Textbooks

• Booth, Alison, and Kelly J Mays, eds. The Norton Introduction to Literature. 10^th ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN: 978-0393934267.
• A "good" dictionary.
• 102 Magee student packet.
• Nathaniel Hawthorne "Young Goodman Brown"
  
• John Bunyan.  Pilgrim's Progress "Good man Little-Faith"
• Shirley Jackson "The Lottery"
• Dante Inferno
  
• Tennyson "Ulysses"
• Sylvia Plath "Daddy"  
• Ginsberg "Supermarket in California"
• Introduction to Tragedy
• Introduction to the Greek gods
• Geneology of the gods
  
• Composition packet. 

Late Work

Your paper is due BY the due date.  It is due in class by the beginning of the period.  In an emergency, send it by a friend or upload it to my Moodle drop-box.  You can turn it in any time until the due date.  After that, the grade drops 5 points per period.

Plagarism Statement

You must sign the plagiarism statement for English 101 (located at the beginning of the departmental Composition Packet) and turn it in by the second day of class.  Your work will not be accepted or graded until I receive the signed plagiarism statement.  These statements go to the English department.  If you still have not turned in the statement, the department will place a hold on your registration for next quarter until you have turned it in.

Graded Material

In the event of a question regarding an exam grade or final grade, it will be the responsibility of the student to retain and present graded materials which have been returned for student possession during the quarter. 

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Students needing testing or classroom accommodations based on a disability are encouraged to discuss those needs with me as soon as possible. 

Honor Code

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Registration Week (December 4-6)

• Reading:  Begin looking over your Louisiana Anthology assignment.
• Writing:  Turn in a 12" manilla folder with your name, course, and section number on the tab.
  

Week 1 (December 9-13)

• Reading:
  
• Packet 48a, "Young Goodman Brown." Here is the MLA entry for the story:
  
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Young Goodman Brown." Mosses from an Old Manse. Vol. 1. London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 69-84. Bruce R. Magee. Web. 26 Apr. 2010.  <http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/ 102/texts/Young_Goodman_Brown.pdf>.
  
• Packet 3, "Three Religious Lies."
• Browse through BIL for a topic for research. It must be a literary paper about a specific work in our text, or about one of our collateral readings.
• Writing: Do the prewriting questions below.
1. What is the significance of Goodman Brown's name? Of Faith's name? Goody Cloyse? Deacon Gookin?
2. As you read the story a second time, make a list of all the qualifying words that Hawthorne uses to suggest that the events described may or may not be actually happening--words like seem, appear, perhaps, etc. What does Hawthorne achieve through this word choice?
3. Consult an encyclopedia to find out exactly what the meaning of a Witches' Sabbath is. Is Hawthorne's description accurate?
4. What causes Goodman Brown's tragedy? What is it that ruins his life?
5. List at least 5 words that describe the setting of this story.
6. Point of View. What kind of narrator does the story have? What does the method of narration imply for the impact of the story?
7. Develop two outlines for an essay using two of the approaches discussed in part II of BIL (structure, imagery, viewpoint, etc.) or approaches discussed in class.

• Reading: John Bunyan.  Pilgrim's Progress "Good man Little-Faith".  
• Illustration of Little-faith being robbed from Bunyan Ministries
• Matthew 6:24-34 (Luke 12:22-30); Matthew 8:23-27; Matthew 14:22-33; Matthew 16:6-12; Mark 9:14-29
  
• Writing: Thesis exercises, packet p. 8.
• Develop the outline into a rough draft. Bring the outline and rough draft to class today. Use BIL 2156-2163 to learn how to incorporate quotes into your draft.

Week 2 (December 16-20)

• Reading:  George Washington Cable "Posson Jone'" from the Louisiana Anthology
• 5-9: Thesis exercises
• Begin work on your research paper. Read the work at least twice and begin the prewriting process to get ideas for a thesis.
• Writing: 
• Research paper. Submit two topics for research (in order of preference). I'll take these and approve one for your research paper. Select a literary work from the text or one of the collateral works.
• Questions on "Posson Jone"
1. Setting:  Where does the story take place?  When?
   
