1/13/2025 6:32:04 PM	ENGL 44.2 Course Outline as of Spring 1989	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 44.2	Title:  MASTERPCE/EUROP LIT
Full Title:  Masterpieces of European Literature
Last Reviewed:7/1/2002

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		13 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  ENGL 44B

Catalog Description:

Reading and discussion of works of great Continential authors from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Engl 1A with grade of "C" or better.

Recommended Preparation:
Completion of ENGL 44.1 (formerly ENGL 44A) with grade of "C" or better.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Reading & discussion of works of great Continental authors from the 17th to the 20th century.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Engl 1A with grade of "C" or better.
Recommended:Completion of ENGL 44.1 (formerly ENGL 44A) with grade of "C" or better.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:	Spring 2010
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Fall 1981	Spring 2010
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1981	Spring 2010
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:	Spring 2010
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:	Spring 2010
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The students will:

1.  Broaden his or her literary experience, and acquire a first

   reading acquaintance with some of the classics of the Western

   literary tradition, and thereby be able to read and write more

   knowledgeably and competently about other works belonging to that

   tradtion.

2.  Become aware of some of the major themes and issues that have

   concerned the most influential writers of Western civilization.

3.  Also it is hoped, acquire a greater sensitivity to the depth and

   range of cultural differences.

4.  Acquire greater sophistication about the processes of reading,

   writing, interpreting, the making of meaning, and the construction

   of literary and cultural histories.

Topics and Scope

1.  The Enlightenment.

     A. Enlightenment drama: Moliere, Racine.

     B. Enlightenment fiction and prose: Voltaire, de Lafayette,

        Johnson the "Citizen of the World" as Descendant of the

        Renaissance Man: Jefferson, Paine,...

2.  The Nineteenth Century: Varieties of Romanticism.

     A. Seminal Romantic Prose: Rousseau.

     B. Goethe.

     C. Others.

3.  The Nineteenth Century: Realism, Naturalism, and the New Poetry.

     A. Stendhal.

     B. Flaubert.

     C. Dostoevsky.

     D. Tolstoy.

     E. Ibsen.

     F. Chekhov.

     G. Baudelaire.

4.  The Twentieth Century: Varieties of Modernism.

     A. Pirandello.

     B. Proust.

     C. Mann.

     D. Remarque.

     E. Rilke.

     F. Kafka.

     G. Renoir.

     H. Brecht.

     I. Camus.

     J. Sartre.

5.  Contemporary Explorations: Post-Modernism Etc.

     A. Borges.

     B. Marquez.

     C. Narayan.

     D. Solzhenitsyn.

     E. Lessing.

     F. Robbe-Grillet.

     G. Mishima.

     H. Abe.

     I. Kawabata.

     J. Han Sunyin.

     K. Achebe.

     L. Soyinka.

NOTE ON RANGE OF TOPICS AND ON MULTICULTURAL LITERACY:

The above list of authors and topics includes both too much and too

little. There is too much literature to be treated adequately in

seventeen weeks; instructors are expected to make a representative,

but robust, selection. There are too few topics to give an adequate

idea of the range of possible approaches the faculty may bring to the

course. The prospective student can nevertheless expect any approach

to be both critical and broad-minded. Instructors can also be expected,

at their individual discretion, in include works from outside the

Western tradition, for the sake of cultural and literary contrast (the

list above gives especially strong hints of this possibility for the

twentieth century).

NOTE ON CRITICAL THINKING AND METACONCEPTS AS APPLIED TO LITERARY STUDY:

As a means to the accomplishment of Objective 4 (above), the student

will be exposed to more than critical approach to one or more texts,

and will be exposed to competing cultural and literary histories

(histories that might give meaning to such terms as "Enlightenment,"

"Modernism," and so on).

Assignments:

1.  Regular reading assignments.

2.  Notebook or other written preparation for class.

3.  Class discussions and group work, in which each student is expected

   to participate.

4.  Occasional leading of class discussions, and preparation appropriate

   to this task.

5.  Carefully composed and typed (or wordprocessed) papers that interpret

   the course texts, or expound their cultural contexts.

6.  Library research into historical backgrounds or critical response

   to the course texts.

7.  Oral readings or other performance exercises.

8.  Examinations and quizzes involving the writing of reasoned

   interpretive arguments as well as simple factual responses (see

   "methods of evaluation")

9.  Attentive, critical viewing of video material illustrative of

   course texts.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 100%
Written homework, Reading reports, Essay exams, Term papers, READING JOURNAL &/OR FREEWRITE
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 40%
Homework problems, Field work, Quizzes, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 70 - 90%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, RECOGNITIONS/IDENTIFICATIONS
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD MASTERPIECES, 5th ed. Vol.2. by

Maynard Mack et al., eds. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1985.

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