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ENG 1002C-038-046-057: Composition and
Literature
Michael Main
Eastern Illinois University
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Michael Main 5:30-6 -C/f rc 
E.I.U.-- Composition II 
MWF 2:00-2:50 
Office Hours: MWF 1-2, MW 4:15-4:30, 
Office Phone: 581-6288 
Office: Coleman 339 G 
email: cfmeml@eiu.edu 
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MW 3-4:15, 6-7:15 
CLASS POLICY SHEET 
Required Texts: 
Kennedy and Gioia, An Introduction to Poetry, Trinuner and Jennings, 
Fictions, Worthen, The Harcourt Brace Anthology of Drama, and A Pocket 
Style Manual. 2nd ed. (grammar reference). A dictionary is also strongly 
suggested. Books for the correct segment of class should be brought to 
class every day. 
Catalog description: 1002C. Composition and Literature. A writing course 
designed to improve skills in critical thinking and analytical expression 
based on the reading of literary texts. Prerequisite: lOOlC-- you must 
have passed Comp I to be eligible to take this class. 
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES: (from departmental guidelines); 
Students should receive instruction that enables them: 
To write expository and persuasive papers in which paragraphs, 
sentences, and words develop a central idea that responds to reading of 
literary works. 
To read poetry, fiction, and drama expressing a wide range of cultural 
perspectives and values and to think critically and write analytically 
about them. 
To engage in reading and writing experiences about literature so as to 
establish a foundation for continued social, cultural, intellectual, and 
aesthetic discovery and appreciation. 
Minimum writing requirement: 5000 words. 
EVALUATION SYSTEM AND GRADING STANDARPS: 
The grade for the course will be based largely upon the student's 
demonstrated mastery of the above listed objectives. In addition to the 
major essays, a journal, attendance, participation, and a take-home final 
exam will also determine the final grade. Grades given are A,B,C, and NC 
(no credit). Students must be writing at C level or above to pass. A 
grade of NC will force the student to retake the course. 
The grade breakdown is as follows: 
2 three page essays 10% each 
1 seven page paper, research 20% 
1 group project, approx. 9 pages 20% 
+ student journal, quizzes, 
participation, etc. 10% total 
1 take-home final exam essay (6 pages) 20% 
The grading standards issued by the English Department are available to 
every student. If you have questions regarding a grade you are issued, 
please don't hesitate to bring your questions to my attention. I consider 
it your responsibility to make sure you fully understand the grades and 
comments you are given on any assignment. 
Absences will also factor into the final grade. Attendance is vitally 
important to successful completion of the class, and it is the student's 
responsibility to make up any assignments missed due to absences. More 
than three or four absences--unexcused--will result in a lower final class 
grade. Additionally, I prefer to be contacted beforehand if an absence is 
unavoidable. Excused absences are at my discretion. 
Plagiarism is "the appropriation or imitation of the language, ideas, 
and/or thoughts of another author, and representation of them as one's own 
original work" (Random House Dictionary of the English Language) . See your 
school handbook, or see me for details. Plagiarism will result in a 
failing grade for the assignment, and can also result in a failing grade 
for the class. Any incident of plagiarism will be reported to the Judicial 
Affairs Office. 
Disabilities: If you have a documented disability and wish to receive 
academic acconunodations, please contact the Coordinator of the Office of 
Disability Services (581-6583) as soon as possible. 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: 
This class will involve workshopping, group-discussion, in-class 
writing, and (possibly) student presentations as well as lecturing. 
Students are expected to write polished essays, correctly documented 
research papers, and personal/student journals. Failure to turn in 
assignments (including rough drafts and collected journals) by the 
beginning of the period on the due date will result in a lowered letter 
grade for the assignment. 
My in-class exPectations are simple; I expect each student to respect 
the opinions and the expressions of every other student in the class. I 
will allow a great deal of classroom freedom of expression; do not abuse 
the classroom space by disrespecting other members of the class. Anyone 
who cannot responsibly participate in class discussion may be asked to 
leave the classroom. In this literature-based class, it is imperative that 
you be prepared, having completed the reading assignments for each day's 
discussion. Failure to demonstrate your timely completion of the reading, 
through discussion, quizzes, journals, etc. will result in drastic grade-
related measures. 