2. What's a "Posson?" A schismatique?
   
3. Where has Posson Jimmy Jone been on business?
   
4. Where is Posson Jone going?  Where is that precisely?
5. What is homespun?
6. Where is the Place Congo?  What's happening there in the story?  What's special about the Place Congo in United States history?
7. What does "Colossus of Rhodes" refer to?
   
8. Compare and contrast Posson Jone and Jules St. Ange.
9. Compare and contrast Baptiste and Colossus.
10. What happened to Posson Jone's money? 
    
11. What animals "fight?" What's that say about New Orleans?
    
12. Who saves the day?

• Reading: Sample 102 essay on "A Jury of Her Peers"
• "Sample 102 essay on "The Lottery"
• Writing: Turn in A PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE AND AN ARTICLE REVIEW.

Week 3 (January 6-10)

• Reading: 
• Writing: 
• Research paper prewriting.
• Correct the bibliography in your packet, p. 16. Follow the guidelines on MLA form.
• Submit a bibliography on your research topic consisting of 10 works (books & journal articles). Compile the bibliography using the following sources.
1. The card catalog
2. The MLA Bibliography
3. Essay and General Literature Index

• Reading:
• Writing: ESSAY ON "POSSON JONE" OR "YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN" DUE.

Week 4 (January 13-17)

• Reading:
  
• Robert Frost "Mending Wall"
  
• Packet 1b-2 & BIL 1358 "Leda & the Swan," "Leda"
• Writing: Research paper: note checks in class.
• Bring  the answers to your Odyssey study guide questions.

1. What myth do these poems deal with? How does that myth relate to the Odyssey? To 's death?
2. What is the focus of "Leda and the Swan"? Of "Leda"? How do the titles relate to these foci?
3. Why does Yeats describe the swan as "feathered glory" and "the brute blood of the air"? How does this relate to the swan's identity?
4. How would you answer Yeats' last question? How does Van Duyn in "Leda"?
5. What motivates the swan in the two poems? How do the motives differ?
6. How does Van Duyn contrast Leda's fate in "men's stories" with her actual fate? How do artists go about selecting the portions of life they depict? Why?

1. In what ways do "Good fences make good neighbors"?
2. In what ways do they not?
3. What is it that doesn't like a wall?
4. Why do the men repair the fence?

• Reading: Sample Research Paper on Slaughterhouse Five
• Writing:
  

Week 5 (January 20-24)

• Reading: "Daddy"  
• Writing: Research paper: note checks in class. 
• Submit a ROUGH DRAFT of the RESEARCH PAPER.

1. Who does the speaker compare her father to? Her husband? How are the two phenomena similar?
2. How has the speaker tried to free herself from her father?
3. List some words describing the tone of the poem.
4. What happened to Plath when she was 10? What was going on in world history at the time? How does Plath relate world history to personal history?
5. How do your attempts to balance your family and individual identity compare to Plath's? (let's hope favorably)

Week 6 (January 27-31)

• Reading: Dante Inferno
  • Dante's Universe
    
  • Tennyson "Ulysses"
  • Packet 48k "September When It Comes"
• Writing:
  Questions on "Ulysses" 
• Outline the main ideas of each section of the poem.
• What does Ulysses want? How does this contrast to what he wants in The Odyssey? What is his attitude toward his life ruling the island Ithaca?
• How does Ulysses contrast himself to his son?
• What do you think of Ulysses' views on how life should be lived?

• Reading:
  
• Writing: 

Week 7 (February 3-7)

• Reading:
  
• Writing: RESEARCH PAPER DUE.
  

• Reading: "Supermarket in California"
• Writing:
  Questions on "Supermarket in California"
• What similarities exist between Ginsberg & Whitman? How much time elapsed between their works?
• What do Ginsberg's assumptions about Whitman reflect about his own identity?
• Look up Charon & Lethe. Explain the last paragraph of the poem.
• Why does Ginsberg imagine he sees Whitman? Why in a grocery store?
• Pick a famous person you would like to see & a fitting place to see him/her.

Week 8 (February 10-14)

• Reading: 
• Writing: ESSAY ON POETRY DUE.

• Reading: 
• Writing: 

Week 9 (February 17-21)

• Reading:
• Writing: 

• Reading:
• Writing: 

Week 10 (February 24-27)

• Reading: ANTHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT DUE.
• Writing: 

• Reading:
• Writing: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION