ENG 1B - WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Hours: 6:30-9:30p.m.  Days: Thursdays
Room: Holt 407

Course Outline

A. Lectures describing literary terms, forms, and theory.
B. Lectures about methods of composition.
C. Class discussion of literature.
D. Out-of-class essays.
E. Final examination.

• Students will learn about the major forms of fiction and drama and the methods of writing analytically and interpretively.
  
  
• Students will progress from identification of plot outline and characterization to analysis of thematic development, symbolism, and inference.
  
  
• Further, students will develop the ability to recognize and generate ideas for elaboration in essays through in-class discussion with the aim of deeper understanding.
  
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Course Description

• This course is designed to help transfer students read and write with college level sophistication.
  
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Textbooks

• Literature, Introduction to Fiction/Poetry/Drama--Kennedy and Gioia
• Light in August--Faulkner, William.
  
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Reading Materials

• Amleth
• Ramayana
• Gilgamesh
• "Faust" part 1, and various short stories to be determined

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Assignment Form

• Type (double-space) all papers except the in-class final. Blue books will be used for the final exam.
  
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Grading Policy

• A three to five (3-5) page, typed paper comparing and contrasting the themes of Amleth and Hamlet.
  
  
• A three to five (3-5) page, typed paper analyzing symbols and/or thematic development in the novel.
  
  
• A mid-term exam consisting of short answer essays responding to Faust.
  
  
• A final examination-short answer essay-tracing a common theme through all works studied in class.
  
  
• The papers will be worth 100 pts each, and the final exam will be worth 300 points
  
  
• Final Grade Percentage: 90-100%=A ; 80-89%=B ; 70-79%=C; 60-69%=D ; 59%& lower=F
  

  Students are expected to keep up with the reading assignments, class participation, and evaluative works. Late papers will be accepted after conferencing with the instructor and will be docked one letter grade
  

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Students' Responsibility

It is the student's responsibility to complete the necessary paperwork should he/she decide to drop the class; Delta's existing policy allows three missed class periods for the semester. If the student's name appears on the final grade sheet and he/she has not been attending class for more then three class meetings, then he/she will receive and 'F' as a grade

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