{"id":89,"date":"2012-05-12T16:32:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/fys\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2012-05-13T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T00:37:36","slug":"the-imagination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/fys\/sample-syllabi\/contemporary-lit-visiting-writers\/the-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"The Imagination, Fairy Tales, and Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

FYS 101-01and -19: The Grimm Truth<\/p>\n

Fall 2011 | T\/TR| 9:35-10:50\/11:00-12:15 | JH 338<\/em><\/p>\n

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Instructor:<\/strong> Mindy Dunn\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Email:<\/strong> mdunn1@butler.edu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Phone: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Office:<\/strong> 316\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Office Hours:<\/strong> by appointment<\/p>\n

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Fairy Tales show up everywhere. A lost Hansel and Gretel use GPS to find their way home from the big city in an AT&T commercial, in London artist Alice Anderson has had several art installations featuring hair that alludes to the Rapunzel story, and once upon a time Max Factor sold a \u201cLittle Red Riding Hood\u201d lipstick that was guaranteed to \u201cbring the wolves out.\u201d What is it about fairy tales that keeps them popping up, reinvented from the tales we first heard as children?<\/p>\n

But wait, back up. Did you know that even these tales, not to mention Disney but even the Grimms\u2019 tales, may be revisions of older tales? That fairy tales were NOT written for children? This semester we will start a year long journey that will complicate the stories we think we know so well. We\u2019ll revisit the classics, learning to look deeper than the morals Disney has sold as magic, asking you to become simultaneously dis- and re-enchanted with the stories you grew up with, and some you\u2019ve never encountered before. We\u2019ll learn how to recognize the features of a fairy tale, witness how authors recycle these features to make chilling new stories, and ask why these traditional tales have endured securely in, and even beyond, the nursery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition<\/em>, Ed. Jack Zipes<\/p>\n

The Uses of Enchantment, <\/em>by Bruno Bettelheim<\/p>\n

Off With Their Heads!,<\/em> by Maria Tatar<\/p>\n

Briar Rose, <\/em>by Jane Yolen<\/p>\n

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, <\/em>by Louise Murphy<\/p>\n

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***Other readings may be posted on Blackboard, look for these on our class schedule.<\/p>\n

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Also: <\/strong>Be prepared with daily classroom materials, such as pen and paper, for in-class writing.<\/p>\n

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Requests for Academic Accommodations<\/h3>\n

It is the policy and practice of Butler University to make reasonable accommodations for students with properly documented disabilities. Written notification from Student Disability Services is required.\u00a0 If you are eligible to receive an accommodation and would like to request it for this course, please discuss it with me and allow one week advance notice.\u00a0 Otherwise, it is not guaranteed that the accommodation can be received on a timely basis.\u00a0 Students who have questions about Student Disability Services or who have, or think they may have, a disability (psychiatric, attentional, learning, vision, hearing, physical, medical, etc.) are invited to contact Student Disability Services for a confidential discussion in Jordan Hall 136 or by phone at extension 9308.<\/p>\n

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Course Policies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Attendance:<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>\u00a0Attendance is required, not simply recommended.<\/p>\n

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0-3 absences <\/strong>no grade reduction applied<\/p>\n

4-7 absences <\/strong>will result in a 3% grade reduction, applied cumulatively for each absence<\/p>\n

8+ absences <\/strong>will result in either a withdrawal or failure of the course<\/p>\n

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Absences will be counted regardless of reason; doctor\u2019s appointments, illness, etc. are all included in the above scale. Students are responsible for all work missed or due during any absence.<\/p>\n

