ENGLISH 202-84
OVER THE INTERNET
MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHORS
Instructor: Dr. Bruce R. Magee
Fall Quarter 1999-2000

English 202-84 
Room: TBA 
Time: TBA
Home Page: 
http://www.latech.edu/~bmagee

E-mail: 

bmagee@LaTech.Edu
Office: GTM 222 
Phone: 257-3033 
Hours: 8:00-9:30 MWF 
2:15-2:45 MWF 
9:00-11:00 TTh 
or by appointment

English Department Home Page

Tech SREC (Southern Regional Electronic Campus) Page

Course Description

Catalogue Information. 201-202: Sophomore English - Introduction to British and American Literature. 0-3-3. Preq., English 101- 102.

This course is designed to introduce the most important American writers from the Colonial Period to the present. Given this scope, the course can provide only a limited study of any writer. Daily assignments are given on the syllabus so that you will know what is expected for each class. Follow the syllabus closely; read each assignment before coming to class.

Textbook

McQuade, Donald, et al., eds.  The Harper Single Volume American Literature.  3rd ed.  New York: Longman, 1999.

English 202 over the Internet: Requirements

Click here to see if this class is for you.

We'll be studying American literature.  The readings are mostly the same as in my regular 202 classes.  I'm setting up the assignments as though the class is a T-Th class so people will be able to pace themselves. I'll be posting my notes to my web site before the quarter starts. We'll meet once every 2 weeks to have a quiz over the material covered in that period.  This will help keep everybody doing their work. I'm not sure what day.  We'll get the period that's convenient to the most people & work in the rest at a secondary time.

We'll have one essay exam during the quarter & an outside mini-research paper (These are standard for all the 201 & 202 classes).

If you want to take the class, come by my office (GTM 222) & I'll sign your blue sheet.
 

Attendance Requirements

GRADES
Daily Quizzes 60%
In-class Essay Exam 15%
Paper 17%
Attendance 10%
Total 102%
The grading scale is A: 90-100%, B: 80-89%, C: 70-79%, D: 60-69%, F: 0-59%.
 
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
In accordance with the Academic Honor Code, students pledge the following: Being a student of a higher standard, I pledge to embody the principles of academic integrity.

Note - When the syllabus lists only the first page of a selection, read the whole selection.
 

REGISTRATION WEEK: August 30-September 3 
WEEK 1: September 6-10
Period 1
Period 2
WEEK 2: September 13-17
Period 1
Period 2
WEEK 3: September 20-24
Period 1
Period 2
WEEK 4: September 27-October 1
Period 1
  • Dickinson (pp. 1257ff.) 
    • poems 185, 214, 241, 249, 258, 303, 305, 435, 441, 448, 449, 465, 510, 528, 632, 664, 709, 712, 744, 754, 1624, 1670, 1732 
Period 2
  • Chopin"The 'Cadian Ball" (www
    • "The Storm" (www)
    • "Desiree's Baby"(www
  • Twain 
    • "Notorious Jumping Frog" 1339 
    • Huckleberry Finn 1354 
WEEK 5: October 4-8
Period 1
  • Wovoka "The Messiah Letter" (www)
  • James 1549 Daisy Miller 1554 
  • Robinson "Richard Cory" 1806
    • "Miniver Cheevy" 1807
    • "Eros Turannos" 1808
  • Washington, "Atlanta Compromise" 1771
  • Du Bois "B. T. Washington" 1598 
Period 2
  • King, "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 2483
    • "I Have a Dream" (www)
    • "I've Seen the Promised Land" (www)
  • Crane "War is Kind" 76 (www)
    •   "A Man Said to the Universe" 96 (www
  • Adams "Dynamo" 1541 
  • Lowell "Madonna" (www)
    • "Penumbra" (www
    • "In the Stadium" (www
  • Frost "Road Not Taken" 1904 
    • "Mending Wall" 1903 
    • "Stopping By Woods" 1908 
WEEK 6: October 11-15
Period 1

Essay Test

Period 2
WEEK 7: October 18-22
Period 1
Period 2
  • Pound "A Pact" 1972 
    • "Hugh Selwyn Mouberley" 1973 
    • Cantos 1975 
  • cummings "in Just-" 2120 
    • "'next to of course god america i" 2121
    • "O sweet spontaneous" (www
    • "my sweet old etcetera" 2122
    • "i sing of Olaf" 2122 
  • Paper due 
WEEK 8: October 25-29
Period 1
  • Eliot "Hippopotamus" (www)
    • "The Waste Land" 2003
    • "Sweeny Among the Nightingales" (www)
    • "Journey of the Magi" (www)
    • "The Hollow Men" 2021
  • Millay "Recuerdo" (www
    • "I think I should have loved you presently" (www)
    • "I shall forget you presently, my dear" (www)
    • "Apostrophe to Man" (www
    • "Sonnet 43" (www)
    • "I too beneath your moon, almighty Sex" (www
    • "I forgot for a moment France" (www)
Period 2
  • Sandburg "Fog" 1937 
    • "Chicago" 1937 
    • "Cool Tombs" 1938
    • "Grass" (www
  • Ginsberg "Supermarket in California" 2564 
    • "America" 2452 
  • Plath "Daddy" 2524 
    • "Lady Lazarzus" 2529 
  • Rich "Living in Sin" 2495 
    • "Orion" (www)
WEEK 9: November 1-5
Period 1
Period 2
WEEK 10: November 8-15
Period 1
Period 2
  • Ellison "The Battle Royal" Invisible Man 2352 
  • Wright "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" (www
  • Lorde "Coal" (www
  • Song "Lost Sister" 2710 
  • Lee "Persimmons" 2803