ENG 109 *Course Plan* - Spring 2007
Survey of Western World Literature: Modern
Later 18th - Later 20th Centuries
*Tentative* and, like all plans, subject to change with advance notice.
Unless otherwise indicated, reading assignments & page numbers refer to our ENG 109 Textbook:
Davis, Paul, and others, ed.  Western Literature in a World Context. Vol. 2:
         The Enlightenment through the Present. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995.
NOTE WELL: Additional handout readings may be assigned and relevant resources recommended
but if so, they will be announced in class in advance of due dates.
URL of this webpage: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng109/courseplan.htm
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WK #1 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon.
4/2
 		 IN-CLASS:  Introduction to ENG 109: Syllabus including Eng 109 Learning Outcomes, and Course Plan.  Class Discussion:  What can we gain by studying literature?  What do you already know about Western World Literature? (And if you have taken ENG 107, ENG 108 and/or other literature classes, what did you learn?)
Presentation: European Enlightenment Overview: Mid- & Later 18th Century
Wed.
4/4

REV.

ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) REVIEW & BRING QUESTIONS re: ENG 109 & Day One handouts.
 (2) DUE: READ in Davis and others (our course textbook):
--Denis Diderot (France, 1713-1784) & Parts 1 & 2 from "Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville" (wr. 1770-1772; pub. 1796) -  Davis and others pp. 378-388
--Thomas Jefferson (U.S.A., 1743-1826) & “The Declaration of Independence” (1776) -  Davis and others pp. 521-524
--Olaudah Equiano (African Igbo-UK, 1747-1797) & excerpts from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789) -  Davis and others pp. 471-489;
--Mary Wollstonecraft (U.K., 1759-1797) & Introduction to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) -  Davis and others pp. 524-528

(3) Recommended background: Read/Skim "The Enlightenment: Reason and Sensibility" - Timeline, Introduction & Maps - Davis and others pp. 1-18
IN-CLASS:  Discuss Questions re: ENG 109 & Course Handouts
 REV. Distribute & discuss NEW handouts:
(1) European Enlightenment Overview: Mid- & Later 18th Century Period [Enhanced Print Version of Outline Presentation]
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng109/enlightenment_print.htm
(2) Assign Seminar #1 Written Prep (Diderot, Jefferson, Equiano, Wollstonecraft) & begin discussion of assigned textbook readings.
 REV: In Class Viewing: Film clip from Sense and Sensibility (1995)
 See also IMDb [Internet Movie Database]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114388/

Week #1 - COCC Bookstore Rush Hours:
Mon. 4/2 -Thurs. 4/5: 8:00 am - 7:30 pm; & Fri. 4/6: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Drop-in Advising available at CAP Center (COCC Library lower level): Mon-Fri
Week #1 Extended Registration Hours in BEC (Boyle Education Center):
Mon. 4/2 through Thurs. 4/5: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

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WK #2 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED

Week #2 - Mon. 4/9: Academic Warning Petitions due to Enrollment Services, BEC.
Week #2 COCC Bookstore Rush Hours: Mon. 4/9 & Tues. 4/10: 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
Mon.
4/9

REV.

ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE: Seminar #1 Written Prep (Diderot, Jefferson, Equiano, Wollstonecraft) - to be collected at the end of class so be sure to save/retain a personal copy for yourself!
(2) DUE: READ:
--“The Nineteenth Century: Romantic Self & Social Reality - Introduction,” Davis and others pp. 530-547
--William Blake (U.K.; 1757-1827), Davis and others pp. 865-868
--From Songs of Innocence (1789): “Introduction,” “The Lamb,” & “The Chimney Sweeper”  - Davis and others pp. 869-870, 871-872
IN-CLASS: Seminar #1 (Diderot, Jefferson, Equiano, Wollstonecraft) & Group Seminar Reports; collect individual Seminar #1 Written Prep.
 REV: Discuss Film clip from Sense and Sensibility (viewed in class on 4/4/07)
Presentation/Discussion: European Romanticism (including Review of its Mid-/Late 18th century roots); and begin Introduction to William Blake & Songs of Innocence and Experience
Wed.
4/11		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE: READ:
--From Songs of Experience (1794): “Introduction” & "Earth's Answer," “The Chimney Sweeper,” & “The Tyger” - Davis and others pp. 872-873, 874-875
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Germany; 1749-1832) - Davis and others pp. 547-551
IN-CLASS:   Finish Presentation/Discussion: William Blake & Songs of Innocence and Experience (Paper handout distributed & discussed in class).
 Introduction to Goethe & distribute Faust Reading Guide (handout). 
Assign Seminar #2 Written Prep (Romanticism, Blake & Goethe)

