Vannatta: World Literature. (Note: During Stabler Hall renovation I will not have an office. Feel free to contact me at dpvannatta@ualr.edu.)
TEXT: Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, 5th Continental Ed.

Aug 23--Course introduction
     25--Homer, THE ILIAD, Bk. I
     30-- “ Bk. 6 & IX
Sept 1-- THE ILIAD (all the rest)
     6-- “
     8--Euripides, MEDEA
     13-- “
     15-- Sappho & Catullus (all poems)
     20-- “ “
     22-- TEST #1
     27--Reading Day
     29--“Story of Deirde”
Oct 4--Marguerite De Navarre, “Story 3” & “Story 30”
     6--Calderon De La Barca, LIFE IS A DREAM
     11-- “ “
     13--Machiavelli, The Prince
     18--TEST #2
     20--Reading day
     25--Heine (all poems)
     27--Tolstoy, “Death of Ivan Illyich”
Nov 1-- “ “
     3--Kafka, “The Metamorphosis”
     8-- “ “
     10-- Soyinka, LION AND THE JEWEL
     15-- “ “
     17--TEST #3
     22--Assign critical essay
     24--THANKSGIVING
     29--Work on essays
Dec. 1-- “
     6--Essay due

COURSE INSTRUCTIONS (Note: Turn off cell phones when entering the classroom.)

1. Course goals:
   a. Students will read a variety of types of literature from different times and cultures in both Western and non-Western traditions.
   b. Students will learn to do close reading of a literary text, with emphasis of analysis of form (poetry, fiction, drama), stylistic features (e.g., language, image, characterization), and content (ideas; literary, historical, cultural traditions), and to make connections between what they are learning in this course and knowledge they have acquired from other venues.
   c. Students will participate in both oral and written discussions of ideas, moral issues, and values reflected in literature read in class.
   d. Students will be given the opportunity to reflect on the ways in which ideas and values depicted in literary works from other times and cultures interact with or contrast with those of American culture or the culture of the students' countries of origin, and to present the conclusions drawn from their analyses in both written and oral forms.
    
2. Your grade will come from three exams and a series of "response papers" (see handout; together they count the same as an exam grade). In addition, class participation can affect your course grade, especially in borderline situations. Note: You will be required to recall specific information on exams; no one does well on my exams without coming to class regularly and taking notes. I give make-ups on missed exams rarely (and if I choose to do so, the make-up will be a one-question essay). Note all due dates above.
    
3. Students with Disabilities. It is the policy of UALR to accommodate students with disabilities, pursuant to federal and state law. Any student with a disability who needs accommodation, for example in seating placement or in arrangements for examinations, should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course. The chair of the department offering the course is also available to assist with accommodations. Students with disabilities are also encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Support Services, which is located in the Donaghey Student Center, Rm. 103, phone 569-3143, and on the Web at ‹http://www.ualr.edu/~dssdep/.)