Syllabus for English 212

Introduction to American Literature 
Fall Quarter 2012
Instructor: Dr. Bruce R. Magee

English 212-006
Room: GTM 133
Time: 12:00-1:50 TR
 Web site:
http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee
http://garts.latech.edu/bmagee

E-mail:
bmagee@LaTech.Edu
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Office: GTM 222
Phone: 257-5494
Hours: 11:00-2:00 MW
11:00-12:00; 4:00-5:00 TR
or by appointment
English Department Home Page
Tech Moodle SREC (Southern Regional Electronic Campus) Page

Course Description

Catalogue Information. English 212: Introduction to American Literature. 0-3-3. Preq., ENGL 102. Satisfies Humanities GER literature requirement and is a prerequisite for advanced courses in American literature. Statewide Transfer Agreement Course.*
 

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

Baym, Nina, ed.  The Norton Anthology of American Literature.  Shorter 7th ed.  New York: Norton, 2008. ISBN 0-393-97969-5.
 

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 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.

English 201 over the Internet: Requirements and Information

Sometimes this course is offered as an Internet class.  The readings are mostly the same as in my regular 201 classes.  I'm setting up the assignments as though the class is a T-Th class so people will be able to pace themselves. We'll have a quiz every week on Moodle.  This will help everybody keep up with your reading. 

We'll have discussion questions during the quarter & an article review . 

Additional Information

I will respond to your email within 24 hours during the week (Monday-Friday). I will not check email on weekends (Saturday-Sunday). Do not expect replies to emails sent after three p.m. until the next business day. Over the weekend, I do not promise a speedy reply, but if I am working at home and receive your email, I will try to answer it. Please remember: I am not online 24 hours a day. Technical support is your responsibility. If a document or lecture does not work, let me know. However, if the problem is on your end (your computer, your software, your modem), it is your responsibility to find someone to help you with the problem. 
Note - When the syllabus lists only the first page of a selection, read the whole selection.
 
TTh ASSIGNMENTS
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REGISTRATION WEEK: September 6-7
    Period 1
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WEEK 1: September 10-14
Period 1
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Period 2
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Week 2: September 17-21
Period 1
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Period 2
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Week 3: September 24-28
Period 1
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Period 2
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Week 4: October 1-5
Period 1
176 
 
Period 2
  • Chopin "The 'Cadian Ball" 1604 
    • "The Storm" 1611
    • "Desiree's Baby" 1615
  • Twain 
    • "Notorious Jumping Frog" 1273 
    • Huckleberry Finn 1277 
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Week 5: October 8-12
Period 1
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Period 2
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Week 6: October 15-19
Period 1
  • Article Review due
  • Adams "Dynamo" (www)
  • Lowell "Madonna" 1936
    • "Penumbra" (www) 
    • "In the Stadium" (www) 
    • "Venus Transiens" 1935
  • Frost "Road Not Taken" 1960 
    • "Mending Wall" 1953
    • "Stopping By Woods" 1963 
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Period 2
296 
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Week 7: October 22-26
Period 1
  • Hemingway "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" 2243
  • Langston Hughes "Democracy" 2270
    • "A Dream Deferred" (www)
    • "I, Too" 2266
    • "Mother to Son" 2265
    • "The Negro Spreaks of Rivers" 2265
    • "Theme for English B" (www)
  • H.D. "Mid-day" 2026
    • "Helen" 2029
  • Hurston "How It Feels" 2158 
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Period 2
  • Pound "A Pact" 2021 
    • "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" (www) 
    • Cantos 2023
  • Huey Long
    • "Share Our Wealth" (www)
    • "Speech to Senate Staffers at the Washington Press Club" (Barbeque Speech) (www)
  • cummings "in Just-" 2174 
    • "'next to of course god america i" 2176
    • "O sweet spontaneous" 2174
    • "my sweet old etcetera" (www)
    • "i sing of Olaf" 2176
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Week 8: October 29 — November 2
Period 1
  • Eliot "Hippopotamus" (www)
    • "The Waste Land" 2045
    • "Sweeny Among the Nightingales" (www)
    • "Journey of the Magi" 2060
    • "The Hollow Men" 2057
  • Millay "Recuerdo" 2170
    • "I think I should have loved you presently" (www)
    • "I shall forget you presently, my dear" (www)
    • "Apostrophe to Man" 2171
    • "Sonnet 43" (www)
    • "I too beneath your moon, almighty Sex" 2171
    • "I forgot for a moment France" 2172
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364 
 
Period 2
  • Sandburg "Fog" 1989
    • "Chicago" 1988
    • "Cool Tombs" (www)
    • "Grass" (www) 
  • Ginsberg "Supermarket in California" 2601
    • "America" (www) 
  • Plath "Daddy" 2656
    • "Lady Lazarzus" 2654
  • Rich "Living in Sin" (www) 
    • "Orion" (www)
    • "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" 2622
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Week 9: November 5-9
Period 1
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Period 2
411
415a 
415b 
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Week 10: November 12-15
Period 1
433 
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452 
 
Period 2
  • Ellison "The Battle Royal" Invisible Man 2430
  • Wright "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio" 2613
  • Lorde "Coal" 2693
  • Song "Lost Sister" 2843 
  • Lee "Persimmons" 2846
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