ENGLISH 202-003

MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHORS
Instructor: Dr. Bruce R. Magee
Spring Quarter 2001-2002
English 202-003 
Room: GTM 133 
Time: 11:00-12:15 MWF
Home Page: 
http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee
http://garts.latech.edu/bmagee

E-mail: 

bmagee@LaTech.Edu
Office: GTM 222 
Phone: 257-3033 
Hours: 8:00-10:00 MWF 
12:00-2:00 TTh 
or by appointment

English Department Home Page

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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.

Textbooks

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

Magee, Bruce R.  English 202 Packet.

Attendance Requirements

GRADES
Daily Quizzes 60%
In-class Essay Exam 15%
Paper 15%
Attendance 10%
Total 100%

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.
 

ASSIGNMENTS
Packet page
REGISTRATION WEEK: March 6-8
Period 1


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Period 2
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WEEK 1: March 11-15
Period 1
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41 
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Period 2
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Period 3
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WEEK 2: March 18-22
Period 1
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Period 2
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135 

Period 3
 Easter Break  
WEEK 3: March 25-29
Period 1
Easter Break  
Period 2
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132 
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Period 3
  • Lincoln "Gettysburg Address" 1088
    • "2nd Inaugural" 1089
  • Intro: Expansion of the Nation (1865-1912)
  • Whitman 
    • "Song of Myself" 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 32, 41, 45, 48 (pp. 1166ff.) 
    • "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" 1217 
    • "When Lilacs Last" 1232 
    • "The Wound-Dresser 1230 
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WEEK 4: April 1-5
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 
176 
Period 2
  • Chopin"The 'Cadian Ball" (www
    • "The Storm" (www)
    • "Desiree's Baby"(www
187 
Period 3
  • Twain 
    • "Notorious Jumping Frog" 1339 
    • Huckleberry Finn 1354 
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WEEK 5: April 8-12
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
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229 

Period 2
  • Du Bois "B. T. Washington" 1598 
  • 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
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Period 3
  • Adams "Dynamo" 1541 
  • Lowell "Madonna" (www)
    • "Penumbra" (www
    • "In the Stadium" (www
  • Frost "Road Not Taken" 1904 
    • "Mending Wall" 1903 
    • "Stopping By Woods" 1908
267 
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278 

WEEK 6: April 15-19
Period 1
Essay Test
Period 2
279 
Period 3
296 
301 
WEEK 7: April 22-26
Period 1
  • Hemingway "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (www
  • Langston Hughes "Democracy" (www)
    • "A Dream Deferred" (www)
    • "I, Too" 2226
    • "Mother to Son" (www)
    • "The Negro Spreaks of Rivers" 2224
    • "Theme for English B" 2228
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Period 2
333 

335 

Period 3
  • 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
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351 

WEEK 8: April 29-May 3
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)
354A 
 
 
 

364 

Period 2
  • Sandburg "Fog" 1937 
    • "Chicago" 1937 
    • "Cool Tombs" 1938
    • "Grass" (www
  • Ginsberg "Supermarket in California" 2564 
    • "America" 2452 
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376 


 

Period 3
  • Plath "Daddy" 2524 
    • "Lady Lazarzus" 2529 
  • Rich "Living in Sin" 2495 
    • "Orion" (www)
    • Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" (www)
378 

380 

WEEK 9: May 6-10
Period 1
389 
 
 

398 

Period 2
402 
 

411 

Period 3
  • Kingston "No Name Woman" 2624 
  • Lowell "Mr. Edwards and the Spider" (www
    • "Memories of West Street and Lepke" 2367 
    • "Skunk Hour" 2368 
    • "For the Union Dead" 2370 
416 
417 
WEEK 10: May 13-17
Period 1
433 
436 
440 
Period 2
  • Ashbery "Syringa" 2461 
  • Ellison "The Battle Royal" Invisible Man 2352 
  • Wright "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" (www
452 
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454 
Period 3
456 
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