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TEXTS:
Baym, Nina. The Norton Anthology: American Literature, Vols C, D and E. 8th edition. All three volumes and the 8th edition are required. Older editions or the Shorter Edition are not acceptable. Textbooks must be purchased by the second class period. Your textbooks are available from the Poet's Corner.

CLASS POLICIES
Students must make an effort to attend all classes. More than two unexcused absences will result in a drop fail. I will consider appropriate excuses; among appropriate excuses are atomic, biological, or chemical attacks or hurricane.

Students will be on time for the start of the class; this means in your seats and ready to begin.

All assignments must be completed by the date they are on the syllabus. You can expect a quiz from time to time, and if quizzes are given, they will count 10% of your final grade.

All the exams will be essay exams, and each will count 33.33% of your final grade unless we have quizzes; then, each exam will count 30% of your final grade. Students are expected to write as well as 1301 students.

All cellular phones and other telephonic devices will be turned off before the student enters class. Students should not receive or make calls or text messages during class.

Examinations
All exams will be written in Bluebooks. The student must turn the Bluebook in one week before the examination. Failure to have a Bluebook at the examination will result in a failing grade (0). If your cell phone sounds during and exam, you will lose the exam and receive a grade of 0.

Disabilities Information
If you have a documented disability which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined and/or you need special accomodations/assistance because of the disability, please contact the Office of Services
for Persons with Disabilities (OSPD). Emilia Ramirez-Schunior Hall, Room 1.101 immediately.  Appropriate arrangements/accomadodations can be arranged.

Verification of disabilites and processing of special services required, such as notetakers, extended time, separate
accomodations for testing, will be determined by OSPD.  Please do not assume adjustments/accommodations are impossible.  Consult with the Coordinator, OSPD at extension 7005.

Student Learning Outcomes and Instructional Goals for Sophomore English Courses  

State/Institutional Goals: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Exemplary Objectives for Humanities and Performing Arts:

1. To demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.

2. To understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.

3. To respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.

4. To engage in the creative process or interpretive performance and comprehend the physical and intellectual demands required of the author or visual or performing artist.

5. To articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.

6. To develop an appreciation for the aesthetic principles that guide or govern the humanities and arts.

7. To demonstrate knowledge of the influence of literature, philosophy, and/or the arts on intercultural experiences.

Departmental Goals: Student Learning Outcomes for English (SLOs) : 
SLO 1—Students will articulate the historical, theoretical, cultural, and/or personal significance of language and literature.
SLO 2—Students will analyze and interpret a variety of texts, using a range of theoretical approaches and disciplinary modes of inquiry.
SLO 3—Students will demonstrate a broad and foundational knowledge of the traditions of American, British, Ethnic, and/or World literatures by critically situating specific works of literature within these traditions.
SLO 4—Students will write coherently and demonstrate a consistent use of the conventions of a variety of genres, including, but not limited to, the academic essay.
SLO 5—Students will apply appropriate research methodologies to understand and/or illuminate specific questions about language and literature.
SLO 6—Students will demonstrate information literacy through the use, analysis, and evaluation of appropriate resources, including, but not limited to, those found in electronic databases and websites.  
SLO 7 — Students in certification tracks will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the areas of writing, literature, reading, oral communication, media literacy, and English language arts pedagogy.

English Department Goals for Sophomore English:

In sophomore literature courses, students will

• amplify reading, writing, and critical thinking skills developed in English 1301 and 1302. (THECB 3; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• understand and appreciate great writers and great works in imaginative literature in a variety of literary genres and literary periods. (THECB 1; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• understand the basic principles of literary language and analysis (THECB 4, 6; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• understand that literary study may be directed by a variety of analytical approaches, including but not limited to historical, psychological, biographical, social, and feminist approaches; (THECB 2, 5, 7; SLO 1, 3)
• understand the influence of literature on intercultural understanding and on appreciation of the individual’s culture (THECB 7; SLO 1, 3)
• develop an aesthetic appreciation of literature (THECB 5, 6; SLO 1, 2, 3)

