English 101-24       Literature and Composition      Spring 2000

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.

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