The University of Alberta
English 111: Language, Literature, and Culture
Section E1, 2005-2006, MWF 11-11:50: Term 1, Bus. 2-5; Term 2 Bus. B-9 

Instructor: Prof. Robert Brazeau  				E-mail:rbrazeau@ualberta.ca   
Office:  HC 3-65						Phone:  492-7840
Office Hours: Monday 10-11 a.m. and Wednesday, 2:00-3:00pm or by appointment

This course will, through a series of readings across genres and historical eras, examine creative and rhetorical uses of the English language, with particular emphasis on the relationship between artistic production and the cultural and political context from which it emerges. We will read fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fictional prose; as well, we will examine films, cyber media, and other forms of representation in this course.  Broadly speaking, this course has three distinct goals: to introduce students to the discipline of English; to examine the ways in which those in that discipline think about and analyze literary and everyday language practices; and to help students become more proficient writers and readers. 

Texts: 
Stott, et al. (eds.), The Harbrace Anthology of Literature, 3rd ed.  (Nelson)
Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Graham Swift, Last Orders
Handouts

Evaluation:
Term Work 	70% of final grade
Final Exam	30% of final grade (2 hours; includes work from the entire course)

Distribution of Term Marks
1 – 750 word essay	   	 	10%  
1 - 1000 word essay			15%  
1 - 1250 word essay			20%  
1 - 1500 word research paper		25%
1 - annotated bibliography		  5%
1 - Christmas exam (1 hour)		15%  
Class participation/in-class writing	10%

Total term work			100%

Grading System
4.0 = A+    Excellent
4.0 = A      Excellent
3.7 = A-     Excellent
3.3 = B+    Good
3.0 = B      Good
2.7 = B-     Good
2.3 = C+    Satisfactory
2.0 = C      Satisfactory
1.7 = C-     Satisfactory
1.3 = D+    Poor
1.0 = D      Minimal Pass
0.0 = F       Failure

Instructions and Regulations

1.  Essays are to be handed in at the beginning of class, and to be your own.  Plagiarism is a serious academic offense and will be discussed in class. The University of Alberta is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to uphold the policies of the University in this respect. Students are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour (online at www.ualberta.ca/secretariat/appeals.htm) and avoid any behaviour that could potentially result in suspicions of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University.

2.  No extensions on assignments will be given on the day your essay is due. You may take one extension without explanation during the duration of this course; all others must be due to illness and will only be granted when you present a doctor’s note indicating the dates your illness prevented you from completing your work.  Late papers beyond the one allowable “explanation-free” extension that are not documented with a doctor’s note will be docked 5% per day, including weekends.  

3. Class participation is essential to a course like this, and it will be the student’s responsibility to have readings done before class and to come to meetings fully prepared to discuss the works at hand.  Half of your participation grade (5 marks) is derived from your completion of in-class writing assignments and the peer review component of the essay assignments.  The other half (5 marks) is based on your attendance and participation in lectures.

4.  Policy about course outlines can be found in Section 23.4(2) of the University Calendar.

5.  Students should consult the attached Regulations Pertaining to First-year Courses for information about appeals, reassessments, plagiarism, and external help with assignments

Tentative Course Outline  

This schedule is subject to additions and/or deletions. We will take up the assigned readings on the designated date unless otherwise specified; you are expected to have the entire work read for the date noted.  
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Term 1
September
07	Introduction to the course, syllabus, and regulations	
09	Diagnostic Writing (in class and ungraded)
12        Melville, “Bartleby, The Scrivener”
14        Melville continued
16	Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”
19	Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (Harbrace)
21	Writing: essay outlines, introductions, and thesis statements
23        Browning, “My Last Duchess” (Harbrace)
26	Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” (Harbrace)
28	Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” (Harbrace)
30	Writing workshop

October
03	Welty, “Why I Live at the P.O.” (Harbrace) Essay exchange 
05	Peer Editing
07	Roethke, “My Papa’s Waltz” (Harbrace); First essay due
10	Thanksgiving, University Closed
12        Writing Workshop
14        MacLeod, “The Boat” (Harbrace)
17        King, “Borders” (Harbrace)
19-26  Swift, Last Orders 
28	Writing Workshop
30	Joyce, “Araby” (Harbrace)
	
November
02        Joyce, “The Dead” (Handout)
04        Mistry, “Squatter” (Harbrace)
07 	Writing Workshop
09	Heaney, “Death of A Naturalist” (Harbrace)
11	Fall Term Class Break, University Closed
14-21	Shakespeare, The Tempest (Harbrace)
23	Writing Workshop
25	Peer Review
28        O’Connor, “The Partridge Festival” (handout); Second Essay Due
30	O’Connor, “Everything that Rises Must Converge” (handout)

December
02        Walcott, “Ruins of a Great House,” “A Far Cry from Africa”
05	Purdy, “The Country North of Belleville”
07	Discussion of Mid-Session examination; review
Mid-Session examination, Monday December 12, 2:00 pm, in our regular meeting room
Term 2

January
09      Exam Return and discussion
11      Writing
13      Larkin, “Church Going”
16      Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Harbrace)
18      Purdy, “The Country North of Belleville” (Harbrace)
20      Heaney, “Death of A Naturalist” (Harbrace)
23      Writing Workshop
25      Yeats, “The Second Coming,” “Easter, 1916”
27      Auden, “In Memory of William Butler Yeats”
30      Plath, “Daddy” (Harbrace)

February
01      Writing Workshop
03      MacLeod, “The Boat” (Harbrace)
06-13 Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest     
13       Essay Exchange
15       Peer Review
17       Wilde completed; Third Essay Due
20-24  Reading Week
27       Writing Workshop

March
1	Library session
3	Annotated Bibliography; Writing Workshop
6	Writing Research Papers
8          Writing Research Papers
10	Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
13	Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
15	Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
17	Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
20        Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
22        Writing Workshop
24	Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
27	Walcott, “Ruins of a Great House,” “A Far Cry from Africa” (Harbrace)	
29        Writing Workshop; Essay Exchange

April
03	 Peer Review
05	 Tan, “Two Kinds” (Harbrace)
07         Hollingshead, “The Naked Man” (Harbrace); Final Essay Due
10         Laurence, “The Loons”  (Harbrace)
12         Review, discussion of final examination

Please check the examination timetable that is posted to confirm that our final is scheduled for Friday April 21, 9-11am.  The final exam is 2 hours in length.