Course+Materials

//INTRODUCTION TO FICTION -// Materials
Below you will find links and files of ENG 201 course materials. hey!

Week 1: Aug 20-22, 2013
Lecture and Discussion: Why Read and Study Fiction?

Introductory Reading "The Cracked Pot" (trans. from traditional Chinese version): Indian contemporary version of "The Cracked Pot" in video format:

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Discussion: How genre shapes our reading and experience of a text


 * Introductory Lecture**: Popular Genres / Subgenres of Fiction: [[file:Fiction_genres.pptx]]


 * Introductory In-class Assignment:** Write a well-developed paragraph about your favorite subgenre. Give an example of a work (story, novel, movie, show, or game, etc) that is a good example of this subgenre. Provide details from the story to explain why you like it as a work in this subgenre. (10 points )

WEEK 2: August 27-29, 2013

 * Critical Reading / The Fable**
 * Lecture 1: Critical Reading [[file:Reading-Critically.ppt]]**

__Reading 1__: Traditional Fable: "The Ant & the Grasshopper" Aesop (text)
 * FABLE**

The Ant & the Grasshopper" (Matt Barry, Promise4all.com, 2010)

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 * Assignment #1: Critical Reading of "The Ant & the Grasshopper" by Aesop:**
 * Due: August 29th, 2013**




 * Modernized Aesop Fable: **

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Aesop Fables -- modernized versions created by UMass Amherst students In class small group and comment on Wiki discussion: Compare and contrast Disney's 1934 "The Grasshopper and the Ants" to Aesop's fable using a rhetorical approach

WEEK 3: Sep 3-5, 2013

 * Reading 2**: Modern Fable: "The Ant and the Grasshopper" by Geoffrey Grosshans

[|"The Ant and the Grasshopper" Geoffery Grosshans] Other Contemporary Fables by Grosshans: []


 * Lecture 2: Characters in Fiction**

Assignment #2: Character Analysis of Ant & Grasshopper in Grosshans' story

**WIKI WORKSHOP - September 10th - in CUB 303 (Ed. B)**
Homework: Find and read information about Charles Perrault and the Grimm Brothers (use good, academic sources) [|Charles Perrault's Mother Goose Tales] by D.L. Ashliman


 * Genre: Fairy Tales**


 * __Reading 3__:** Traditional Fairy Tale: "Little Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perrault (trans. from the 1697 French version)




 * __Lecture 3__: Narrative Structure** :


 * __Assignment 3__:** Plot chart and questions for narrative structure analysis for Traditional Fairy Tale: "Little Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perrault (Eng. trans.)

**Week 5: Sept. 17-19th**

 * Quiz #1** - Narrative structure


 * Modern Fairy Tale**
 * Lecture 4: Literary Elements**




 * Reading 4:** Modern Fairy Tale: "The Company of Wolves" by Angela Carter




 * Assignment #4:** [[file:A4_Narrative-analysis-The Company-of-Wolves.pptx]]

Reading of " The Company of Wolves" (YouTube)

Author & Text Information for Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves" created by students from my former Intro to Lit course
 * Angela Carter** - biographical information:
 * Second Wave Feminism**: the Women's Liberation movement on the 1970s - is a historical context for XCarter's short story collection //The Bloody Chamber// which includes "The Company of Wolves"

Class discussion: Is "The Company of Wolves" a feminist text? Why or why not? Look for details in the story to support your position.

**WEEK 6: Sep 24-26th**

 * Quiz #2 Literary Elements**

//**in medias res**//
 * Viewing: //The Company of// Wolves [film, 1984] Angela Carte is a co-screen writer of the film.**
 * Compare and contrast literary elements in the film versus the story:**
 * narrator / point of view**
 * narrative voice (who tells the story / stories?)**
 * themes or subtexts: female heterosexual awakening, male heterosexuality**
 * imagery**
 * motifs**
 * symbols**
 * tone**
 * allegory**
 * irony - verbal, situational, dramatic**
 * __plot__:**
 * setting (time & place)**
 * flashbacks**
 * flashforwards**

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 * Scenes:**

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WEEK 7: Oct. 1 - 3, 2013

 * Genre: Myths & Legends**


 * Lecture 5**


 * Reading 5: The Hummingbird (author unknown)**




 * Assignment #5:** Myth Chart - [[file:Origin_Myth+Chart.doc]]