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Late work & Extensions:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Late work will not be accepted for informal assignments, and no make-ups are permitted for missed quizzes. All other late work will result in a grade reduction of 3% per day late.\u00a0 If you foresee the need for an extension, you may ask for ONE this semester, however, notice must be made before<\/em><\/strong> an assignment is due. This means you should email me (no explanation needed) ahead of time (NOT midnight the night before) to ask for a one or two day extension<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Plagiarism:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Recording source material as though it is your original idea constitutes plagiarism\u2014 whether intentional or not. An essay plagiarized in part or in full will receive a 0. Plagiarized work also places a student in jeopardy of failing the course. Repeated incidents in Academic Dishonesty results in a student\u2019s suspension from the University. Please refer to the Butler University Student Handbook (available online at the www.butler.edu<\/a> website) for more information on plagiarism and \u201cAcademic Integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Grading and Assignments<\/p>\n

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Your FYS grade will be the result of your performance in the following areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grading & Assignments :<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Class participation<\/p>\n

((DISCUSSION!))\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12.5%<\/p>\n

– Overnight Writes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%
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– Paper #2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%<\/p>\n

– Paper #3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%<\/p>\n

– Grimm Glossary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7.5%<\/p>\n

– History of FTs Test\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7.5%<\/p>\n

– Debate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12.5%<\/p>\n

-Reading quizzes & pop assignments\u00a0\u00a0 (if needed only)<\/p>\n

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= 100%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

All of these assignments and their weight will be described in detail over the course of the semester. This list is tentative and may change if necessary; you will be notified immediately if this happens. Your final grade will be scored on a standard scale:\u00a0 A= 100-90%; B=89-80%, C=79-70&, D=69-60%<\/p>\n

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Final Notes<\/p>\n

\u00fc Ask Questions! I can\u2019t always predict what students are confused by, or what I might leave out.<\/p>\n

\u00fc Go with the flow: This is a newly designed course, so if things don\u2019t work out perfectly, don\u2019t sweat it- I won\u2019t. I will always keep you informed of changes.<\/p>\n

\u00fc E-Mail: If you have any issues or problems please email me as soon as possible, but please remember I am not glued to my computer. I try to reply to emails in a timely manner, but emails over breaks or weekends may have a longer response time.<\/p>\n

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First Year Seminar: Self, Community and World (6 hours)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Course Structure<\/strong>: A two-semester sequence taken in the first year.<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  1. To reflect on \u201cbig questions\u201d about themselves, their community and their world.<\/li>\n
  2. To develop the capacity to read and think critically.<\/li>\n
  3. To develop the capacity to write clear and persuasive expository and argumentative essays, with an emphasis on thesis formation and development.<\/li>\n
  4. To gain an understanding of basic principles of oral communication as they apply to discussion.<\/li>\n
  5. To understand the liberal arts as a vital and evolving tradition and to see themselves as agents within that tradition.<\/li>\n
  6. To develop capacities for careful and open reflection on questions of values and norms.<\/li>\n
  7. To develop the ability to carry out research for the purpose of inquiry and to support claims.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    FYS 101:\u00a0 First Year Seminar \/ Reality and the Imagination<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Fall 2011<\/p>\n

    Section 41:\u00a0 Tues\/Thurs 1:00-2:15\u00a0\u00a0 Jordan 338<\/p>\n

    Section 34:\u00a0 Tues\/Thurs 2:25-3:40\u00a0\u00a0 Jordan 338<\/p>\n

    Chris Forhan<\/h1>\n

    Office:\u00a0 Jordan 310B<\/p>\n

    Phone:\u00a0 940-9865<\/p>\n

    E-mail:\u00a0 cforhan@butler.edu<\/p>\n

    Office Hours:\u00a0 Tuesday 11-12; Thursday 12-1<\/h1>\n

    Date<\/span>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOPIC\/Assignment<\/span>:<\/p>\n

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    Aug. \u00a0\u00a0 25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTRODUCTION:\u00a0 SEEING AND IMAGINING<\/p>\n

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    30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BISHOP\/Read Geography III<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cIn the Waiting Room\u201d (3-8), \u201cPoem\u201d (36-39),<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe End of March\u201d (42-45), \u201cObjects & Apparitions\u201d (46-48)<\/p>\n

