Calumet College of St.
Joseph
SYLLABUS FOR WORLD
LITERATURE II
Term: Summer
(003) (April
30 – August 4)
Course Number: ENG 231X
Instructor:
Dr. Valerie Pennanen
Office
Phone: (219) 473-4294
Home
Phone: (219) 937-0341
Office
Hours: *By Appointment
Course
Time: Monday, 7:00 - 10:00p.m.
This
course continues the classical literature studies of English 230 with emphasis
on romantic, realistic, and modern literature.
It also presents the student with major works in translation from
French, Spanish, Russian, and African classics.
Textbooks: M. Mack et al., ed., The
Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Volume I
(7th
Edition, 1999)
Statement
of Plagiarism:
If an instructor or other Calumet College of St.
Joseph personnel find that a student has plagiarized or been involved in
another form of academic dishonesty, the instructor or other personnel may
elect to bring the matter up for judicial review. The maximum penalty for any
form of academic dishonesty is dismissal from the College. The procedures for
judicial review are listed under the section of CCSJ handbook that addresses
student grievances.
Calumet College of St. Joseph adheres to
citation guidelines as written in the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association, Fourth Edition. A copy is available from the Calumet
College of St. Joseph bookstore. This text outlines how to cite references from
a variety of sources, including electronic media.
Withdrawal
from Classes Policy:
After the last day for class changes has passed
(see College calendar), students may withdraw from a course in which they are
registered with permission from the faculty member conducting the course. A
written request detailing the reason(s) for the withdrawal must be filed with
the Registrar. Written request for withdrawal must be received by the Registrar
by the last day of classes prior to the final examination dates specified in
the catalogue. Written requests may be mailed to the Registrar or faxed to the
College fax number 219-473-4259. Students are to make note of the refund
schedule when withdrawing from courses. The request is forwarded to the faculty
member, who makes the final determination to accept or deny the request. If the
request is honored, the student will receive notification of official
withdrawal; if denied, the notification will indicate why the withdrawal is
disallowed. Note: Degree Completion Division (DCD) students should consult the
DCD Student Handbook for information on DCD withdrawals.
An official withdrawal is recorded as a
"W" grade on the student's transcript. Dropping a
course without written permission automatically
incurs an "F" grade for the course (see
Refund Schedule).
Class
Policy on Attendance:
Regular attendance is crucial to your success in
this class. More than two (2) absences will be sure to harm your class
participation grade (and they are bound to hurt your other grades, too). If you
miss more than three (3) classes, you should consider withdrawing.
Class
Policy For Assignments:
You are required to do all assigned readings,
participate in class discussions, take the midterm and final exams, and submit
a final paper (approximately 8-12 pages).
Course
Objectives:
This course is designed to acquaint with the great literary heritage of our world from the Enlightenment through the twentieth century.
Description: Through
intensive reading, writing and discussion, members of the class will develop their
appreciation for the literature of the past three (3) centuries and explore its
relevance to contemporary life.
Grading
Scale:
You will receive a letter grade for each of the
following:
Class Participation
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Final Paper
Class
Date Topic-Assignment
Week 1
(May 3rd) Welcome and introduction
Week 2
(May 10th)
Moliere, Tartuffe
Sor
Juana Ines de la Cruz,
“Reply to Sor Filotea de la Cruz”
Week 3
(May 17th) Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, Part IV:
A
Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
Pope, “An Essay on Man,” Epistle I
Voltaire, Candide.
Week 4
(May 24th) Poems by Blake:
“Introduction” (from Songs of Innocence)
“The Lamb”
“The Little Black Boy”
“Holy
Thursday”
“The Chimney Sweeper” (from Songs of
Innocence)
Week 4 – (Continued) “The Tyger”
“The
Chimney Sweeper” (from Songs of
Experience)
Poem
by Wordsworth:
“Ode on Intimations of Immorality”
Week 5 (May 31st) Poem by Coleridge:
“Kubla Khan”
Poems
by Shelley:
“Stanzas Written in Dejection – December
1818, near Naples”
Poems by Keats:
“Ode to the West Wind”
“On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”
“Bright Star”
“La Belle Dame sans Merci”
“Ode on a Grecian Urn”
“Ode to a Nightingale”
Goethe,
Faust
Week 6 (June 7th) Douglass, Narrative of
the Life of Frederick,
An
American Slave
Review
For Midterm Exam
Week 7
(June 14th) Midterm Exam
Week 8
(June 21st) Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Poems by Dickinson:
“A bird came down the Walk”
“After great pain, a formal feeling comes”
“Much Madness is divinest Sense”
“I died for Beauty—but was scarce”
“I heard a Fly buzz—when I died”
“I like to see it lap the Miles”
“Because I could not stop for Death”
“Pass to thy Rendezvous of Light”
“Her Hair”
“The Carcass”
“Invitation to the Voyage”
“Windows”
Week 9 (June 28th)
Dostoevsky, Notes from
Underground
Tolstoy,
“The Death of Ivan Ilyich”
Week 10 (July 5th) Joyce,
“The Dead”
Kafka,
The Metamorphosis
Week 11 (July 12th) Poem by Yeats: “The Second
Coming”
Poem by Eliot: “The Love Song of J.
Alfred
Prufrock" “The Waste Land”
FINAL
PAPERS DUE
Week 12 (July 19th) Borowski, “Ladies and Gentlemen,
to The Gas f Chamber”
Camus: “The Guest”
Beckett, Endgame
Wright,
“The Man Who Was Almost A Man”
Lessing, “The Old Chief
Mshlanga”
Bachmann, “The Barking”
Week 14
(Aug 2nd) Final Exam