ENGLISH 202

MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHORS
Instructor: Dr. Bruce R. Magee
Winter Quarter 2006-2007
English 202-004 
Room: WT 1128 
Time: 9:30-10:45 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: 10:45-2:00 MW
12:15-2:00 TTh
or by appointment
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Course Description

Catalogue Information. 201-202: Sophomore English - Introduction to British and American Literature. 0-3-3. Preq., English 100 or 101 and 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.
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Textbooks

Baym, Nina, ed.  The Norton Anthology of American Literature.  Shorter 6th ed.  New York: Norton, 2003. ISBN 0-393-97969-5.

Magee, Bruce R.  English 202 Packet.

Attendance Requirements

GRADES
Daily Quizzes 65%
Article Review 20%
Attendance 15%
Total 100%
The grading scale is A: 90-102%, B: 80-89%, C: 70-79%, D: 60-69%, F: 0-59%.
 
Late Work
  1. You may make up quizzes and the essay exam if you have a university-accepted excuse.  You have one week from the time you return to class to make up your work.
  2. 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 Blackboard drop-box.  You can turn it in any time until the due date.  After that, the grade drops 5 points per period.
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.
 
MWF ASSIGNMENTS
Packet page
REGISTRATION WEEK: November 27 - December 1
Period 1
11 
 
Period 2
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WEEK 1: December 4-8
Period 1
25 
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Period 2
53 
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Period 3
70 
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WEEK 2: December 11-15
Period 1
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Period 2
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Period 3
123 
 
WEEK 3: December 18 - January 5
Period 1
 132
 
Period 2
144 
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Period 3
  • Lincoln "Gettysburg Address" 757
    • "2nd Inaugural" 759
  • Intro: Expansion of the Nation (1865-1912) 1223-1237
  • Whitman 
    • "Song of Myself" 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 32, 41, 45, 48, 52 (pp. 1003ff.) 
    • "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" 1061 
    • "When Lilacs Last" 1074 
    • "The Wound-Dresser 1072 
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WEEK 4: January 8-12
Period 1
176 
 
Period 2
  • Chopin"The 'Cadian Ball" 1596 (www
    • "The Storm" 1603 (www)
    • "Desiree's Baby" 1607 (www
187 
 
Period 3
  • Twain 
    • "Notorious Jumping Frog" 1240 
    • Huckleberry Finn 1244 
206
 
WEEK 5: January 16-19
Period 1
  • Martin Luther King Holiday
 
 
Period 2
  • Wovoka "The Messiah Letter" (www) & 1789
  • James 1549 Daisy Miller 1501 
  • Robinson "Richard Cory" 1838
    • "Miniver Cheevy" 1838
    • "Eros Turannos"  (www)
  • Washington, "Atlanta Compromise" 1621-1630
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Period 3
  • Du Bois "B. T. Washington" 1710 
  • King, Statement by Alabama Clergymen (www)
    • "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (www)
    • "I Have a Dream" (www)
    • "I've Seen the Promised Land" (www)
  • Kennedy Announcement (www)
  • Crane "War is Kind" # 76 (www)
    •   "A Man Said to the Universe" # 96 (www)
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WEEK 6: January 22-26
Period 1
  • Article Review due
  • Adams "Dynamo" (www
  • Lowell "Madonna" 1876 & www
    • "Penumbra" (www
    • "In the Stadium" (www
    • "Venus Transiens" 1875
  • Frost "Road Not Taken" 1887 
    • "Mending Wall" 1880 
    • "Stopping By Woods" 1891
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278
 
Period 2
  • Frost "Death of Hired Man" 1881 
    • "After Apple-Picking" 1885 
    • "Old Man's Winter" (www)
    • "Out, Out" 1889
    • "Fire and Ice" 1890 
    • "Nothing Gold Can Stay" 1890 
279 
 
Period 3
296 
301 
 
WEEK 7: January 29 - February 2
Period 1
  • Hemingway "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" 2209
  • Langston Hughes "Democracy" 2231
    • "A Dream Deferred" (www)
    • "I, Too" 2228
    • "Mother to Son" 2227
    • "The Negro Spreaks of Rivers" 2227
    • "Theme for English B" (www)
307 
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Period 2
333 
 

335 
 
Period 3
  • Pound "A Pact" 1949 
    • "Hugh Selwyn Mouberley"  (www
    • Cantos 1950 
  • cummings "in Just-" 2113 
    • "'next to of course god america i" 2115
    • "O sweet spontaneous" 2114
    • "my sweet old etcetera" (www)
    • "i sing of Olaf" 2116
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351 

 
WEEK 8: February 5-9
Period 1
  • Eliot "Hippopotamus" (www)
    • "The Waste Land" 1981
    • "Sweeny Among the Nightingales" (www)
    • "Journey of the Magi" 1997
    • "The Hollow Men" 1994
  • Millay "Recuerdo" 2109 
    • "I think I should have loved you presently" (www)
    • "I shall forget you presently, my dear" (www)
    • "Apostrophe to Man" 2110
    • "Sonnet 43" (www)
    • "I too beneath your moon, almighty Sex" 21111
    • "I forgot for a moment France" 2112
354A 
 
 
 

364 

 
Period 2
  • Sandburg "Fog" 1918 
    • "Chicago" 1917 
    • "Cool Tombs" (www)
    • "Grass" (www
  • Ginsberg "Supermarket in California" 2739 
    • "America" (www
373 
376 
 
 
Period 3
  • Plath "Daddy" 2781 
    • "Lady Lazarzus" 2778
  • Rich "Living in Sin" (www
    • "Orion" (www)
    • "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" 2762
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WEEK 9: February 12-16
Period 1
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Period 2
402 
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415b 
 
Period 3
  • Kingston "No Name Woman" 2624 
  • Lowell "Mr. Edwards and the Spider" 2691 & www
    • "Memories of West Street and Lepke" 2692 
    • "Skunk Hour" 2693 
    • "For the Union Dead" 2695 
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417 
 
WEEK 10: February 22-27
Period 1
433 
436 
440 
 
Period 2
  • Ashbery  "Syringa" (www
  • Ellison "The Battle Royal" Invisible Man 2373 
  • Wright "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" 2751 (www
452 
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454 
 
Period 3
  • Lorde "Coal" 2786
  • Song "Lost Sister" 2845 
  • Lee "Persimmons" 2849 
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