Syllabus for WRC 1013
Syllabus for ENG 2013.007 - Introduction to Literature
University of Texas at San Antonio
Fall 2010
Wes Spradley, Instructor
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“Writing is not literature unless it gives to the reader a pleasure which arises not only from the things said, but from the way in which they are said.”
- Stoppford Brooke
Course Description
This course is an introduction to literature for non-English majors. It includes a survey of literary works from various genres and periods. Students will be introduced to several major critical approaches to use as tools in analyzing short stories, poetry, drama, film, and the novel.
Course Objectives
The goals for this course are based on the university’s Domain IV Core Curriculum goals, and may be summarized thusly: 1) The course should give students an awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. 2) The course should give students a basic knowledge of the guiding principles, both aesthetic and theoretical, of the arts and humanities. 3) The course should enable the student to respond thoughtfully and critically to literary works as expressions of individual and human values and aesthetics within historical and social contexts.
Course Structure
The topics we will cover in this course in broad outline include:
Short fiction – Weeks 2-5
Poetry – Weeks 6-9
Drama – Weeks 10-12
Longer fiction – Weeks 13-15
Course Requirements
Four Exams -- one at the end of each section. Please bring an 882-E scantron for these exams.
Quizzes -- Please buy a couple of packages of the 815-E scantron for these quizzes.
Reader Response Paragraphs -- as listed in the assignments on the Calendar page on CE6.
Selected Shorts on NPR – . Selected Shorts, a one hour radio program on National Public Radio, explores the world of the short story through sound, giving the audience a chance to hear a story read aloud. On three different occasions over the semester, listen to the entire one hour program and write a one page account of your listening experience.
Read aloud to a friend or small group – On three different occasions over the semester read aloud to a small group of your choice. Each reading experience should be 30 minutes to an hour. Get feedback from your friends, and write for each reading a one page report – your observations about reading, about your audience, about their understanding and appreciation of what you read for them.
Summary of Grading for the course
Four exams – 60%.
Pop quizzes – 10%.
Reader response paragraphs – 10%.
Selected Shorts on NPR – 10%.
Read aloud experience – 10%.
Extra credit on final average for London Shakespeare Actors group.
Course Texts
Booth, Alison, and Kelly J. Mays. The Norton Introduction to Literature. 10th ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 2010.
Melville, Herman. Benito Cereno. Bedford College Editions. Ed. Wyn Kelley. Boston: Bedford, 2008.
Important Notes and Policies
Make up work:
No make up of pop quizzes
No make up of exams
Exceptions: religious holidays, university-sponsored events, verifiable legal/medical issues. Please notify me ahead of time for these exceptions.
Make up exams will not be the same format as the scheduled exam.
Quizzes:
Quizzes are short and objective and may be anytime during class.
If you come in late for a quiz, no extra time will be given.
Disabilities: To receive support services, students with disabilities must register with Disability Services (MS 2.03.18; 458-4157-voice; 458-4981-TTY).
Finally, any time you feel the need to discuss your writing with me or have questions about the class, feel free to drop by during office hours (I schedule office hours specifically for you), schedule a conference, or drop me an email.
Course Schedule – Fall 2010
Week 1 – Introduction to the Course
1. 8/26 Thursday, First Day of Class – Introduction to Course, Requirements, Expectations, Other Stuff to Get Us Started
Unit I – Short Fiction
Week 2 – The Role of Stories in Human Existence, Kinds of Stories
2. 8/31 Tuesday
“Flight Patterns”
“Gorilla, My Love”
“Boys and Girls”
3. 9/2 Thursday
“A & P”
“The Lost World”
“The Country Husband”
Week 3 – Stories occur in a context
4. 9/7 Tuesday – Cultural and Historical Context – Women at the turn of 20th century America
“The Story of an Hour” – Kate Chopin
“The Storm” – Kate Chopin
Historical documents
5. 9/9 Thursday
“The Yellow Wallpaper” – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“A Jury of Her Peers” – Susan Glaspell
Historical Documents
Week 4 – Author’s Own Work as Context – Flannery O’Connor
6. 9/14 Tuesday
“Good Country People”
“Everything that Rises Must Converge”
O’Connor Stuff
7. 9/16 Thursday
“A Good Man is Hard to Find”
O’Connor Stuff
Week 5 – The Elements of Story – Plot, etc.
