Catholic Literature Spring 2008
ENG395 MWF 11:00-11:50 Professor Mead
Syllabus
January
14 M Introduction
16 W Brideshead Revisited, pp. 3-61
18 F Brideshead Revisited, pp. 61-104
21 M NO CLASS
23 W Brideshead Revisited, pp. 105-200
25 F Brideshead Revisited, pp. 200-276
28 M Brideshead Revisited, pp. 276-351 Caitlin
30 W The Quiet American, pp. 3-59 (Part One)
February
1 F The Quiet American, pp. 63-125 (Part Two)
4 M The Quiet American, pp. 129-155 (Part Three)
6 W The Quiet American, pp. 159-180 (Part Four)
8 F Catch-up day Paul
11 M “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
13 W “A Good Man is Hard to Find” PAPER #1
15 F “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”
18 M NO CLASS
20 W “Good Country People”
22
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25 M “The River”
27 W “The Artificial Nigger”
29 F “The Artificial Nigger”
March
3 M “A Stroke of Good Fortune”
5 W “A Late Encounter With the Enemy”
7
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10 M “The Displaced Person”
12 W “The Displaced Person”
14 F Catch-up Day Kathleen
17 M NO CLASS
19 W NO CLASS
21 F NO CLASS
24 M NO CLASS
26 W Lying Awake, pp. 3-69 PAPER #2
28 F Lying Awake, pp. 70-107
31 M Lying Awake, pp. 108-116
April 2 W Lying Awake, pp. 117-181
4 F The Samurai, pp. 7-57
7 M The Samurai, pp. 58-109
9 W The Samurai, pp. 110-171
11 F The Samurai, pp. 172-205
14 M The Samurai, pp. 206-267 Jonathan
16 W Why I Am A Catholic, pp. 1-52
18 F Why I Am A Catholic, pp. 53-121
21 M Why I Am A Catholic, pp. 125-221
23 W Why I Am A Catholic, pp. 225-291
25 F Why I Am A Catholic, pp. 295-342
28 M Catch-up
30 W Evaluations
May
5 M PAPER #3 Due 11:00AM
Class Policies
Attendance is mandatory. More than three absences will lower your final grade. Class participation is worth 20% of your final grade.
Author presentations are graded on the seriousness with which you pursue the task, the depth to which you integrate the author’s biography with the book’s artistic meaning, your attention to detail (close reading), and the degree to which you engage the other students in fruitful and thoughtful discussion. You are responsible for all works performed or assigned in your absence.
Papers need not be research-oriented (but of course you may use secondary sources). I am looking for a thoughtful, multiply-drafted THESIS paper that uses close reading of select passages and logic to advance and support the thesis. Papers should be five to seven pages long, with a clear thesis and methodology in the first paragraph and topic sentences that connect the paragraphs with the thesis. All papers must be titled and submitted with three earlier drafts that indicate the development of the thesis. In other words, do not merely make cosmetic or rhetorical changes.
All must complete all assignments to receive a passing grade. Student with special needs should see me early in the semester, and I will make all reasonable accommodations.
Grades: Author Presentation: 20%
Paper #1 20%
Paper #2 20%
Paper #3 20%
Participation 20%
Office: Old Main 369
438-4336
MWF 10-11
TR 9:00-9:30, 11:00-12:00*
AND BY APPOINTMENT
*I sometimes have meetings these slots.