ENGL2333 OVERVIEW

Course Description

A survey of world literature from the seventeenth century to the present. 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.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENGL 1301, with a grade of D or better, or its equivalent

Core Objectives

Foundational Component Area: Language, Philosophy, and Culture

1. Critical Thinking Skills (CT)--to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information 
2. Communication Skills (COM)--to include effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication
3. Social Responsibility (SR)--to include intercultural competency, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities
4. Personal Responsibility (PR)--to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete English 2333 will be able to

1. 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.
2. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
4. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
5. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature. 

REQUIRED BOOKS
	Reader Puchner, Martin, gen. ed.  The Norton Anthology of World Literature: 1650 to the Present. 3rd ed. Vols. D, E, F (Package 2). New York: Norton, 2012. [ISBN: 9780393933666]
	Handbook MLA Handbook. 8th ed.
	Dictionary A college dictionary of recent publication An acceptable online dictionary is the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Student alert: If you cannot immediately afford to purchase the textbook or if the bookstore is out of books, you have options: The textbooks are on reserve in the Corinth and Gainesville libraries. You can go to the library to read assignments or you can Xerox copies of assigned pages to take with you. Check any area library (public or academic) and you may be able to locate a copy of the textbook and check it out.   Check online for used or rentable books. Many of the texts published in volumes D and E are available directly online through various academic websites/projects (Project Gutenberg, for example). While the translations of these texts will likely differ from those in our textbook, you will still be able to make contact with a version of the text. Better to read such a text than to do nothing.

COURSE STRUCTURE

This course is divided into the following units of study:

1. Volume D-II. The Enlightenment in Europe and the Americas (Weeks 2-5)
2. Volume E-I. An Age of Revolutions in Europe and the Americas; Romantic poets and Their Successors (Weeks 6-7)
3. Volume E-III: Realism across the World (Weeks 8-9)
4. Volume F-I: Modernity and Modernism, 1900-1945 (Weeks 10-11)
5. Volume F-II: Postwar and Postcolonial Literature, 1945-1968 (Week 12)
6. Volume F-III: Contemporary World Literature (Weeks 13-15) 

ACTIVITIES

• Reading Comprehension Quizzes (20%) (LOs 1-4)
• Discussions and/or Journals (15%) (LOs 1-4)
• Writings and Research (60%) (LOs 1-5)
• Comprehensive Final Exam (5%) (LOs 1-4)

LETTER/NUMERICAL GRADE VALUES

• A = 90-100
• B = 80-89
• C = 70-79
• D = 60-69
• F < 59

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[Rev. 25 Aug. 2012, Brent Wallace/Mary Martinson; Updated: 23 Aug. 2014, Mary Martinson] 

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INSTRUCTOR CONTACT

Instructor: Ms. Chris Bishop Office phone: 940-498-6241 Office address: Online – Skype, Google+hangouts; phone Phone/Office hours: Online, M-R, noon–8:00 p.m. and/or by appointment; this includes weekends as needed. Also, you can check the Chat button to see if I'm online in the class. NCTC e-mail: cbishop@nctc.edu (Students please note: Use Canvas email for course matters. Use NCTC email ONLY if Canvas email fails.) Google email: professorchris.bishop@gmail.com (This address is to be used for scheduled conferences using Google docs or Google hangouts.)