ENGL 2332: World Literature to the 16th Century (Fall 2017)
Catalog Description:
A survey of world literature from the ancient world through the 16th century. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors and traditions.
[Rev 8/15/17]
Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 or equivalent
Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement test score or passing grade in ENGL 0305.
Instructor:
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Dr. William Franklin
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Contact me any time:
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Office Hours:
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Office 10-11
Office 12:30-2
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Office 5:30-6:30
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Office 10-11
Office 12:30-2
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CANVAS INBOX and Email at wfranklin@nctc.edu
Live for online students: 8-10
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CANVAS INBOX and Email at wfranklin@nctc.edu
Live for online students: 8-10
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Contact me any time, 7 days a week, via the CANVAS INBOX. It might be a few hours, but I will check at least daily throughout the semester--especial when major assignments are due.
Textbooks:
All readings, research materials, and style manuals will be available online via links in the assignments and discussions.
Textbooks & Materials
Texts: All materials will be available online
You are required to bring a Composition Book to class for regular in-class essays. (Mead Composition Book, Wide Rule, 9 3/4 x 7 1/2, White, 100 Sheets or equivalent)
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete English 2332 will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
- Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
- Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
- Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
[Rev. 8-2012 THECB]
Core Objectives
Foundational Component Area: Language, Philosophy, and Culture
· Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information
· Communication Skills (COM)- to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication
· Social Responsibility (SR)- to include intercultural competency, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities
· Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making [Rev. 5-2014 THECB]
Grading Policy & Procedures
Attendance and In-class Writings: 30%
Papers: 30%
Midterm and Final Exams: 40%
Scholastic Integrity
Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18.
Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, #5] “When cheating, collusion, or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor may give the student or students involved an “F” on a particular assignment or in the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local)] The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the planned action to his Department Chair. The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further action. This may involve either probation or suspension of the student or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the action shall be taken through that office.”
Plagiarism, which should be avoided at all costs, includes the following student actions:
- Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;
- Unintentionally or inadvertently turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own as the result of failing to document sources both internally and in the Works Cited;
- Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
- Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;
- Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;
- Copying so many words, ideas, or images from a source that it makes up the majority of the student's work, whether or not the student gives credit. [Rev. 3-20-2012–Plagiarism text added cb]
Attendance Policy
Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered. All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies as determined by the instructor. It is the student responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgement by the faculty member. Approved college sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence. Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work. Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor. A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam. Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives. Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)
Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is November 9, 2017.
ADA Statement
North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission or access to its programs. The College is committed to providing equal access to its students with disabilities by providing appropriate accommodations; a variety of services and resources are made available through the ACCESS Department. Students are responsible for notifying the ACCESS Department of their need for assistance. Students with documented disabilities, such as mobility impairment, hearing or visual impairment, learning, and/or psychological disorders are eligible for services.
Disability Accommodations
The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. A disability is anything that can interfere with learning, such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness, or injury. Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction-reduced environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc.
On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration Building (100) or call 940-668-4209. Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD.
North Central Texas College is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).
http://www.nctc.edu/StudentServices/SupportServices/Disabilityservices/DisabilitiesFacultyResources.aspx (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Rev. 7/25/2012 per Brent Wallace/Mary Martinson]
EEOC Statement
North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.
Tobacco-free Campus
NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco on campus property. NCTC is aware that tobacco use influences underage students, which cumulates unsightly tobacco litter and interferes with assuring clean air for all who come to NCTC. NCTC recognizes the health hazards of tobacco use and of exposure to second hand smoke. Information on a tobacco cessation program is available for students, faculty, staff who wish to stop using tobacco products. We would like to "thank you" for your help in making our campuses Tobacco-Free. For questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Vice President of Student Services at 940-668-4240.
[Rev. 5-2014]
Calendar of the Course
Week One: August 28-September 3
Arts and Libraries: Storing information outside the human brain.
A Brief History of Human Communications: Naledi Star Cave Burials, Neanderthal Rings, Chauvet, Pech Merle, and Lascaux Cave Paintings
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading/Research for Week Two: The Neolithic Revolution; Çatal Höyük, The Ness of Brodgar, Stonehenge, and Maeshowe
Week Two: September 4-10 Labor Day Holiday
Out of the Caves: The Agricultural Revolution, Cities and Temples
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Readings for Week Three:
The Kesh Temple Hymn
Gilgamesh (longish--get a head start!)
Week Three: September 11-17
The Archetypes of The Kesh Temple Hymn and Gilgamesh
The Library of Ashurbanipal
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Readings for Week Four:
The Book of Ruth (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Week Four: September 18-24
The Book of Ruth (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and The Era of the Hebrew Judges
Early Hebrew Textuality in the context of Egyptian Hieroglyphs; perspectives, interpretations, translations, and the constant tensions surrounding meaning. Sense, Feeling, Tone, Intent; Literal, Moral, Allegorical, and Anagogical paradigms.
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Readings for Week Five:
Genesis 2:4 through 5:32 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (If you ever want to see the original Hebrew and gain access to the Strong Concordance numbers and definitions, simply click on the TOOLS button to the left.)
Week Five: September 25-October 1
Sources of the Pentateuch; The JEPD Theory (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling on problems of Biblical textuality (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week: Genesis 6:1 through 11:9
Week Six: October 2-8
Variations on the Great Deluge: Science, Linguistics, and the Mythos
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling on problems of Biblical texts (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week: Oedipus the King
Week Seven: October 9-15
The Dionysian Festival
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling on the Sacred Orgy and Ecstasy (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week: Preparation for group-led presentations and discussions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, and Islam.
Week Eight: October 16-22 Midterm
Group-led Presentations and Discussions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, and Islam.
Midterm In-class Essay (LO 5)
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week:
Week Nine: October 23-29
Video: Agora (Amenábar)
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling on the Library of Alexandria (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Readings for Next Week: The Dream of the Rood and Sir Gawayn and the Green Knight
Week Ten: October 30-November 5
Lecture: The Evolution of Anglo-Saxon (The Dream of the Rood) through Middle English (Sir Gawayn and the Green Knight); Syncretism and Tensions between paganism and Catholicism
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week: Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno
Week Eleven: November 6-12 November 9: last day to withdraw
Lecture: Dante's Mix of the pagan and the Catholic; the lasting power of an artistic interpretation on language and belief.
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Week Twelve: November 13-19
Video: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week: The Popol Vuh
Week Thirteen: November 20-26 Thanksgiving Holiday
The Mayan/Toltec Metanarrative and the Destruction of Their Books
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Reading for Next Week: Cervantes: Don Quixote (chapter on the burning of Don Quixote's library)
Week Fourteen: November 27-December 3
Video in Class: The Merchant of Venice
Week Fifteen: December 4-10
Discussion, Notes, and Journaling in preparation for the Final Exam: a formal paper based on the course research, readings, notes, and discussions. (LO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Week Sixteen: December 11-14 Final Exams (LO 5)
Formal Paper submitted in class