ENC 1102: Writing about Literature
SPRING A 2013 (January 7-February 22)
Section: 080
Meeting Times: MWF 10-11:50 am
Room: A-205
Instructor: Dr. Trisha Kannan
Website: http://plaza.ufl.edu/trishak
Office: B-207
E-mail: trisha.kannan@sfcollege.edu OR tk1139@gmail.com
Office Hours: M & W 9-10 am; Friday 2-3 pm
Course Information:
This course is designed to instruct the student to analyze carefully the different literary genres: fiction,
poetry, and drama. The style, form, and content of literary works are examined in detail. Students are
required to write compositions based upon class discussions and upon their readings. Students are
encouraged to appreciate literature as an art form and to develop a critical sense of appropriate language
as employed by various authors throughout literary history.
Official GELO (General Education Learning Outcome) for ENC 1102: Communication:
Demonstrate effective reading, writing, speaking, listening, and nonverbal communication skills.
Minimum Course Outcomes:
• Students will be competent in reading instructions and essays.
• Students will be able to write essays substantially free of major errors of standard written English.
• Students will be able to use supporting details in an essay.
• Students will be competent in structuring essays.
• Students will be competent in formatting their essays according to MLA conventions.
• Students will be able to incorporate information from two or more distinct sources into an essay
with an analytical or argumentative purpose.
• Students will learn that the process of writing requires working with drafts in order to achieve an
effective final product.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
To receive credit for this course, you must be here. Because the exchange of ideas between students and
the regular feedback from the instructor are crucial to learning the skills taught in this course, students
will not meet minimal course requirements (i.e. pass the course) if they do not attend regularly. With that
in mind, the English department expects that you will attend at least 85% of the class meetings for this
course. If you miss more than 15% of the class meetings, then you will fail the course. There are 18
class meetings for this section, so you cannot pass once you have 3 absences.
YOU GET ONE FREE ABSENCE!! After your FIRST absence, 10 points PER ABSENCE will be
deducted from your participation grade; 5 points will be deducted for each tardy.
PLEASE DO NOT be late to class! If you know you have problems getting to class or getting to
class on time, then please take another section!! If you miss ONE section of this accelerated course,
then it is comparable to missing a week of a non-accelerated course. We meet for TWO HOURS,
THREE TIMES a week—this does NOT mean that you can be an hour late!!
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IMPORTANT NOTES:
* It is the student’s responsibility to keep up with the course. If you are absent, then you must
email me to find out what you missed. Assignments are due whether or not you are in class.
*I will NOT advise you of your progress in the course unless you talk to me during office hours.
*You MUST be in the habit of checking your email through Angel since this is my primary means
of communication. It is your responsibility to be aware of any announcements sent to you via
Angel. If you do not know how to access Angel, then please come to my office hours.
*I will NOT email you to let you know how many absences you have. You are responsible for being
aware of how many classes you have missed or for visiting my office hours to discuss your standing
in the course. Keep in mind you CANNOT pass once you have 3 absences, regardless of the reason.
Required Texts:
Literature To Go, First Edition, Michael Meyer
The Bedford Handbook, Diana Hacker, 2009
Assignments:
Free response papers (25 points each): These must be typed and turned in at the beginning of class
when stated on the syllabus. The response is NOT a formal paper; it is a general reaction to ONE
or TWO texts from the course.
Essay #1 and Essay #2: Formal in-class papers in response to a given prompt (100 points each)
Essay #3 (200 points): A formal literary analysis with outside sources—the final paper for the
course!!
*Proposal sheet for final paper: 30 points
*Works Cited: 20 points
Literary Terms Tests (25 points each): 50 points total (can be made up within one week)
Quizzes and in-class activities (150 points): These will be surprises; quizzes must be made up as
homework or on the day you return to class; it is your responsibility to contact me to find out what
you missed; in-class activities that are not quizzes cannot be made up
Participation (200 points): You get points for coming to class and you are expected to contribute in
every class; you will lose points for not being prepared and for missing class, regardless of the
excuse
**Note: certain in-class behaviors, such as sleeping or texting, count as being unprepared and I will
quietly deduct 10 points**
Mid-term Exam (100 points): Comprehensive exam that tests your reading comprehension
Grades: There are 1,000 points possible in the course and your final grade will be determined as follows:
900-1000:A
850-899: B+
800-849: B
750-799: C+
700-749: C
650-699: D+
600-649: D
Below 600: F
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GORDON RULE
Written assignments in this course fulfill the Gordon Rule writing requirement. In addition to a
satisfactory evaluation of this work based on content, the student is expected to demonstrate
competence in English composition and grammar. A course grade of D or D+ will allow the course to
count as an elective, but neither Gordon Rule nor General Education credit will be given.
PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING
It is expected that the work you submit in all of your courses is your own. To enforce that principle
of academic legitimacy, SF subscribes to Turnitin.com, an on-line anti-plagiarism system. Within
the context of this course we will discuss appropriate text citation; incorrect use of outside sources is
academically dishonest, and will result in the failure of that assignment as the minimum
punishment; it may result in dismissal from the college. See the Student Conduct Code at
<http://dept.sfcollege.edu/rules/PDF/Rule_7/7_23.pdf>.
