English 202.01 & .02 Syllabus Fall 2002

Instructor: Joseph Rosenblum

Office: 224-D McIver

Hours: By appointment

E-mail: j_rosenb@uncg.edu

Texts:

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Student Learning Goals:

At the completion of this course, the students will be able 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 clear writing

Demonstrate understanding of the diverse social and historical contexts in which literary texts have been written and interpreted

8/19. Introduction to course

8/21. For today please read the introduction to Crime and Punishment (CP) and Book I, ch. 1-2. Please note that the readings should be done FOR the day assigned.

8/23. CP, I. 3-5 (quiz)

8/26. CP, I. 6-7, II.1

8/ 28. CP, II.2-4

8/30. CP, II. 5-6

9/2. No class

9/4. CP, II. 7, III. 1-2 (quiz)

9/6. CP, III. 3-4

9/9. CP, III.5-6

9/11. CP, IV.1-3

9/13. CP, IV.4-5

9/16. CP, IV.6, V.1-2

9/18. CP, V. 3-4

9/20. CP, V. 5, VI. 1

9/23. CP, VI. 2-4

9/25. CP, VI.5-6

9/27. CP, VI, 7-8

9/30. CP, Epilogue

10/2. Please read for today the Introduction to Anna Karenina (AN)

10/4. AN, I.1-8

10/7. AN, I. 9-17

10/9. AN, I. 18-25

10/11. AN, I. 26-34

10/14. No class

10/16. AN, II.1-15 (quiz)

10/18. AN, II. 16-24

10/21. AN, II. 25-35

10/23. AN, III. 1-8

10/25. AN, III. 9-16

10/28. AN, III.17-27

10/30. AN, III.28-32, IV.1-4

11/1. AN, IV. 5-12

11/4. AN, IV. 13-23

11/6. AN, V. 1-8

11/8. AN, V. 9-18

11/11. AN, V. 19-30

11/13. AN, V. 31-33, VI. 1-5

11/15. AN, VI. 6-13

11/18. AN, VI. 14-23

11/20. AN, VI. 24-32

11/22. AN, VII. 1-10

11/25. AN, VII. 11-23 (quiz)

12/2. AN, VII. 24-31 (quiz)

12/4. AN, VIII. 1-12

12/6. AN, VIII. 13-19

12/9. THE END

Grading: Your grade is based solely on the number of points you accumulate on the 29 quizzes, mostly unannounced, that I will give in the course of the semester. Each quiz will consist of four questions. These quizzes are short answer. Students who are caught cheating will receive a grade of F for the course, and in addition I will prosecute cheaters through the dean’s office. The grading scale is as follows:

90-116……………………………………………………………………………….A

89…………………………………………………………………………………….A-

88…………………………………………………………………………………….B+

80-87…………………………………………………………………………………B

79…………………………………………………………………………………….B-

78…………………………………………………………………………………….C+

70-77…………………………………………………………………………………C

69…………………………………………………………………………………….C-

68…………………………………………………………………………………….D+

60-67…………………………………………………………………………………D

59…………………………………………………………………………………….D-

0-58…………………………………………………………………………………..F

Please note that I do not give make-up quizzes for any reason. You can miss four quizzes and still accumulate 100 points.

The course format is questions and, I hope, answers. Please come prepared to talk about the reading of the day. I invite you to bring questions.