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    Sept.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BISHOP\/Read Geography III<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cCrusoe in England\u201d (9-18), \u201cThe Moose\u201d (22-<\/p>\n

    31), \u201cOne Art\u201d (40-41)<\/p>\n

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    \u2192Essay #1 due (by email) Sunday, 9\/11, 11:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THOREAU\/Read Walden<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cEconomy\u201d (5-72)<\/p>\n

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    15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THOREAU\/Read Walden<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cWhere I Lived . . .\u201d (74-90), \u201cSolitude\u201d (118-126)<\/p>\n

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    20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THOREAU\/Read Walden<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cThe Village\u201d (151-156), \u201cThe Ponds\u201d (157-180),<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe Pond in Winter\u201d (252-266)<\/p>\n

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    22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THOREAU\/Read Walden<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cSpring\u201d and \u201cConclusion\u201d (267-297)<\/p>\n

    Group #2 Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WORKSHOP\/Bring two copies of the first 200-300 words of Essay #2, <\/strong><\/p>\n

    carefully proofread and polished<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    \u2192Essay #2 due (by email) Wednesday, 10\/12, 11:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRETHEWEY\/Read Native Guard<\/em>, Sections I & II (1-31)<\/p>\n

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    20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRETHEWEY\/Read Native Guard<\/em>, Section III (33-46)\u00a0 Group #3 Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    \u2192Natasha Trethewey reading, Wednesday, 10\/26, 7:30, Reilly Room, Atherton <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WORKSHOP\/Bring complete draft of Essay #3:\u00a0 at least 1,000 words, with a<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 title, introduction, body, and conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Nov.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HITCHCOCK\/Part one of Vertigo<\/em>, viewed in class<\/p>\n

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    3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HITCHCOCK\/Part two of Vertigo<\/em>, viewed in class<\/p>\n

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    \u2192Essay #3 due (by email) Thursday, 11\/3, 11:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0 <\/strong>8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HITCHCOCK\/Read Vertigo<\/em> script excerpts (handout)\u00a0 Group #4 Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

    10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GILMAN\/Read \u201cThe Yellow Wall-paper\u201d (handout)\u00a0 Group #5 Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GILMAN<\/p>\n

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    17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JAMES\/Read The Turn of the Screw<\/em>, Prologue-Ch. IV (3-29)<\/p>\n

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    29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JAMES\/Read The Turn of the Screw<\/em>, Ch. V-XVII (29-84)\u00a0 Group #6 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Dec.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JAMES\/Read The Turn of the Screw<\/em>, Ch. XVIII-XXIV (84-113)<\/p>\n

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    \u2192Tentative thesis statement for Essay #4 due (by email) Thursday, 12\/1, 11:00 PM <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WRITING<\/p>\n

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    8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WORKSHOP\/Bring first 200-300 words (including thesis statement) of Essay <\/strong><\/p>\n

    #4 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    \u2192Essay #4 due (by email) Monday, 12\/12, 11:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    3<\/p>\n

    Course Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    The goal of the First Year Seminar is to immerse you in the culture of a liberal arts education and help you develop your skills in reading, writing, oral communication, and critical thinking.\u00a0 These activities are recursive:\u00a0 they interact with and reinforce each other.\u00a0 Therefore, we will continually be engaging in all of them, with an emphasis on reading texts analytically, discussing them together with purpose and intellectual engagement, and writing essays about\u2014or at least inspired by\u2014the assigned literature.\u00a0 For this particular section of the seminar, our topic is what the poet Wallace Stevens refers to as humans\u2019 \u201cblessed rage for order\u201d\u2014the imagination\u2019s relentless habit of making its own meaning of experience.\u00a0 We will investigate\u00a0how writers have depicted the mind\u2019s methods of perceiving and making sense of the world.\u00a0 We will contemplate how forces such as memory, desire, art, and a culture\u2019s shared conceptions of truth influence an individual\u2019s subjective conceptions of reality.\u00a0 Along with this reading, the course will involve ongoing practice of composition strategies intended to prepare you for the writing you will be expected to do throughout college.\u00a0 One result of this intensive reading and writing will be that you will discover ways in which you might construct (or have already constructed) coherent forms of meaning that make a private sense of your own experience.<\/p>\n

