World Literature I Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Course

ENGL-2332-001 World Literature I

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: ENGL 1302-minimum grade of C or Department Chair consent

Course Description

A survey of world literature from the ancient world through the sixteenth century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.

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Department Expectations

Amarillo College English Department Plagiarism Policy, revised Spring 2013

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The English Department takes plagiarism seriously.

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Plagiarism is defined as the following: the use of someone else’s exact words that are neither quoted nor cited; paraphrasing someone else’s words without citing them; or using someone else’s research without citing it.

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Student plagiarism in the Amarillo College English Department is internally tracked. To clarify, records will be kept in the Department of those students who have plagiarized. At the beginning of each new semester, the names of students who plagiarized the previous semester will be sent to all English Department faculty.

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Plagiarism may receive a penalty of a zero. A subsequent infraction will be deemed a reason for expulsion from the class. At this point, the case will be referred to the Vice President of Student Affairs.

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Note: Self-plagiarism will be discussed with the class by each instructor and infractions for such are left up to the individual instructor’s discretion.

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All sophomore literature classes will include at least one writing assignment designed to connect the literature being studied to an ethical dilemma, demanding that students communicate their critical thinking as they consider both personal and social responsibility issues.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Reading selections are available via the class website. Students are responsible for printing them out and bringing each to class as assigned.

Supplies

You will need a cardboard folder, highlighter, and computer access.

Student Performance

1. Discuss and interpret works of literature presented in class using appropriate literary terms.

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2. Write analyses of literary works using primary and secondary sources in correct MLA style.

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3. Demonstrate skills in analytical reading, thinking, and writing.

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Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

English Department Plagiarism Policy (Revised November, 2006):
Plagiarism:
According to the Amarillo College Student Code of Conduct, plagiarism is the "appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another's words and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one's own written work."

Misdocumented Plagiarism:
1. Using someone else's exact words that are quoted but not cited or cited but not quoted.

2. Using a citation at the end of a block of prose without clarifying which material is borrowed.

3. Incomplete or missing works cited entries.

Misdocumented plagiarism will receive a maximum 50 point deduction for the first offense, and the student will be required to meet with the instructor.

Undocumented Plagiarism:
1. Using someone else's exact words that are neither quoted nor cited.

2. Paraphrasing someone else's words without citing them.

3. Using someone else's research without citing it.

Undocumented plagiarism will receive a minimum penalty of 50 points for the first time and 100 points off for all subsequent infractions. The student will be required to meet with the instructor and the English Department Chair.

FERPA guarantees students confidentiality, thereby disallowing me as your professor to discuss your grades, behavior, or anything to do with this class with anyone other than you.

Grading Criteria

\ Portfolio 25%

\ Midterm 25%

\ Analytical Paper 25 %

\ Final exam 25%

Attendance

The single most important thing you can do to ensure successful completion of the course is to attend class. If you must miss a class, please do your best to let me know in advance. You are responsible for completing all assignments.

If during the semester you consider dropping, please check with me first for an alternate plan that protects your investment in the course and gives you an opportunity to complete it. Remember that the deadline for drops this semester is November 20.

Calendar

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

W E E K L Y A S S I G N M E N T S!!!

WEEK ONE:

-- Intro to course and "the ancients." "Esther"

WEEK TWO:

--Aristophones: "Lysistrata"

WEEK THREE:

--Plato: "The Allegory of the Cave"

WEEK FOUR:

--Intro to The Medieval Period

--Marie de France, "Yonec."

WEEKS FIVE & SIX

--Chaucer and "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

WEEK SEVEN:

--Morality Plays: "Everyman"

WEEK SEVEN:

--Shakespearean Sonnets

WEEK EIGHT:

--The Poetry of John Donne

WEEK NINE:

--John Milton: "Areopagitica"

--Midterm exam

WEEK TEN:

--IIntro to Early American literature: "Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative"

WEEKS ELEVEN AND TWELVE: November 4 - November 18

--St. Jean de Crevecoeur: "What is an American?"

--James Fenimore Cooper: "Last of the Mohicans" (film)

WEEKS THIRTEEN

-Western thought in fairytales

WEEKS FOURTEEN & FIFTEEN:

--Major Analytical Research Paper

WEEK SIXTEEN:

--Final exam

Additional Information

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