Bring a typed, completed draft to class on the peer-editing day, and provide classmates with carefully considered comments on their own drafts on those days (working drafts are due in class one week before the final draft is due). Peer-editing on October 31.
Grade Breakdown
Passage Analysis | 15% |
Section Exam 1 | 15% |
Section Exam 2 | 25% |
Final | 35% |
Participation | 10% |
Your grade will depend primarily on your written work and the understanding of the material that you convey through that work. A command of standard written English and the ability to present an argument will also contribute to the determination of your grade. Any infractions against UMD's Scholastic Dishonesty provisions in the Student Conduct Code as stated in the UMD catalogue will receive serious attention and appropriate penalties.
Individuals who have any disability, either permanent or temporary, which might influence their capacity to perform in this class, are encouraged to inform me at the start of the semester. I can make special adaptations of teaching methods, assignments, materials, or testing as required to provide for equitable participation in the course. The Access Center is also available to assist students with disabilities. It is located in the Kirby Student Center and on the web at <http://www.d.umn.edu/access>.
Required Texts
Kingston, Maxine Hong. China Men. New York: Vintage, 1989.
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. 1967. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Trans. Gregory Rabassa. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998.
McClatchy, J. D., ed. The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry. New York: 1990.
Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. New York: Grove, 1967.
Wiggins, Marianne. John Dollar. New York: Washington Square, 1989.