Department: English
Discipline: Literature
Subject Code: ENGL Course #: 207
Course Title: Introduction to Literature
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
1. Digital Description [§335.2] (Insert the new/revised digital description below):
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Lab hours: 0.0
Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:
[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [__] 50/50% [__] 67/33% [__] 75/25%
(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of in-class instruction.)
2. Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):
In-Class Instruction: 25
Lab Instruction:
(It is assumed that maximum enrollments for blended courses are the same as those identified for In-Class instruction. Maximum enrollments for Virtual Learning courses are to be 75% of In-Class instruction, as per the SGP on Maximum Class Size):
3. Catalog Description [§335.2] (Insert the new/revised description in space below):
Understanding and increasing human experience through literature. The major literary types (poetry, fiction, and drama) are defined and illustrated through examples drawn from English and American literature, as well as other literatures of the world. (Core A)
Minimum Grade Required
4. Prerequisites [§335.2]:
Co-requisites:
Other: Eligibility for enrollment into ENGL 101 and completion of any reading courses required by the College Testing and Placement Program.
5. Learning Outcomes [§335.2]
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
· Convey an understanding of great literature, in general, by articulating the interplay of its characters, style, structure, tone, and themes
· Demonstrate a working knowledge of a wide range of works in the major literary genres
· Convey a sense of the relevant history, geography, and culture that influenced the works studied
· Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of race, gender, and class – as well as religious, political, ethnic differences - on literature
· Apply knowledge, reading skills, and values learned from the course in reading similar works
· Use the library and other information sources to research relevant literary criticism, history, and culture
6. Planned Sequence of Instruction [§335.2]
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
An approximate amount of equal time is taken to cover each of the three genres:
· Fiction
· Poetry
· Drama
7. Assessment of Student Learning [§335.44]
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]
Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by the Shared Governance Policy – Assessing Institutional Effectiveness, is part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the College’s assessment management system.
8. List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials (code each item based on instructional use) [§335.2]: C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online, BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]
Full-Time Textbooks:
Allende, Isabel. The House of the Spirits. (Latest Edition).
Atwood, Margaret. Alias Grace. (Latest Edition).
Auburn, David. Proof. Dramatists Play Service. (Latest Edition)
Cummings, E.E. Collected Poems. (Latest Edition).
DiYanni, Robert. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. (Latest Edition). New York, NY. McGraw Hill.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Robert D. Richardson, ed. Selected Essays, Lectures, and Poems. (Latest Edition). New York: Bantam.
Forche, Carolyn. The Angel of History. Harper Perennial. (Latest Edition).
Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor. New York: Harper
Perennial, 2014.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude. (Latest Edition).
Gardner, Janet E, et al. Literature: A Portable Anthology. (Latest Edition). Boston: Bedford St. Martins.
Gillespie, S. Fonseca, C; Sanger, C.A. Literature Across Cultures. (Latest Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Gray, Valerie. Avoiding Plagiarism: Communicating Your Message with Academic and Professional Integrity. Kendall Hunt: Dubuque, IA, 2012.
Hollars, B.J. ed. A Collection of Literary Sightings. (Paperback) Pressgang Publisher.
Hwang, Henry David. M. Butterfly. (Latest Edition).
Kelly, Joseph. The Seagull Reader. (Latest Edition). Norton.
Kennedy, X.J. and Dana Gioia. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry,
Drama and Writing (with MyLitLab.). (Latest Edition). New York: Pearson/Longman.
Kirszner, Laurie and Stephen Mandell, eds. Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing. (Latest Edition) Boston: Thomson Wadsworth.
Larsen, Nella. Passing. Penguin Classics, 2003.
Letts, Tracey. August: Osage County. (any edition)
Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. (Latest Edition). Orlando: Harcourt.
Mays, Kelly J. ed. The Norton Introduction to Literature. (Latest edition). New York: W.W. Norton.
Meyer, Michael. Literature to Go. (2nd ed.) Boston: Bedford St. Martins, 2014.
Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Introduction to Literature. (Latest edition). New York, NY. Bedford: St. Martins.
Nwapa, F. Efury. London, England: Heinemann.
O’Neill, Eugene. The Great God Brown. (Latest Edition).
Palahnuik, Chuck. Fight Club. (Latest Edition).
Pynchon, Thomas. The Crying of Lot 49. (Latest Edition). Perennial Classics
Roberts, Edgar V., and Henry E. Jacobs. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. (Latest Edition). Upper Saddle River, N.J. Prentice Hall.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. (any edition).
Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions. (any edition). Dial Press Trade Paperback.
*Williams, William Carlos. Paterson. (Latest Edition).
Wilson, August. Fences. Plume. (Latest Edition).
Wood, James. How Fiction Works. (Latest Edition). Picador.
Woolfe, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. (Latest Edition).
Selected Library Resources:
Foulke, Robert, and Paul Smith. An Anatomy of Literature. (Latest Edition)
New York: NY Harcourt.
Frye, Northrop. The Educated Imagination. (Latest Edition) Bloomington, IN:
Indiana University Press.
Ross, Ralph, John Berryman, and Allen Tate, The Art of Reading. (Latest Edition). New York: NY Crowell.
Wellek, Rene, and Austin Warren. Theory of Literature. (Latest Edition). New
York: Harcourt.
Adjunct Textbooks:
DiYanni, Robert. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. (Latest
Edition). New York, NY. McGraw Hill.
Gardner, Janet E, et al. Literature: A Portable Anthology. (Latest Edition).
Boston: Bedford St. Martins.
Kennedy, X.J. and Dama Gioia. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry,
Drama and Writing (with MyLitLab.). (Latest Edition). New York: Pearson/Longman.
NAME AND SIGNATURE / DATE1. Discipline Faculty Proponent: Kimberly Hall / 10/15/15
2. Curriculum Manager & College Catalog Editor: Erika Steenland / 11/7/15
3. Department Chairperson (Discipline Approval): Lise-Pauline Barnett
/ 11/10/15
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A/B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the College’s mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses generally accepted for transfer accredited four-year colleges and universities.
NAME AND SIGNATURE / DATE4. Associate Provost: Kathleen T. Doherty / 11/12/15
5. Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Cynthia Doherty, Ph.D. / 11/13/15
9. Original Date of course approval by the college: 199150
10. Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:
Planned Sequence Updated: November 2002
Textbooks updated: April 2002
Textbooks revised: April 2003
Reviewed 12/2003, Revisions made: None, sm
Project Review: 12/2004: Revisions: Textbooks ko
Revisions: Reviewed March 2006
Revisions made: Learning Outcomes – sm
Revisions: Learning Outcomes -- October 2006 - ck
Textbooks Updated: May 2007 sy
Chair and Discipline Approved Revisions: Textbooks – 3/2008 sy
Textbooks for Honors update: November 2008 sy
Form 335 Update: No Changes 10/2009 -- ko
Project Review: Student Assessment addition; Adjunct Textbooks added – 8/25/2011 ck
Revisions: Textbook additions – 10/24/2011 -- ko
Revisions: Textbook additions – 9/11/2012 ck
Revisions: Textbook additions – 3/20/2013 ck
8/21/14 – Insert Approved Max Enrollment Numbers
1/9/15 – Revisions: Textbooks
Revisions: 4/1/15: Textbook additions & Sequence of Instruction to align to 14 + 1 term: – Fall 15 – emc
Revisions: 10/15/15 - Textbook addition – SP. sy
12/1/04
Form Template Reviewed & Updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09; 7/31/12; 7/30/13; 8/26/13; 1/31/14; 8/18/14