M: 11.45-2
W: 11.45-12.45
Justin Rogers-Cooper, Ph.D
jrogers@lagcc.cuny.edu
Office: M-120E
Office Hours: M, W: 2.15-3.15pm or by
appointment
Course Description
This course, Writing Through
Literature, extends and intensifies the skills that you have learned in
Composition I (ENC/G101), including process-based writing and researching. You
will learn close-reading techniques to further develop your critical thinking
and writing skills through the study of culturally diverse works in poetry,
drama and fiction.
All of the essays written in ENG102
will build on the writing and editing skills you have learned in ENC/G101. All
papers should use precise and effective language, demonstrate a sound analysis
of the literary text(s) in focus, as well as exhibit organized and developed
ideas that support a thesis or main point.
You
will write four essays: three critical essays (one of which might be in-class),
and one-class final examination.
One the three critical essays will include
research. You will be provided with at least one opportunity to revise the
three take-home essays. For the one research paper, you will be required to
conduct library research, locate reliable and appropriate sources, and use them
to develop and support your ideas.
Course Goals
In addition to meeting the requirements
of the course, students will learn how to think with literature. They
will learn to use their imaginations to professionally response to the
aesthetic, social, and political dimensions of literary texts.
Required Texts
Texts are available at the LaGuardia
bookstore. It is extremely important that you purchase these texts and
bring it to every class session for which they are assigned.
Hansberry,
Lorraine
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Raisin
in the Sun
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Vintage
Books
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0679755330
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REQ
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McKay,
Claude
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Selected
Poems
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Dover
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0486408760
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REQ
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Collins,
Suzanne
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The
Hunger Games
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Scholastic
Press
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0439023521
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REQ
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Steinbeck,
John
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In
Dubious Battle
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Penguin
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0143039636
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REQ
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Financial aid vouchers are available in
the bursar’s office.
The bookstore is located in the
basement of the M building.
Course Requirements
Students will three revised
essays.
Students will complete the readings and
participate in class discussions and workshops
Students will post blogs.
Students will post comments to fellow
students’ blogs.
Students will write in class.
Class Rules
Students must respect each other and
the professor at all times.
Students must silence all electronic
devices and not return texts.
Students utilizing phones for non-class
purposes will be asked to leave.
Attendance
Students that miss more than four hours
of class may fail. Students that miss more than four hours of class must talk
with me.
Each time you are marked late it counts
as one missed hour. Email other students about missed work in class.
Grades (ENG 101)
Essays
(60%)
Essays will be typed, double-spaced,
and written in a 12-point font. They will be three full pages. Essay #3 must
include citations from two peer-reviewed academic sources.
Participation
(10%)
Students must participate in class
discussions at least once a week. These discussions include small group work.
Reading Quizzes:
10%
Reading quizzes will not be announced.
Twitter
(10%)
All assigned Tweets (4/week) must be
posted by 12 pm on Sunday.
Final (10%)
600 word in-class essay.
Late Work
All students can receive a three-day
extension on one essay during the semester. They must email the professor for
permission before the due date to receive official waiver.
Revision Policy
Students may revise any of the three
out of class essays until they achieve the grade they desire.
Academic Integrity
All work you submit must be your
own. You may not copy or paraphrase someone else’s words or ideas without
properly citing the source. All instances of plagiarism or academic dishonesty
will result in an “F” and possible action by the college.
You will also review how to use
quotations and paraphrases with the appropriate MLA Works Cited documentation
to avoid plagiarism (presenting someone else’s work as one’s own). Any student
who plagiarizes will be given a failing grade.
Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities must
register with the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) to receive
accommodations. Please let me know if you need accommodations for this class.
Reading Assignments:
We will discuss each reading on the day
it appears on the syllabus.
TENTATIVE Course Schedule
W 3.4: Introduction: Welcome, etc
READ the SYLLABUS
Sign up for TWITTER (new accounts for class only)
Module One: Fiction: Narration and Point of View; Paraphrase,
Summary
M 3.9: In Dubious
Battle
Reading: Steinbeck, 1-49
Reading Quiz
Essay One Assignment
W 3.11: In Dubious Battle
Reading: Steinbeck, 49-95
Reading Quiz
All tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
Fiction: Characterization, Symbolic Language; Textual Evidence
M 3.16: Reading: Steinbeck, 95-163
Reading Quiz
W 3.18: Essay One
Peer Review Workshop
All tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
M 3.23: Reading: Steinbeck, 164-227
Reading Quiz
Fiction: Setting, Tone, Style; Introductions and Conclusions
W 3.25: Reading: Steinbeck, 228-269
All tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
M 3.30: Film: Our
Daily Bread (1934)
Essay One Assignment Due
All tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
Module Two: Poetry: Claude McKay; Interpretation, Critical
Thinking
W 4.1: Accent, Iamb, Free Verse, Foot, Meter,
Alliteration, Ambiguity, Rhyme, Stanza
Reading: McKay,
introduction, 1-20
Essay Assignment Two
All tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
M 4.13: Assonance, Cacophony, Cadence, Line, Lyric,
Refrain, Run-on line, Theme
Reading: McKay,
23-29
W 4.15: Caesura,
Consonance, Dissonance, Metaphor, Simile, Pathetic Fallacy, Tone, Voice
Reading: McKay, 30-40
All tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
M 4.20: Figurative Language, Image, Intensity,
Narrative, Objective Correlative
Reading:
McKay, 40-50
All tweets are due Friday by 5 pm.
W 4.22: Film: Harlem is Heaven (1932)
All tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
Updated
Course Schedule, ENG 102
Module
Three: Drama: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun; Research
M.
4.27: Reading: Hansberry: Introduction, 17-53
agon, anagnorisis, catharsis, hubris, mimesis, parados, peripeteia, flat character, metaphor, round character, stock
character
W
4.29: Reading: Hansberry, 53-76
act, character, foreshadowing, plot
(rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, dénouement, resolution),
point of attack, scene, setting, tragedy
Essay Two Peer Review
All
tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
M
5.4: Reading: Hansberry, 76-109
dialogue, diction, guerilla
theater, mise-en-scène, scenery, stage directions, symbol, symbolism,
verisimilitude, context, leitmotif, linear plot, mood, motif, motivation,
spectacle, tableau
W
5.6 Reading, Hansberry, 109-151
allegory, aside, anti-hero,
blackface, dramatic irony, hero/heroine, minstrelsy, soliloquy, tragic hero,
deus ex machina, epilogue, exposition, foil, monologue, prologue, satire,
subtext
All
tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
Essay Two DUE
Essay Assignment Three
Module
Three: Fiction: Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games; Combining Skills
M
5.11: Reading: Collins, 1-85
W
5.13: Reading: Collins, 86-130
Peer
Review Workshop Essay Three
W
5.20: Collins, 233-302
All
tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
M
5.25: No Class
W
5.27: Collins, 303-374
All
tweets are due Sunday by 12 pm.
M
6.1: Preparation for Final Exam
Essay
Three DUE
W
6.3: Final Exam: The Hunger Games
No
more Tweets.
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This syllabus is subject to change at any time. Any alterations are at the
complete discretion of the professor.
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