Journals: 
Journals will be simple: for each class day, when a story/poem/play 
is assigned, I expect to see a brief written response, which may (or may 
not) involve questions from the book at the end of the piece; I expect to 
see your thoughts or questions on one or more pieces written out in brief 
form. The journal related to a given reading assignment should be 
completed before that assignment is to be discussed in class. I reserve 
the right to collect some journals on the date for which they should be 
done, as a sort of quiz; otherwise, they will be collected en masse at the 
end of the semester. 
Computer Lab: Half the time this class will meet in the ETIC, and students 
will sometimes be asked to work on computers. Students are expected to 
conduct themselves responsibly in the computer classroom; any inapropriate 
behavior may result in expulsion from the lab. Students should purchase a 
3 1/2" floppy disk, IBM formatted, and should be aware of the scheduled 
location of their class during a given week. 
I look forward to an exciting semester working with you. If you have any 
questions, don't hesitate to ask. That's why I'm here. 
Michael Main 
Composition Il 
CALENDAR 
Spring'OO 
(This calendar is subject to change; unless you are told otherwise, however, it is expected that you will 
have all readings, journals, and essays listed for each day ready on that day) 
Week 1 (Jan 10-14) LAB SECTION 1: FICTION 
Mon: Introduction to class 
Wed: Simon and Garfunkel's "America," read "Reading and Writing about Short Stories," 3-13 
Fri: Kate Chopin, -The Story of an Hour," 14, and Questions and Samples 16-20 
Week 2 (Jan 17-21) 
Mon: Martin Luther Kmg Jr. Day-no classes 
Wed: "Plot," 49-5 L Anton Chekhov and Joyce Carol Oates, "The Lady with the Pet Dog," 51 and 63 
ESSAY#J ASSIGNED (3+PAGE5) 
Fri: "Point of View." 115-117, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," 117 
Week 3 (Jan 24-28) LAB 
Mon: William Faulkner. "A Rose for Emily," 129 
Wed: Margaret Atwood, .. Dancing Girls," 204 
Fri: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," 554 
Week 4 (Jan 31-Feb. 4) 
Mon: "Theme," 136-138, Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Ornelas," 144 
Wed: Jamaica Kinkaid. .. GrrL" 776 
ESSAY#l DUE!!!! ESSAY 2ASSIGNED (3+ PAGES) 
Fri: Nathaniel Ha\\thorne, .. Young Goodman Brown," 641, photocopies 
Week 5 (Feb. 7-11) LAB 
Mon: Alice Walker ... Everyday Use," 1151, and Tillie Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing," 1004 
Wed: William Faukner. '·Barn Burning." 491 
Fri: Lincoln's Birthday-no classes 
Week 6 (Feb. 14-18) 
Mon: Elizabeth Bowen. ""The Demon Lover," 299 
Wed: Edgar Allen Poe. "The Cask of Amontillado," IO 11 
ESSAY#2 DUE!!!!! 
Fri: Wrap up discussion of fiction; or, conferences with instructor 
Week 7 (Feb. 21-25) LAH SECTION II: POETRY 
Mon: "Reading a Poem," 1-6 (Including Yeats' "Lake Isle oflnnisfree"), Adrienne Rich, "Aunt 
Jennifer's Tigers." 7, Rich .. Recalling· Aunt Jennifer's Tigers,'" 14 
Wed: "Tone." 17, Roethke. "My Papa's Waltz," 18, Student Essay on Roethke, 44 
GROUP PROJECT ASSIGNED (3 STUDENTS, 9 PAGES) 
Fri: "The Person in the Poem." 23, Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow," 30, "Irony," 30, Olds, 
""Rites of Passage." 33 
Week 8 (Feb. 28-Mar. 3) 
Mon: .. Words," 49, Williams. ··This is Just to Say," 50, Axelrod, .. The Dead Have No Respect," 58, 
Carroll. "Jabbenvocky" and "Humpty Dumpty Explicates Jabberwocky," 72-77 
Wed: .. Saying and Suggesting," 77, Blake, "London," 79, Brooks, ''The Bean Eaters," 82 
Fri: "Imagery," 91, Pound, "In a Station of the Metro," 91, "Haiku," 99, Basho, both poems, 100 
GROUP PROJECT OUTUNE DUE 
Week 9 (Mar 6-10) LAB 
Mon: "Figures of Speech," 114, Shakespeare, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" 115. Moss, 
Ditto, 116, "Metaphor and Simile," 117, Plath, "Metaphors," 120, Atwood "You Fit..." 128 
Wed: "Song," 137, Run DMC, "Peter Piper," 141, Robinson, "Richard Cory," 143 
GROUP PROJECT DUE!!!! 
