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DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE English 203 Literature of the United States: Colonial Period to the Civil War Dr. Keith O'Neill Spring 2017 Hudson 402F Office Hours: MW 11-12, TR 2-3 and by appointment (845) 431-8456 [email protected] Required Text: Baym et al. The Norton Anthology of American Literature , 8th Edition Vols. A and B (Norton, 2012). I also recommend a standard desk dictionary, such as Webster’s or American Heritage , and a grammar handbook. Course Description (from the College Catalogue): A study of significant selections from the Colonial Period to the Civil War, including poetry, essays, short stories and novels with emphasis on Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, Poe and Whitman. Prerequisite: ENG 102. Course Outcomes: B
y the end of the semester students in English 203 should: ● demonstrate a familiarity with a wide selection of U. S. literature produced between 1620 and 1865; ● demonstrate a familiarity with the characteristic themes, literary genres, and style of important writers of this period; ● recognize those characteristics of a work which place it in a historical, intellectual, or literary tradition such as Puritanism, the Age of Reason, or Romanticism; and ● demonstrate analytical reading and writing skills such as: ○ asserting an effective thesis and supporting it in well-developed body paragraphs; ○ supporting a point about a literary work with evidence from the text; ○ presenting and documenting this evidence in accordance with MLA form; and ○ defining and using correctly in written work terms which are common in literary analysis, including theme, imagery, metaphors and other figurative devices, ambiguity, and symbolism . Weekly Syllabus January 18 Introduction to the course January 23 William Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation (A124-147, 154-155) John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity (A166-177) January 25 Anne Bradstreet, “The Author to Her Book" (A225), “Before the Birth of One of Her Children” (A225-26), “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (A226), “In Reference to Her Children” (A228-30) January 30 Mary Rowlandson, “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mary Rowlandson” (A257-288) February 1 Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography (A481-526) February 6 February 8 February 13 February 15 February 20 February 22 February 27 March 1 March 6 March 8 March 13 March 15 March 20 March 22 March 27 March 29 April 3 April 4 April 10 April 12 April 17 April 19 Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography (A526-596) Thomas Jefferson, from The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson (A661-667); The Federalist , Nos. 1 and 10 (A679-686) EXAM 1 Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” (B30-41), “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (B41-62) NO CLASS Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven” (B637-640), “The Fall of the House of Usher” (654-667), “The Tell-Tale Heart” (B691-695), “The Purloined Letter” (B701-714) Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” (B401-409), “Young Goodman Brown” (B386-395), The Scarlet Letter ( B450-499) Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter ( B499-550) Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter ( B550-594) Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (B214-243) NO CLASS NO CLASS Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Divinity School Address” (B256-269), “The Poet” (B295-310) Henry David Thoreau, “Resistance to Civil Government” (B964-979) EXAM 2 Harriet Jacobs, from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ( B921-942) Frederick Douglass, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” (B1174-1208) Frederick Douglass, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” (B1208-1239) Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener” (B1483-1509) Herman Melville, “Benito Cereno” (B1526-1551) Herman Melville, “Benito Cereno” (B1552-1582) Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” (B1330-1374) April 24 April 26 Walt Whitman, “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (B1383-1387), “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking (B1387-1392), “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer (B1392), When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” (B1402-1408), “Live Oak, with Moss” (B1416-1420) Emily Dickinson, selected poems (B1663-1682) PAPER DUE Emily Dickinson, selected poems (B1683-1700) Rebecca Harding Davis, “Life in the Iron Mills” (B1706-1732) May 1 May 3 FINAL EXAM: 8.00 am t0 10:30 on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Bowne 104. Course Policies: Quizzes/Attendance - There is no official policy for attendance, since it is of course your choice to attend class regularly. No one will be dropped for not showing up to class. At the beginning of each class, however, there will be a brief reading quiz to make sure that you are coming to class prepared. There will be no make-ups to missed quizzes, so missing class regularly (or coming late) will affect this portion of your grade significantly. Plagiarism - I have a no-tolerance policy for plagiarism, the intentional (or unintentional) use of someone else's work as your own. This is cheating, plain and simple, and it's a waste of the money you spent on tuition. If you are caught plagiarizing, I will give you a zero for the assignment, and you may be reported to Dean's office. Classroom Expectations – This is a college classroom, and thus I will expect adult, intellectually mature behavior from everyone in the room. Classroom discussion is strongly encouraged, but side conversations are inappropriate. You are expected to be on time for class, and your textbook is absolutely mandatory. Also, please turn off your cell phone and put it away until class is over. Anyone who does not cooperate with this request may be asked to leave the room. Assignments/Grade Determination: 20% Please note that this is a working syllabus: Exam 1 assignments and due dates are subject to change. I Exam 2 20% will provide updates and detailed reading Paper (7-10 pages) 20% assignments throughout the semester. Please Final Exam 20% remember to visit the course website regularly: 20% Quizzes/Attendance http://www.sunydutchess.edu/faculty/oneill/ Academic Accommodations Dutchess Community College makes reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Students requesting accommodations must first register with the Office of Accommodative Services (OAS) to verify their eligibility. After documentation review and meeting with the student, OAS staff will provide eligible students with accommodation letters for their professors. Students must obtain a new letter each semester and discuss their accommodation plan with their instructors as soon as possible to ensure timely accommodations. The Office of Accommodative Services is located in the Orcutt Student Services Building, Room 201, phone # (845)-431-8055. Title IX Dutchess Community College is committed to maintaining a positive campus climate and will not tolerate any form of sexual harassment including sexual assault, sexual violence, and sexual misconduct. It is the responsibility and obligation of all members of the College community to report and/or to assist others in reporting incidents of sexual harassment. Please direct all Inquiries and reports related to sexual harassment and sexual violence to: Title IX Coordinator: Esther Couret, Director of Human Resources Dutchess Community College, Bowne Hall, Room 220 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 431-8673 [email protected] For information regarding the DCC sexual harassment and sexual violence policy and resources go to: https://dutchess.open.suny.edu/webapps/portal/execute/tabs/tabAction?tab_tab_group_id=_1_1 For anonymous reports go to Share at DCC: https://www2.sunydutchess.edu/cgi-bin/share-at-dcc/index.php Academic Honesty Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Cheating on examinations 2. Plagiarism, the representation of another’s ideas or writing as one’s own, including but not limited to: a. presenting all or part of another person’s published work as something one has written; b. paraphrasing or summarizing another’s writing without proper acknowledgement; c. representing another’s artistic or technical work or creation as one’s own. 3. Willingly collaborating with others in any of the above actions which result(s) in work being submitted which is not the student’s own. 4. Stealing examinations, falsifying academic records and other such offenses. 5. Submitting work previously presented in another course without permission of instructor. 6. Unauthorized duplication of computer software. 7. Unauthorized use of copyrighted or published material. If, based on substantial evidence, an instructor deems that a student is guilty of academic dishonesty, the instructor may initiate disciplinary action. 1. The instructor may require that the student repeat the assignment or examination, or 2. The instructor may give the student a failing grade for the assignment or examination, or 3. The instructor may give the student a failing grade for the course. 4. Additionally, the instructor may require that the student receive counseling on academic honesty through the Office of the Dean of Student Services.