WEEKLY SYLLABUS

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ENGLISH 299 INTERNET

INSTRUCTOR DR. THOMAS J. HENDRICKS 

IN-OFFICE HOURS:  WR 9-NOON

VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS: T.B.A EACH WEEK

OFFICE: 463 NESTOR HALL-------OFFICE PHONE: (614) 287-5186.

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NOTICE: This syllabus contains all of the information about what is to be accomplished and/or handed in each week of the quarter. Every attempt will be made to adhere to the syllabus. It is the Student's responsibility to read the syllabus and ask questions before assignments are due via e-mail, fax, phone, voice-mail or the Bulletin Board as necessary. It is also the Student's responsibility to read his/her e-mail, the Bulletin Board and the Board Room on a daily basis in order to ascertain that no changes or additions have taken place on the syllabus. Ignorance of the law will not be an acceptable excuse for missing deadlines or not meeting requirements. See the Class Policies page.

ENGLISH 299 VIRTUAL OFFICE (chatroom). There will be times set up during the quarter for QUESTIONS online. As this is an online course, I can only tell you when those times will be: I can't really require you to be there. Those will not be "gossip" sessions. They will be used to discuss issues regarding the readings assigned for the course or other course-related items normally covered in the classroom. I will use the Bulletin Board to announce the times for the discussion sessions. Notice that the link to the virtual office and to the Board Room is accessed in the Contents on the Home Page.  You are to create a "handle" each time you enter the virtual office, and that "handle" should be at least your last name.

ENGLISH 299 BOARD ROOM. This is yet another means for me to contact you and for you to contact me. It enables you to post a message for me or for the class in general that will remain accessible for 7 days. It also enables the user to post an answer to the information given in the Board Room on site. Be sure to check this daily. It's only a click away.  Notice that the link to the virtual office and to the Board Room is accessed in the Contents on the Home Page.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Hartwell, David G., ed. The Dark Descent: The Evolution of Horror.

King, Stephen.  Night Shift.

RECOMMENDED TEXTS:

Martin, Edward J. A Guide to Writing Papers. 3rd ed.

Roberts, Edgar V. Writing About Literature. 9th ed.

An MLA Style Manual

NO LATE HOMEWORK OR PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. PLAN FOR, AND MEET, THE DEADLINES IN THIS SYLLABUS!

The Student Questionnaire is due by 6 p.m., Wednesday, September 19, 2001.

Critical Essay #1 (Primary Analysis) is due by 6 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2001.

The Midterm Essay (Primary Analysis) is due by 6 p.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2001.

Critical Essay #2 (Primary Analysis) is due by 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2001.

The Research Essay is due by NOON, Tuesday, August 28, 2001.

Realize that the General Essay Requirements have to be met for all essays, as well as the specific requirements for each essay.

**ANY STUDENTS INTENDING TO GRADUATE AT THE END OF THIS QUARTER WILL NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR WORK TURNED IN BY TUESDAY,  AUGUST 28, 2001 (WEEK 10). I HAVE TO HAVE YOUR GRADE TURNED IN BY THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2001 FOR YOU TO GRADUATE. IF I WAS DOING IT, I'D TRY TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN DURING THE 9TH WEEK OF CLASSES. 

IF YOU ARE GRADUATING FROM ANOTHER INSTITUTION, NO ONE AT CSCC WILL KNOW THAT.  YOU WILL NEED TO GET AN EARLY GRADE RELEASE FORM (FOLLOW THIS LINK, FILL IT OUT, AND INCLUDE IT WITH YOUR FINAL MATERIALS.

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10% = Written Responses to Reading Assignments
20% = Critical Essay #1 (Primary Analysis)
20% = Midterm Examination (Essay)
20% = Critical Essay #2 (Primary Analysis)
30% = Research Essay


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Remember, you are required to do a Virus Scan to eliminate any viruses in your computer before sending any form of e-mail, including using the Bulletin Board text box.

BOOK LEGENDS

DD: The reading assignment is in The Dark Descent.
OL:  The reading assignment is Online: follow links.
NS:  The reading assignment is in Night Shift.

