Syllabus

Modern Literary Masterpieces
ENG215 Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  Monday1:00-3:40
Email:soconnel@essex.edu     
Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1137
Office Hours:  M 10-1, T/R 10-11:30                         Room:
                       
                                                                                   

Texts: YOU NEED TO BUY THE TEXTS!!!
  • The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
  • The Road Cormac McCarthy

*In class assignments will be handwritten; all homework assignments should be typed and double spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font.

I will use the class blog weekly to post assignments, links and back up information. Visit it a few times a week!!!
Class Blog: ecceng215fall17.blogspot.com
THERE ARE NO LATE PAPERS. IF YOU DO NOT HAND IN A PAPER ON THE DAY THE FINAL DRAFT IS DUE, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN F FOR THAT PAPER.

YOU MUST HAND ME EACH PAPER. EMAIL IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR FORMAL ESSAYS.
Course Description: The Development of modern literary thought is examined from the post-Renaissance era to the present day.  Students will do an intensive study of selected masterpieces of world literature.

September
11        Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus and plagiarism, Read “Babylon Revisited” GET The Great Gatsby!!!
18       “Babylon Revisited” (Handout), Read The Great Gatsby (1-5)
             25       NO CLASS

October
2          ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY, The Great Gatsby (1-5)
9          ***NO CLASS***, Read The Bluest Eye (Autumn)             
16        PAPER DUE, Finish The Great Gatsby, The Bluest Eye (Autumn), Read The Bluest Eye (Winter) 
23        The Bluest Eye (Winter), Read The Bluest Eye (Spring) 
30        ASSIGN SECOND PAPER, The Bluest Eye (Spring), Read The Bluest Eye (Summer)
 November
 6         The Bluest Eye (Summer) Read The Road
13        SECOND PAPER DUE, The Road, Read The Road
20        The Road, Read The Road, ASSIGN FINAL PAPER, The Road, Read
27        ***NO CLASS***
December
4          The Road, Bring Final Paper Drafts
11        FINAL PAPER DUE—LAST CLASS—NO LATE PAPERS!


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