SanJoséStateUniversity
DepartmentofEnglishandComparativeLiterature
English100W,Section2,Spring2017
CourseandContactInformation
Instructor:
ProfessorKarenEnglish
OfficeLocation:
FacultyOfficesBuilding221
Telephone:
(408)924-4506
Email:
[email protected]
OfficeHours:
MW12-1pm;andbyappointment
100WWritingFellow:
FatemaElbakoury
ClassDays/Time:
TTH13:30-14:45pm
Classroom:
BBC123
Prerequisites:
ApassingscoreontheWST,upper-divisionstanding(60units)
andcompletionofCOREGE
GE/SJSUStudiesCategory:
AreaZ:ThiscoursemustbepassedwithaCorbetterasaCSU
graduationrequirement.
CanvasandMYSJSUMessaging:Coursematerialssuchassyllabus,handouts,notes,assignmentinstructions,
etc.canbefoundontheCanvaslearningmanagementsystemcoursewebsite.Youareresponsiblefor
regularlycheckingwiththemessagingsystemthroughMySJSU,Canvas,anduniversityemailtolearnofany
updates.
CourseDescription:English100Wisanintegratedwritingandliteraturecourseinwhichstudentswilldevelop
advancedproficiencyincollege-levelwriting.Beyondprovidingrepeatedpracticeinplanningandexecuting
essays,andadvancingstudents’understandingofthegenres,audiences,andpurposesofcollegewriting
developedinWrittenCommunication1Aand1B,English100Wbroadensanddeepensthoseabilitiesto
includemasteryofthediscoursespecifictothefieldofEnglishstudies,withanemphasisoncloseandcareful
readingofliterarytexts.ThissectionofEnglish100WhasaspecialthemeofLiteratureandMedicine.
CourseGoalsandStudentLearningObjectives:AsacoursethatsatisfiestheSJSUAreaZgeneral-education
requirementandcountstowardtheacademicmajorshousedintheDepartmentofEnglishandComparative
Literature,English100WhastwosetsofStudentLearningObjectives.
Inthiscourse,wewillengageinallphasesofthosereading,thinking,researching,andwritingprocessesthat
produceclearandpurposefulcriticalessaysthatdemonstrateanunderstandingofandilluminateforothers
howliteraturecontainsandconveysitseffectsandmeanings.Byengagingthiswork,studentswillaccomplish
alloftheseobjectives.
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HowAreaZLearningGoalsWillBeMet
GELearningObjective(GELO)
HowwillthisGELObeachieved?
GELO1:StudentsshallbeabletoproducedisciplineStudentswillparticipateinclassroomactivitiesthat
specificwrittenworkthatdemonstratesupper-division
requireattentiontorevisionaswellasediting
proficiencyin:languageuse,grammar,andclarityof
strategiesandstandards.
expression.
Allwritingassignmentsrequirestudentstoincorporate
GELO2:Studentsshallbeabletoexplain,analyze,
theirreadingsofliterarytexts.Bothbibliographicand
develop,andcriticizeideaseffectively,includingideas
writingassignmentsrequirestudentstoengagein
encounteredinmultiplereadingsandexpressedin
researchandargumentation:respondingtoother
differentformsofdiscourse.
critics’readingsofthetexts.
GELO3:StudentsshallbeabletoorganizeanddevelopThethreedifferentgenresofliterarycriticismthat
essaysanddocumentsforbothprofessionaland
studentswritethistermwillengagethemin
generalaudiences.
conversationswithpeersandwithpublishedcritics.
GELO4:Studentsshallbeabletoorganizeanddevelop
StudentswilllearntouseMLAstandardsfororganizing
essaysanddocumentsaccordingtoappropriate
andcitingprimaryandsecondarysources.
editorialandcitationstandards.
GELO5:Studentsshallbeabletolocate,organize,and Writingassignmentsaredesignedtointroduce
synthesizeinformationeffectivelytoaccomplisha
studentstotheprocessofreading,research,and
specificpurpose,andtocommunicatethatpurposein revisionthatleadstoprofessionallevelcriticalessays
writing.
inthediscipline.
HowEnglishandComparativeLiteratureGoalsforB.A.WillBeMet
DepartmentLearningGoal
Howwillthisgoalbeachieved?
•readcloselyinavarietyofforms,styles,structures, Studentswillreadpoetryanalyticallyforhalfofthe
andmodes,andarticulatethevalueofclosereadingin term;theywillstudytwolongerworks:anovelanda
thestudyofliterature,creativewriting,orrhetoric
play.Studentswillalsoreadcriticalessays.
