ENGLISH 202

MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHORS
Instructor: Dr. Bruce R. Magee
Spring Quarter 2006-2007
English 202-008 
Room: GTM 309 
Time: 2:00-3:50 TTh 
Home Page: 
http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee
http://garts.latech.edu/~bmagee

E-mail: 

bmagee@LaTech.Edu
Office: GTM 222
Phone: 257-5494
Hours: 12:15-2:00; 3:50-5:00 MW
12:30-2:00 TTh
3:50-5:00 T
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.
 
TTh ASSIGNMENTS
Packet page
REGISTRATION WEEK: March 7-9 
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WEEK 1: March 12-16
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Period 2
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WEEK 2: March 19-23
Period 1
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Period 2
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WEEK 3: March 26-30
Period 1
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Period 2
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WEEK 4: April 2-6
Period 1
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Period 2
  • Chopin"The 'Cadian Ball" 1596 
    • "The Storm" 1603
    • "Desiree's Baby" 1607
  • Twain 
    • "Notorious Jumping Frog" 1240 
    • Huckleberry Finn 1244 
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WEEK 5: April 9-13
Period 1
  • 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
  • Du Bois "B. T. Washington" 1710 
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Period 2
  • 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
    • "An Episode of War" 1758
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WEEK 6: April 16-20
Period 1
  • Article Review due
  • Adams "Dynamo" (www)
  • Lowell "Madonna" 1876
    • "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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Period 2
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WEEK 7: April 23-27
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)
  • H.D. "Mid-day" 1955
    • "Helen" 1956 
  • Hurston "How It Feels" 2097 
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Period 2
  • Pound "A Pact" 1949 
    • "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" (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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WEEK 8: April 30 - May 4
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
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Period 2
  • Sandburg "Fog" 1918 
    • "Chicago" 1917 
    • "Cool Tombs" (www)
    • "Grass" (www
  • Ginsberg "Supermarket in California" 2739 
    • "America" (www
  • 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: May 7-11
Period 1
  • Jarrell "Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" 2761 
    • "Second Air Force" 2671
    • "Well Water" 2673
    • "Bad Poets" (www)
  • Robert Penn Warren "Audubon" 2634
    • "Acquaintance with Time" 2636 
    • "Mortal Limit" (www
  • Roethke "Frau Bauman" (www
    • "Far Field" (www
    • "In a Dark Time" 2642
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Period 2
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WEEK 10: May 14-18
Period 1
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Period 2
  • Ellison "The Battle Royal" Invisible Man 2373 
  • Wright "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" 2751 
  • Lorde "Coal" 2786
  • Song "Lost Sister" 2845 
  • Lee "Persimmons" 2849 
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