American Literature II
ENG 222
Essex County College
Prof. Sean O’Connell Wednesday
10:00-12:50
Email:soconnel@essex.edu
Phone:
973-877-1926
Office: 1141
Office
Hours: Mon-Wed 9-10 Room:
2132
By
Appointment
VISIT THE CLASS BLOG OFTEN FOR
UPDATES:
eng222spring17.blogspot.com
.
Texts:
- A
Lesson Before Dying, Ernest
J. Gaines
•
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
•
Death of A Salesman, Arthur
Miller
- The
Road,
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage International
Other
required materials: Folder, notebook, pens and USB storage stick
Course Description: This course focuses on writing
in the United States from the American Civil War to the contemporary era. The
student will gain some understanding of the literary history of the United
States across periods, genres, regions, cultures, and aesthetics.
In the classroom we will use
group work to discuss the stories you read on your own time. Do not use your
phones while in the classroom (unless we are looking something up). As long as
you read the stories and contribute to your group—everything should work out
fine. Your group will tell on you if you sit there and do not help.
If you are excessively absent
or late it will hurt your grade—do it enough and you will fail.
Papers are due when they are
due—look at the due dates on the syllabus now and circle them. I will provide a
handout with questions for each paper. If you hand a paper in when it is
due—you can revise it. If you do not, it is late, cannot be revised and
whatever you get on that paper is final.
January 11 Introduction to class, group
assignments, discussion of syllabus and plagiarism, Read A Lesson Before Dying
18 A Lesson Before Dying, Read A Lesson Before Dying
25 A Lesson Before Dying, Read A Lesson Before Dying
February 1 ASSIGN FIRST
PAPER, A Lesson Before Dying, Read Their Eyes Were Watching God
8 PAPER
DUE, Their
Eyes Were Watching God , Read
Their Eyes Were Watching God
15
NO CLASS
22
Their Eyes Were Watching God , Read
Their Eyes Were Watching God
March 1 ASSIGN SECOND PAPER, Their Eyes
Were Watching God, Read Death
of
A Salesman Act 1
8 Death
of A Salesman, Read Death of A Salesman Act 2
15 PAPER
DUE, Death of A Salesman, Read The
Road
22 *NO CLASS* HUMANITIES CONFERENCE (EXTRA
CREDIT CHANCE)
29 The Road, Read The Road
April
5 ASSIGN THIRD PAPER, The Road, Read The Road
12 Finish The Road, DRAFTS DUE (ONLY DAY
DRAFTS ARE ACCEPTED) MEET IN 1141
19 MEET
IN 1141, PAPERS DUE---LAST CLASS
