ENGL 105 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Spring 2008

 

 

Title:                 Freshman Honors English

Time:                9:30 TR

Line #:              82177

Place:               108 Smith

Instructor:         WEDGE, Philip

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  In this course we will study selected masterpieces of world literature, focusing on developing the student’s ability to read and write essays about literature.  Required coursework consists of 4 major essays (50%) and a comprehensive final (25%).  Homework (25%) includes pop quizzes and short writing assignments.  Class participation is also of considerable importance.

 

REQUIRED TEXTS:  Homer, The Odyssey; Chaucer, Canterbury Tales; Shakespeare, Henry V;

Austen, Emma; Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles; Cather, My Antonia; Achebe, Things Fall Apart;

Rushdie, Midnight’s Children.

 

 

 

 

Title:                 Freshman Honors English

Time:                3:00 MW

Line #:              82178

Place:               4035 Wescoe  

Instructor:         VALK, Michael

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  In this Honors English class, we will critically examine and sympathetically, imaginatively, and creatively respond to a fulsome fistful of timeless texts….some fun!  Three to four critical essays, a midterm examination, and a final examination.

 

REQUIRED TEXTS:  Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet; Chopin, The Awakening; Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Norton, The Norton Anthology of Poetry, shorter 5th edition; Lunsford, The Everyday Writer; and Dept. of English, Composition and Literature.