TR 9:30-10:45 Grainger 110; Dr. Lund (Grainger 223; 395-2168; Office Hours: MW 10:00-11:00; TTR 11:00-12:00; and by appointment. http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/mlund.html
Texts: The Norton Introduction to Literature, Ed. Beaty and Hunter, Shorter Seventh Edition. Tim O'Brien, Going After Cacciato (Broadway). The Longwood Style Manual.
Tim O'Brien Resource Page: http://web.lwc.edu/staff/jburges/wac/obrien.htm
January 18: "Drivers Wanted"; Setting, Characters,
Plot, Point
of View, Language
20: Fiction (2-20); Poetry (596-619)
25: Setting in Fiction (149-187)
27: Setting in Poetry (660-677);
Going After Cacciato (1-36)
February 1: Conferences
3: Going After Cacciato (37-70); Essay Due
8: Characterization in Poetry (678-692)
10: Characterization in Fiction (103-147);
Going After Cacciato (71-110)
15: Plot in Fiction (21-70)
17: In-Class Essay
22: Speaker in Poetry (639-658)
24: Plot in Poetry (620-637);
Going After Cacciato (111-146)
29: Point of View in Fiction (72-102)
March 2: Point of View in Poetry (696-712);
Going After Cacciato (147-181)
7: Figurative Language in Fiction (188-203);
Essay Due
9: Figurative Language in Poetry (713-725);
Going After Cacciato (182-220)
* * * Spring Break * * *
21: Symbol in Poetry (726-737)
23: Literary Kind in Fiction (359-375);
Going After Cacciato (221-254)
28: Literary Kind in Poetry (785-805)
30: In-Class Essay
April 4: Context in Fiction (390-428)
6: Going After Cacciato (255-287)
11: Context in Poetry (866-896)
13: Essay Due; Going After Cacciato (288-323)
18: Drama (992-106)
20: Going After Cacciato (324-336)
25: Research Project Due
27: Review
May 1: Final Exam: 9:00-12:00
Course Requirements: read the material listed below for discussion
on the dates shown (200 points); submit by e-mail <mlund@longwood.lwc.edu>)
or write in class 5 two-page (600 word/4000 character) papers (500 points);
write one longer paper involving analysis and research (100 points); take
unannounced quizzes (average=100 points); complete a final exam using the
material covered in the course (100 points). You should save all
returned written work from the course for one semester. Grading scale:
90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 60%=D; less than 60%=F.
Attendance Policy: The attendance policy for this course is the
same as the college policy in the College Catalog and the Student Handbook.
Unexcused absences for more than 10% of classes may lower a final grade
one letter. Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from more than 25% of classes
may be an automatic F in the course.
Honor Code: Students are expected to abide by the college Honor
Code.
Inclement Weather: If the college closes for inclement weather,
students should continue work as outlined above.