Syllabus

Modern Literary Masterpieces

ENG215 Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  M/W 10:00

Email:soconnel@essex.edu     

Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1137

Office Hours: M/T/W            /9:00-10:00     

                        R 10:30-1130  

                                                                                   

Texts: YOU NEED TO BUY THE TEXTS!!!

• The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
• A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines
• Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neal Hurston

*In class assignments will be handwritten; all homework assignments should be typed and double spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font.

I will use the class blog weekly to post assignments, links and back up information. Visit it a few times a week!!!

Class Blog: eng215spring2020.blogspot.com

THERE ARE NO LATE PAPERS. IF YOU DO NOT HAND IN A PAPER ON THE DAY THE FINAL DRAFT IS DUE, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN F FOR THAT PAPER.

YOU MUST HAND ME EACH PAPER. EMAIL IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR FORMAL ESSAYS.

Course Description: The Development of modern literary thought is examined from the post-Renaissance era to the present day.  Students will do an intensive study of selected masterpieces of world literature.

January

22 Introduction, discuss syllabus, Handout

27 “Babylon Revisited” (Handout)

February

3              The Great Gatsby 1-3

5              The Great Gatsby 4-6

10           The Great Gatsby 7-9

12           Outside Sources, Assign First Essay

17           President’s Day—NO CLASS

19           Film

24           Film

26           FIRST PAPER DUE, “Revelation” (Handout)

March

2              A Lesson Before Dying

4              A Lesson Before Dying

9              A Lesson Before Dying

11           Film

16        Film, Assign Second Paper

18           “How It Feels To Be Colored Me” (Handout)

23           Their Eyes Were Watching God

25           Their Eyes Were Watching God

30           Their Eyes Were Watching God

April

6              NO CLASS

8              Film, SECOND PAPER DUE

13           Film

15           “The Lottery” (Handout), Assign Third Paper

20           “The Veldt” (Handout)

22           Paper Help in my Office (1137)

27           Paper Help in my Office (1137)

29           MEET IN 1137, THIRD PAPER DUE