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    FYS 101 and the Liberal Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The liberal arts are about developing your capacity to think, which means not just improving your knowledge of humans\u2019 intellectual and artistic creations but also nurturing your curiosity and your senses of wonder, of mystery, and of doubt.\u00a0 This particular section of the First Year Seminar focuses on the work of poets and fiction writers who will be visiting Butler\u2019s campus over the next few months, people whose vocation it is to experience something essential to the liberal arts:\u00a0 a confrontation with\u2014and interrogation of\u2014one\u2019s own independent and private sense of what it means to be a human being in the world.\u00a0 Through interacting with these writers and studying their works, we will be inspired to do the same.\u00a0 Polish poet Adam Zagajewski, who visited Butler not long ago, speaks of how poetry is one of the forces that nourish our \u201cinner\u201d or \u201cspiritual\u201d life.\u00a0 It is this inner life that the liberal arts are attentive to, so I will give Zagajewski the last word:<\/p>\n

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    . . . [T]his invisible, discrete inner life is, in its passion, its na\u00efvet\u00e9, its bitterness<\/p>\n

    and its indefatigable, vivifying enthusiasm, the final and indispensable energy<\/p>\n

    propelling both poetry and people. . . . Contemporary mass culture, entertaining<\/p>\n

    and at times harmless as it may be, is marked by its complete ignorance of the<\/p>\n

    inner life.\u00a0 Not only can it not create this life; it drains it, corrodes it, undermines<\/p>\n

    it. . . . I see the spiritual life, the inner voice that speaks to us, or perhaps only<\/p>\n

    whispers, in Polish, English, Russian, or Greek, as the mainstay and foundation of<\/p>\n

    our freedom, the indispensable territory of reflection and independence shielding<\/p>\n

    us from the mighty blows and temptations of modern life.<\/p>\n

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    4<\/h3>\n

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    Texts<\/h3>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

    Bishop, Elizabeth.\u00a0 Geography III<\/em>.\u00a0 Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008.<\/h1>\n

    Hacker, Diane.\u00a0 A Pocket Style Manual<\/em>.\u00a0 5th<\/sup> ed.\u00a0 Bedford\/St. Martin\u2019s, 2010.<\/h1>\n

    James, Henry.\u00a0 The Turn of the Screw and<\/em> In the Cage.\u00a0 Modern Library, 2001.<\/p>\n

    Thoreau, Henry David.\u00a0 Walden<\/em>.\u00a0 Oxford, 2008.<\/p>\n

    Trethewey, Natasha.\u00a0 Native Guard<\/em>.\u00a0 Houghton-Mifflin, 2006.<\/p>\n

    A college level dictionary.<\/p>\n

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    Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Essays<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    You will write four formal papers for this course, of varying lengths.\u00a0 The specific assignments will be announced in class, and to one degree or another we will focus class discussion on ways you can prepare to write each essay.<\/p>\n

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    Quizzes<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    On each day for which reading has been assigned, class will begin with a brief reading quiz.\u00a0 As long as you have read the assignment with meaningful attention, you should perform well on the quizzes.\u00a0 It is crucial that you treat the quizzes (and reading) seriously.\u00a0 The quizzes are worth 15% of your final grade.\u00a0 Therefore, it is important that you keep up with the reading and arrive to class on time<\/em>.\u00a0 Quizzes cannot be made up; if you are not in the classroom when I announce a quiz question, your opportunity to receive credit for that question has been lost.\u00a0 Do not arrive late and ask me to repeat a quiz question<\/em>.\u00a0 At the end of the term, I will drop your lowest quiz score before determining your final grade.<\/p>\n

