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English
160/01 Winter 2011 |
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Maryam Barrie 734-973-3737 |
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This course will present a variety of canonical and contemporary poetry and drama, and we will be using critical skills of analysis through discussion and writing assignments. As the course is a survey, we will not be focusing on a particular time period, but will cover a wide variety of poetry and drama, in an effort to discover what sort of works you as a reader find particularly compelling, difficult and interesting. Since literature is not a science with right and wrong answers, we will be working on developing your ability to verbalize and articulate why your response to given works is what it is. You won't be required to like everything we cover, but you will be nagged into expressing how you evaluate the work, and why. |
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Required
Texts: Delbanco,
Nicholas and Alan Cheuse eds. Literature: Craft
and Voice, Volume 2 Poetry. New York: McGraw
Hill, 2010. Delbanco,
Nicholas and Alan Cheuse eds. Literature: Craft and Voice, Volume 3 Drama. New York: McGraw
Hill, 2010. Stoppard,
Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are
Dead. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1994. Optional Text (for final project) Chekov,
Anton. Plays. London: Penguin
Books, 2002. |
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Our work will largely involve discussion of the materials read for each class period, but there will also be 10 weekly writing assignments (one to two page Reader responses), quizzes and exams, in- class presentations on the areas under discussion (these will involve outside sources reflecting your research), an analytic literary paper on a poem of your choice from Literature: Craft and Voice Volume 2 Poetry, and a final project involving one of several plays (we will discuss options later in the term). In addition to the readings from the anthology, some of your assigned readings will be handouts on the Blackboard server. Part of your responsibility in the course will be to print out the handouts in addition to reading them, so that you will have them in class for our discussions [not having copies of the handouts with you in class will put you at a serious disadvantage for the inclass quizzes]. Having a laptop in class in order to have access to the handouts is acceptable, though using your laptop for entertainment during class is not. Accessing the handouts at Blackboard will be demonstrated in class. If you have particular difficulties accessing Blackboard, or printing out the handouts, please contact me outside of class so that we can make special arrangements before the reading assignments are due. |
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Guidelines for Classroom
Conduct Excessive absences (more than three) or excessive tardiness
(more than six) may result in the reduction of your final grade by a full
letter grade. Our class will only meet for 45 hours over the course of the
semester – so missing class regularly will prevent you from completing the
class successfully. If you must arrive to class late, or must leave early, please communicate your circumstances to me before or after class. |
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Shakespeare Links The University Musical Society -in
Ann Arbor Related Links The Carnegie Mellon English Server In addition, there are literature links and general links pages at the site |
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If you think you may have a documented disability please let me know. There is plenty of support for you here at Learning Support Services, which you can reach at 734-973-3342. |
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Please note: I follow WCC policies and procedures regarding academic dishonesty. This means that I routinely check all student work for plagarism, and will follow the sequence of consequences outlined in the student handbook should the need arise. |
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©2011 Maryam Barrie |
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