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FALL 09 OL SS
Fall 2009 Online Second Session
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ModernLiterature
This section of World Literature, ENGL 2112, exploresthe genesis and maturity of modern thought and literaryexpression from the latter-seventeenth century until thepresent
World Literature 2 examines national literaturesother than those of Britain and America from theRenaissance to the present. Particular emphasis isplaced on western literature, especially continental,Russian, and Latin American fiction of the 19th and20th centuries.World Literature 2 explores texts — poems, novels,novellas, plays, and short stories — in theirhistorical and cultural contexts (particularly thescientific and intellectual movements of Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Modernism) aswell as consider how those texts still inform ourviews of ourselves today.Since we have only a limited time in this survey, wewill concentrate on both diversity of texts exploredand the detail of that exploration. Authors couldinclude Voltaire, Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Baudelaire,Rimbaud, Ibsen, Mann, Borges, Kundera, andCalvino, among others.
Materials
Text
Lawall, Sarah, et al.
The Norton Anthology of WesternLiterature, Volume 2
. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005.
Computer
Since this is an online course, you must have accessto a newer computer with a reliable Internet access.As a part of this requirement, your computer shouldhave a current web browser, like Safari or Firefox,and Adobe Acrobat installed.There are computers available for open-use oncampus, but you should not rely on these. The work for this course is too much for you to accomplish inthe ARC.
LitMUSE
You are required to have an account on LitMUSE,the server that will support all of your work in thisclass. You should login to the server at least once aday to receive any announcements or changes thatare made to the class.
“No one shall know our joys, save us alone, / And there’s no evil till the act is known; / It’s scandal, Madam, which makes it an offense, / And it’s no sin to sin in confidence.”
Online Considerations
An online course hasparticular difficultiesthat you shouldconsider beforeundertaking it.Consider yourenrollment carefully.
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Requirements
What is expected that you complete in order topass the course. All of these requirementsmust be completedsuccessfully for astudent to pass thecourse.
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Policies
These are the rules of the class that allstudents are expected to follow, from attendanceto technologicalliteracy. These policiesare always the finalword.
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Schedule
The reading,assignment, and examschedule.
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Procedure
Each class meeting will follow a certainprocedure. From quiz toquestions, from lectureto discussion, theprocedure will be followed daily.
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Contact
Where and how tocontact me, yourprofessor for the course,Dr. Lucas.
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82392 ENGL 2112.04 T 2-4:30p PSC-107 Online Second Session
Dr. Gerald R. Lucas
“The Wanderer above a Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich (1818)
WORLD LITERATURE 2 ONLINE 2ND SES2
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Fall 2009 Online Second Session
Requirements
There are three major requirements for World Literature2, each of which must be successfully completed to passthe course. Assignments are weighed on a point system,depending on their importance. For example, a readingquiz might have 10 points while the final exam mighthave 200.
Final Exam
A final cumulative exam will be given that will testyour knowledge of the subject matter (texts, lecturematerial, and vocabulary), your ability to synthesizethis material, and yourcreativity in going beyondthe discussion and lecturematerials. The final examwill include vocabulary,identification, andinterpretation. All examgrades will be based uponobjective knowledge of thematerial, thoroughness,depth of insight, precision,and originality.
Writing
To get you thinking morecritically about the majorworks, you are required torespond to class readings inwriting both formally andinformally. All writingshould be thoughtful, referto specific portions of thetext, use the criticalvocabulary, and citecorrectly using MLAcitation method.
Forum
For all of the major workswe study in this class, youare required to respondinformally in writing. Theseresponses will be posted in anonline forum on LitMUSE, so the entire class can benefit from reading your thoughts. The forum willalso give you a chance to respond to others’ ideas.Your writing in the forum should total
at least
350words per week.
Daily Work
Regular class attendance, question posing, andactive participation in classroom discussions arerequired. Participation, effort, and attitude willcount significantly in this course. Quizzes, otherclass activities, and homework assignments notexplicitly outlined above will be considered dailywork.
Course Procedure
Every week will follow a similar procedure for your workand reading. Be sure you keep up with the syllabus andturn your work in regularly and on-time. All of yourcoursework will be done on the LitMUSE Moodle server.
Primary Reading
Each week you will have assigned reading that youshould complete before doing anything else. As youread, take thorough reading notes; be sure you arefamiliar with the plot, characters, and majorconcerns of the text.
Reading Quiz
After finishing your reading, you should take a brief reading quiz. These quizzes will test you on thefacts of the text, like characters, plot details, andother obvious aspects of the narrative. These are justto test your literal knowledge of the text(s). Therewill not always be a quiz assigned.
Secondary Reading
Since you do not have the benefit of class lecture, Iwill assign additional reading for you to do eachweek that concerns the primary text. This criticismwill give you background information and assistyou in getting your head around the variousinterpretations of the text.
