Teaching Assistants:
216-03 (MWF 11-12) WBY 100, Mr. David A. Salomon
216-02 (MWF 12-1) WBY 100, Mr. James Scannell
216-04 (MWF 1-2) WBY 332, Mr. James Scannell
This is an upper-level course in literature. Please read each story at least once before the class discussion of it. Use a good dictionary as you read. Bring the text to class in order to follow the discussion and make your questions specific. Take notes. Ask questions. Discuss the stories and authors with other members of the course. The unassigned stories are well worth reading, in these and the authors' other books. The library abounds in secondary materials, and a web site is given below.
Texts (all available at the UConn Co-Op):
Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit
Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer and Other Stories
Jane Gardam, The Pangs of Love
Ann Beattie, The Burning House
Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis, The Penal Colony, and Other Stories
Course Requirements:
Attendance is mandatory.
Five reading quizzes--unannounced, one each on Conrad, Gardam, and Beattie; two quizzes on Kafka (the lowest grade of the five quizzes will be dropped)
Midterm Exam: Wednesday, October 22
Final Exam: Dates to be announced
You may use any books you like for the exams (including texts and notebooks); quizzes are closed book.
N.B. There will be absolutely no makeups for either quizzes or exams. Quizzes will be given during the first ten minutes of class; if you arrive late and miss the quiz, you've missed the quiz.
Quizzes count for approximately 20%, and each exam for approximately 40% of the course grade. The final grade will not result merely from mathematical calculations.
Office Hours:
Mr. O'Hara: JHA 312, 6-2141, T 2-3pm and by appointment
(Please consult the TA for your section):
Mr. Salomon: JHA 246, 6-3762, M/W 12-12:50 and by appointment,
e-mail: das93006@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Mr. Scannell: JHA 342, 6-3706, W 2-3, F 3-4 and by appointment,
e-mail: jws93003@uconnvm.uconn.edu
World Wide Web:
A brief WWW page (including supplementary materials) for this class can be found at http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~das93006/216/216.htm
The course syllabus will also be posted at this address.
Reading List
Any stories listed here are fair game for exams and quizzes, whether or not they are covered in class.
W, August 27: Introduction to the Course
F, August 29: Potter, "Tale of Peter Rabbit"
M, September 1: NO CLASS: LABOR DAY
W, September 3: Potter, "Tale of Peter Rabbit"
F, September 5: Conrad, "Youth"
M, September 8: Conrad, "Youth"
W, September 10: Conrad, "Typhoon"
F, September 12: Conrad, "The Secret Sharer"
M, September 15: Conrad, "The Secret Sharer"
W, September 17: Conrad, "The Secret Sharer"
F, September 19: Gardam, "The First Adam"
M, September 22: Gardam: "The First Adam"
W, September 24: Gardam: "Pig Boy"
F, September 26: Gardam, "Pig Boy"
M, September 29: Gardam: "The Easter Lilies"
W, October 1: Gardam: "Stone Trees"
F, October 3: Gardam, "An Unknown Child"
M, October 6: Gardam, "A Seaside Garden"
W, October 8: Gardam, "Pangs of Love"
F, October 10: Gardam, "Pangs of Love"
M, October 13: Mid-semester Break: NO CLASSES
W, October 15: Gardam, "The Last Adam"
F, October 17: Gardam, "The Last Adam"
M, October 20: Review
W, October 22: Midterm
F. October 24: CLASS WILL NOT MEET
Reading list for the second half of semester will be distributed in class on October 20. It will also be posted to the web page at that time.