MTWR 10:10 A -12:10 P
This class will examine some founding voices of British literature in the twentieth century. Writers chosen are thought to have had wide influence or to have spoken for particular ranges of significant issues. The last writer (McEwan) offers a transition into the following century.
Grades will be created from the following sources:
1) Members will be expected to come to class prepared and willing to participate. Thus, everyone in class will be asked to keep a Participation Log (copy of sample page attached) listing one’s daily engagements with the discussions at hand. The Log will be collected on 2 August and be worth 5 % of one’s grade. To receive full credit, the log will list fifteen responses (fifteen for five points, fourteen for four . . .).
Note: Class members who feel bashful about speaking can earn their participation points by keeping a journal. Please use standard 8.5” by 11” computer paper. Three to four days each week, compose at least one page (c. 300 words) of brainstorming and commentary regarding the class lessons of that week. All entries must be dated, typed, and apply to actual lessons, identified by date. Points will be awarded according to the same system indicated on the log sheet: fifteen pages earn five points; fourteen, four points . . . Journal will be due on 2 August. A combination of journal and log entries may be turned in, as well.
2) In addition, we will write three exams, as indicated on the class calendar. Each will cover the unit of work we just have finished. That is, EXAM THREE will not be a comprehensive final. Each exam will have two parts: one written in class (short answers, fill-in blanks, multiple-choice); one typed outside of class (an essay of four-to-five pages responding to questions available about a week before the exam date). The exam-grade average will create 95 % of the final mark. Sample questions will be handed out before the first exam.
In this class, the following numerical equivalents for final grades are used: A = 100-90%; B = 89-80%; C = 79-70%; D = 69-60%; F = 59-0%.
Final and intermediate drafts of written work completed out of class must be typed. Each assignment will indicate precise formatting and composing requirements. All typed essays will be submitted in MLA form.
By enrolling in this class, the student expressly grants MSU a “limited right” to all intellectual property created by the student for the purpose of this course. The “limited right” shall include but shall not be limited to the right to reproduce the student’s work product in order to verify originality and authenticity, and for educational purposes.
Note: One may not submit for a grade in this class a paper that already has been (or will be) submitted for a grade in another course, unless the writer obtains, in advance, explicit written permission from the class instructor and the other instructor involved.
Unless specific arrangements have been made, the instructor cannot accept late work.
Regular class attendance will be expected. Roll will be taken at every class. After the first cut, each additional two can lower the final grade one letter mark. Two late arrivals equal one cut. A late arrival will be defined as an arrival after the instructor has taken roll. Anyone who arrives while the instructor is taking roll, or after, must make sure the instructor knows s/he is present. "Authorized Absences" (see Catalog) will not be counted in the cuts total. Such absences, though, DO NOT excuse students from turning in required work on time. Students should be aware that instructors may drop students from class rolls for lack of appropriate participation (see Catalog). Thus, students should keep track of attendance. Any student asked twice in the same class to turn off electronic equipment (e.g., a cell phone) will be counted absent for that day.
Please see the sheet called “Being Old-Fashioned,” available first class day.