Fri: "Rime," 166, Yeats, "Leda and the Swan," 171, "Rhythm," 181, Brooks, "We Real Cool," 186 
Brooks on "Hearing 'We Real Cool,"' 201 
Week 10 (Mar 13-17) 
SPRING BREAK 
Week 11 (Mar 20-24) 
Mon: "Closed Form," 204, Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle ... " 222, "Open Form," 229, cummings, 
"in just-" 246, -symbol," 252, Dickinson and Frost, "Fly buzz" and ''Road not Taken" 259 
RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNED (7+ PAGES, SOURCES) 
Wed: ''Poetry and Person Identity," 295, "Race and Ethnicity," 300, "Gender," 306 
Rose, "For the White Poet. .. " 304, Rich, "Women," 309, Francis, "Catch," 359 
Fri: "Evaluating a Poem," 329, Yeats, "Sailing to Byzantium," 341, Shakespeare and Shelly, 
"My Mistress' Eyes" and "Ozymandias" 344-5, Whtman, "O Captain" 348 
Week 12 (Mar 27-31) LAB SECTION Ill: DRAMA (starts Wed.) 
Mon: Discuss literary criticism in detail; see poetry book "Critical Approaches to Literature," 590-
Wed: Drama "Introduction" pgs. 1-9, "Classical Athens," ll-26 
Fri: Sophocles, Oedipus the King 72 through pg. 83 (long chorus) 
Week 13 (Apr 3-7) 
Mon: finish Oedipus 
Wed: "Medieval and Renaissance England," "Shakespeare's Globe," 219-236 
RESEARCH PAPER OUTLJN£1MATERIALS DUE 
Fri: Shakespeare, The Tempest, 341-350 (Act D 
Week 14 (Apr 10-14) LAB 
Mon: Tempest (Act II-ill) 350-361 
Wed: Tempest (Act IV-V) 361-369 
Fri: "Modern Europe.·· 577-586 
Week 15 (Apr 17-21) 
Mon: Churchill. Cloud Nine, 807-823 (Intro plus Act I) 
Wed: Cloud Nine, 823-831 
Fri: Cloud Nine, 831-834 
RESEARCH PAPER DUE!!!!! 
Week 16 (Apr 24-28) 
Mon: mo\'ie 
COMPLETE JOURNALS DUE!! 
Wed: movie cont'd 
FINAL EXAM ASSIGNED (TAKE HOME) 
Fri: last day of classes 
Finals Week (May 1-5) 
FINAL EXAM DUE TUES. BY 3 P.M. 
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Michael Main 
Composition II-MW 
CALENDAR 
Spring'OO 
(This calendar is subject to change: unless you are told otherwise, however, it is expected that you will 
have all readings, journals, and essays listed for each day ready on that day) 
Week l (Jan 10-14) LAB SECTION 1: F1CTION 
Mon: Introduction to class 
Wed: Simon and Garfunkel's .. America," read ''Reading and Writing about Short Stories," 3-13 
Week 2 (Jan 17-21) 
Mon: Martm Luther King Jr. Day-no classes 
Wed: Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour," 14, and Questions and Samples 16-20 
.. Plot," 49-51, Anton Chekhov and Joyce Carol Oates, "The Lady with the Pet Dog," 51and63 
ESSAY #1 ASSIGNED (3+ PAGES) 
Week 3 (Jan 24-28) LAB 
Mon: "Point of View." 115-117. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper," 117 
William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily," 129 
Wed: Margaret Atwood, "Dancing Girls," 204, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with 
Enormous Wings." 554 
Week 4 (Jan 31-Feb. 4) 
Mon: "Theme," 136-138, Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Ornelas," 144, 
Jamaica Kinkaid ''Girl." 776 
ESSAY #1 DUE!!!! ESSAY 2 ASSIGNED (3+ PAGES) 
Wed: Nathaniel Ha\\'thome. "Young Goodman Brown," 641, photocopies 
Week 5 (Feb. 7-11) LAB 
Mon: Alice Walker, "Everyday Use," 1151, and Tillie Olsen, "I Stand Here Ironing," 1004 
Wed: William Faukner. ''Barn Burning," 491 
Fri: Lincoln's Birthday-no classes 
Week 6 (Feb. 14-18) 
Mon: Elizabeth Bowen. 'The Demon Lover," 299 
Wed: Edgar Allen Poe. ·The Cask of Amontillado," 1011 
ESSAY#2 DUE!!!!! 
