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CLASS SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE:
Literature and Composition: Reading Culture, Reading the Family
COURSE CODE:
ENG 114.3
TERM:
Summer 2015
COURSE CREDITS:
3
DELIVERY:
Online
COURSE SECTION:
W02
START DATE:
June 25, 2015
END DATE:
August 11, 2015
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to historical and contemporary cultural forms in English.
The course links the reading of literature, the study and practice of writing, and the tools of
critical analysis. Works of literature have been chosen to give reasonable representation to
writing by men and women, and to writing from different national and cultural settings.
Note: Only 6 credit units of 100-Level English may be taken for credit.
Class Objectives
This class will introduce students to cultural studies and the major genres of poetry, drama, and
narrative. Students will be asked to read critically and write effectively about those literary works.
Class Overview
This first-year English class will promote critical engagement with literature involving the family
unit, occupying a variety of historical periods and literary genres. Secondarily, this is a skills
class, concentrating on improving students’ abilities to read critically and write well. The more
specific purposes include the following:
1. Through the careful reading of poetry, drama, and narrative literature, students will engage
with the ways in which creative writers have explored and explained the family unit.
2. Through the writing of essays, students will develop the writing skills necessary for
successful advanced work in the university and beyond.
This Class Syllabus contains the Required/Optional Text List, the Class Schedule, the Grading
Scheme, and the Evaluation Components.
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ENG 114.3 Literature and Composition: Reading Culture, Reading the Family
Please refer to the online modules which include discussion material about your required
readings, for which you will be responsible in the online postings, essays, and final examination.
The Appendix contains Required Resource Works that are not available in your other texts.
Module Overview
Module 1
Essay Writing
Module 2
Introduction to Cultural Studies/Family
Short Fiction
Module 3
Modern Drama: Ibsen and Pollock
Module 4
Novels: Lewis
Module 5
Drama: Shakespeare
Module 6
Poetry
Your Instructor
Your instructor and marker for this class is Rita S. Matlock, Sessional Lecturer (English
Department, University of Saskatchewan).
Contact Information
You should call or email me about any problems you may have with class content or essay
writing.
Office
306-966-4594 (M, W, F afternoons)
Home
306-220-0659
Email
[email protected]
Contact Hours
Generally, I will be available for phone (CCDE Writing Centre, 306-966-4594) or email
consultation Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons from 1-4 p.m. I will return your call or
email as soon as I am able (usually within the next academic day).
Profile
I have been an off-campus lecturer since 1990, and I have travelled more than 700,000 kms in
the province. I have taught face-to-face classes and offered writing workshops in many
locations, including Melfort, Nipawin, Tisdale, Swift Current, Kindersley, Rosetown, Warman,
Prince Albert, North Battleford, Regina, and La Ronge. I hope that I have not forgotten any of
the sites that I have visited! I enjoy travelling the province, except when I have to drive in a
blizzard!
During the fall/winter session, I also teach first-year English for SUNTEP at the University of
Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, and, in Spring/Summer session, I often teach a first-year class on
campus. I have worked as an Independent Studies facilitator and a Tutor/Marker for the firstyear televised English class for more than 25 years. As well, I created and have recently begun
facilitating three web-based first-year English classes. Currently, I am the coordinator for the
CCDE Writing Centre for students who study at a distance (DOC).
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My academic interests include nineteenth-century literature and history, especially the American
South and Victorian England. My non-academic interests include reading Anne Perry’s novels
and struggling with Sudoku. In my off-time, I enjoy riding motorcycles and walking my dogs.
Walking your dog or someone else’s dog is a good stress reliever, even in the winter months!
Some might say that this is the way to embrace winter in Saskatchewan.
Required Resources
Textbooks
Required Textbook List (alphabetical)
Browning, Robert. “My Last Duchess” and Other Poems. Dover Thrift Edition. ISBN: 9780486277837
Chopin, Kate. “A Pair of Silk Stockings” and Other Stories. Dover Thrift Edition. ISBN: 9780486292649
Concise Oxford English Dictionary or Oxford Dictionary of Current English. or http://www.oed.com
Department of English. Requirements for Essays.
http://artsandscience.usask.ca/english/pdf/RequirementsForEssays.pdf
Faigley, Lester, Roger Graves, and Heather Graves. The Brief Penguin Handbook. 3rd Canadian Ed.
