English 106

Fall 2002: Section 01

Instructor: Dan Albergotti

Office: 334K McIver Building

Email: cdalberg@uncg.edu

Office Hours: 1:00-3:00 Mondays and Wednesdays • other times by appointment

 

Texts

The Norton Introduction to Poetry by J. Paul Hunter, Alison Booth, and Kelly J. Mays (8th ed.)

Other materials may be placed on E-Reserve

 

Goals

Some of the goals of this course are to help you develop abilities to:

• identify and understand varied characteristics of literature

• apply techniques of literary analysis to texts

• use literary study to develop skills in careful reading and writing

• understand the diverse social and historical contexts of various literary works

 

Other, less easily quantifiable goals include having our hearts broken and our souls expanded by reading miraculously beautiful and powerful poems.

 

Course Requirements

In this course, you must complete two exams, write one formal essay, and write several informal response papers.  Your final grade will be determined using the following percentages:

                                    Response papers: 20%

                                    Midterm exam: 30%

                                    Formal essay: 20%

                                    Final exam: 30%

                                   

Attendance

The nature of this course dictates that your presence in class is essential to your success.  Your absence will hurt you and your classmates.  Be here.

 

Academic Honesty

No act of academic dishonesty will be tolerated.  In English courses, most cases of academic dishonesty involve plagiarism, i.e. representing the words or ideas of others as one’s own (such as copying words and ideas from secondary sources, including internet sources).  Penalties for academic misconduct may range from official reprimands and the designated failure of work (or courses) to suspension from the university for definite or indefinite periods of time.  But the most important thing to consider here is that the cheater cheats him- or herself far more than any other person.  Don’t impede your education by not doing the work yourself.

 

Special Accommodations

Students who need special accommodations in class and/or during testing should make an individual appointment with me as soon as possible to insure that arrangements can be made.

 

 

Class Schedule

 

Week One (Aug 19-23): Introductions; studying poetry (pp. 1-25)

 

Week Two (Aug 26-30): Tone and Speaker (chapters 1-2) • response paper

 

Week Three (Sep 2-6): Tone and Speaker (Class will not meet on Monday, Sep 2)

 

Week Four (Sep 9-13): Situation and Setting (chapter 3) • response paper

 

Week Five (Sep 16-20): Language (chapter 4) • response paper

 

Week Six (Sep 23-27): Language

 

Week Seven (Sep 30-Oct 4): Sounds and Structure (chapters 5-6) • response paper

 

Week Eight (Oct 7-11): Midterm review and exam

 

FALL BREAK: October 14-15

 

Week Nine (Oct 16-18): Form (chapter 7) • response paper

 

Week Ten (Oct 21-25): Form

 

Week Eleven (Oct 28-Nov 1): Keats (chapter 9) • response paper

 

Week Twelve (Nov 4-8): Rich (chapter 10) • response paper

 

Week Thirteen (Nov 11-15): Contexts (chapters 11-12) • response paper

 

Week Fourteen (Nov 18-22): Contexts

 

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS: November 27-29

 

Week Fifteen (Dec 2-6): Formal essays

 

M, Dec 9: Final class meeting

 

Reading Day: December 10 • Final Exams: December 11-13, 16-18

 

NOTE: The policies and schedule described in this syllabus are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.