Non-Western World Literature Syllabus for 2016-2017
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Course

ENGL-2331-001 Non-Western World Literature

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: ENGL 1301 - minimum grade of C or Department Chair consent

Course Description

A survey of world literature from the ancient world to the present. 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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English Department Plagiarism Policy (Revised Spring, 2013):

The English Department takes plagiarism seriously.

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.

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. 

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.

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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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

On Campus Course

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Textbooks

The Bhagavad-Gita, The Joy Luck Club, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and miscellaneous short stories and additional textual excerpts.

Supplies

This section of ENGL 2331 will be conducted entirely online. To participate in class you will need the following:

• access to a computer with a connection to the Internet
• a connection to an online service (e.g., AOL, MSN, Arnet) that provides both email and WWW access
• a working knowledge of email and word processing
• ability to save documents correctly in Word Rich Text Format (RTF)

If you experience technical difficulties, please call the Helpdesk at 371-5000. Also, you may use the computers in the English Department Writing Labs, Ordway Hall 101 and 104, to complete assignements.

Student Performance

 

1.     Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and

characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.

2.     Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.

3.     Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.

4.     Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.

5.     Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.

(Note: All sophomore literature clases will include a paper that addresses an ethical dilemma.)

 

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Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Grading Criteria

 Portfolio    25%  (an accumulation of discussion forum postings and drop box assignments)

Midterm     25%

Analytical Paper 25 %

Final exam    25%

Attendance

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 22.

Inappropriate tone, vulgar word choices, and/or disrespect for professor and peers wil not be tolerated.

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