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216 Course Calendar
How To Use The Course Calendar
Using all of this information requires a bit of organization, so follow these general
instructions. The works themselves, listed by title and author, are primarily available on line or provided by students. You are then to view the Web pages for the authors
and topics for that week, listed as a link on the English Internet Resource List section of
the Web site (not all are covered). That means all you have to do is click on the
colored (usually blue) label of the name or address of the site. Following that, read the
online presentation of the format strategy for the week (Org & Outline, Quoting Your Sources, How To Take A Test, etc.). You are also required to read the thematic presentation for that week in Online Presentations (Character, Theme, Irony, etc.). Finally, read Questions for Reading and Writing.
This will allow you to follow the schedule and be topical in the classroom. Read the directions. Assignments and due dates for papers and tests are announced in class. Most of this syllabus is self-explanatory.
The following is a plan for the semester.
- Tentative Schedule
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WEEK 1. Getting Started
- Writing strategies/Format
- Critical theory overview
- Literary forms
- Primary Source:
- Baez: “Diamonds and Rust”
WEEK 2. Literary Theory and Criticism/Point of View
- Writing strategies/Format
- Critical perspective
- Literary forms
- Primary Source
PRESENTATION TOPIC DUE
WEEK 3. Gender politics
- Machismo/ Marianismo
- Writing strategies/Format
- Critical perspective
- Literary forms
- Primary Source
- TERM PAPER TOPIC DUE
WEEK 4. Politics
- Critical perspective
- Primary Source
- De La Rocha: “Killing in the Name of”
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Pinero (scroll down to each poem and then expand the work to see it in its entirety)
- “The Book of Genesis According to St. Miguelito”
- “Black Woman With the Blond Wig On”
- Presentation
WEEK 5. Familia
- Primary Source
- Presentation
WEEK 6. Time to Write
WEEK 7. Political Activism
WEEK 8. The Drama Continues
- Critical perspective
- Literary forms
- Irony
- Primary Source
- Presentation
WEEK 9. The Story
- Literary forms
- Critical perspective
- Primary Source
- Paper Draft Due
- Presentation
WEEK 10. Checking In
WEEK 11. Back to the Story
- Primary Source
- Presentation
WEEK 12. The End is Near
- Presentation
WEEK 13. Final Conferences
WEEK 14. How It All Fits Together
WEEK 15. El Fin
- Term Paper due
- Final Test Prep
WEEK 16. Finals Week
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Questions for Reading and Writing
Something to keep in mind in your essays for this class:
Be able to answer these four questions somewhere in the context of your essay. Please
don't merely list the answers... make them part of your general discussion of the work.
- What is the message? Clearly state it and support your response from the text itself.
There can be more than one answer.
- What is the prespective of the message? Be as specific as you can. Authors will create characters or "voices" to tell a story or give a
viewpoint. In drama, that is all you get...
all characters, no narrator.
- Who is the audience of the message? There can be more than one, often linked to the
message...or a single message may have different audiences with different expected results.
Again, be specific and use text for support.
- What methods does author use? Be specific, using terms from ENGL 101 -- irony,
symbolism, theme, conflict -- and new terms from this course.
- In poetry, the use of meter and rhyme and condensation of ideas into brief images
is common.
- In drama, the use of character, dialogue and setting are often important.
- In literature, all of these aspects may be factors.
Once you've gotten this information into your paper, then we apply the critical
approaches to discuss HOW EFFECTIVELY the message was delivered by author.
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