Toronto: Pearson, 2014. ISBN: 9780205937523
Or digital version: www.coursesmart.com/students
Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll’s House. Ed. Philip Smith. Dover Thrift Edition. ISBN: 9780486270623
Joyce, James. Dubliners. Dover Thrift Edition. ISBN: 9780486291215
Lewis, Janet. The Wife of Martin Guerre. Ohio UP-Swallow P. ISBN: 9780804011433
Marken, Ron. “Explicating a Poem.” Permachart. ISBN: 9781554312092
Marken, Ron. “Free Verse Poetry.” Permachart. ISBN: 9781554312443
Matheson, Terry. “Understanding the Short Story.” Permachart. ISBN: 9781554312511
Negri, Paul, ed. Great Sonnets. Dover Thrift Edition. ISBN: 9780486280523
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Pollock, Sharon. Blood Relations and Other Plays. Prairie Play Series 22. NeWest Press.
ISBN: 9781896300641
Shakespeare, William. Othello. Ed. Roma Gill. Oxford School Shakespeare. ISBN: 9780198320517
Optional Text List
Marken, Ron. “Punctuation in Formal Writing.” Permachart. ISBN: 9781554312412
Marken, Ron “Writing Succinctly.” Permachart. ISBN: 9781554312429
Textbooks are available from the University of Saskatchewan Bookstore:
www.usask.ca/consumer_services/bookstore/textbooks
Electronic Resources
Some readings in this class will be available electronically. The links and PDFs will be
provided for you in your online class.
Update your Contact Information.
Log on to PAWS at http://www.paws.usask.ca and click the Address icon to ensure that your
contact information is correct. Your instructor will use this information to contact you.
The University communicates with students through PAWS and through the student’s University
e-mail account; it is the student’s responsibility to check for such communications. You are
required to use your PAWS email for all U of S communications.
For this class the instructor will be emailing weekly important class updates;
you are encouraged to check your U of S PAWS email daily.
Downloads
Some downloads may require Adobe Reader. To install this software, click this link and follow
the download and installation instructions: http://get.adobe.com/reader.
Supplementary Resources
See the modules in Blackboard.
Reading Actively and Making Notes
Be an active reader. Study actively.
To read actively, you need to make notes in the margins of the texts, underline, and highlight.
Get to know the texts so that you can find things easily.
To study actively, you should also make notes outside the text: i.e. a synopsis, character lists,
ideas as you read, connections and parallels between one work and another.
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And, most important of all, make lists of questions you think might be on the final exam. If you
were making up the exam, what would you want the students to think about? Devise interesting
and challenging comparative questions.
Syllabus Quiz
Students are required to complete the Syllabus Quiz with a grade of 100% before the Learning
Materials will be viewable.
Class Schedule
No Class Days for this Class in Summer 2015
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Canada Day
Friday, July 17 and Monday, July 20, 2015
Term 2 break
Monday, August 3, 2015
Saskatchewan Day
Week
Module
1 June 2526
Essay
Writing
Required Readings
(see modules for supplementary
readings/resources)
Faigley, Graves, and Graves, “Planning, Drafting,
and Revising;” “Read and View with a Critical Eye;”
and “Write About Literature,” The Brief Penguin
Handbook
Formal
Evaluation Due
Dates
June 25-26
Introductory
Informal Online
Posting
Dept. of English, Requirements for Essays,
http://artsandscience.usask.ca/english/pdf/Requirem
entsForEssays.pdf
Dept. of English, “Plagiarism,” Class Syllabus,
Additional Information section
“Integrity Defined,” Class Syllabus or Module 1 in
Blackboard
“Basic Patterns for Effective Sentences,”
Appendix A in Blackboard
2 June 2930
Cultural
Studies/
July 2-3
Short
Fiction
Cultural Criticism/Studies
Ross Murfin, “What is Cultural Criticism?”, PDF in
Blackboard
Laura Reitz-Wilson, “Race and Othello on Film,”
PDF in Blackboard
June 29-30
July 2-3
Evaluated Online
Posting 1 due
Library
Orientation due
no later than July
13, 2015
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Stephanie Coontz, “‘Two Birds within One Nest’:
Sentimental Marriage in Nineteenth-Century Europe
and North America,” PDF in Blackboard
Short Fiction
Terry Matheson, “Understanding the Short Story,”
Permachart
James Joyce, “Araby,” Dubliners
D.H. Lawrence, “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” PDF
in Blackboard
William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily,” PDF in
Blackboard
Kate Chopin, “Desiree’s Baby,” “A Pair of Silk
Stockings” and Other Stories
3 July 6-10,
2015 Modern
Drama
“Ibsen as a Dramatic Artist,” Ibsen Voyages, PDF in Essay 1 due
Thursday, July 9,
Blackboard
2015
Plant, Richard, “Drama in English.” PDF in
(Friday, July 10
Blackboard
with Extension)
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House
Sharon Pollock, Blood Relations, Blood Relations
and Other Plays
4 July13-16,
2015
Janet Lewis, The Wife of Martin Guerre
Novels
Library
Orientation due
no later than July
13, 2015
Library
Orientation due
no later than July
13, 2015
July 13-16
Evaluated Online
Posting 2
5 July 21-24
2015
July 2731, 2015 Shakespear
-ean Drama
William Shakespeare, Othello, Oxford School
Shakespeare ed.
