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COLLEGE WRITING II: WRITING AND LITERARY STUDY 3.0 The second semester of the intensive first-year writing sequence. Emphasis on the writing process continues as students study works of fiction, poetry, and drama in order to improve their writing and their understanding and appreciation of complex literary texts. Required: approximately 6000 words of formal writing, including at least one documented essay. With ENWR 105, meets Gen Ed 2002–Communication, Writing/Literature. Meets the 1983 General Education Requirement (GER)–Communications, Reading. Prerequisite: ENWR 105 or HONP 100. |
Note that this is a writing-intensive course with concentration on writing about, and therefore, on reading, works of literature. Some of these works are "complex", which means you may find them difficult.
Therefore, in this course you will do a lot of
You will have a writing assigment due for every class -- two a week.
In addition, you will write essays on each of the longer works we will read.
A longer, documented essay will be required by the middle of April. This will allow you time to write a revised draft or, if you need to do so, two revised drafts.
In short, you'll be doing a lot of reading and a great deal of writing.
This course will probably take more of your time than any other course this semester. You should be prepared for this as of now.
All the works of literature we will be studying in this course are available "on line" -- that is, on the WorldWide Web.
I will provide links to these works, so you won't have any trouble finding them.You will not spend money buying the books. But you will spend money on paper and ink cartridges for your printer. This will be less expensive than buying the books. But it will still be something.
You should not count on being able to print out these works for free in the computer labs.
You may NOT choose to take the books out of a library, or to buy them yourself at a bookstore. You should all use the on-line editions I provide. That way we will all have a uniform text, with the same page numbers and references, so we can all find the passages quickly. In the case of translated works, we will all have the same translation.
Please note:
Here is a list of the works of literature from which I will choose the Required Readings.
NOTE: To repeat -- You CANNOT print out
the readings for our course on MSU Computer Lab computers! This would tie up the computers
and printers for hours, and consume tens of thousands of pages.
Print out the readings on your own computer. You will need to buy your own paper and ink
cartridges. This is still far less expensive than buying the books.
I will provide you with URLs of other Required Readings -- mainly works of criticism and history -- on a separate page. However, a good part of the work of this course will consist of your finding, studying, and reporting on, critical and interpretive articles yourself, with my guidance.
I will provide you with some required critical essays. You will get these via FTP -- File Transfer Protocol. Directions for setting up FTP are on our Home Page. Do them immediately. If you need help, ask a computer-wise friend to help you.
This course meets the General Education Requirements, as described in the Course Description above.
The classes will be mainly discussions of the reading rather than lectures. Participation by the whole class in discussions is a must if they are to be interesting and worthwhile. In addition, considerable class time will be spent listening to, and commenting upon and discussing, papers written by the students in the class.
A typical class might be divided this way:
This order can be varied.
Attendance will be taken each day. Three unexcused absences will lower the final grade by one grade (e.g. "A" becomes "A-"); five unexcused absences lowers it by one letter (e.g. "A" becomes "B").
If you cannot attend class for whatever reason, I expect you to let me know by email; by phone; or in person before class. If this is impossible, leave a message the same day as the class. If you fail, or forget, to do this, your absence will be "unexcused."
You should email me.
If this is impossible, leave a phone message at 655-7305, on the answering machine.
- SPELL YOUR NAME.
- TELL ME YOU ARE CALLING FOR INTRO TO LIT, and the DATE you are calling for.
- Be advised that I only check my phone messages once or twice a week. If you need to reach me quickly, email me.
If you are late for class -- after I have taken attendance - - I will count it as an "unexcused" absence unless you remember to tell me, at the end of that same class, that you came late. If you forget to do this, your recorded absence will remain. I do this because lateness disrupts the class and group discussions.
The first two times you are late for a class, I will warn you. After that, I will count yur lateness as an "unexcused" absence.
Please do not be consistently late.
Be sure to "send a copy to yourself" of ALL your homework assignments!
These assignments will be emailed to you after the end of the previous class. They'll be shorter assignments, typically 300 words.In them you'll be asked to write about one or two passages in the book we are discussing, and to email your assignment both to me (Furr) and to the other members of your discussion group.
You'll be asked to do this by the previous evening before class so that you can have time the day of the class, but before the class, to access your account and read the assignments from the other members of your group.
This means every student will have both written on the passages to be discussed, AND read the responses from the other members of his/her group. This greatly enriches the discussions!
You will use the Montclair State University 'mail' email address for this class. Here is the link to setting yourself up with an MSU 'mail' account. It's also on our Home Page.
You must also have another email account. But you may only use that one if the MSU email server breaks down. This has occurred, but it is very rare. If the MSU email server is not broken down, you MUST use it, and no other, for this class.
All writing assignments will be submitted by email. This will permit you to send your assignments to everyone in your group, and for you to read their assignments. This, in turn, will make group discussions much better!
As outlined above, you will have one essay on each book. In addition, you will have two shorter writing assignments per week, which you will send me and your group. These will be assigned in advance, and will center on passages which we will discuss at the following class session.
Therefore, everyone in class will have not only read the book in its entirety by the time we come to discuss it. Every student will have reread, and written on, the specific passages under discussion at each class session. This makes class discussions far more fruitful.
COMPUTER LABS
Here is the schedule of computer labs and hours.
There will be an optional mid-term exam.
A final exam will be due at the time and place in the Course Schedule Booklet for this semester.
The final grade for the course will be composed of:
It may be easiest for you to email me at my email address: furrg@mail.montclair.edu
Sometimes you just have a question or comment that can be handled without seeing me personally. If so, email me and I'll get back to you within 24 hours. I check my email at least once a day, usually twice.
But there will be times you want to see me in person.
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