Syllabus

Modern Literary Masterpieces
ENG215 Essex County College

Prof. Sean O’Connell                                                  Monday 10:00-12:50
Email:soconnel@essex.edu     
Phone: 973-877-1926                                                   Office: 1141
Office Hours: M/T/W                                                            Room: 2132
9:00-10:00      
                       
                                                                                   

Texts: YOU NEED TO BUY THE TEXTS!!!
  • The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
  • Blindness José Saramago
·         The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison 
*In class assignments will be handwritten; all homework assignments should be typed and double spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font.
I will use the class blog weekly to post assignments, links and back up information. Visit it a few times a week!!!
Class Blog: eng215spring2018.blogspot.com
THERE ARE NO LATE PAPERS. IF YOU DO NOT HAND IN A PAPER ON THE DAY THE FINAL DRAFT IS DUE, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN F FOR THAT PAPER.
YOU MUST HAND ME EACH PAPER. EMAIL IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR FORMAL ESSAYS.
Course Description: The Development of modern literary thought is examined from the post-Renaissance era to the present day.  Students will do an intensive study of selected masterpieces of world literature.
January
8 Introduction, discuss syllabus, Handout
15 NO CLASS
22 The Great Gatsby 1-5
29 The Great Gatsby 5-9
February
5 A RAISIN IN THE SUN
12 A RAISIN IN THE SUN, ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY
19 NO CLASS
26  A RAISIN IN THE SUN,  ESSAY DUE
March
5 NO CLASS
12 Blindness
19 Blindness
26 Blindness, ASSIGN SECOND ESSAY
April
2 The Bluest Eye,
9  The Bluest Eye
16 The Bluest Eye, PAPER DUE



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