ENC 1141 Introduction to Literature Professor: Faten Morris Guirguis Phone: 863 297-1010 ex5404 e-mail: fmorris@polk.edu Office: WFA 115 Office Hours: T Th 9:00am - 11:00am & 1:45pm - 2:30pm Wed. 9:00am - 1:30pm

Course Description

Online Library Resources - Databases

Poetry Unit - Web Resources | Drama Unit - Web Resources | Short Story Unit - Web Resources

PCC Library Web Site

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to literature. Students read short stories, novels, poems and plays by noted writers of American and other world cultures. Through lectures, class discussions, and films, students aquire a historical perspective of literature, gain knowledge of literary terms, participate in class discussions about selected works, and write original compostions about literary topics.

Course Texts & Materials:

Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing by Kirszner & Mandell, Fifth Ed.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Any MLA documentatio Hanbook

Film relating to the literary works and authors discussed (many are available in the PCC Library)

Online Library Resources @ the PCC Library
http://www.polk.edu/it/library/

Many library resources are available to you via the Internet

There are databases that will provide you with:

• Reviews
• Criticisms
• Interpretations
• Plot Overviews
• Character Outlines
• Author Information

Here is a list of PCC Library Databases thay may be of interest and assistance to you:

• American Humanities Index (EBSCO) -- Humanities Citations
  A collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada. This database covers over 1,000 journals published from 1975 to the present. This database provides citation information for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems and fiction. Photographs, paintings and illustrations are also referenced.
  
• Art Full Text (Wilson) -- Art Periodicals - Abstracts, Citations & Full Text
  Full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of peer-selected publications—now with expanded coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews, and feminist criticism.
  
• Biography Resource Center -- Biography Reference Resource w/ related periodical articles - Full Text
  Comprehensive, full-text, online biographical reference database covering literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts.
  
• Book Review Digest Plus (Wilson) -- Book Reviews - Full Text Excerpts & Citations
  Indexes and provides excerpts of reviews of current English-language fiction and non-fiction. Now, Book Review Digest has become Book Review Digest Plus—dramatically expanding its scope (from its former base of 109 periodicals) with entries drawn from thousands of periodicals covered by other WilsonWeb databases.
  
• Essay & General Literature Index (Wilson) -- Literature Index -- Abstracts & Citations
  This unique reference offers precise access to nearly 65,000 essays contained in some 5,300 anthologies and collections—a wealth of information that might be otherwise hidden away in your library. Some 300 single and multi-author collections are indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serials. Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences, including literary works, art history, drama, and film.
  
• Humanities Full Text (Wilson) -- Art, Literature, Music... Periodicals - Abstracts, Citations & Full Text
  Over 500 English-language periodicals covering literature and language, history, philosophy, archaeology, classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion and theology. Many articles in full text.
  
• Literature Resource Center (Gale) -- Literature Reference & Periodical Resource - Full Text
  Full-text access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes: Literary Historical Timeline, Encyclopedia of Literature, and the Gale Literary Index.
  
• MagillOnLiterature Plus (EBSCO) -- Literature Reference & Periodical Resource - Full Text
  Combines the two Magill literary databases -- MagillOnAuthors and MagillOnLiterature -- into one powerful interface. Includes editorially reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature. MagillOnAuthors provides access to information on notable authors from 15 complete Salem Press sets containing a total of 62 volumes. The full database includes 12 volumes from Masterplots, 61 volumes from Masterplots II, the Cyclopedia of World Authors, the Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, 26 volumes of Magill’s Literary Annual, Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Magill Book Reviews. Also includes images for many well-known authors, embedded hyperlinks to related author essays, and a literary glossary of over 800 terms.
  
• Today in Literature (Today in Literature) -- Literature Reference Resource - Full Text
  Today in Literature features a new original biographical story each calendar day about the great writers, books, and events in literary history.

To access any of these resources (and more!) from you home computer...

• Go to the PCC Library web site http://www.polk.edu/it/library/ and click on the link to DATABASES
• Log on with your borrower ID (this is you SSN#) and your PIN (this is the last 4 digits of you SSN#)
• Choose the database you would like to use from the list

If you have a question or would like assistance accessing any of the PCC Library resources,
please feel free to call 297-1040 (WH) or 297-1042(LK)

Unit 1 -- Poetry Appreciation

Agenda for Weeks 1 - 5

Text:
pp. 2229-2234 History of Literature

First Lecture

Introducing the basic elements of understanding poetry

"The Passionate Shepard to his Love" by Christopher Marlow p.783

"The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh p. 784

Second Lecture

"La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad" by John Keats p.1206

"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell p. 936

Third Lecture

"My Mistress's Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun" by William Shakespeare