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Fill out, print out, sign the Student Course Questionnaire and get it to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, September 19, 2001.

OL:  Read only Poe's "Poetic Principle."
OL:  Read only Poe's "Philosophy of Composition."
OL:  Read only Poe's Cosmic Theory.

OL: Read Poe's "The Colloquy of Monos and Una," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 p.m., Thursday, September 20, 2001.  Then, locate and study my web page dealing with documenting literature. The MLA method must be used and used correctly to document the short essays and the critical research essay. THEN, locate and read my web page on basic bibliography entries and works cited. Again, the MLA method must be used for constructing Works Cited pages, and this page is particularly important because it is the only place where you can find out what you don't put into bibliography entries as well as what you do.

OL:  Read "Rituals of Life and Death: Recurring Themes in Poe's Works."

OL:  Read Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, September 25, 2001.

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 OL:  Read Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, September 25, 2001.

DD:  Read Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher,"answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Thursday, September 27, 2001.

OL:  Read Ambrose Bierce's "The Man and the Snake,"answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, October 2, 2001.  There will also be two additional short stories due for next week.

Critical Essay #1 by no later than 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2001.  It is Primary Analysis, and you need to explain how you know that what you say is valid and provide correctly documented evidence in the body of the essay as well as a Works Cited page to back you up.  See the MLA pages on Documenting Literary Papers. No documentation=no critical essay.  Make sure to meet all General Essay Requirements as well as the requirements for the essay itself.  Remember: I don't accept late papers. 

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 OL:  Read Ambrose Bierce's "The Man and the Snake," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, October 2, 2001.

Submit the Critical Essay #1 (Primary Analysis) by no later than 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2001. Be sure to provide the title page, correctly document your arguments in the body of the essay and provide a Works Cited Page. No documentation =no critical essay.  Meet all General Essay Requirements. Remember: I don't accept late papers.

DD:  Read Bierce's "The Damned Thing," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Thursday, October 4, 2001.

DD: Read Henry James's "The Jolly Corner," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, October 5, 2001.

OL:  Read Howard Phillips Lovecraft's "Introduction" to his Supernatural Horror in Literature.  This work has been the definitive explanation of horror and terror to the time of Stephen King.

OL:  Read Lovecraft's "The Unnamable,"  answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, October 9, 2001.

OL:  Read Lovecraft's "Nyarlathothep," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, October 10, 2001.

DD: Read Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, October12, 2001.

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OL:  Read Howard Phillips Lovecraft's "Introduction" to his Supernatural Horror in Literature.  This work has been the definitive explanation of horror and terror to the time of Stephen King.

OL:  Read Lovecraft's "The Unnamable,"  answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, October 9, 2001.

OL:  Read Lovecraft's "Nyarlathothep," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, October 10, 2001.

DD: Read Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, October 12, 2001.

DD: Read Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, October 15, 2001.

Remember, the Midterm Essay is due next Wednesday.  It is Primary Analysis, and you need to explain how you know that what you say is valid and provide correctly documented evidence in the body of the essay to back you up.  Make sure to meet all General Essay Requirements as well as the requirements for the essay itself.  Remember, I don't accept late papers. 

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 DD: Read Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, October 15, 2001.

Submit the Midterm Essay by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, October 17, 2001.  Remember, I don't accept late papers.

 DD: Read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-Paper,"answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, October 19, 2001.

 DD: Read Shirley Jackson's, "The Summer People," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, October 22, 2001.

 DD: Read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, October 24, 2001.

 DD: Read Robert Bloch's "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, October 26, 2001.

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DD: Read Shirley Jackson's, "The Summer People," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, October 22, 2001.

 DD: Read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, October 24, 2001.

 DD: Read Robert Bloch's "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, October 26, 2001.

DD: Read Harlan Ellison's "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, October 29, 2001.

DD: Read Russell Kirk's " A Long, Long Trail A-Winding," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

DD: Read Michael Shea's "The Autopsy," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, November 2, 2001.

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DD: Read Harlan Ellison's "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, October 29, 2001.