•showfamiliaritywithmajorliteraryworks,genres,
Thereadingsforthiscoursearedrawnfromboth
periods,andcriticalapproachestoBritish,American,
BritishandAmericanliterature.
andWorldLiterature
•writeclearly,effectively,andcreatively,andadjust
Thewritingassignmentsinthiscourserequirestudents
writingstyleappropriatelytothecontent,thecontext,
topracticedifferentkindsofliteraryanalysis.
andthenatureofthesubject
•developandcarryoutresearchprojects,andlocate, Intheircriticalessays,studentswilldoresearchonand
evaluate,organize,andincorporateinformation
incorporateinformationfromoutsidesourcesinto
effectively
theirarguments.
•articulatetherelationsamongculture,history,and Allreadingandwritingassignmentsinvolvecrosstexts
cultural,trans-historical,orinter-textualdiscourse.
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RequiredTexts/Readings:availableatSpartanStoresandonlinevendors
Can’tWeTalkAboutSomethingMorePleasant?AMemoir,RozChast,978-1608198061
W;t:APlay,MargaretEdson,ISBN9780571198771
LyingAwake,MarkSalzman,ISBN9780375706066
TheBestoftheBestAmericanPoetry:25thAnniversaryEditionEd.RobertPinskyISBN9781451658880
RecommendedTexts:availableatSpartanStoresandonlinevendors
HarmonandHolman,AHandbooktoLiterature,12thed.,ISBN9780205024018
Acollegelevelgrammarhandbookplusacollegeleveldictionary;orusewww.onelook.comsearchengine
OtherReadings:
“HowReadingTransformsUs”byKeithOatleyandMajaDjikic
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/opinion/sunday/how-writing-transforms-us.html?_r=0
“Deathbenotproud”http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173363;“Ifpoisonousminerals”
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173365and“Thisismyplayeslastscene”
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173368;allbyJohnDonne
“ThePatient-PhysicianRelationship”(2001)jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=194300and“Narrative
Medicine”(2005):http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/narrative/v013/13.3charon.html;botharticlesarebyRita
Charon
“HonoringtheStoriesofIllness”(2011)byRitaCharonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24kHX2HtU3o
LibraryLiaison
Prof.TobyMatoush([email protected])andherwebsiteishttp://libguides.sjsu.edu/english
WritingFellow:Inthisclass,wewillhaveaWritingFellow,FatemaElbakoury,whocanbereachedat
[email protected],andshewillgladlymeetwithyoubyappointment
aswell.Shewillbeinclasswithusregularlyandhergoalistohelpyouimproveyourwriting.Whileshedoes
notgradeoredityourwork,sheisheretohelpwitheveryaspectofthewritingprocess,frombrainstorming,
topolishingyourpapers.
GradingPolicy
GradesandGradingStatement:TheDepartmentofEnglishreaffirmsitscommitmenttothedifferential
gradingscaleasdefinedintheofficialSJSUCatalog.Gradesissuesmustrepresentafullrangeofstudent
performance.English100WisanA-Fcourse.A=excellent,B=aboveaverage,C=average;D=below
average;F=failure.+or–gradeswillbeusedinevaluatingassignments;thismeansthatanassignmentthatis
assigneda+or–withitslettergradeissomewhatbetterthanorsomewhatweakerthanthecriteriainthe
followinggradingstandard.
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AcademicStandardsforAssessment:The“A”essaywillbewellorganizedandwelldeveloped,demonstrating
aclearunderstandingandfulfillmentoftheassignment.Itwillshowthestudent'sabilitytouselanguage
effectivelyandtoconstructsentencesdistinguishedbysyntacticcomplexityandvariety.Suchessayswillbe
essentiallyfreeofgrammatical,mechanical,andusageerrors.
The“B”essaywilldemonstratecompetenceinthesamecategoriesasthe“A”essay.Thechiefdifferenceis
thatthe“B”essaywillshowsomeslightweaknessinoneofthosecategories.Itmayslightoneoftheassigned
tasks,showlessfacilityofexpression,orcontainsomeminorgrammatical,mechanical,orusageflaws.
The“C”essaywillcompletealltaskssetbytheassignment,butshowweaknessesinfundamentals,usually
development,withbarelyenoughspecificinformationtoillustratetheexperienceorsupportgeneralizations.
Thesentenceconstructionmaybelessmature,andtheuseoflanguagelesseffectiveandcorrectthanthe“B”
essay.
The“D”essaywillneglectoneoftheassignedtasksandbenoticeablysuperficialinitstreatmentofthe
assignmentthatis,toosimplisticortooshort.Theessaymayrevealsomeproblemsindevelopment,with
insufficientspecificinformationtoillustratetheexperienceorsupportgeneralizations.Itwillcontain
grammatical,mechanical,and/orusageerrorsthatareseriousand/orfrequentenoughtointerfere
substantiallywiththewriter'sabilitytocommunicate.
