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ELIT 10 FictionENGLISH 10-INTRODUCTION TO FICTION
BOB DICKERSON-DE ANZA COLLEGE-FALL QUARTER 2011
Office-F-11f Phone-864-8540 Email address: dickersonbob@fhda.edu
Office hours: M-Th 11:30-12:20
PREREQUISITE
Eligibility is established through successful completion of English 211. Completion or concurrent enrollment in English 1A is preferred.
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 (Pantheon)
Kureishi, Love in a Blue Time (Scribner)
Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (HarperPerennial)
Nabokov, Laughter in the Dark (Vintage)
Morrison, Sula (Plume)
Stern, The Frozen Rabbi (Algonquin Books) [RECOMMENDED]
ATTENDANCE
We meet four times a week. You are allowed to miss a maximum of five classes (excused or unexcused). If you miss six, I will subtract five points from your final grade. If you miss seven, I will withdraw you from the class if the seventh missed class occurs before the drop date (11/18). If it occurs after that date, you will receive an F for 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. Please exchange phone numbers and/or email addresses with at least two of your classmates. A missed class is no excuse for failing to complete
an assignment. 10/8
is the last day to apply for any enrollment fee refund should you drop
any or all courses (10/1 for out-of-state or foreign students). 10/15 is the last day to drop with nothing showing
on your record. 11/18 is the last day to drop with a "W."
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 essays on the readings.
5) Complete a midterm and a final, both of which will have an essay component.
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 attendance (I like to see students attend class), class participation, and your ability to submit your completed assignments on time.
Late papers will only be accepted up until one week after the due
date. Late papers will be marked down three points for each class they are late, and I will write no
annotations or suggestions on them. If you do not turn a paper in
within one week of the due date, you will receive a 0. Thus, it seems
advisable to submit all papers and submit them on time.
PLAGIARISM— Don't do it!!!
FLAKE FACTOR—Excessive tardiness, absences, protracted break-taking,
late papers, unread assignments, etc. are considered annoying,
deleterious, and bad form; consequently, they may affect your final
grade (and your future income and investment portfolio, as well). They upset me immensely.
CELL
PHONE RULE—You may not use cell phones during class for any reason. If
you need to use them, please go outside the room and text or call or
whatever you need to do.
FINAL EXAM
The final exam will be given in L-83 from 9:15-11:15 A.M. on Tuesday, December 13.
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