Week 7 (Feb. 21-25) LAB SECTION II: . POETRY 
Mon: .. Reading a Poem:' 1-6 (Including Yeats' .. Lake Isle of lnnisfree"), Adrienne Rich, "Aunt 
Jennifer's Tigers.'' 7, Rich "Recalling 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers,"' 14 
Wed: 'Tone." 17, Roethke, "My Papa's Waltz," 18, Student Essay on Roethke, 44, "The Person in the 
Poem," 23, Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow," 30, 
GROUP PROJECT ASSIGNED (3 STUJJENTS, 9 PAGES) 
Week 8 (Feb. 28-Mar. 3) 
Mon: "Irony," 30, Olds. "Rites of Passage," 33, "Words," 49, Williams, "This is Just to Say," 50, 
Axelrod, "The Dead Have No Respect," 58, CarrolL "Jabberwocky" and "Humpty Dumpty 
Explicates Jabberwocky,'' 72-77 
Wed: "Saying and Suggesting," 77, Blake, "London," 79, Brooks, "The Bean Eaters," 82 
·'Imagery," 91, Pound, ··Jn a Station of the Metro," 91, "Haiku," 99, Basho, both poems, 100 
GROCP PROJECT OUTLINE DUE 
Week 9 (Mar 6-10) L!JB 
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Mon: "Figures of Speech,'' l 14, Shakespeare, "Shall l Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" 115, Moss, 
Ditto, 116, "Metaphor and Simile," 117, Plath, "Metaphors," 120, Atwood "You Fit ... " 128 
Wed: .. Song," 137, Run DMC, -Peter Piper," 141, Robinson, ''Richard Cory," 143, .. Rime," 166, Yeats, 
"Leda and the Swan.·· 171. "Rhythm," 181, Brooks, "We Real Cool," 186 
Brooks on ''Hearing ·we Real Cool,'" 201 
Week 10 (Mar 13-17) 
SPRING BREAK 
Week 11 (Mar 20-24) 
GROUP PROJECT DUE!!!! 
Mon: "Closed Form,' 204. Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle ... " 222, ''Open Form," 229, cummings, 
"in just-" 246, "'Symbol," 252, Dickinson and Frost, "Fly buzz" and "Road not Taken" 259 
RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNED (7+ PAGES, SOURCE5J 
Wed: "Poetry and Person Identity," 295, "Race and Ethnicity," 300, "Gender," 306 
Rose, "For the White Poet. .. " 304, Rich, "Women," 309, Francis, "Catch," 359 
"Evaluating a Poem," 329, Yeats, "Sailing to Byzantium," 341, Shakespeare and Shelly, 
'"My Mistress' Eyes" and "Ozymandias" 344-5, Whitman, "O Captain" 348 
Week 12 (Mar 27-31) L4B SECTION ill: DRAMA (starts Wed.) 
Mon: Discuss literary criticism in detail; see poetry book "Critical Approaches to Literature," 590-
Wed: Drama "Introduction" pgs. 1-9, "Classical Athens," 11-26 
Week 13 (Apr 3-7) 
Mon: Sophocles, Oedipus the King 72 through pg. 83 (long chorus) 
Wed: finish Oedipus. -Medieval and Renaissance England," "Shakespeare's Globe," 219-236 
RESE4RCH PAPER OUTLJNFJMATERJALS DUE 
Week 14 (Apr 10-14) L-tB 
Mon: Shakespeare, The Tempest, 341-361 (Acts I-III) 
Wed: Tempest (Act N-V) 361-369 
Week 15 (Apr 17-21) 
Mon: "Modem Europe." 577-586, Churchill, Cloud Nine, 807-823 (Intro plus Act I) 
Wed: Cloud Nine, 823-834 
RESEARCH PAPER DUE!!!!! 
Week 16 (Apr 24-28) 
Mon: movie 
COMPLETE JOURNALS DUE!! 
Wed: movie cont'd 
FINAL EXAM ASSIGNED (TAKE HOME) 
Fri: last day of classes 
Finals Week (May 1-5) 
FINAL EXAM DUE TUES. BY 3 P.M. 


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