ENGLISH 2332 - WORLD LITERATURE I - SYLLABUS - FALL 2017 Dr. Chris Grooms, H 210, H 205 suite, 972-881-5952, Office: MW: 10 a.m.-12 noon, W: 6-7 p.m.; TR: 9-10 a.m., F: by appt. E-mail: cgrooms@collin.edu, Course website: iws.collin.edu/grooms/wl1sylmw.htm COURSE DESCRIPTION: A survey of world literature from the ancient world through the sixteenth century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions. Prerequisites: English 1302 or English 2311. REQUIRED TEXTS: Puchner, Martin, ed., et al. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Volume I, Shorter 3/e. Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Summers, eds. Rules for Writers, Bedford/St. Martin s, 8/e (with 2016 MLA Update). GRADE PERCENTAGES / SCALE: 2 essays (600+ words each): 40%, Response papers (400+ words each): 30%, Quizzes, exercises: 10%, Final essay: 20% / Scale: A = 90+, B = 80-89, C = 70-79, D = 60-69, F = -59 LEARNING OBJECTIVES & EXPECTED OUTCOMES: Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature. Demonstrate personal responsibility through the ethical use of intellectual property. ABSENCE POLICY Because I take attendance at the beginning of each class, tardiness counts as an absence. Leaving class before dismissal also counts as an absence. Chronic tardiness interferes with academic instruction to all students in the classroom setting and as such may be subject to disciplinary procedures. (2017-2018 Student Handbook, section 7-2.3, item C). You cannot pass this course with four absences, excused or otherwise. You are responsible for your own attendance and work. Friday, October 20, is the last day to withdraw with a W. Note: Beginning Fall 2016, Texas residents attempting a course more than twice at Collin College are subject to regular tuition plus an additional $50 per semester credit hour. Undergraduate courses attempted at Collin College with a graded status of A, B, C, D, F, I, W (withdrawals after census), and AU (Audit) will be evaluated for repeat limits. Refer to the Collin College website for a complete list of courses exempt from the course repeat tuition and how to qualify for exemptions from the higher tuition rate. www.collin.edu/gettingstarted/register/withdrawal.html ADA STATEMENT Collin County Community College provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals who are students with disabilities (2017-2018 Student Handbook, section 5.2, Accommodations at Collin County for Equal Support Services - ACCESS ). Students should provide the class instructor with a copy of the letter of accommodation as soon as they receive such written and signed confirmation from the ACCESS office. For specific information on policies and processes for accommodation, contact ACCESS at 972-881-5898 (Voice/TTY) - ACCESS offices: Suite D140, SCC.
COURSE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES Essay Length and Format: Essays are 600 words minimum; Response Papers are 400 words minimum. Format all work with MLA format guidelines for parenthetical documentation; no Works Cited page is necessary for course textbook citations. Follow Works Cited instructions on the MLA format guidelines for JSTOR references. I do not accept response paper or essay submissions that 1) do not follow basic MLA format course guidelines, 2) do not have MLA parenthetical documentation throughout the essay (avoid quotes paraphrase and cite all textbook sources), or 3) do not have a word count and Works Cited reference at the end of the paper or essay. Revision: With the course revision guidelines, carefully review each essay or response paper both before submission and after receiving a grade to reveal strengths and eliminate weaknesses in your writing as the course progresses. If you wish to go to the Writing Center, ask for an instructor referral for revision after you receive a graded response paper or essay. As the web page for the Writing Center states, the Writing Center consultants will not: write the paper for the student, proofread and/or edit the paper, judge the paper according to grade, or guarantee a quick fix for student s writing problem. The Writing Center is located on the Spring Creek Campus, D-203 - (972) 881-5843, For current hours and services, please