Calumet College of St. Joseph

SYLLABUS FOR WORLD LITERATURE I

 

 

Term: Summer, 2001-3  (April 29 – Aug 3)

Course Number: ENG 230X

Instructor: Dr. Valerie Pennanen

Office:  Room # 524

Office Phone: (219) 473-4285

E-mail:  vpennanenccsj@hotmail.com

Home Phone: (219) 937-0341

Office Hours: By Appointment

 

Course Time: Monday, 7:00 - 10:00p.m.                     

 

Course Description:

Great classics--ancient, medieval, and Renaissance--will be studied with attention to major literary themes and important ideas, to the interrelations of the literature of various times and lands, including native and non-Western literatures, such as Asian, African, Native American and Latin American works.

 

Prerequisites:  None

 

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 two (2) exams (midterm and final), and submit a final paper (approximately 8-12 pages).

 

Course Objectives:

This course is designed to acquaint students with the great literary heritage of our world from the ancient, medieval, and Renaissance periods.

 

Assessment:

You will receive a letter grade for each of the following:

                       

                        Class participation

                        Midterm

                        Final Exam

                        Final Paper

 

These grades will be weighted equally to determine your final grade for the course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Assignments:

 

Class Date                                                                  Topic-Assignment

 

Week 1 (April 29)                                                       Welcome and Introduction

 

Week 2 (May 6)                                                         The Epic of Gilgamesh; selections from

                                                                                                Homer’s Iliad.

 

Week 3 (May 13)                                                       Homer’s Odyssey

 

Week 4 (May 20)                                                       Aeschylus’ Agamemnon; Sophocles’

                                                                                                Oedipus the King;

                                                                                                Euripides’ Medea.

 

Monday, May 27th – No Classes – Memorial Day Holiday

 

Week 5 (June 3)                                                         Aristophanes’ Lysistrata; selections

from Virgil’s Aeneid;  Review for Midterm Exam.

 

Week 6 (June 10)                                                       MIDTERM EXAM

 

Week 7 (June 17)                                                       Selections from Genesis (Chapters 1-4

and 6-9, only) and the Book of Job; selections from the New Testament; selections from the Koran.

 

Week 8 (June 24)                                                       Beowulf; selections from the

                                                                                                Song of Roland.

 

Week 9 (July 1)                                                             Selections from Dante’s Divine

                                                                                                Comedy.

 

 

 

Week 10 (July 8)                                                         Selections from Chaucer’s Canterbury  

Tales and Machiavelli’s The  Prince.

 

Week 11 (July 15)                                                       Selections from Cervantes’ Don 

                                                                                    Quixote; Shakespeare’s The Tragedy

                                                                                    of Othello, the Moor of Venice;

FINAL PAPERS DUE.

                                   

 

Week 12 (July 22)            Selections from Milton’s Paradise Lost; REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM.

 

Week 14 (July 29)                                                       FINAL EXAM.