Forum Discussion
Finally, you should put what you learned togetherinto a forum discussion with your classmates. Yourtotal word count for the forum should add up to a
minimum
of 350 words, including threads startedand responded to.Each forum discussion will be worth 10 or 20 points.Each post (whether beginning a thread orresponding to one) is only worth a maximum of 5points. Therefore, you should make at least twostrong posts or comments (or more) to assure thatyou earn the maximum credit.Finally, as a bonus, consider making an account oneNotes and posting a question to be answered intheir public forums.See “Forum” under Requirements.
WORLD LITERATURE 2 ONLINE 2ND SESFall 2009 Second Session
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Policies
You will be accountable for knowing and practicing eachof these policies. Consider them like the law: the excuse “I didn’t know” will carry no weight.
Assignments
Your work represents you. Therefore, I expecteverything you turn into me to exemplify the very best of your professional self. Please proofread allwriting before submission.
Deadlines
Late work is not acceptable and will receive a zero.Technical, computer malfunctions are not acceptableexcuses for late work. Quizzes and in-class activitiescannot be made up for any reason.
Email
The best and quickest way of contacting me is viaemail. Only use the email address that I provided onthis document for class business:<worldlit@grlucas.net>.
Grades
Letter grades are based upon a traditional ten-pointscale. If you would like to know your official grade,you should see me during my office hours or makean appointment.
Plagiarism
Any time you use ideas that are not your own — bethey paraphrased or copied verbatim — in anythingthat you write, you must supply a citation in anidentifiable citation method, e.g., MLA, Chicago, etc.Willful plagiarism will result in automatic failure of this class and will be submitted to the Dean forfurther potential consequences. Remember twothings:1.If you use the language of your source, you mustquote it exactly, enclose it in quotation marks,and cite the source using MLA citation style in allmy courses. A paraphrase employs sourcematerial by restating an idea in an entirely newform that is original in both sentence structureand word choice. Quotations and paraphrasesmust be cited to avoid plagiarism.2.If you use ideas or information that are notcommon knowledge, you must cite a source.Unsure as to what to cite, when to cite, and how tocite? Check your handbook for the best information.The professor reserves the right to use Turn It In, aplagiarism prevention service, to evaluate anywritten work submitted for this course. As directed by the professor, students are expected to submit orhave their assignments submitted through theservice in order to meet requirements for thiscourse. The papers may be retained by the servicefor the sole purpose of checking for plagiarizedcontent in future student submissions.
Special Needs
Any student who has special needs should contactAnn E. Loyd at the Counseling and Career Center(478-471-2714) and fill out the appropriatepaperwork. The student should then see me withthe documentation so that the necessaryaccommodations can be made.
Technology Competency
Computer competency is an integral skill in anydiscipline. Students should be familiar with thegeneral uses of a computer, particularly using a web browser. Students should be willing to put forth theeffort to learn what they need to in order to succeedin the course. Please see me for additional assistancewhen necessary.
Online Considerations
So, you're thinking about taking an online literatureor composition course? Please read the followingcarefully before committing to a very challengingcourse.When registration begins each semester, onlinecourses are the first to fill up for some reason.Subsequently, I get numerous phone calls andemails asking me about this course. Let me begin bysaying that I cannot add you to the course if it isclosed. Period. I get several requests a week, and Icannot accommodate them all, so I cannotaccommodate any. Sorry about that. Also know thatif you sign up for the course, the first meeting ismandatory; if you miss it for any reason, your finalgrade will suffer by one letter and you will find itvery difficult to get started in the course on yourown. After this first meeting, we will not meet in aclassroom again. All evaluation, discussion, andlecture will take place online.Here are some additional aspects that you shouldconsider:
Time
: You may believe that because this course isoffered online, that it will not require as much timeas a traditional classroom course. Well, you shouldplan on spending at least twice the amount of timeworking on your own to make up for what youwould not receive from class discussions andlecture. This includes doing extra secondaryresearch, something you may not be used to doing.
Motivation
: Since you will be required to budgetyour time, you must also be self-motivated. You willnot have the benefit of having a professor's presencecompelling you to do your work each week; youwill have to take on the responsibility. The reality of this is more difficult than it may seem.Procrastination will put you behind and make itvery difficult for you to recover.
Course Work
: If you have not successfullycompleted an online course before, I recommendthat you do not begin with this one. If you have notsuccessfully completed a college-level literaturecourse before (like making at least a B in ENGL1102), you should not begin with this one. Literaturecourses benefit from in-class discussion; many findthe literature challenging, so without the benefit of aprofessor's in-class guidance, many find thechallenge too difficult.The bottom line is that online literature courses arechallenging, which unfortunately produces highattrition rate because many students are just notready for them. I do not want to discourage anyonefrom taking it, and I'm willing to discuss this furtherwith anyone during my office hours or byappointment. However, I ask that you consider thiscarefully; do not sign up for the class with theexpectation that it will be easy. If anything, it ismore difficult than taking the course in-class.
Detail of “The Disappearing Bust of Voltaire” by Salvador Dalí (1941)
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