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ELIT 10 FictionENGLISH 10-INTRODUCTION TO FICTION
BOB DICKERSON-DE ANZA COLLEGE-SUMMER QUARTER 2000
Office-F-11f Phone-864-8540 Email address: dickersonbob@fhda.edu
PREREQUISITE
Eligibility is established through successful completion of English 1A.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The student will be able to:
1) Become familiar with various writers of fiction and
their works and be able to recognize, identify, relate, and compare
their styles and their particular social, political, religious,
intellectual, and philosophical ideas;
2) Understand and appreciate the distinctive qualities of
plot development, character development, theme, structure, setting,
allegory, symbolism, point of view, irony, and related narrative
concerns in both short stories and novels;
3) Be able to recognize and discuss major trends in
fiction regarding both its stylistic development and its social,
political, religious, intellectual, and philosophical development;
4) Be able to relate various types of fiction to yourself and your surroundings and culture.
TEXTS
Martin (ed.), We Are the Stories We Tell
Carver, Where I’m Calling From
Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
Nabokov, Laughter in the Dark
Morrison, Sula
Forster, A Room with a View
ATTENDANCE
We meet two times a week and each class corresponds to a week of
classes during the school year. If you miss more than one class, you
may be dropped from the class. If you arrive significantly late or
leave early, you will be assessed either a full or half absence for
that day depending upon the time you miss. If you miss a class you are
responsible for getting the assignment from one of your
classmates. A missed class is no excuse for failing to complete
an assignment.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
The student will be expected to:
1) Read all the assigned texts and any
additional materials that may be submitted to the class during the
quarter.
2) Participate in class discussions.
3) Write one long essay of approximately 1,000 words.
4) Write several short in-class and out-of-class papers on the readings.
5) Complete a midterm and a final.
6) Submit occasional written or oral reports
to the class on various topics that pertain to the assigned reading.
7) Perform successfully on impromptu reading quizzes.
EVALUATION
Your final grade will be primarily determined by the quality of your
written work, but it will also be affected by your class participation
and your ability to submit your completed assignments on time.
Late papers will only be accepted up until one class after the due
date. Late papers will be marked down ten points, and I will write no
annotations or suggestions on them. If you do not turn a paper in
within one class of the due date, you will receive a 0. Thus, it seems
advisable to submit all papers and submit them on time.
FINAL EXAM
The final exam will be given in this room from 7:00 P.M. to 9:40 P.M. on Thursday, August 3.
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