"Shall I Compare Thee to aSummer's Day" by William Shakespeare

Fourth Lecture

"In the Looking Glass" by Thomas Hardy

Poetry Web Resources

Some General Web Sites for Poetry

• Elements of Poetry from Virtual Lit: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/elements.html
• Reading Poetry - UW-Madison Writing Center:http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ReadingPoetry.html
• Bartleby.com - Verse: http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
• Bartleby.com - Cambridge History of English and American Literature: http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/

Some Web Sites About Poets (the "Subject to Change" one is actually kind of fun)

• Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/Marlowe.html
• Christopher Marlowe: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/marlowe.htm
• Sir Walter Raleigh: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/ralegh.htm
• John Keats: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/keats.html
• Andrew Marvell: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/
• Bartleby.com - Shakespeare: http://www.bartleby.com/people/Shakespe.html
• Shakespeare: http://www.bardweb.net/
• Shakespeare - Subject to Change: http://www.ciconline.org/bdp1/
• Thomas Hardy: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hardy/hardyov.html

Unit 2 -- Drama Appreciation

Agenda for Weeks 6 - 10

Text:
pp. 1289 - 1295 History of Drama
pp. 1298 - 1303 Tragedy & Comedy

Oedipus the King by Sophocles pp.1657-1699
Hamlet by William Shakespeare pp.2002-2107

*Watch a version of "Oedipus" and "Hamlet" on DVD or video.
DVDs & Videos are available at the PCC Library, many public libraries, & movie rental places like Blockbuster or Movie Gallery. You can use the PCC online catalog to see what titles are available at the PCC Libraries. Call the library to confirm availability.

DVD's and Videos available at PCC include:

• Oedipus the King - WHAVLIB PA4414.O7 T3 2004 or WHAVLIB PA4414.O7 T3 2004 DVD193
• Oedipus Rex - WHAVLIB PA4413.O7 O435 2003 DVD341
• Oedipus Rex - WHAVLIB PA4414.O7 Y43 1988
• Hamlet: Prince of Denmark - LKAVLIB PR2807 .A23 2002 DVD287
• Hamlet - WHAVLIB PR2807.A23 H35 1989
• Hamlet: Exporations with Patrick Stewart - WHAVLIB PR2807.A2S P6 1991

Drama Web Site Resources

General Drama History Web Sites

• History of Drama: http://www.english.emory.edu/DRAMA/HistDrama1.html
• Theatre History: http://www.theatrehistory.com/
• Introduction to Old Comedy: http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/genrecm.htm

Greek Theatre Web Sites

• Ancient Dramatists: http://www.georama.gr/eng/history/drama/main.html
• The Glory that was Greece: http://www.watson.org/%7Eleigh/athens.html

Shakespeare Web Sites

• Shakespeare: http://www.bardweb.net/
• Shakespeare - Subject to Change: http://www.ciconline.org/bdp1/
• Shakespeare's Life and Times (note the drama section) http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLTnoframes/intro/introsubj.html

Unit 3 -- Short Story & Fiction Novel Appreciation

Agenda for Weeks 11 - 15

Text:
Introduction to Fiction - Understanding Fiction: p.43

• Theme
• Characters
• Plot
• Setting
• Point of View
• Style, tone & language
• Symbolism

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe p.243

"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence p398

* Watch a video or DVD version of Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" & of Poe's life & Lawrence's "Rocking-Horse Winner". DVDs & Videos are available at the PCC Library, many public libraries, & movie rental places like Blockbuster or Movie Gallery. You can use the PCC online catalog to see what titles are available at the PCC Libraries. Call the library to confirm availability.

DVD's and Videos available at PCC include:

• Edgar Allan Poe: Architect of Dreams - WHAVLIB PS2638 .E33 1991 VT2109
• Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul - WHAVLIB PS2631 .E34 1995 VT2019
• The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe - WHAVLIB PS2631 .M9 1994 VT2197
• The Rocking Horse Winner - WHAVLIB VIDEO 3208
• Sylvia Plath - WHAVLIB PS3566.L27 S9 1988

Web Site Resources

General Fiction Web Site Resources

• All American Glossary of Literary Terms - http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm
• Literary Resources on the Net - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
• Norton Introduction to Literature: Glossary - http://www.wwnorton.com/introlit/glossary_a.htm
• Perspectives in American Literature - http://www.csustan.edu/ENGLISH/reuben/home.html
• Spark Notes - http://www.sparknotes.com/
• Today in Literture - http://www.todayinliterature.com/ (full access available via the PCC Library Databases)

Authors & Works Web Site Resources

• Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar: http://www.sylviaplath.de/plath/belljar.html
• Edgar Allan Poe
• D.H. Lawrence

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