refer to their web page: http://www.collin.edu/studentresources/writingcenter/ Late Work: Subtract one full letter grade (10 points) from the grade on any essay or response paper for each class day that it is late or needs resubmission for not following MLA format instructions. After two class days beyond the due date (-20 points), I will not accept a late response paper or essay. For submissions, you must be in attendance and turn in the essay or response paper to the instructor at the end of the class period on the due date. I do not accept e-mail, class drop-off, or office drop-off submissions. Failure to submit all assigned major essays constitutes a ground for failure in the course. Reading Quizzes: I give reading quizzes at the beginning of class on calendar dates that require readings (including introductions, biographies, timelines, and selected works). You may not make up in-class quizzes. I drop the lowest reading quiz grade from your semester average at the end of the course. Please complete the readings for each calendar date before class. Cell Phones and Laptop Computers: Please turn off and store all cell phones and/or laptop computers with Web access while in the classroom (before or during class). If you need to monitor any outside communication for emergency purposes during a specific class, please set your phone on vibrate and inform the instructor before class begins. It is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct to engage in the use of media and telecommunication devices during class (2017-2018 Student Handbook, section 7-2.3, item S, Student Code of Conduct, ; Academic Etiquette and the College Experience, section 6.1). COURSE WEB SITE: iws.collin.edu/grooms/wl1sylmw.htm Left Menu: Syllabus (Course Policies and Textbooks) and Revision Guidelines Right Menu: Weekly Calendar of Readings, Essays and Response Paper Assignments
ENGLISH 2332 - WORLD LITERATURE I - CALENDAR - FALL 2017 Please complete the following readings (introductions, biographies, timelines, and works) by the week: day. AUGUST 1: (28) Introduction to the Course (30) Writing Sample / Revision Guidelines Survey. SEPTEMBER ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE 2: (6) Preface, xix-xxv; The Invention of Writing and the Earliest Literatures, 1-6. THE HEBREW BIBLE (ca. 1000 300 B.C.E.), 89-94; Genesis, Chapter 11 [The Tower of Babel], 103. THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT GOSPELS (ca. first century C.E.), 816-18; John I [The Word], 830-31. CREATION TALES 3: (11) THE BAYLONIAN CREATION EPIC (ENUMA ELISH), 21; from Tablet I, V, VI, VII, 22-26. POPOL VUH (transcribed 1554-58), 1905-06; From Part 1, [Prologue, Creation], 1906-09; From Part 4, [Origin of Humanity, First Dawn], 1916-19. (13) THE HEBREW BIBLE (ca. 1000 300 B.C.E.), 89-94; Genesis, Chapters 1 4 [From Creation to the Murder of Abel], 94-98. THE FLOOD 4: (18) THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH (ca. 1900 250 B.C.E.), 33-37, Tablet XI, 80-88. (20) THE HEBREW BIBLE (ca. 1000 300 B.C.E.), 89-94; Chapters 6 9 [Noah and the Flood], 99-102. THE UNDERWORLD 5: (25) THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH (ca. 1900 250 B.C.E.), 33-37; Tablet IX-X, 72-80. HOMER (eighth century B.C.E.), 121-29; The Odyssey, Book XI, 296-312. (27) DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265 1321), 1049-53; The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Cantos I-III, 1049-63. OCTOBER THE EPIC 6: (2) THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH (ca. 1900 250 B.C.E.), 33-37; Tablet I-II, 38-50. VIRGIL (70 19 B.C.E.), 573-77; The Aeneid, Book 1 [Safe Haven after Storm], lines 1-41, 577-78. (4) BEOWULF (ninth century), 885-89; Prologue, lines 1-85, 891-92. SUNJATA: A WEST AFRICAN EPIC OF THE MANDE PEOPLES (late thirteenth early fourteenth century), 1514-17; The Search for a Wife of Destiny, lines 1-33. TAO QIAN (365 427), 1291-92; The Peach Blossom Spring, 1293-94. THE ROMANCE 7: (9) MARIE DE FRANCE (1150? 1200?), 1029-30; From Lais: Prologue, Lanval, Laüstic (The Nightingale), 1031-48. (11) THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (ALF LAYLA WA-LAYLA) (fourteenth century), 1173-76; all selections, 1176-97.