Faigley, Graves, and Graves, “Planning Research
and Finding Sources;” “Incorporating and
Documenting Sources;” and “MLA,” The Brief
Penguin Handbook
July 21-24
Evaluated Online
Posting 3 due
Essay 2 due
Thursday, July
30, 2015 (Friday,
July 31 with
Extension)
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Week
Aug. 4-7,
2015
Module
6 Poetry
Required Readings
(see modules for supplementary
readings/resources)
Ron Marken, “Explicating a Poem,” Permachart
Formal
Evaluation Due
Dates
Ron Marken, “Free Verse Poetry,” Permachart
“A Short History of the Sonnet,” Folger Shakespeare
Library, PDF in Blackboard
Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover,” “My Last
Duchess” and Other Poems
Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess,” “My Last
Duchess” and Other Poems
William Shakespeare, “My mistress’ eyes are
nothing like the sun,” Great Sonnets
Edmund Spenser, “One day I wrote her name upon
the strand,” Great Sonnets
Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Reuben Bright,” Great
Sonnets
Theordore Roethke, “My Papa’s Waltz,” PDF in
Blackboard
Margaret Atwood, “you fit into me,” PDF in
Blackboard
Seamus Heaney, “Mother of the Groom,” PDF in
Blackboard
Louise Halfe, “The Boarding School,” PDF in
Blackboard
Louise Halfe, The Residential School Bus,” PDF in
Blackboard
Louise Halfe, “Wagon Ride,” PDF in Blackboard
Aug. 1011, 2015
Exam
Preparation/
Strategies
FINAL
EXAM
Appendix B in Blackboard
August 14, 2015
(9:00 a.m.)
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Note: If for any reason the Class Syllabus Reading List does not match the Module Reading
List, the Class Syllabus shall be taken as correct.
Grading Scheme
Essay #1
15%
Essay #2 (Limited Research)
30%
Evaluated Online Postings (3)
Students’ Discussion Forum
Postings
15%
10%
Final Examination
30%
Total
100%
Information on literal descriptors for grading at the University of Saskatchewan can be found at:
http://students.usask.ca/current/academics/grades/grading-system.php
Please note: There are different literal descriptors for undergraduate and graduate students.
More information on the Academic Courses Policy on course delivery, examinations and
assessment of student learning can be found at: http://policies.usask.ca/policies/academicaffairs/academic-courses.php
The University of Saskatchewan Learning Charter is intended to define aspirations about the
learning experience that the University aims to provide, and the roles to be played in realizing
these aspirations by students, instructors and the institution. A copy of the Learning Charter can
be found at: http://policies.usask.ca/documents/LearningCharter.pdf
Evaluation Components
CCDE Writing Centre - Quality writing help for free! Anyone taking a distance class (online, independent studies, televised, or multi–mode delivery)
administered by the CCDE can use this free service. The Writing Centre provides tools and
support to help you write effective essays, reports, or reviews. Simply submit a project draft, and
a qualified tutor will assess your work and offer advice to improve your project. Contact the
CCDE Writing Centre at http://www.ccde.usask.ca/writing Formal Requirements
1. Study the required texts.
2. Submit 2 essays on the appropriate dates. Late penalties may apply to essays submitted
after the due dates. No essays will be accepted after August 11, 2015. Incomplete class
work (essay submission) will result in a grade of not exceeding 49%.
3. Submit 3 Evaluated Online Postings within the appropriate dates.
4. Participate regularly in the online Student Discussion Forum.
5. Complete an online Library Orientation.
6. Write a two-hour invigilated final examination in August.
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Written Assignments
You are required to submit 2 essays, make 3 online postings to a discussion topic, participate
regularly in the Student Discussion Forum, and write an invigilated final examination. The
assignments are posted online in Blackboard.
