Office: 110C Cherry Hall and l34A Cherry Hall
Phone: 745-5783 or 745-5720
E-mail: elizabeth.oakes@wku.edu
Web page: http://www.wku.edu/~elizabeth.oakes
Office hours: 8:30-10:30 M, 2-4 T, and by appointment

Required text: Discovering Literature, 3rd edition, editors, Guth and Rico

Grading:
Four in-class essay exams -- 40%
Quizzes and oral report -- 20% (Note: quizzes on the plays will count 2 quiz grades; the report counts 4)
Creative project -- l0%
Out-of-class paper -- 20%
In-class individual and group writing -- 10%

Policies: Quizzes--There will be a quiz on readings the first day of discussion as noted. I allow only one make-up on these without a verifiable excuse, and it must be done before you sit through a class on the work. A make-up quiz will be harder. If you are tardy, I may not take up class time to let you take the quiz. If you take a quiz and then leave for an appointment, I will not count it. I drop one quiz at the end of the semester. In-class writing exercises--Whether these are done in a group or as an individual, there is no make-up. Exams--You are allowed one make-up on the in-class exams if you have a verifiable excuse. You are responsible for seeing me to arrrange the time, and you may expect a harder test on a make-up. Any make-up must be done within a week. Absences--After four unexcused absences, I may drop your grade, discuss the problem with you, ask you to withdraw, or a combination of the above. However, if you are having an unusually traumatic time in your personal life, and it is something I can verify (I will not ask for personal details), I will work with you to help you. Just let me know.

The last day to drop without a grade is August 25, and the last day to drop with a W is October 13.

Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or services) for this course must contact the Office for Student Disability Services, Room 445, Potter Hall, phone: 745-5004.

Please note: Some of the assignments below may change, but the overall requirements won't.
8/19
Introductions
8/21
Diagnostic essay--bring pen and paper

8/26
Quiz and discussion
O'Connor, p. 367, and Mason, p. 66
8/28
Quiz and discussion
Carver, p. 96, Hemingway, p. 316, Walker, p. 267

9/2
Quiz and discussion
Morrison, p. 560, Munro, p. 105, Steinbeck, p. 221
9/4
Quiz and discussion
LeGuin, p. 555, Atwood, p. 45, Marquez, p. 247

9/9
In-class essay exam--bring pen and paper
9/11
Hamlet film--come to Room 125

9/16
Hamlet cont'd--come to Room 125
9/18
Hamlet, quiz and discussion

9/23
Hamlet, cont'd
9/25
Hamlet, cont'd; read pp. 1717-1722, 1371-1378

9/30
Hamlet discussion
Fall Break

10/7
Hamlet exam
10/9
Quiz and discussion, Death of a Salesman, p. 1387

10/14
Rewrite--Hamlet paper
10/16
Quiz and discussion, Getting Out, p. 1887

10/21
Discussion/brainstorming on the hero

10/23
Begin poetry:
"Oranges," p. 671
"Persimmons," p. 747
"O Taste and See," p. 820
"The Plum," p. 685
"A Supermarket in California," p. 1074
"This Is Just to Say," p. 640
"On Banannas and Grapes," Insert Iv
"Sunday at the Apple Market," p. 684
"To Drink," p. 756

10/28
Paper on the hero due
7-8 minute oral report on the hero
Justin, Megan, LaTonnsya, Rachel C., Heather, John, Sarah, Evan go today

10/30
No Class--I will be out of town
In lieu of class, please attend WKU's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream--posters are everywhere for dates and time.

11/4
The second set of reports--Tabatha, Gail, Rachel L., Jonathan, Kim, Mike, Greg, Kandace, Ashley

11/6
Shakespeare's sonnets
p. 878
p. 731
p. 813
p. 729
p. 892
p. 1103
p. 901

11/11
"To His Coy Mistress," p. 896
"Ode on a Grecian Urn," p. 942
"Ode to a Nightengale," p. 1085
"Dover Beach," p. 760
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," p. 1069
"Wild Geese," p 619
"Traveling through the Dark," p. 878

11/13
In-class exam on poetry--bring your book

11/18
Quiz and discussion, A Midsummer Night's Dream, p. 1782

11/20
MND, cont'd

11/25
MND, cont'd

THANKSGIVING

12/2
Creative Projects

12/4
MND, cont'd

Final exam is an in-class essay on MND