EVALUATION Major essays/Assessments (75%) Four Essays and in-class final Blog (15%) Class Participation and Quizzes (10%) Students are expected to complete assigned readings before coming to class, attend every class, actively participate in classroom activities and contribute to class discussions. Required Texts Keating, Helen Levine. Lives Through Literature: A Thematic Anthology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995. (Text for Pygmalion). Nabokov, Vladimir. New York: Vintage Books, 1997. Lolita. Satrapi, Marjane. New York: Pantheon, 2007. The Complete Persepolis. Shakespeare, William. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. King Lear. Sophocles, New York: Prestwick House, 2005. Antigone. Wilder, Thorton. New York: Harper Classics, 2003. The Skin of Our Teeth. SCHEDULE Pygmalion (Relate to theme of education) King Lear and Antigone (Relate to friends and enemies) The Skin of Our Teeth (Relate to themes of cultural identity and friends/enemies) The Complete Persepolis (Relate to themes of love, friends and enemies, gender issues and cultural identity) Lolita (Relate to themes of love and family) Final This will consist of an in-class presentation in the form of a close reading. Topic and date to be determined.
EVALUATION Major essays/Assessments (75%) Four Essays and in-class final Blog (15%) Class Participation and Quizzes (10%) Students are expected to complete assigned readings before coming to class, attend every class, actively participate in classroom activities and contribute to class discussions. Required Texts Keating, Helen Levine. Lives Through Literature: A Thematic Anthology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995. (Text for Pygmalion). Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. New York: Vintage Books, 1997. Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis. New York: Pantheon, 2007. Shakespeare, William. King Lear. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Sophocles, Antigone. New York: Prestwick House, 2005. Wilder, Thorton. The Skin of Our Teeth. New York: Harper Classics, 2003. SCHEDULE Pygmalion (Relate to theme of education) King Lear and Antigone (Relate to friends and enemies) The Skin of Our Teeth (Relate to themes of cultural identity and friends/enemies) The Complete Persepolis (Relate to themes of love, friends and enemies, gender issues and cultural identity) Lolita (Relate to themes of love and family) Final This will consist of an in-class presentation in the form of a close reading. Topic and date to be determined.
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