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    Small Groups<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    At the beginning of the semester, you will be assigned to a permanent group of three students.\u00a0 This group will often meet at the beginning of a class period to discuss a particular assigned question related to the reading for that day.\u00a0 Also, the group will be responsible for making a formal presentation once during the course of the semester.\u00a0 (These presentations are listed on the syllabus.)\u00a0 During these presentations, which will last about 30 minutes, your group will help the whole class understand the reading by offering background information about it, close analysis of the text, and a writing activity connecting the reading to the current essay the class is working on.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Class Attendance<\/span><\/p>\n

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    You are expected to be in class each day and to arrive on time.\u00a0 Consistent attendance and promptness are important if you want to keep up with the course material, maintain a meaningful intellectual engagement with the class, and avoid losing credit for quizzes, which will be given at the beginning of class most days.\u00a0 After your second unexcused absence, your final grade will be reduced one letter grade for each additional absence.<\/p>\n

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    5<\/p>\n

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    If you are in class for less than half of the period, you will be counted absent.\u00a0 In addition, I typically count three tardies as one absence.\u00a0 If you slip into class late, after a quiz, let me know<\/p>\n

    (after class) that you were there.\u00a0 It is usually by taking up written quizzes that I keep track of attendance.<\/p>\n

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    Grading<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Essay #1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10%<\/p>\n

    Essay #2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%<\/p>\n

    Essay #3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%<\/p>\n

    Essay #4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20%<\/p>\n

    Group Presentation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 5%<\/p>\n

    Quizzes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%<\/p>\n

    Participation (including assigned thesis statements and rough drafts,<\/p>\n

    attendance at the required conference, and oral participation in class)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20%<\/p>\n

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    Numerical Equivalents for Essay Letter Grades<\/h2>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 F\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60<\/p>\n

    A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 97\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 77<\/p>\n

    A –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 93\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73<\/p>\n

    B +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 90\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 D +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70<\/p>\n

    B\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 D\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 67<\/p>\n

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    Late Work and Grace Days<\/h2>\n

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    Tentative Thesis Statements and Rough Drafts<\/span><\/h3>\n

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    Several times during the semester I will ask you to submit either a tentative thesis statement or a rough draft of an essay. \u00a0I will accept these assignments late, without penalty, only if you are absent on the day they are due and can provide documentation for why I should excuse that absence<\/em>.\u00a0 If you do plan to be absent on one of these days, it is best to submit the assignment before the due date.\u00a0 Also, since the purpose of these assignments is for me and\/or your peers to respond to them in advance of your writing the final version of the essay, you will receive credit for a late thesis statement or draft only if you submit it in enough time to receive feedback before you submit the final paper.<\/p>\n

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    Essays<\/span><\/h4>\n

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    For the first three formal essays you will write, you have a total of five \u201cgrace days\u201d\u2014that is, five free 24-hour periods after which you may turn the paper in late without penalty.\u00a0 For instance, the first paper will be due (by email) Sunday, September 11, at 11:00 PM.\u00a0 If you decide to use a grace day for that assignment, you will submit it by the next day, September 12, at 11:00 PM; if you decide to use two grace days, you will submit it by September 13 at 11:00 PM.<\/p>\n

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    Use the grace days however you wish\u2014for instance, by submitting one of the essays five days late or by submitting one essay two days late and another three days late.\u00a0 After you have used your five grace days, the grade of a paper will be reduced by one letter grade for each day the paper is late.<\/p>\n

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    Grace days do not apply to any assignments other than the first three essays<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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    Plagiarism\/Academic Honesty<\/h2>\n

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    Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty are serious violations of university policies.\u00a0 Do not present another person\u2019s ideas or language as your own; if you do, you will receive a zero on the assignment.\u00a0 Other possible penalties for such dishonesty include a failing grade for the course, probation, and suspension from the university.<\/p>\n