DD: Read Russell Kirk's " A Long, Long Trail A-Winding," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

DD: Read Michael Shea's "The Autopsy," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, November 2, 2001.

Critical Essay #2 is due by no later than 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2001.  It is Primary Analysis, and you need to explain how you know that what you say is valid and provide correctly documented evidence in the body of the essay as well as a Works Cited page to back you up.  See the MLA pages on Documenting Literary Papers. No documentation =no critical essay.  Make sure to meet all General Essay Requirements as well as the requirements for the essay itself.  Remember: I don't accept late papers. 

NS: Read Stephen King's introduction and forward to Night Shift.  This (in a more abbreviated, readable form than Danse Macabre) spells out King's definition of terror and horror fiction.

NS: Read King's "The Reach," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, November 5, 2001.

NS: Read King's "Jerusalem's Lot," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, November 9, 2001.

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 **ANY STUDENTS INTENDING TO GRADUATE AT THE END OF THE WINTER QUARTER WILL NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR WORK TURNED IN  BY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2001 (WEEK 11). I HAVE TO HAVE YOUR GRADE TURNED IN BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001 FOR YOU TO GRADUATE.  

IF YOU ARE GRADUATING FROM ANOTHER INSTITUTION, NO ONE AT CSCC WILL KNOW THAT.  YOU WILL NEED TO GET AN EARLY GRADE RELEASE FORM (FOLLOW THIS LINK, FILL IT OUT, AND INCLUDE IT WITH YOUR FINAL MATERIALS.

NS: Read King's "The Reach," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Monday, November 5, 2001.

Submit the Critical Essay #2 (Primary Analysis) by no later than 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2001. Be sure to correctly document your arguments in the body of the essay and provide a Works Cited Page. No documentation =no critical essay.  Remember: I don't accept late papers.

NS: Read King's "Jerusalem's Lot," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, November 9, 2001.

NS: Read King's "The Boogeyman," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, November 13, 2001.

NS: Read King's "The Woman in the Room," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, November 14, 2001.

NS: Read King's "The Lawnmower Man," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, November 16, 2001.

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**ANY STUDENTS INTENDING TO GRADUATE AT THE END OF THE WINTER QUARTER WILL NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR WORK TURNED IN BY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2001 (WEEK 11). I HAVE TO HAVE YOUR GRADE TURNED IN BY THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 2001 FOR YOU TO GRADUATE.

IF YOU ARE GRADUATING FROM ANOTHER INSTITUTION, NO ONE AT CSCC WILL KNOW THAT.  YOU WILL NEED AN EARLY GRADE RELEASE FORM (FOLLOW THIS LINK), FILL IT OUT, AND INCLUDE IT WITH YOUR FINAL MATERIALS.

NS: Read King's "The Boogeyman," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Tuesday, November 13, 2001.

NS: Read King's "The Woman in the Room," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Wednesday, November 14, 2001.

NS: Read King's "The Lawnmower Man," answer the critical fiction questions for the story, and submit your answers to me by no later than 6:00 pm, Friday, November 16, 2001.

Remember, the Research Essay is due next Thursday, and you must not only explain how you know that what you say is valid, but also back up your opinions with correctly documented evidence from RESEARCH SOURCES. Make sure to meet all General Essay Requirements as well as the specific requirements for the essay.

EDITING THE RESEARCH ESSAY:

Print out the editing sheets.  Then give a rough draft and the editing sheets to someone you trust.  That person will then read your draft and make comments where appropriate on the editing sheets themselves.  You then make any corrections you think necessary, based on the editing comments, and hand in the editing sheets and the final draft only of the research essay.  DO NOT HAND IN ANY ROUGH DRAFTS.

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 Submit the completed Peer Editing Sheets and the final draft of your Research Essay by no later than 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 28, 2001.

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Graded papers may be picked up from the brown, cardboard Pick-Up box outside my office on Friday afternoon of finals week.  If you are unable to retrieve them then, or over the break, they will remain in a black file box in the same location until week five of the following quarter.  After that, they will be discarded.

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