Instructor’s Course Objectives:

• to introduce students to great writers and great works in imaginative literature (THECB 1, 7; SLO 1,2, 3)
• to develop students’ literary tastes and their aesthetic pleasure in reading (THECB 6; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• to introduce students to literary studies and the specialized terminology of these studies (THECB 1, 2, 3, 5, 7; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• to develop critical thinking and critical reading skills (THECB 3, 4; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• to develop students’ ability to analyze texts, generalize, and think abstractly (THECB 4, 5; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• to further improve writing competencies acquired in English 1301 and 1302 (THECB 3, 4, 5; SLO 1, 2, 3)
• to develop oral communication skills (THECB 3, 4, 5; SLO 1, 2, 3)

ENG 2303 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE---catalogue description
(Texas Common Course Number is ENGL 2326.)
A study of several masterpieces of American Literature, with emphasis on careful reading and on writing critical essays about individual works. Prerequisite: Minimum grade of "C" in 06 semester hours of required freshman English.

August
25 Introduction
Short Stories
27 The Luck of Roaring Camp 351C. Bret Harte.
29 Editha, 347C. William Dean Howells

September
01 No Class
03 Editha
05Desiree's Baby 551C. Kate Chopin.

08 Wife of His Youth 706C. Charles Chesnutt
10 Wife
12 To Build A Fire 1047C. Jack London

15 A Rose for Emily, 794D, William Faulkner
17 A Rose for Enily
19 A Rose for Emily

22 The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 824D. Ernest Hemingway
24 The Snows of Kilmanjaro
26 From Bless Me Ultima, 713 . Rudolfo Anaya

29 Fron Bless Me Ultima

October
01 All Selections from Gloria Anzuldua, 837E.
03 Anzuldua

06 Woman Hollering Creek, 1130E. Sandra Cisneros
08 Woman Hollering Creek
The Novel
10 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, 943C. Stephen Crane

13 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
15 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
17 First Examination

Poetry
20 I never lost as much but twice, 93C, Success is counted Sweetest, 94C, The Soul select her own Society, 101C, This is my letter to the World, 103C. Emily Dickinson
22 War is Kind, 1007C. Stephen Crane. Margaret Fuller Slack, 38D, Lucinda Matlock, 39D.
24 Edgar Lee Masters. Richard Cory, 40D, Mr Flood's Party, 43D. Edwin Arlington Robinson. The Road Not Taken, 241D, Birches, 243D, "Out, Out---", 244D. Robert Frost

27 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, 245D. Robert Frost. Chicago, 278D, Fog 280D, Cool Tombs, 280D, Grass, 281D. Carl Sandburg
O sweet spontaneous, 639D, Buffalo Bill's, 640D, the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls, 640D, "next to of course god america I, 641D. ee cummings.
29 The Negro Speaks of Rivers, 871D, I, Too, 872D. Langston Hughes
31 Words Like Freedom, 877D, Theme for English B, 850D. Langston Hughes. The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, 177E. Randall Jarrell

November
03 We Real Cool, 326E, The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till, 330E. Gwendolyn Brooks. In Mind, 420E, What Were They Like?, 422E, Denise Levertov
05 A Supermarket in California, 500E. Allen Ginsberg
07 Daddy, 629E. Sylvia Plath

10 Homage to my hips, 707E. Lucille Clifton, American History, 776E. Michael S. Harper. Passing Through Little Rock, 824E. Simon Ortiz
12 Earth and Rain, The Plants & Sum, 825E, Vision Shadows, 826E, From From Sand Creek, 828E. Simon Ortiz, All selections from Alberto Rios, 1113E.
14 All selections from Lorna Dee Cervantes 1152E.

17 SEOND EXAMINATION

Drama
19 Death of a Salesman, 236E. Arthur Miller
21 Death of a Salesman

24 Death of a Salesman
26 Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey Into Night
28 No Class

December
01 Long Day's Journey Into Night
03 Long Day's Journey Into Night

04 Study Days
05 Study Days

Final Exams
10 2303.02 10:15-12:00
12 2303.01 8:00-9:45