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    A useful thing to keep in mind:\u00a0 considering the highly specific requirements of each written assignment in this course, it is essentially impossible for a plagiarized paper\u2014even if I don\u2019t know for sure that it\u2019s plagiarized\u2014to receive a passing grade.\u00a0 Such a paper simply won\u2019t fulfill the basic requirements of the assignment.<\/p>\n

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    Classroom Comportment<\/h2>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    It is important that we maintain a classroom atmosphere appropriate for learning\u2014an atmosphere in which students are not prevented from listening, thinking, and concentrating.\u00a0 Therefore, make sure to avoid tardies and early exits:\u00a0 be in the classroom before the class starts, and stay until the end.\u00a0 You are allowed to bring a drink to class (being careful not to slurp loudly or spill), but do not bring food.\u00a0 Turn off all cell phones before you enter the classroom. \u00a0If you are in the habit of using a laptop to take notes, make sure that you are not using the laptop instead to be distracted by other things unrelated to the course.\u00a0 NO TEXTING PLEASE!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Accommodations for Students with Disabilities<\/h2>\n

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    It is the policy and practice of Butler University to make reasonable accommodations for students with properly documented disabilities.\u00a0 Written notification from Student Disability Services is required.\u00a0 If you have questions, contact Student Disability Services for a confidential discussion in Jordan Hall 136 or by phone at extension 9308.<\/p>\n

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    SAMPLE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    FYS101: Imaginative Sojourns of the Self\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fall 2010<\/p>\n

    Instructor: Alessandra Lynch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Office: JH316<\/p>\n

    ajlynch@butler. edu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Office Hrs.: By Appointment<\/p>\n

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    Course Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The primary IMAGINATION I hold to be the living Power and prime Agent of all human Perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge<\/em><\/p>\n

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    How can one effectively tell the story of one\u2019s self?\u00a0 How can one honor the glorious complexity, the ineffable chords, and the baffling experience of human existence?\u00a0 Without the imagination, surely the sojourn of the self would come to a standstill for both writer and reader.<\/p>\n

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    In this course, you will be cultivating your close reading skills while practicing the art and craft of writing via the subject of the Self.\u00a0 You will discover, as the course proceeds, how words and the imagination can lead to new perceptions about the self and the world, how literature can finely attune your understanding of self and world\u2014all this, of course, if you take the course seriously, apply yourself, and keep your mind open.\u00a0 We will be writing daily in class, and you are required to take assiduous notes on all the readings.<\/p>\n

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    We will be reading texts from various genres (personal essay, memoir, graphic \u201cnovel,\u201d poetry), \u00a0each focusing on some aspect of the Self\u2014 image, self and community, self and culture.\u00a0 We will discuss how each genre reveals or clarifies particular insights about the self.\u00a0 The class will be discussion-based, but you will also respond to a variety of writing prompts and assignments triggered by the readings.<\/p>\n

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    Required Course Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Boys of My Youth<\/span>, Jo Ann Beard<\/p>\n

    Autobiography of a Face<\/span>, Lucy Grealy<\/p>\n

    Planet of the Blind<\/span>, Stephen Kuusisto<\/p>\n

    Persepolis, <\/span>Marjane Satrapi<\/p>\n

    SF Writer<\/span>, Ruskiewic, Seward, Hairston<\/p>\n

    A single subject notebook to be used as a Reader\/Writer Journal<\/p>\n

    Folders for drafts of essays and handouts.<\/p>\n

    A thick pack of Post-It notes<\/p>\n

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    Recommended Course Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    a good dictionary (The American Heritage Dictionary<\/span>)<\/p>\n

    easy access to a computer and printer<\/p>\n

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    Assignments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Writing is not only a joyful activity but also a discipline and a process.\u00a0 It involves revision, re-envisioning, revisiting.\u00a0 I hope that you will come to understand and appreciate that the writing process is as valuable as your final product. In this class, you will write frequently (daily) in your reader response journals.\u00a0 You will also craft 1-2 good-sized papers for each text.<\/p>\n