Week #2 - FYI - AVOID LATE FEES!
Fri. 4/13:  Spring Tuition DUE & End of 100% Refund period for dropped full-term classes

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WK #3 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED

Week #3 - FYI  - Mon. 4/16: Late Tuition & Late Registration Fee begins
Mon.
4/16		 (1) DUE: READ: Faust (1808; 1832): “Prologue in Heaven” and Part I - Davis and others pp. 551-651
(2) DUE: READ Faust Reading Guide (handout)
IN-CLASS:  Return & discuss scored Seminar #1 Written Prep, distribute Micrograde Reports, & explain how to access WebGrade.
Discuss Goethe, Faust , and Faust Reading Guide (handout).
Wed.
4/18		 (1) DUE: Seminar #2 Written Prep
 (2) DUE: READ:
--Emily Bronte (U.K., 1818-1848) -  Davis and others pp. 679-682
--Begin reading Wuthering Heights (1847) Chs. 1-9 - Davis and others pp. 679-730.
IN-CLASS:  Seminar #2 (Romanticism, Blake & Goethe) & Group Seminar Reports.
Introduce Emily Bronte & Distribute Wuthering Heights Reading Guide (handout)
In-Class Viewing:  Film Clip from Emily Brontė's Wuthering Heights (UK/USA Paramount, 1992) IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104181/

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WK #4 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED REVISED
Mon.
4/23
Cora was
sick		 (1) DUE: READ: Wuthering Heights (1847), Chs. 10-20 - Davis and others pp. 731-796
(2) Review/Bring Wuthering Heights Reading Guide (handout)
IN-CLASS:  Class Canceled
Wed.
4/25		 (1) DUE: READ: Finish Wuthering Heights, Chs. 21-34 - Davis and others pp. 796-864
IN-CLASS: Return and discuss scored Seminar #2 & distribute updated Micrograde Reports.
 Presentation/Discussion:  Romanticism & Realism in Wuthering Heights (handout).  Discuss Wuthering Heights & Wuthering Heights Reading Guide (handout)
Assign Seminar #3 (Romanticism & Realism; Brontė, Wuthering Heights & Flaubert, "A Simple Heart")  Distribute Critical Views of "A Simple Heart" (paper handout only) & Review "Characteristics of Literary Realism" (from Romanticism & Realism in Wuthering Heights handout).

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WK #5 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED REVISED
Mon.
4/30
 REV		 (1) DUE: Read in Davis and others: Gustave Flaubert (French, 1821-1880), pp. 1017-1019; & “A Simple Heart” (1877), pp. 1017-1037
(2) DUE: Read/Bring Critical Views of "A Simple Heart" (paper handout only)
(3) DUE: Seminar #3 Written Prep
(3) Review "Characteristics of Literary Realism" (from Romanticism & Realism in Wuthering Heights handout).
IN-CLASS:  Return and discuss scored Seminar #2 & distribute updated Micrograde Reports.
 Discuss Wuthering Heights;  Review "Characteristics of Literary Realism" (from Romanticism & Realism in Wuthering Heights handout), & Intro to Flaubert
Distribute  Midterm Paper Directions (handout)
(As time allows) Introduce & Begin reading (aloud) Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
Wed.
5/2
 REV		 (1) DUE: Seminar #3 Written Prep
(1) DUE: Read & bring to class Midterm Paper Directions (handout)
(2) DUE: Read in Davis and others: Kate Chopin (U.S.A., 1851-1904) & “The Story of an Hour” (1894) - pp. 1151-1154
IN-CLASS: 
Seminar #3 (Romanticism & Realism; Wuthering Heights & "A Simple Heart") & Group Reports; collect individual Seminar #3 Written Prep.
Distribute & Discuss Midterm Paper Directions (handout) & Assign Seminar 4.
Discuss Chopin and "The Story of an Hour"