8. 9/21 Tuesday
“Why I Live at the Post Office” – Eudora Welty
“The Birth-Mark” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“Bobby and Blackie” – Wes Spradley
9. 9/23 Thursday –
“Hills Like White Elephants” Earnest Hemingway
“Barn Burning” – William Faulkner
Week 6
10. 9/28 Tuesday – Exam on Short Fiction
Unit II – Poetry
11. 9/30 Thursday – Narrative Poetry – Some poetry tells stories as we found in short fiction. And so we talk about epic poetry, and we talk about narrative poetry.
Frost, 1020
Robinson, 801
Larkin, 804
Anonymous, 812
Song, 815
Eliot, 1013
Browning, 1009
Rich, 769
Week 7 – But poetry is highly condensed language intended to heighten emotions. Include here a discussion of the elements of poetry, such as metrical feet, symbolism, setting.
and the elements of poetry, such as metrical feet, symbolism, setting, situation, the occasions (occasional poetry) that give rise to poetry.
Texas country music star Walker from Mexia. She wrote country music. KUT, July 22, 2010, in the morning on the way down to SA. Point is that things happen that trigger powerful emotions that need to be expressed. Those powerful emotions expressed are poetry.
12. 10/5 Tuesday – Language
730
Kinnell, 664
Grosholz, 665
Hayden, 666
Baca, 666
Cherry, 667
Ortiz, 669
Feldstein, 670
Yeats, “The Second Coming,” 901
Dickinson, “Because I Could not stop for Death,” 886
“Wild Nights,” 889
Chap. 13, pg. 730-772
Especially, pp. 756-758
13. 10/7 Thursday – Language and Music, pg. 793-800.
Week 8
14. 10/12 Tuesday – Form – Sonnet, etc.,
External Form, Chap. 16, pg. 824 – the most important form not included in the chapter is blank verse. Give a summary of forms.
Moras, 808
The Sonnet –
Hayden, 1027
Hopkins, 1030
Donne, 1012
15. 10/14 Thursday – Poetry in context – historical – Harlem Renaissance, pp. 947-981
Bontemps, 956
Cullen, 957-958
Grimke, 958-959
Hughes, 959-961
Johnson, 962
Mckay, 962-964
Historical background, 964-981
Introductory Material, 948-956
Week 9
16. 10/19 Tuesday – Poetry in context – literary tradition, pg. 909-945, especially on Eden.
17. 10/21 Thursday – Exam on Poetry
Drama
Week 10
18. 10/26 Tuesday – Trifles, Susan Glaspell, 1073
19. 10/28 Thursday – The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard, 1083
Week 11
20. 11/2 Tuesday – A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry, 1583
21. 11/4 Thursday – A Raisin in the Sun
Week 12
22. 11/9 Tuesday – Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, 1646
23. 11/11 Thursday – Death of a Salesman
Week 13
24. 11/16 Tuesday – Exam on Drama
Longer Fiction
25. 11/18 Thursday – “Bartleby, the Scrivener” – Herman Melville (25 pages) and “The Open Boat” – Stephen Crane (17 pages)?????
Week 14
26. 11/23 Tuesday – Benito Cereno
27. 11/25 Thursday – Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 15
28. 11/30 Tuesday – Benito Cereno
29. 12/2 Thursday, Last Day of Class – finish discussion of BC and prepare for final.
Week 16 – Final Exams Begin Wednesday, December 8.
Final Exam is on Tuesday, December 14.
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