The“F”essaywilldemonstrateastrikingunderdevelopmentofideasandinsufficientorunfocused
organization.Itwillcontainseriousgrammatical,mechanical,andusageerrorsthatrendersomesentences
incomprehensible.
CourseRequirementsandAssignments
Studentswillwriteonediagnosticpaper(500words).Inadditionstudentswillwritefouroutofclasspapers.
Threeoftheoutofclasspaperswillbe(1,250word)analysesofmemoir,fiction,anddrama,respectively.The
thirdoutofclassassignmentwillbea2,500wordresearchproject(onatopicrelatedtoliteratureand
medicineapprovedbytheinstructor);thisassignmentwillbeshapedbyattendingalibraryresearchclass,
creatinganannotatedbibliography(300words),writinga200minimumwordroughdraft,havinga
conferenceontheroughdraft,andrevisingthepapertocreateafinaldraft.Afinalessayexamonpoetry
explication(1,000words)isgiveninthiscourse.
Totalwriting:minimumof7,200words,excludingthefinalexamination.AllpaperswillfollowMLA,7thedition
rulesforformatandparentheticaldocumentation.Alloutofclasspapersmustbetypedandsubmittedon
paper.NOemailsubmissionsforfinaldrafts.Latepapersareacceptedonlyatthediscretionoftheinstructor
andwillbepenalizedforlateness.NOTE:Studentsmustcompleteandsubmitallwrittenassignmentsinorder
topassthecourse.
CourseGradeDistribution:ClassParticipation(includesclassdiscussionandoralpresentations):10%;inclass
diagnosticpaper:5%;papers#1(Chast)=15%;2(Salzman)=15%;3(Edson)=15%;4(Researchproject&
preliminaryassignments)=30%(total75%);finalexampoetryexplication(May19at12:15pm):10%.Thereis
noextracreditavailableinthisclass.Ifaccepted,latepapergradesarepenalized10%perclasslateafter
initialduedate.
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Participationisevaluatedbystudent’slevelofpreparationandactiveparticipationinallclassroomdiscussions
andwritingactivities.
ClassroomProtocol
Studentsareexpectedtoattendallclassesandarriveontime.Wirelesselectronicdeviceswillbeusedinthe
classroomonlywithexplicitinstructorpermission.
UniversityPolicies
PerUniversityPolicyS16-9,university-widepolicyinformationrelevanttoallcourses,suchasacademic
integrity,accommodations,etc.willbeavailableonOfficeofGraduateandUndergraduatePrograms’Syllabus
Informationwebpageathttp://www.sjsu.edu/gup/syllabusinfo/”
English100WSpring2017ScheduleofClassesandAssignments
Thisschedulemaybechangedatthediscretionoftheinstructor.Iwillmakeannouncementsinclass
andthroughCanvasifchangesaremade.Unlessotherwiseindicated,poemscomefromtheanthology.
ReadingssatisfyCLOs1,2,and5.
Week
Date
1
Jan26
1
Jan31
2
Feb2
2
Feb7
3
Feb9
English 100W, Spring 2017
Topics,Readings,Assignments,Deadlines
Introduction
READING:Essay:“HowReadingTransformsUs”byKeithOatleyandMajaDjikic
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/opinion/sunday/how-writing-transformsus.html?_r=0
WritingFellowIntroduction
WRITING:DiagnosticEssay.Bringlargegreenexambooklet,bookdictionary,
andpen,GELOs2,3,5
ModuleI:Narrative(autobiographical)
READING:Can’tWe...byRozChast,1-49
VIEWING:“HonoringtheStoriesofIllness”(2011)byRitaCharon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24kHX2HtU3o
WRITING:Paper#1Assigned,GELOs1-5,CLOs1-3
WRITINGFELLOWPRESENTATION:MLACitationFormattingforGraphicBooks
(andafewotherresources)
Narrative(autobiographical)
READING:Can’tWe...byRozChast,50-97
WRITING:Possibletopics&themesinclass
WRITINGFELLOWPRESENTATION:Transitions
Narrative(autobiographical)
READING:Can’tWe...byRozChast,99-155
WRITING:YourtopicandthemedueonCanvas
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Week
Date
Topics,Readings,Assignments,Deadlines
3
Feb14
Narrative(autobiographical)
READING:Can’tWe...byRozChast,156-222
WRITING:Thesisandcounter-thesisdueonCanvas
4
Feb16
4
Feb21
5
Feb23
5
Feb28
6
Mar2
IntroductiontoLiteratureandMedicine
READINGS:RitaCharonon“ThePatient-PhysicianRelationship”(2001)
jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=194300andCharonon“Narrative
Medicine”(2005):http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/narrative/v013/13.3charon.html
WRITING:QuotationsandImagesdueonCanvas
WRITINGFELLOWPRESENTATION:Conclusions:Notjustsummary!