Week #5 - FYI  - Fri. 5/4: Begin Continuing Student Registration for Summer 2007

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WK #6 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED REVISED
Mon.
5/7
 REV		 (1) DUE: Seminar #4 Written Prep: 2 readable copies of Preliminary Draft of Midterm Paper
(2) Bring to class Midterm Paper Directions (handout)
(3) DUE: Read in Davis and others: Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian,1821-1881) & "The Grand Inquisitor" (from The Brothers Karamazov, 1880) - pp. 1038-1054
IN-CLASS: Return and discuss scored Seminar #3 & distribute updated Micrograde Reports.
 Seminar #4: Writer's Workshop: Read Preliminary Drafts & complete Peer Review forms (handouts),  guided by Midterm Paper Directions (handout).
 Review requirements for Submission of Final Draft of Midterm Paper: Both Paper (hard) copy, plus Attachments; & Electronic version (via e-mail to Cora) must be submitted on Wed. 5/9/07.
Discuss Chopin's "A Story of an Hour."
Wed.
5/9
 REV		 (1) DUE:  "Final" Draft of Midterm Paper (to be graded): Both Paper (Hard) copy version and Electronic version (via email to Cora to be submitted to Turnitin.com) required.
(2) DUE: ATTACH all copies of Midterm Preliminary Drafts and completed Peer Review Forms, from 5/7/07 Seminar #4 in-class Workshop.
(3) DUE: READ in Davis and others: "The 20th Century: The Modern Age & Emerging World Culture" - pp. 1345-1363.
IN-CLASS: Exchange readings of another student’s Final Draft of Midterm Paper; then collect Midterm Papers & Attachments for grading.
NOTE WELL:  E-versions of Midterm Paper Final Drafts must also be emailed to Cora today, and must be received by Cora for submission to Turnitin before Cora will grade your Midterms!   
Discuss Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor."
Begin Presentation/Discussion: Intro to Joseph Conrad & Early Modernism [Powerpoint file: . . ./ConradEarlyModern.ppt].
 Distribute Heart of Darkness Reading Guide (handout) & "Literary Modernism and Conrad's Heart of Darkness" (paper handout).
Assign Seminar #5 (Chopin OR Dostoevsky, Conrad, & the 20th Century) - handout.

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WK #7 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED REVISED
Mon.
5/14		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE: READ: Joseph Conrad (Poland-U.K., 1857-1924) and Heart of Darkness (1899; 1902) - pp. 1364-1421.
(2) READ & BRING Heart of Darkness Reading Guide (handout) & "Literary Modernism and Conrad's Heart of Darkness" (paper handout).
IN-CLASS:  Finish Presentation: Intro to Joseph Conrad & Early Modernism [Powerpoint file: . . ./ConradEarlyModern.ppt].
Discuss Heart of Darkness, using Heart of Darkness Reading Guide (handout) & "Literary Modernism and Conrad's Heart of Darkness" (paper handout).
Wed.
5/16
REV
 		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE: Seminar #5 Written Prep. (Chopin OR Dostoevsky, Conrad, & 20th Century)
(2) DUE: Read William Butler Yeats (Ireland, 1865-1939) intro & "The Second Coming" (1924), pp. 1504-1508 & 1511-1512.
 (3) DUE: Read Virginia Woolf (U.K., 1882-1941) intro & [Shakespeare’s Sister] excerpt from A Room of One’s Own (based on lecture series given in 1928) -  pp. 1570-1582
IN-CLASS: 
 Seminar #5 (Chopin OR Dostoevsky, Conrad & 20th Century) & Group Seminar Reports.
Discuss Yeats's "The Second Coming" Woolf & In-Class Viewing from A Room of One's Own.  Distribute Woolf handout excerpt from Presentation/Discussion: 20th-Century World Literature & Western World Wars  [Powerpoint file: . . ./WWIIrev2006.ppt].
Week #7 - FYI:  Fri., 5/18/07: Last day to drop classes without instructor's signature
and Begin Continuing Student Registration for Fall 2007

