SUMMER
2006
ENG 121: WORLD LITERATURE II
COURSE SYLLABUS
Professor: Fidel Fajardo-Acosta
Course: ENG 121, Section D, CRN 41043
Class Time: MTWThF 1:00-4:00 PM
Classroom: Business Administration Building (BA), Room 217
Course Dates: Summer Pre-Session, Monday, May 15-Friday, June 2, 2006
Office Hours: M-F 12:00-12:50 pm and by appointment
Office: Hitchcock Communication Arts Building (CA) Room 304 A
Office Telephone: (402) 280-2522
email: fajardo@creighton.edu
Web Home Pages:
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/fajardo/
http://fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A study of representative works of world literature from the seventeenth century to the present. The course emphasizes the study and consideration of the literary, cultural, and human significance of selected great works of the Western and non-Western literary traditions, including women's, minority, and ethnic literature from around the world. An important goal of the class is to promote an understanding of the works in their cultural/historical contexts and of the enduring human values which unite the different literary traditions. The course's pedagogy gives special attention to critical thinking and writing within a framework of cultural diversity as well as comparative and interdisciplinary analysis.
TEXTBOOKS (available at the bookstore):
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1) Two Essay Exams (50%)
The essay exams will ask students to read closely, analyze, and interpret a particular passage from one of the texts studied and/or develop a theme/issue related to the readings, lectures, or class discussions. Essays will be graded on the basis of the student's comprehension of the material, interpretive ability, writing accomplishment, uunderstanding of the connections between texts and historical/cultural contexts, critical thinking and capacity to make personal discoveries building on the ideas and issues discussed in the course. For further information on the grading of essays see "Grading Standards and Procedures" and "Grading of Essays and Other Written Work." During an essay exam students will be allowed to use notes and textbooks.
2) Term Project and Presentation (25%)
All students are required to design and complete a term project which may be an original paper or a creative work such as a short story, play, a set of poems, original art work (paintings, drawings, collages, dance, music, film, web sites, performance pieces, etc.). The projects will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, insight, thoughtfulness, effort and significant engagement of some aspect of the issues, ideas, or materials studied in the course. All work must be original, personal and clearly relevant and related to the class materials. Each student will make an in-class presentation describing and/or performing her/his project. Use of audiovisual materials in presentations is encouraged. All projects must be approved by the instructor in advance. Students choosing to write a paper must follow the guidelines provided by the instructor. Suggested minimum length of written works is about 5 typewritten, double-spaced pages (1250-1500 words).
3) Participation and Other Performance (25%)
In addition to other grades, the instructor will assess and grade each student's overall accomplishment, development, and involvement in the course. This grade will take into account aspects of a student's performance such as class participation, preparation, contributions, effort, attentiveness, interest, improvement, responsibility, etc.
4) Grading Scale, Attendance & Other Policies
All aspects of the course will be graded on a 100-point scale where 90-100 = A, 87-89 = B+, 80-86 = B, 77-79 = C+, 70-76 = C, 60-69 = D, and 0-59 = F
An attendance measurement will be calculated equal to the percentage of total class time attended. The course grade may not exceed that percentage (i.e. if a student attended only 75% of the total class time, the course grade may not be higher than 75 = C). Notice also that, at the discretion of the instructor, any student missing more than 30% of the total class time may fail the course.
Make-ups/extensions for a missed deadline or exam will only be given in cases of documented serious illness or other valid, non-frivolous excuse such as documented participation in official University sports or academic/service events (it will be up to the instructor to determine and decide on the acceptability of an excuse).
Originality and personal effort are required in all student work. All students must observe the University's guidelines on student conduct as described in Creighton University's Student Handbook and the Code of Conduct (see Creighton Center for Student Integrity). Plagiarism, cheating in exams, submitting the work of others as one's own, recycling work from previous terms, copying material from internet or other sources,and other forms of academic dishonesty will result in failing the given assignment and possibly, at the discretion of the instructor, the entire course.
The course grade will be calculated according to the following formula:
Exams |
50 % |
Project and Project Presentation |
25 % |
Participation and Other Performance |
25 % |
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Total |
100 % |
SCHEDULE
All reading is due on the date indicated. Read the introductions and texts for all assignments, as well as all relevant materials posted in Dr. Fajardo-Acosta's World Literature website (click on the subjects below to find those materials) . On that website you will find information on authors and texts, historical and cultural context, terminology, and study questions. Make sure to read and explore those materials thoroughly as they will be the basis for class discussions.
WEEK 1
Mon May 15
Tue May 16
Wed May 17
Thu May 18
Fri May 19
WEEK 2
Mon May 22
Tue May 23
Wed May 24
Thu May 25
Fri May 26
WEEK 3
Mon May 29
Tue May 30
Wed May 31
Thu June 01
Fri June 02
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