SYLLABUS FOR THE NOVEL

Course Number: ENG 450X

Instructor: Dr. Geraldine Martin

Office: Room # 514

Office Phone: 219 473-4290

Course Time: Thursday 7:00-10:00 p.m.

Course Description: This course will include the study of the roots of early British and American fiction writers, such as Dickens, Eliot, and Conrad. It will trace the development of the novel into the twentieth century in the works of such writers as Faulkner, Lawrence and James.

Prerequisites: ENG 103-104

Dickens: GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Conrad: HEART OF DARKNESS

Lawrence: SONS AND LOVERS

Dostoevsky: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Joyce: THE DUBLINERS

Fitzgerald: THE GREAT GATSBY

Greene: THE POWER AND THE GLORY

Flannery O’Connor: THREE BY FLANNERY O’CONNOR

Morison: SULA

Erdrich: LOVE MEDICINE

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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).

Standards and policies: Students are expected to attend every class. Missing more than 9 hours (3-3hour classes) will result in failure or withdrawal. The reading must be done. Students will be expected to participate in class discussions on each novel. Students will give an oral report and write one fully-developed paper on a given topic. In addition, grades will partly depend on a comprehensive mid-term and a final exam.

The purpose of this course is to give the students knowledge of the development and structure, style, techniques of the novel as a genre. We will study the style and structure of some novels as they are presented in film version.

Exams (Midterm, Final, Quizzes) _______% of grade

Class participation/collaboration/attendance/assignments _______% of grade

Class presentation and assessment instruments _______% of grade

A: A-: B+: B: B-: C+:

C: C-: D+: D: D-: F:

Week 1: Introduction to the novel as a genre and a philosophy of the novel.

Week 2: Discussion of GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Week 3: Discussion of HEART OF DARKNESS

Week 4: Finish discussion of SONS AND LOVERS, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Week 5: Discussion of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Week 6: Discussion of THE GREAT GATSBY

Week 7: Discussion of Joyce

Week 8: Mid-term

Week 9: Discussion of WISE BLOOD ETC.

Week 10: Discussion of SULA

Week 11: Discussion of LOVE MEDICINE Films

Week 12: Papers

Week 13: Reports

Week 14: Final