Spring 2006
Section 7 (#2480): MWF 10-10.50a TGP 9
Section 10 (#2495): TTh 11a-12.20p NCB 106
Section 11 (#2500): MWF 1-1.50p NCB 111

Instructor: Dr. Shattuck
Office: McCormick 11
Phone: 372-8192
Office Hours: MWF 11.50a-1p, 1.50-2.50p NCB Faculty Lounge;
T 12.20-2.30p Office - McCormick 11
Email: sandra.shattuck@email.aamu.edu

Course Description
This course presents a study of predominantly western world literature from the Age of Reason through the modern period. Prerequisite: ENG 203

Required
You may choose to buy the anthology
>>Wilkie, Brian and James Hurt. Literature of the Western World, Volume II: Neoclassicism Through the Modern Period, Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001
OR you may buy the separate texts
>>Baldwin, James. "Sonny's Blues." xerox copy ($1-2)
>>Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. NY: Signet, 1997 ($4.95)
>>Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. NY: Anchor, 1994 ($9.95)
>>Selected poetry, handout
All books are available at the University Book store; xerox copies and handouts are available from instructor.

You will also need

• email account you access regularly
• consistent access to internet

Course Requirements

reading quizes	40%
blog postings	30%
research & reflection	30%

Attitude - This course is discussion-intensive and student-centered. Please bring openness of mind and heart, willingness to state and discuss your honest opinions, respect for others, and enthusiasm for individual and collective learning.
Attendance - Because this course is based on class interaction, attendance is crucial. Please come talk to me if you are having difficulties meeting your responsibilities. Excessive absences will result in a failing grade.
Plagiarism - I do not tolerate plagiarism, which I view as a sign of disrespect to yourself and others; I am interested in your ideas. At the first sign of plagiarism, I will talk to you. Any further evidence of plagiarism will result in a failing grade.
Incompletes - Please do not ask for an Incomplete grade unless your situation falls under the Registrar's guidelines, which are as follows: An "I" grade is intended to be only an interim course mark. It is to be used only if a student has satisfactorily (hereby defined as a C average or better) completed at least 75% of the course requirements, and there is an excusable reason for his/her not having completed all requirements prior to grade reporting time.

first published: 8 jan. 2004
last revised: 5 jan. 2006
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