Modern
Literary Masterpieces
ENG215
Essex County College
Prof.
Sean O’Connell Monday
10:00-12:50
Email:soconnel@essex.edu
Phone:
973-877-1926 Office: 1141
Office Hours:
M/T/W Room: 2132
9:00-10:00
Texts: YOU NEED TO BUY THE
TEXTS!!!
- The
Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A
Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
- Blindness
José Saramago
·
The
Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
*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: eng215fall17.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.
January
9 Introduction, discuss syllabus, Handout
16 NO CLASS
23 The Great Gatsby 1-5
30 The Great Gatsby
5-9
February
6 A RAISIN IN THE SUN, ASSIGN
FIRST ESSAY
13 NO CLASS
20 NO CLASS
27 PAPER DUE,
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
March
6 A RAISIN IN THE SUN, ASSIGN
SECOND ESSAY
13 Blindness
20 PAPER DUE, Blindness
27 Blindness
April
3 The Bluest Eye, ASSIGN THIRD ESSAY
10 The Bluest Eye
17 The Bluest Eye, PAPER
DUE