WK #8 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED REVISED
Week #8 : Beginning Mon. 5/21/07, Instructor's signature is required to Withdraw from classes.
Mon.
5/21
REV		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) READ: Anna Akhmatova (Russia-USSR, 1889-1966) intro & Requiem (wr. 1935-1940):
 pp. 1630-1633, and 1635-1641
(3) READ: Elie Wiesel (Romania-Hungary, b. 1928) intro & "The Death of My Father," from Legends of Our Time (1968): pp. 1824-1830
(4) READ: Hiroko Takenishi (Japan, b. 1929) intro & "The Rite" (1963), pp. 1889-1908
IN-CLASS: Return and discuss scored Seminar #4 Prep & graded Midterm Papers, discuss Optional & Required Midterm Paper Revisions, & distribute updated Micrograde Reports.
 ADD: Discuss Yeats's "The Second Coming" & Presentation/Discussion: 20th-Century World Literature & Western World Wars  [Powerpoint file: . . ./WWIIrev2006.ppt] & Discuss Akhmatova, Wiesel, & Takenishi
Distribute "Critical Views . . ." (paper handouts) on Kafka and Garcia Marquez
Wed.
5/23		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) READ: Franz Kafka (Czech/German, 1883-1924) intro & “The Metamorphosis” (1915; 1948), pp. 1582-1613
(2) READ:  Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Columbia, b. 1928) intro & “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (1971), pp. 1863-1869
(3) READ & bring "Critical Views . . ." (paper handouts) on Kafka and Garcia Marquez
IN-CLASS:  Distribute 20th Century and the World Wars (handout), finish Presentation: 20th-Century World Literature & Western World Wars  [Powerpoint file: . . ./WWIIrev2006.ppt], and continue discussion of  assigned Week #8 readings.
Assign Seminar #6 (on Selected 20th-Century literary works).

WK #9 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED

Mon., 5/28 - Memorial Day Holiday: No Class and College Closed.
Wed.
5/30		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) Seminar #6  Written Prep.
(2) READ:  Pablo Neruda (Chile, 1904-1973) intro, pp. 1674-1677
IN-CLASS: 
 Seminar #6  (on Selected 20th-Century literary works) & Group Seminar Reports.
Distribute Final Paper Topics (handout).
  In-Class Listening (& distribute paper handout): Poems of Pablo Neruda

WK #10 ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon.
6/4		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) READ & Bring Final Paper Topics (handout).
(2) READ & Bring Poems of Pablo Neruda (paper handout)
IN-CLASS: Discuss handout Topics & Directions for Final Paper & Seminar #7
 In-Class Viewing:  Clip from Il Postino / The Postman, (Italy-France, 1995; dir. Michael Radford), based on the life & poems of Pablo Neruda.

Wed, 6/6/07 - Last to Withdraw from classes and Instructor's signature is required!
Wed
6/6		 ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
(1) DUE: Seminar #7 Written Prep: 2 readable copies of Preliminary Draft of Final Paper
(2) Bring to class Final Paper Directions (handout)
(3) DUE: All remaining late/make-up work
IN-CLASS:  Seminar #7: Writer's Workshop: Read Preliminary Drafts & complete Peer Review forms (handouts), guided by Final Paper Topics/Directions (  (handout).
 Review requirements for Submission of Final Paper.

FINALS WEEK: June 11 - 15, 2007
See also Academic Calendar & Final Exam Schedule:
 http://current.cocc.edu/Degrees_Classes/calendar/default.aspx

TUESDAY.
JUNE 12
 3:15 -5:15 p.m.
DESCHUTES 1		 (1) DUE: FINAL PAPER (to be graded): Both Paper (Hard) copy and Electronic version (via email to Cora to be submitted to Turnitin.com) are required.
(2) DUE: ATTACH all (paper) copies of Final Preliminary Drafts and completed Peer Review Forms from 6/6/07 Seminar #7 in-class workshop.
IN-CLASS:
Exchange readings of another student’s Final Paper; then collect Final Papers & Attachments for grading.
NOTE WELL:  E-versions of Final Papers must also be emailed to Cora today, and must be received by Cora for submission to Turnitin before Cora will grade your Finals!   
Complete Final Self-Evaluation (Exit)) Survey - DUE at end of class.

Tues., 6/19/07: Deadline for COCC Instructors to submit Spring 2007 Final Course Grades.
Thurs., 6/21/07: Students' Spring 2007 Grades available on COCC web. 
Cora is off contract and will not be on campus during Summer 2007, but will report back to campus in late August/early September 2007.  If you have questions or concerns about your final course grade or wish to retrieve your end-of-term work, please contact Cora via email:  cagatucci@cocc.edu

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