ModuleI:Narrative(fiction)
READING:LyingAwakebyMarkSalzman1-49
WRITING:Paper#1dueinclass
Paper#2Assigned,GELOs1-5,CLOs1-3
Narrative(cont)
READING:LyingAwakebyMarkSalzman50-92
WRITING:YourtopicandthemeonCanvas
WRITINGFELLOWPRESENTATION:Thesisvs.Counter-thesis
Narrative(cont)
READING:LyingAwakebyMarkSalzman93-143
WRITING:Thesisandcounter-thesisdueonCanvas
Narrative(cont)
READING:LyingAwakebyMarkSalzman144toend
WRITING:Outsidesourcematerial(primaryorsecondary)andquotationsfrom
noveldueonCanvas
6
Mar7
7
Mar9
7
Mar14
8
Mar16
English 100W, Spring 2017
PoetryInterlude
READING:“Deathbenotproud”
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173363;
WRITING:Poetryparaphrasesinclass
WRITINGFELLOWPRESENTATION:MLACitationFormattingforPoetry
ModuleII:Drama
READING:W:tbyMargaretEdson11-middleof31
WRITING:Paper#2dueinclass
Paper#3Assigned;GELOs1-5,CLOs1-3
Drama(cont)
READING:W:tbyMargaretEdson31-63
WRITING:Yourtopics&themedueonCanvas
Drama(cont)
READING:W:tbyMargaretEdson64-85
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Week
Date
Topics,Readings,Assignments,Deadlines
WRITING:ThesisandcounterthesisdueonCanvas
PoetryInterlude,II
READING:“Thisismyplayeslastscene”
(https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44112)
WRITING:Outsidesourcematerialcitation(primaryorsecondary)and
quotationsfromplaydueonCanvas;Poetryparaphraseinclass
Mini-Conferences:F0221
8
Mar21
9
Mar23
9
Apr4
10
Apr6
10
Apr11
11
Apr13
11
Apr18
Poetry:Symbolism
READING:“Ifpoisonousminerals”(Donne);“FacingIt”Komunyakaa;“Q”Olds
169
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
12
Apr20
12
Apr25
Poetry:ImageandImagery
READING:“Deathbenotproud”Donne;“Elegy”Tretheway221-2;“TimePieces”
Wetzsteon227-8
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
ResearchPaperpreliminarythesisandbibliographydueonCanvasCLO4
Poetry:FiguresofSpeech,I
READING:“Ifpoisonousminerals”(Donne);“Difference”Doty65;
“Counterman“Violi223-225
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
13
Apr27
English 100W, Spring 2017
SPRINGBREAKMarch27-March31
ModuleIII:Poetry,SpeakerandSetting
READINGS:“Thisismyplayeslastscene”(Donne);“Bored”Atwood27-8;“How
ItWillEnd”Duhamel70-1
BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
WRITING:WRITING:Paper#3due
Paper#4assigned,GELOs1-5,CLOs1-3
Poetry:DictionandTone
READING:“Thisismyplayeslastscene”Donne;“Dog”Collins50-1;“HateMail”
Muske-Dukes167-8
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
WRITINGFELLOWPRESENTATION:OnTopicProposals
Poetry:Irony
READING:“Deathbenotproud”Donne;“InPraiseofColdness”Hirschfield
113;”MiddleSchool”Ruefle186
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
ResearchTopicProposaldueonCanvas,CLO4
LibraryClass:MLK219
Poetry:SoundandRhythm
READING:AlloftheDonnesonnets;“TerminalNostalgia”Alexie1-2;“TheLoaf”
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Week
Date
Topics,Readings,Assignments,Deadlines
Muldoon161-2
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
AnnotatedBibliographyforResearchPaperdueonCanvasCLO4
Poetry:SoundandRhythm
READING:AlloftheDonneSonnets;“SamuraiSong”Pinsky177;“Country
WesternSinger”Shapiro204-5
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
13
May2
14
May4
14
May9
Poetry:TheSonnet
READING:AlloftheDonnesonnets;“Necrophiliac”Warren226
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplateandBlankPaper
ConferencesonResearchPapersthroughCanvas
ResearchPaperPresentations
15
May11
ResearchPaperPresentations
15
May16
FinalExampractice
Final
Exam
May23
Tuesday.Inclassroom;12:15-14:30pm
WRITING:BringPoetryWorksheetTemplate,bookdictionary,andlargegreen
examinationbooklet.
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