ENG , CRN Modern Literature Fall 2009

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1 ENG , CRN Modern Literature Fall 2009 Suffolk County Community College Eastern Campus Dr. Susan Fanning TR 9:30 10:45 a.m. Corchaug 18 (631) Office: Orient 122 Office Hours: M 11 2; T 12:15 1:45; W 12 1; R 12:15 12:45 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course immerses students in English, European, and American literature of the Modern Period, from the 1890s through the Second World War. We will examine how writers, reacting to widespread feelings of estrangement and disillusionment following World War I, sought to represent the harsh reality of their world by rebelling against the traditional foundation of Western art and culture and by experimenting with new literary forms. In particular, the modernist emphasis on the alienated individual who struggles in vain to find a moral center in an increasingly urbanized and fractured world will be explored. Naturalism, existentialism, and expressionism, including the use of stream of consciousness to represent human personality, will be examined, as well as modernist writers increased use of multiple narrative points of view, poetic image, and myth. Among the authors whose works will be studied are Joseph Conrad, Franz Kafka, William Butler Yeats, Katherine Mansfield, T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, and William Golding. REQUIRED TEXTS: Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness with The Congo Diary. Ed. Robert Hampson. London: Penguin Books, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis and Other Stories. Trans. Donna Freed. New York: Barnes & Noble, Virginia Woolf, To the Lightouse. New York: Harvest/ Harcourt, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury. New York: Vintage/ Random House, William Golding, Lord of the Flies. New York: Perigree/ Penguin-Putnam, REQUIREMENTS: Prompt, regular attendance; full participation Reading assignments for each class (text must be brought to class) In-class writing, based on reading of the day Longer analytical essays Revision of an essay FULL RESPONSIBILITY for self-editing of manuscripts and attending to individual writing problems at the Academic Skills Center, Orient 220. Call for an appointment.

2 EVALUATION: Grades are determined as follows: Essay #1 20% Essay #2 20% Essay #3 20% In-class writing 25% Participation 15% FORMAT FOR MANUSCRIPTS Essays must be typed, double-spaced, and stapled. Include your name, course name and section (ENG ), my name, date due, and a title on first page of text. All papers must follow MLA format. LATE ASSIGNMENTS All essays are due in class on dates indicated in the syllabus. No late work will be accepted under any circumstance, unless cleared with me in advance. Do not submit work via or on disk; only hard copy will be accepted in class. ATTENDANCE Attendance is mandatory. There are no excused absences. If you are absent more than three (3) times, one letter grade will be deducted from your final grade for each additional absence. Seven (7) absences result in failure of course. [Note: if you sleep during class, do homework for other courses, use cell phones, or engage in text messaging, you will be marked absent. ] LATENESS AND EARLY DEPARTURES Excessive lateness and leaving class early will also lower your grade. Three (3) lateness and/ or early departures constitute one (1) absence. CLASS CONDUCT Class starts punctually, and it is expected that you will not disrupt the learning environment. Do not bring visitors without prior permission. Turn off and put away cell phones and beepers before class begins. Do not leave the classroom, whether during class discussion or group work, for any reason. If you disrupt the class in any way, you will be asked to leave. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY Academic dishonesty or plagiarism is a serious offense that will result in an F grade for the assignment and perhaps for the course. Consult the SCCC Course Catalog and Student Handbook for definitions of academic dishonesty and plagiarism.

3 CONFERENCES One mandatory individual conference will be scheduled during the semester to discuss your initial progress in the course. You are also welcome to visit me during my regularly scheduled office hours to discuss your course work. IF YOU NEED EXTRA HELP Students in need of basic tutoring should visit the Academic Skills Center in Orient 220. Call for an appointment. If you do not understand an assignment or my comments on a manuscript, or you need more guidance, contact me at or fannins@sunysuffolk.edu, or stop by my office.

4 September 1 Introduction to course/ Modern Literature 3 Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness 8 Heart of Darkness 10 Heart of Darkness 15 All College Day No day or evening classes 17 Heart of Darkness 22 Scenes from Francis Coppola film, Apocalypse Now 24 Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis 29 The Metamorphosis October 1 Rupert Brook, The Soldier Wilfred Owens, Dulce et Decorum Est (hand-outs) 6 Essay #1 due William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming and Leda and the Swan (hand-outs) 8 Katherine Mansfield, Bliss (hand-out) 13 T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (hand-out) 15 Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

5 October 20 To the Lighthouse [Last day to withdraw from course without penalty 10/21] October 22 To the Lighthouse 27 To the Lighthouse 29 John Dos Passos, excerpts from USA Trilogy (handout) November 3 Scenes from Charles Chaplin film, Modern Times 5 Essay #2 due at individual conferences Orient William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury 12 Dr. Fanning attends TYCA-Northeast Conference No class 17 The Sound and the Fury 19 Revised essay due The Sound and the Fury 24 The Sound and the Fury 26 Thanksgiving Recess No class December 1 William Golding, Lord of the Flies 8 Lord of the Flies 10 Lord of the Flies

6 December 15 Essay #3 due Scenes from film Lord of the Flies 17 E.E. Cummings, pity this busy monster, manunkind, next to america, and everyone lived in a pretty how town (hand-outs) 23 College make-up date, if necessary