HUMAN LOVE 8: (16) EGYPTIAN LOVE POEMS (ca. 1300-1100 B.C.E), 26-28. [I wish I were her Nubian maid], 30-31; [I passed close by his house, Sixth Stanza], 31-32; [Seven whole days], 32; [Am I not here with you?], 32-33. SAPPHO (born ca. 630 B.C.E.), 467-69. Fragment 48 [You came and I was crazy for you], 472; Fragment 51 [I don t know what to do], 472; Fragment 55 [Dead you will lie], 472-73; Poem 94 [I simply want to be dead], 473. CATULLUS (ca. 84 ca. 54 B.C.E.), Poems, 2, 567-68; 5, 568; 7, 569; 16, 570; 70, 571. Essay One due (Weeks 2-7). (18) THREE WOMEN POETS (fifth eighth centuries?), India s Classical Age, 1251-59. Vikaṭanitambā, 1262; 572 [As he came to bed the knot fell open of itself], 1262-63. Bhāvakadevī, 1263; 646 [At first our bodies knew a perfect oneness], 1263. Vidyā, 1263-64; 807 [Good neighbor wife, I beg you], 1263-64. DHARMAKĪRTI (early seventh century), 1264; 477 [Your union with your lover will be very brief], 1265. BHAVABHŪTĪ (eighth century), 1265-66; 598 [And as we talked together softly, secretly], 1266; 783 [My love is married to me], 1266. MĪRABĀĪ (sixteenth century), Indian Poetry after Islam, 1585-86, 1595; [Darling, come visit me], 1599; [My lord who lifts mountains], 1600. Last day to withdraw from classes with a W : Friday, October 20. LOVE AND NATURE 9: (23) THE CLASSIC OF POETRY (ca. 1000 600 B.C.E.), 756-59; VI. Peach Tree Soft and Tender, 760; XX. Plums Are Falling, 760; XXIII. Dead Roe Deer, 761; XXVI. Boat of Cypress, 761; XLII. Gentle Girl, 762. RĀJAŚEKHARA (late ninth early tenth century), 1270-71; all selections, 1271. FRANCIS PETRARCH (1304 1347), 1618-20; Sonnets, 3, 1621 [It was the day...]. (25) THE MAN YŌSHŪ (COLLECTION OF MYRIAD LEAVES) (ca. 759), 1354-58; Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Poem composed by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, sorely grieving..., 1360-61. THE KOKINSHŪ (ca. 905), 1366-67; Ki no Tsurayuki, From The Japanese Preface, 1368-71; From Book 11. Love, all selections, 1375-77. SPIRIT AND NATURE 10: (30) THE HEBREW BIBLE (ca. 1000 300 B.C.E.), 89-94; Psalm 104, 119-20. THE QUR AN (610 632), 858-61; [Sura] 55. The Lord of Mercy, 883-884. NOVEMBER (1) YOGEŚVARA (ninth century), 1267; all selections, 1267-68. MURĀRĪ (mid-ninth century), 1268-69; all selections, 1269-70. WANG WEI (ca. 699 761), 1308-09; From Wang River Collection, all selections, 1309-10. LI BO (701 762), 1311-12; all selections, 1312-15. THE KOKINSHŪ (ca. 905), 1366-67; Book 1. Spring, Book 2. Spring, Book 6. Autumn, 1372-75.
