ENGLISH 339-E
Prof. Cora Agatucci

Literary Genres

Syllabus - Spring 2002
HISTORICAL FICTION (Novel & Film)
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/eng339/syllabus.htm
Double-listed OSU-Cascades English course in Spring 2002: 
EOU students should sign up for ENGL 339-E - Section #36975 - 3 credits
OSU students should sign up for ENG 465 - Section #37255 - 3 credits
Monday-Wednesday-Friday 1:00-1:50 p.m., Modoc 102 (Bend Campus)

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 RECOMMENDED COURSE PREPARATION:  
bullet Successful completion of at least one English or Humanities course.
bullet For EOU M.U.D./Discourse Studies students: successful completion of ENGL 206 (Applied Literary Criticism) and upper division standing in your EOU program
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REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS & Other READINGS:
Ishiguro, Kazuo.  A Pale View of Hills.  [Vintage- International-Random House, 1990.] First published: 1982.
Morrison, Toni.  Beloved.  [Rpt. ppr. ed. Plume: 1998.] First published: 1987.
Scott, Paul.  Jewel in the Crown.  Vol. 1 of the Raj Quartet.  [Rpt. ppr. ed.  Univ. of Chicago: 1998.] First published: 1966.
Other readings will be assigned, available either online or from COCC Library Reserve.
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FILM /VIDEOTAPE VIEWINGS:
bullet Braveheart.  Dir. Mel Gibson.  (Paramount, 1995; 177 min.)
bullet Jewel in the Crown, parts I & II.  Dir. Christopher Morahan & Jim O'Brien.  (Granada, UK, 1984; 200 min.)
bullet Rhapsody in August.  Dir. Akira Kurosawa. (Japan, 1991; 98 min.)
bullet Others may be recommended.
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COURSE GRADING:
75% - Seminar Work (Reports, Summaries, Leadership)
25% - Final Project

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Genre:  

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Ann Charters defines genre as "a type of literary work, such as short story, novel, essay, play, or poem. The term may also be used to classify literature within a type, such as science-fiction stories or detective novels [or historical fiction]. In film, the term refers to a recognizable type of movie, such as a western or a thriller, that follow familiar narrative or visual conventions"  (The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Compact 5th ed. Boston: Bedford-St. Martin’s, 1999.  983.).  

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Fiction:  

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"The word fiction comes originally from Latin fingere, to fashion or to form.  Fiction is usually narrative . . . ."  "Narrative is the recounting of a succession of events. Many narratives are fictional, including epics and novels, but narrative can include nonfiction such as history and autobiography."
-Jack Lynch (Rutgers Univ.). From "Fiction" and "Narrative."  Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms, 1999: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/  
[last accessed March 2002].

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