exam (20%), time TBA Please Note: Standing in a course is determined by the course instructor subject to the approval of the Faculty Dean. This means that grades submitted by an instructor may be subject to revision. No grades are final until they have been approved by the Dean. Attendance: No attendance will be taken for this course, but you are still expected to attend all classes. Expectations and regulations regarding assignments (including major essays): Specific information regarding assignments, such as essay topics, will be provided in class and on WebCT. In general, however, all written assignments should contain the following: a clear thesis and argument, complete with logical premises articulated in topic claims close and sophisticated textual analysis, using the language of literary studies some consideration of the cultural context of the text(s) studied proper grammar and spelling for the major essays, evidence of academic research, with a minimum of three credible and relevant academic sources
Any deviations from these expectations will be reflected in your grade. Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the specified day. Late assignments may be submitted to the English Department Secretariat at 1812 Dunton Tower. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. Assignments submitted before the end of the business day on the due date will receive a late penalty of 5% per day. No assignments will be accepted after the University’s last day for submitting assignments (see your calendar to find the last submission day for each term). If you are unable to complete an assignment in time due to illness, please contact me before the due date; an official doctor’s note is required for an extension. Please keep electronic backups of your work. Unless otherwise specified, all assignments will be graded and returned within three weeks. The following policy applies to all essays and assignments: If one of your assignments is lost, misplaced, or not received by the instructor, you are responsible for having a backup copy that can be submitted immediately upon request. Formatting and Documentation: Please refer to the latest version of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers for all guidelines regarding formatting and documentation. I highly recommend purchasing a copy of the guide. Research and Sources: If you plan on using internet sources in your work, make sure they are highly credible, and please err on the side of caution. Academic books and journals should comprise most, if not all, of your sources. Wikipedia, although an excellent learning tool, is not a credible source. Carleton University subscribes to a number of excellent journal databases, many of which can be accessed from both campus and remote computers. These include the MLA International Bibliography, JSTOR, Literature Online: LION, and Project MUSE. See http://www.library.carleton.ca/eresources/databases.html for further information. Academic Integrity: Plagiarism, defined in Carleton’s Academic Integrity Policy as “presenting, whether intentional or not, the ideas, expression of ideas or work of others as one’s own,” is a serious offence and will be dealt with according to the guidelines of the university. Please see section E 14.0-6 in the “Academic Regulations of the University” section of the Carleton University 2010-2011 Undergraduate Calendar for more information. The official, up-to-date version of the Calendar is located at http://www.carleton.ca/calendars/ugrad/current/. Further information on Carleton’s Academic Integrity policy, including the full text of the policy, can be found at http://www2.carleton.ca/studentaffairs/academic-integrity/. If you have any questions regarding academic integrity, please do not hesitate to contact me. Discrimination and Harassment: Discrimination and harassment will not be tolerated in the classroom. Please see section E 15.0-5 in the “Academic Regulations of the University” section of the Carleton University 2010-2011 Course Calendar for more information. The official, up-to-date version of the Calendar is located at http://www.carleton.ca/calendars/ugrad/current/.
Academic Accommodation You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term because of disability, pregnancy or religious obligations. Please review the course outline promptly and write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations in this course must register with the Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) for a formal evaluation of disability-related needs. Documented disabilities could include but are not limited to mobility/physical impairments, specific Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/psychological disabilities, sensory disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and chronic medical conditions. Registered PMC students are required to contact the PMC, 613-520-6608, every term to ensure that your Instructor receives your Letter of Accommodation, no later than two weeks before the first assignment is due or the first in-class test/midterm requiring accommodations. If you only require accommodations for your formally scheduled exam(s) in this course, please submit your request for accommodations to PMC by the last official day to withdraw from classes in each term. You can visit the Equity Services website to view the policies and to obtain more detailed information on academic accommodation at http://carleton.ca/equity/accommodation. Student Services: You may wish to make use of Carleton’s Academic Writing Centre and Writing Tutorial Service (4th Floor, Library, 613-520-6632), Student Academic Success Centre (SASC, 302 Tory, 613520-7850) and Learning Commons (4th Floor, Library, 613-520-2600, ext.1125). COURSE SCHEDULE: Fall Term 2010 10 September Course outline and expectations 15 September T.E. Hulme: “Autumn” Ezra Pound: “In a Station of the Metro” H.D.: “Oread” 17 September T.S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
22 September James Joyce: “Araby” 24 September Virginia Woolf: “Kew Gardens” FT Poetry Analysis Exercise due
29 September William Butler Yeats: “The Second Coming” T.S. Eliot: “The Hollow Men” Roy Campbell: “To a Pet Cobra” 1 October Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 6 October Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 13 October Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 15 October Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 20 October Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 22 October Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 27 October Aldous Huxley: Point Counter Point 29 October F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Babylon Revisited” FT Character Study Assignment due 3 November W.H. Auden, “Brothers, who when the sirens roar” Cecil Day-Lewis, “Consider these, for we have condemned them” Elizabeth Daryush: “Children of Wealth” 5 November Ezra Pound: “Canto XLV” 10 November Louis MacNeice, “The Sunlight on the Garden” W.H. Auden, “September 1, 1939” 12 November Sinclair Ross: “One’s a Heifer” 17 November Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery”
19 November Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot 24 November Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot 26 November Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot 1 December Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot FT Major Essay due 3 December Catch up and Review FT Exam (Time and Location TBA)
Winter Term 2011 5 January Flannery O’Connor: “Everything That Rises Must Converge” 7 January John Barth: “Lost in the Funhouse” 12 January John Updike: “A & P” 14 January Truman Capote: In Cold Blood 19 January Truman Capote: In Cold Blood 21 January Truman Capote: In Cold Blood 26 January Truman Capote: In Cold Blood 28 January Derek Walcott: “A Far Cry from Africa,” “Codicil” 2 February George Ryga: The Ecstasy of Rita Joe
4 February George Ryga: The Ecstasy of Rita Joe WT Narrative Analysis Assignment due 9 February George Ryga: The Ecstasy of Rita Joe 11 February Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Slaughterhouse-Five 16 February Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Slaughterhouse-Five 18 February Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Slaughterhouse-Five 2 March Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Slaughterhouse-Five 4 March Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: Slaughterhouse-Five 9 March William Gibson: “Burning Chrome” 11 March Amy Tan: “Rules of the Game” 16 March Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake 18 March Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake 23 March Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake 25 March Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake WT Major Essay due 30 March Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake 1 April Catch up and Review WT Exam (Time and Location TBA)
