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Hazuka 317 Willard Hall 832-2762 hazuka@ccsu.edu |
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REQUIRED TEXTS:
Flash Fiction, Thomas, Thomas and
Hazuka, editors (W.W. Norton)
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, shorter sixth edition, Cassill and Bausch,
editors (W.W. Norton)
1. Prerequisite: English 110 or equivalent
college-level writing course. Adequate writing skills are required for this
course. If you have taken English 111 for credit, you cannot receive credit
for English 261 as well.
2. Regular attendance is required. Every absence after the third will result
in a penalty of one-third of a grade (e.g., B- becomes C+). Three late arrivals
to class are counted as an absence. I value and expect class participation,
which you can't do if you're not in class.
3. Handicapped students: Please tell me at the beginning of the semester
if special arrangements for taking exams, etc., need to be arranged.
4. Assignments: a. Mid-term
b. Final
c. Oral presentation
d. 5-8 pages of analytical writing
The mid-term will be short-answer and identifications; the final will likely
include an essay section as well. Each student will also give an oral presentation
(five to ten minutes) on an assigned reading of your choosing, as a beginning
to that day's class discussion. Do not exceed ten minutes; keep the talks short,
and keep them focused. Also keep a reading journal, in which you write at least
a paragraph on each story we read (two sentences are sufficient for Flash Fiction
stories). Do not write plot summaries; the objective is not to show me that
you have read the stories, but that you have thought about them. I will review
the journals during the final exam.
The analytical writing is an essay or essays (preferably comparing two or more
stories) explaining what you think about something we read--library research
is neither required nor encouraged. Each essay must have a title (but no separate
title page) and a thesis, and must make a point. How you fill the page requirements
is up to you: two four-page essays are the same as one eight-page essay. Staple
pages together and hand in without a cover.
Warning: If you do use the library or the Internet, make sure to carefully document
your sources. And write the paper yourself. Either form of plagiarism results
in a painful and messy F. Don't do it.
5. Grades: Oral 10%
Mid-term 20%
Final 30%
Essay(s) 30%
Class participation 10%
(includes quizzes
and journal) 100%
I reserve the right to give unannounced quizzes at any time; they cannot be
made up, and are figured into the class participation grade.
Assignments
1/23 Introduction to the course
1/25 Flash Fiction 11-27
1/28 Flash Fiction 28-43
1/30 Flash Fiction 44-58
2/1 Flash Fiction 59-74
2/4 Flash Fiction 84-101
2/6 Flash Fiction 123-141
2/8 Flash Fiction 142-160
2/11 “Young Goodman Brown” (390)
2/13 “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (48); “The Story of
an Hour” (106)
2/15 No class--Washington’s/Lincoln’s Birthday
2/18 No class--Washington’s/Lincoln’s Birthday
2/20 “The Lady with the Dog” (93)
2/22 “The Yellow Wallpaper” (359)
2/25 “The Death of Ivan Ilych” (823-835)
2/27 “The Death of Ivan Ilych” (835-847)
3/1 “The Death of Ivan Ilych” (847-863)
3/4 “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (614) *Be prepared; this is a long story*
3/6 “The Open Boat” (176) another long story
3/8 No Class
3/11 “Paul’s Case” (67)
3/13 “Araby”
3/15 EXAM
3/18 “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” (507)
3/20 “Babylon Revisited” (322)
3/22 “Barn Burning” (230)
3/25 Spring Break
3/27 Spring Break
3/29 Spring Break
4/1 “Hills Like White Elephants” (400)
4/3 “The Chrysanthemums” (800)
4/5 “Guests of the Nation” (702)
4/8 “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” (923)
4/10 “The Enormous Radio” (84)
4/12 “King of the Bingo Game” (208)
4/15 “The Lottery” (406)
4/17 “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (689)
4/19 “Sonny’s Blues” (22)
4/22 No class
4/24 “A & P” (864)
4/26 “Cathedral” (56)
4/29 “Great Falls” (338)
5/1 “Everyday Use” (875)
5/3 “The Things They Carried” (676)
5/6 “The Man Who Loved Levittown” (892)
5/8 “Rules of the Game” (809)
Last day to hand in essays for ungraded review: 4/26
Essays due by 5/10