LESSONS IN LIVING 11: (6) SAPPHO (born ca. 630 B.C.E.), 467-69; The New Sappho, 474. BHARTṚHARI (fifth century), 1259; all selections, 1260-62. DHARMAKĪRTI (early-7th century), 1264; [poem] 1213, Never to ask..., 1265. BHAVABHŪTĪ (eighth century), 1265-66; 1731 [The people in this world who scorn me], 1266-67. Essay Two due (Weeks 8-10). (8) TAO QIAN (365 427), 1291-92; Elegy, 1302-03; DU FU (712 770), 1316; Spring Prospect, 1317; Thoughts While Travelling at Night, 1320. TUKARAM (1608 1649), 1601; The Rich Farmer, 1602. POPOL VUH, From Part III, poem, Their ancient day..., 1916. SPIRITUAL STATES / EAST 12: (13) THE BHAGAVAD-GĪTĀ (fourth century B.C.E. fourth century C.E.), 726-29; all selections, 729-45. CONFUCIUS (551 479 B.C.E.), 766-70; From Analects, 770-80. (15) DAODEJING/LAOZI (sixth third centuries), 781-82; all selections, 782-90. TAO QIAN (365 427), 1291-92; Substance, Shadow, and Spirit, 1297-98. SPIRITUAL STATES / WEST 13: (20) THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT GOSPELS (ca. first century C.E.), 816-18; Matthew 5 7 [The Sermon on the Mount], 821-24; From Matthew 13 [Why Jesus Teaches in Parables]. 825-27. Thanksgiving Holiday: November 22-26 all campuses closed. 14: (27) THE QUR AN (610 632), 858-61; [Sura] 5. The Feast, 861-69. (29) KABIR (ca. 1398 1448), 1586; The Final State, 1587; Mosque with Ten Doors, 1588-89; Purity, 1589-90; The Simple State, 1591-93; Aphorisms, 1593-94. DECEMBER THE NATURE OF POWER 15: (4) NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI (1469 1527), From The Prince, 1629-37. (6) Preparation for the final essay thesis workshop. 16: (11) Final Essay (Weeks 11-15): in-class, Monday, December 11, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
ACADEMIC ETHICS - COLLEGE AND COURSE POLICIES The College District may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts, or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one s own work material that is not one s own. Scholastic dishonesty may involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher s editions, and/or falsifying academic records. Please note the following definitions: Plagiarism is the use of an author s words or ideas as if they were one s own without giving credit to the source, including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct quotation. Other than sources documented and cited according to MLA standards, all work submitted for a grade must be your own original work and never before submitted for a grade in any previous or current course. You may neither revise a previous response paper and submit it as a major essay nor submit previous or current work in another course. Submitting work by other writers without MLA documentation (especially with reference to and including Web-based texts) as original work in this course, i.e. plagiarism, constitutes a ground for failure in this course (see 2017-2018 Student Handbook, section 7-2.2, Scholastic Dishonesty: Plagiarism, Cheating, Collusion ); Rules for Writers, Section 56). Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying computer or Internet files, using someone else s work for assignments as if it were one s own, or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a course. Collusion is intentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to, providing a paper or project to another student; providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communicating answers to a classmate during an examination; removing tests or answer sheets from a test site, and allowing a classmate to copy answers. READING THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD LITERATURE, SHORTER 3/E. Please follow these ordered instructions for the most effective use of your academic energies: 1. Read carefully the introduction to each period and author before reading the primary work. These detailed discussions and biographies provide an intellectual blueprint for your personal understanding and analysis. As much of the literature in this course originates from languages and cultures both ancient and distant from your own, internalizing the material in these period and author introductions will ease the initial anxiety and ego-shock at exploring new forms of literature. 2. Read the 'Response Paper' and Essay assignments (posted on the course web site) for each literary selection before beginning reading. This strategy will allow you to search for key ideas and support examples with which to support your written responses. With the response paper and essay prompts in mind, develop a simple note system (pencil, pen, page point, post-it tabs, highlighter, etc.) to mark any examples that may be relevant to response paper prompts. 3. As you read a specific work, always stop and review the footnotes for each word or idea. Although these notes may appear to slow you down, they actually generate a quicker cumulative understanding of the work, thus providing you with a greater confidence when you write. The great advantage and design of The Norton Anthology of World Literature is the immediate access to notes and explanations at the bottom of each page. 4. Always have a reference dictionary (such as the recommended Merriam-Webster in the textbook list) for looking up new words. Although most of the texts are translations, the vocabulary of each translator is rich and complex. As translations are attempts to realize more fully the original sound and sense of each work, translators explore the full range of the English language in order to heighten your comprehension and reading pleasure. The Oxford Dictionary of the English Language (the OED) is also available through your CWID/CougarWeb account access to library databases. If you find a particular period or author interesting or engaging, you may always pursue a larger reading plan for future intellectual growth and pleasure by purchasing the primary work from which The Norton Anthology draws its resources. Please note that each work links a specific text available from either Amazon or Barnes & Noble bookseller web sites.