Evaluated Online Posting 1
Value:
5% of final grade
Due Date:
See Class Schedule
Purpose:
One 100-150 word paragraph (marked on content and expression) responding to
one of the assigned discussion topics
Description: See the evaluated postings assignment for the details of the questions, etc.
Essay 1
Value:
15% of final grade
Due Date:
See Class Schedule
Purpose:
The essay will ask students to discuss an assigned topic in response to one of
the literary works in module 2.
Description: See the essay assignment for the details of the topic, expectations, etc.
Evaluated Online Posting 2
Value:
5% of final grade
Due Date:
See Class Schedule
Purpose:
One 100-150 word paragraph (marked on content and expression) responding to
one of the assigned discussion topics
Description: See the evaluated postings assignment for the details of the questions, etc.
Evaluated Online Posting 3
Value:
5% of final grade
Due Date:
See Class Schedule
Purpose:
One 100-150 word paragraph (marked on content and expression) responding to
one of the assigned discussion topics
Description: See the evaluated postings assignment for the details of the questions, etc.
Essay 2
Value:
30% of final grade (Essay 25%, Research and Resource Use 5 %)
Due Date:
See Class Schedule
Purpose:
The essay will ask students to discuss an assigned topic in response to one of
the literary works in modules 3 or 4. Students will also be required to conduct online research
using the University of Saskatchewan library and incorporate one resource in the essay.
Description: See the essay assignment for the details of the topic, expectations, etc.
Student Discussion Forum
Value:
10% of final grade
Due Date:
At least once in the five literature Modules (2-6)
Purpose:
This semi-formal Student Discussion Forum is meant to encourage you to
engage with the literary texts and the topics among yourselves.
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Description: See the Student Discussion Forum information for the details of the topic,
expectations, etc.
Final Exam
Value:
30% of final grade
Due Date:
See Class Schedule
Purpose:
The exam is comprehensive and will cover all of the class readings.
Description: The two-hour exam is invigilated and closed book. Students will write short
answers and 1 essay OR 2 essays drawn from all the class readings.
The day and time of your final examination will be listed in your PAWS account.
The location listed in PAWS for your exam is the Saskatoon location. If you want to write your
final exam outside Saskatoon, you must complete an Application for Final Examination form,
available at: https://ccde.usask.ca/exam-info This will let us know where you would like to write
your exam.
Students writing in Saskatoon do not need to complete this form.
Extensions and Late Assignments
One extension of 1 day will be granted to each student to be used at your discretion for essay 1
or 2. The extension cannot be used for Postings and the Final Exam.
Students may earn a second 1-day extension for completing the online Library Orientation with
marks of 80% or more on the 4 Library Module Quizzes.
You do not need to contact me if you are going to use your extension.
Late essays (after you have used your extension) will be penalized at 3% per day, including
weekend days.
If you have a documented medical or compassionate situation, you will need to make
arrangements with me to submit your assignments in a timely manner.
All essays must be submitted in order to be considered for a pass in the class.
No assignments will be accepted after August 11, 2015.
Submission of Assignments
Electronically to your instructor in the Blackboard Learn system. No emailed essays will be
accepted.
Additional Information
English Department Standards for Composition
To pass English 114.3 a student must by the end of the class have shown competence in the
following:
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1.
organizing an essay on a set topic, developing ideas logically and systematically, and
supporting these ideas with the necessary evidence, quotations, or examples;
2.
organizing a paragraph;
3.
documenting essays using the MLA method;
4.
writing grammatical sentences, avoiding such mistakes as the following:
i. comma splices, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments
ii. faulty agreement of subject and verb or pronoun and antecedent
iii. faulty or vague reference (e.g., vague use of this, that, or which)
iv. shifts in person and number, tense, or mood
v. dangling modifiers;
5.
spelling correctly; and
6.
punctuating correctly.
Students with Disabilities
Students who have disabilities (learning, medical, physical, or mental health) are strongly
encouraged to register with Disability Services for Students (DSS) if they have not already done
so. Students who suspect they may have disabilities should contact DSS for advice and
referrals. In order to access DSS programs and supports, students must follow DSS policy and
procedures. For more information, check http://www.students. usask.ca/disability/, or contact
DSS at 966-7273 or [email protected].
A Friendly Reminder about Plagiarism
You are plagiarizing if you present the words or thoughts of someone else as if they were your
own (Exceptions are proverbial sayings or common knowledge), or if you submit without
approval of the instructor any work for which credit has previously been obtained or is being
sought in another course.