 * Genre: Legends**
 * Lecture 6: ** Coll y Toste - Legends of Puerto Rico
 * Reading 6**: "Eleven Thousand Virgins" by Cayetano Coll y Toste (1850-1930) [Trans. Sally Everson]



"Once mil virgines" -- scanned Spanish version of story from //De oro y esmereldas: //
 * Assignment #6:** Legend Chart [[file:OA UMB-021 Legend Chart.doc]]

WEEK 8: Oct 8-10

 * Review for MidTerm Exam**: Readings 1-6 and Lectures 1-6: TBU
 * Midterm Exam** **(Readings 1-6) and Lecture Materials:**
 * (genres,** i**dentification & discussion, rhetorical analysis, character analysis, narrative structural analysis, literary elements)**

**WEEK 9: Oct. 15-17, 2013**

 * Genre: Historical Fiction**
 * Lecture 7: Historical Fiction**
 * Reading 7:** //Shakespeare in Love// [film] (1998) Dir. John Madden

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 * Assignment #7**: Complete the Historical Fiction Chart for //Shakespeare in Love --// new!

[|//Shakespeare in Love// Study Guide] developed for a Film Education course

**WEEK 10: Oct. 22-24, 2013**

 * Finish Viewing**: //Shakespeare in Love// [film]

**Science Fiction**

 * Lecture 8: Science Fiction**


 * Reading 8**: Ursula Le Guin "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"





[|Ursula Le Guin] - entry in the Oregon Encylcopedia [|Ursula Le Guin] - entry in the Georgia Tech Science Fiction Lab
 * Assignment #8:** [[file:A8_Response_Ones-who-walk-away-omelas.pptx]]
 * Some good links:**
 * [|Ursula Le Guin.com]- Official Website**


 * In class writing: Responding to Literature (Institutional Assessment)**

** WEEK 11: Oct 29-31, 2013 **

 * Wiki Project Workshop -- Project 1 - Puerto Rican Folk Story Pages for Folk Literature of Puerto Rico wiki.**

Link to a digital version of the story in Coll y Toste's book from University of Florida: []
 * Coll y Toste Project**

Biography of Coll y Toste in Puerto Rico Encyclopedia: []


 * Realist Fiction**
 * Lecture 9: Realist fiction & Social Realism**




 * Reading 9**:

"I Want to Work" is from the book //Puzzled America// published in 1935, which contained stories about the Great Depression.

Spanish version:
 * Assignment 9**: "I Want to Work" as Social Realism

**WEEK 12: Nov. 5-7, 2013**

 * Project 1: Presentations -- Coll y Toste Folkstories**

Chapters 1-3 On-line Animal Farm
 * The Novel**
 * Reading 10 ** : // Animal Farm, // George Orwell [novel]

Chapters 4-6 Chapters 7-10
 * WEEK 13: Nov. 12-14, 2013 **
 * Reading 10:** //Animal Farm,// (G. Orwell)
 * Reading 10**:


 * Lecture 10**: //Animal Farm//: Allegory, Fable, Satire




 * Assignment 10**: [[file:A10_responding-to-the-novel.docx]]

**WEEK 14: Nov. 19-21, 2013**
Class will be held in Computer Lab - TBA
 * Wiki Workshop: Project 2 - Emergent Fiction**


 * Graphic Novel**
 * Lecture 11**: Graphic Fiction
 * Reading 11**: //Fables,// //Vol. 2//: //Animal Farm// (Bill Willingham, writer and Mark Buckingham, illustrator)

To purchase on-line: //Fables Vol 2: Animal Farm:// []

**WEEK 15: Nov. 26-28, 2013***

 * Reading 11:** //Fables,// //Vol. 2//: //Animal Farm//
 * Assignment 11**: TBU
 * Thursday - Thanksgiving - No class meeting

WEEK 16: Dec 3-5, 2013*

 * Project 2 - Wiki Emerging Fiction Project Presentations**
 * FINAL EXAM REVIEW: Readings 7-11, and Lectures 7-11**
 * Thursday -- Last day of classes - for Tuesday and Thursday classes

FINAL EXAMS WEEK: Dec 10-16th, 2013

 * FINAL EXAM**: Date TBA
 * Readings 7-11 and Lectures 7-11**


 * GRADES DUE: by Dec. 18th**