Modern Literary Masterpieces
ENG215 Essex County College
Prof. Sean O’Connell MON/WED 1130
Email:soconnel@essex.edu
Phone: 973-877-1926 Office: 1137
Office Hours: M-R 9AM-10AM Room:
Texts: YOU NEED TO BUY THE TEXTS!!!
- The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
- The Road Cormac McCarthy
*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:
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.
ENG 215 MON/WED CLASSES
September
5 Intro to class, syllabus
10 “Babylon Revisited”
12 The Great Gatsby 1-3
17 The Great Gatsby 4-6
19 The Great Gatsby 7-9
24 Outside Sources on The Great Gatsby
26 Assign First Essay
October
1 Film
3 Film
8 NO CLASS
10 FIRST ESSAY DUE, Their Eyes Were Watching God
15 Their Eyes Were Watching God
17 Their Eyes Were Watching God
22 Their Eyes Were Watching God
24 Their Eyes Were Watching God
29 Assign Second Essay
31 NO CLASS
November
5 The Road
7 The Road, SECOND ESSAY DUE
12 The Road
14 The Road
19 Film
21 NO CLASS
26 Film
28 ASSIGN THIRD PAPER
December
3 In my office for help with Third Paper (1137 in the red area)
5 In my office for help with Third Paper (1137 in the red area)
10 Paper Due
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