Avoid charges of plagiarizing by acknowledging your sources in the essay and including them in
the list of works cited. When quoting, make sure that all words and phrases from the source are
in quotation marks. When paraphrasing, acknowledge the source of the idea but rewrite in your
own language. For further information see the Department of English Requirements for Essays
online document.
Plagiarism, whether from the Net, from other students, or from published sources, is a serious
academic offense that bears severe consequences. Instructors will report such offenses to the
dean of the student’s college, and any allegations will be reviewed by the university’s committee
on Student Academic Dishonesty. Penalties can range from a “0” on an essay to a reduced
mark for the course to expulsion from the University. Records of penalties assessed are kept on
file by the University Registrar; penalties become more severe for subsequent offences. For
more information on plagiarism, see
http://www.usask.ca/university_secretary/honesty/
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Integrity Defined (from the Office of the University Secretary)
“Integrity is expected of all students in their academic work – class participation, examinations,
assignments, research, practica – and in their non-academic interactions and activities as well.”
(Office of the University Secretary)
It is your responsibility to be familiar with the University of Saskatchewan Guidelines for
Academic Conduct. More information is available at
http://www.usask.ca/secretariat/student-conduct-appeals/IntegrityDefined.pdf
Module Objectives
Module 1 Essay Writing
1.
2.
3.
4.
Recognize the elements in the essay-writing process, including free writing, mind
maps/webs, mini outlines, formal outlines, and editing lists and strategies.
Employ the three-part structure of an essay when writing your own essays.
Organize an essay on a set topic.
Cite a literary work or a secondary resource in an essay or on a Works Cited page using
MLA format.
Module 2 Short Fiction
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Recognize the introductory ideas about cultural criticism/studies.
Recognize the elements of fiction, including point of view, plot, setting, characters, and
themes.
Apply the literary terms associated with fiction when you analyze these short stories.
Identify the point of view in each of the short stories; assess the significant characteristics of
each point of view; and explain how the point of view creates the story as we have it.
Explain the historical/social/cultural milieus of each of the short stories.
Explore themes within the short stories, including the dynamics of family relationships.
Module 3 Late Nineteenth-Century Drama and Late Twentieth-Century Drama
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Recognize the elements of drama, including plot, setting, characters, and themes.
Explain the differences between prose fiction as a genre and modern drama.
Apply the literary terms associated with drama when you analyze the plays.
Explore each play’s nineteenth-century milieu, noting their similarities and differences.
Analyze the dynamics of family relationships, including parents/children, husbands/wives,
and siblings, within each of the two plays, and compare them.
Module 4 Novels
1.
2.
3.
4.
Recognize the elements of fiction, including point of view, plot, setting, characters, and
themes in a longer work of fiction.
Explain some of the differences between short stories and the novel as genres.
Apply the literary terms associated with fiction when you analyze the novel.
Explore the historical/social/cultural milieu of the sixteenth-century French setting for the
novel.
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5.
Analyze the dynamics or “politics” of family relationships, including parents/children and
husbands/wives: Monsieur and Madame Guerre, Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols, and
Arnaud du Tilh and Bertrande de Rols.
Module 5 Shakespearean Drama
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Explain the literary definition of tragedy (not the same definition as in everyday usage) and
other related definitions and apply them to this Shakespearean tragedy.
Explain the elements of this play, including setting, plot, characters, and themes.
Recognize, in general terms, the differences between Shakespearean drama and modern
drama.
Explore the play’s sixteenth-century milieu (social/historical/cultural), noting its most
significant characteristics.
Analyze the dynamics of family relationships, including parents/children and
husbands/wives.
Module 6 Poetry
1.
2.
3.
Recognize the elements of poetry, including those of the dramatic monologue, sonnet and
open verse forms.
Analyze and interpret each of the poems in relation to the significant technical elements
such as speaker, rhyme scheme, and organization features as well as the themes/ideas.
Explore the family dynamics or politics and social criticism in the poems, keeping in mind
the historical/social/cultural setting of the poems if it is identifiable and applicable.
Acknowledgements
Class Author
Rita Matlock, B.A. Hons. (University of Saskatchewan); M.A. (University of Saskatchewan);
Sessional Lecturer, English Department, University of Saskatchewan; Coordinator, CCDE
Writing Centre, University of Saskatchewan
In consultation with:
T.J. Matheson, Ph.D. (English Department, University of Saskatchewan)
Instructional Design and Class Development
Margareth Peterson (Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan)
Revisions 2012-2013, May 2015
Jeanette McKee, M.Ed. (Centre for Continuing & Distance Education, University of
Saskatchewan)
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