Spring 2014 Instructor M Hazell ENG 2850 Sec STRB 23-1206 T/TH 5:40pm 7:20pm Margraret.Hazell@baruch.cuny.

uny.edu Office: VC6-280 Office Hours: TBA

Course Description ENG 2850 presents a global approach to literature by introducing a variety of narrative, lyric, and dramatic forms representative of different cultures and historical periods, from the Enlightenment through the twentieth centur. Course Goals Increased ability to interpret meaning in literary texts by paying close attention to an authors choices of detail, vocabulary, and style. Ability to discuss the relationship between different genres of literary texts and the multicultural environments from which they spring. Increased confidence In offering a critical evaluation and appreciation of a literary works strengths and limitations. Increased confidence in the oral presentation of ideas. Increased confidence in the oral presentation of ides. Increased ability to write critical essays employing a strong thesis statement, appropriate textual citations, and contextual and intertextual evidence for the ideas. Expectations Formal Essay. Students will be required to submit ONE essay, between four to six pages in length. This will constitute 25% of the final grade. Midterm and Final examinations. These will constitute 50% of the final grade. One in-class presentation will be given on a text-related topic (see below). Also, expect surprise quizzes, in-class and homework writing assignments, and class participation. These will constitute 25% of the final grade. These assignments will be given from time to time to ascertain that the students have read the assigned material and to determine the extent to which they can express themselves in writing.

Each person is required to give ONE presentation. Two presentations of no more than 8 -10 minutes will be given before each class. The choices of the material should be closely related to the texts to be discussed. For example, presentations could be given on the author, on other literary works by the same author, or relevant historical or cultural backgrounds of the period. In short, any material that will enhance our grasp of the assigned texts could be explored. I will make suggestions from time to time or you could choose your own (you must discuss it with me first). There will be a sign-up sheet. You cannot give a presentation on the assigned text itself. We will be discussing it in class.

Syllabus Tartuffe (pg. 144, vol D), A Modest but antisemetic Proposal (pg. 315, vol D) Feb 25 27 Mar 4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 Apr 1 3 8 Benjamin Franklin Letter to Joseph Priestly (pg. 128 vol D) Songs of Innocence by William Blake (pg. 334, vol E) Songs of Experience by William Blake (pg. 337, vol E) Poems by John Keats (vol E) Poems by William Wordsworth (vol E) Linda Brent Slave Narrative (handout) MIDTERM EXAM Frederick Douglass Slave Narrative (handout) Frederick Douglass Writing Workshop (handout essay topic) Frederick Douglass The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (pg. 850, vol E) The Cherry Orchard

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The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka (pg. 210, vol F) SPRING RECESS The Metamorphosis A Room of Ones Own by Virginia Woolf (pg. 351, vol F) The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock T.S. Eliot (pg. 541 vol F) The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock The Guest by Albert Camus (pg. 754, vol F) Death Constant Beyond Love by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (pg. 988, vol F) Review Final Exam (TBA)

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