DISABILITY NOTIFICATION
In compliance with Santa Fe College policy and equal access laws, I am available to discuss
appropriate academic accommodations that you may require as a student with a disability. Requests
for academic accommodations need to be made during the first week of the semester (except for
unusual circumstances) so arrangements can be made. You must be registered with Disabilities
Resource Center (DRC) in S-112 for disability verification and determination of reasonable academic
accommodations.
DISCRIMINATION/HARASSMENT POLICY
Santa Fe prohibits any form of discrimination or sexual harassment among students, faculty, and staff.
For further information refer to the SFC Human Resources Policies website at
<http://dept.sfcollege.edu/humresources/handbooks/index.htm>.
WITHDRAWL
The last day to withdraw from the class and receive a refund is Wednesday, January 9th. The last
day to withdraw and receive a W is Monday, February 11th. If you stop attending but do not
officially withdraw, you will receive an F.
CAMPUS SERVICES
Writing Lab: The Writing Lab (G-06) or the ESL Composition Lab (I-01) may be helpful.
Printing: You can print in the library and for free (up to 5 pages) in the Writing Lab.
LATE PAPERS/ASSIGNMENTS
A late assignment will be reduced by half of a letter grade for each day it is late, including days the
class does not meet.
MAKE-UP TESTS
There will be no make-up exams unless arrangements are made with me, and you have a limited time
to make these arrangements. Make-up exams must be taken in the Testing and Assessment Center
(Building G, Room 25). My office hours are for extra help and to speak with students—you
CANNOT make up any missed work in my office!!
PLEASE NOTE: The following schedule is subject to change and it is your responsibility to
keep up with any changes. Unless noted, all readings are in Literature to Go. If you do not have the
book with you in class, then I will deduct 15 points from your participation grade for each
occurrence.
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Week One: JANUARY 7-11: Early Modern Poetry
In Class
Readings to be
discussed
Homework: Unless noted as a “handout,” all
readings can be found in Literature To Go
M
1/7
Intro to course; literary
terms practice test
None
Find and print “Comus” by Friday for 10 points extra
credit
W
1/9
Intro to course; intro to
Early Modern poetry
None
F
1/11
Poetic forms
Herrick, Marvell,
Donne, Shakespeare
Robert Herrick, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
(p. 383)
Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress (p. 384)
John Donne, The Apparition &The Flea (p. 568)
William Shakespeare, Shall I compare thee to a summer’s
day? & My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (p. 487)
Read “Comus”
Week Two: JANUARY 14-18: Romantic and Early Victorian Poetry
In Class
Readings to be discussed
Homework
M
1/14
Presentations
“Comus”
William Wordsworth, London, 1802 (p. 422)
William Blake, The Chimney Sweeper (p.445)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, What Is an Epigram? (p. 494)
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind (p. 498)
John Keats, Ode on A Grecian Urn (p. 394)
W
1/16
Reading Quiz #1
Wordsworth, Blake,
Coleridge, Shelley, Keats
Rossetti’s Goblin Market (handout) AND Some Ladies
Dress in Muslin Full and White (p. 580)
F
1/18
Free Response #1
DUE
Literary Terms
Test #1
Rossetti
Dickinson’s Fascicle 16 (handout)
Week Three: JANUARY 21-25: American Poetry
In Class
M
1/21
NO CLASS
W
1/23
Presentations
F
1/25
ESSAY #1: Poetry
Explication
Readings to be
discussed
Homework
Dickinson
KATE CHOPIN, The Story of an Hour (p. 13)
GUY DE MAUPASSANT, The Necklace (p. 202)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY, Soldier's Home (p.302)
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Week Four: JANUARY 28-FEBRUARY 1: Modernist & Contemporary Short Stories
In Class
Readings to be discussed
M
1/28
Reading Quiz #2
Chopin, Maupassant, &
Hemingway
W
1/30
Reading Quiz #3
O’Connor
Homework
FLANNERY O’CONNOR,
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (p. 261)
NADINE GORDIMER, Loot (handout)
E. ANNIE PROULX, 55 Miles to the Gas Pump
(p. 329)
JAMAICA KINCAID, Girl (p. 307)
Lit Terms Test #2
F
2/1
Gordimer, Proulx, and Kincaid
Reading Quiz #4
Prepare for Essay #2
Response #2
DUE!!
Week Five: FEBRUARY 4-8
M
2/4
W
2/6
F
2/8
In Class
Readings to be discussed
ESSAY #2:
Character
Analysis
Exam Prep
None
Mid-Term
Exam
None
Homework
None
Pick a topic for final paper (Essay #3)
Week Six: FEBRUARY 11-15
In Class
Readings to be
discussed
M
2/11
Conferences
None
W
2/13
Library
None
F
2/15
Proposal & Works
Cited DUE
None
Homework
Week Seven: FEBRUARY 18-22
In Class
Readings to be
discussed
Homework
M
2/18
In-class work with
paper
None
Work on Essay #3
W
2/20
In-class work with
paper
None
F
2/22
Essay #3 DUE!!
None
LAST DAY OF CLASS!!
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