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    Your final drafts must meet minimal academic standards in terms of clarity, organization, and copy-editing.\u00a0 Above-average papers will focus on, develop, and support viable, original, and engaging topics.\u00a0 Make sure you review the SF Writer<\/span> to use the correct MLA format for your papers (i.e.; double-spaced with a correct heading, centered title, numbered pages).\u00a0 Save all drafts of papers and all peer critiques related to the assignments.\u00a0 These materials must be organized and attached to each consecutive draft.\u00a0 I will deduct points on assignments turned in after their due dates (5 points per week).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Reader Response Journal:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    You must keep a reader response journal.\u00a0 The journal is a place where you will engage in self-reflection, do in-class writing, take notes from class, respond to the readings, record significant quotes, brainstorm ideas, and jot down insights.<\/p>\n

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    Be sure to keep your class notes, notes on the readings, and notes in preparation for writing assignments in your reader response journals.\u00a0 For each reading assignment, notes should include some summary, personal reactions to the text, and pertinent quotes to be used for class discussion<\/strong>. Your journal will not only serve as an entry point into class discussions, but it will help you with your writing assignments, and it will serve as the foundation for your final project.\u00a0 Make sure to put a good amount of effort and energy into your journal writing.\u00a0 Be sure to date each entry in your journal and create short titles or headings for each entry.<\/p>\n

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    Don\u2019t be concerned with turning out \u201cperfect\u201d prose in the journal.\u00a0 Consider the journal your personal workshop.\u00a0 Let the sawdust fly!\u00a0 The purpose of the journal is to help you feel more comfortable about writing, encourage original thought, and stimulate self-expression.<\/p>\n

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    Participation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    We will spend much of class time either working in small groups or engaged in whole class discussion.\u00a0 If you are absent, your fellow students and<\/em> your grade will suffer.\u00a0 Because you will be writing every week and because one week\u2019s work leads to the next, you cannot afford to fall behind.<\/p>\n

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    Five or more missed classes constitute a failure.\u00a0 In the event that you miss a class, you are responsible for procuring the appropriate information, class notes, and handouts from your classmates.<\/p>\n

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    Quizzlers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    There is a slight chance of quizzlers in the forecast.\u00a0 To avoid stormy moods and inedible blizzards, come to class prepared!<\/p>\n

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    Policies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    One<\/span><\/strong> writing conference is required for this course.\u00a0 For this conference, you are invited and expected to meet with me prepared to discuss and explore intelligently one piece of writing you\u2019ve done this semester.\u00a0 Please don\u2019t hesitate to stop by during my office hours for additional time.<\/p>\n

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    Plagiarism, or passing off someone else\u2019s work as your own, is NOT ACCEPTED.\u00a0 Punishment will range from a failing grade in this course to possible expulsion from the University.\u00a0 If you are not sure whether what you\u2019re doing is plagiarism, consult me and we will work on a solution together.<\/p>\n

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    \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Student Disability Services Statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    It is the policy and practice of Butler University to make reasonable accommodations for students with properly documented disabilities.\u00a0 Written notification from Student Disability Services if required.\u00a0 If you have questions, contact Student Disability Services for a confidential discussion in Jordan Hall 136 or by phone at extension 9308.<\/p>\n

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    FALL 2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FYS101 Weekly Assignments<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    8\/26\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Welcome to FYS101~ Intros All Around!<\/p>\n

    Hanging Fire, Black Hair, Eleven, Snow<\/em><\/p>\n

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    8\/31<\/p>\n

    Hand in survey and one-page (minimum) piece of writing about your self (a defining moment in childhood) that one of the first pieces triggered<\/p>\n

    Bring in Jo Ann Beard\u2019s Boys of My Youth<\/span> to class<\/p>\n

    Beard chapters Preface <\/em>and In the Current <\/em>and Bonanza<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take \u201creader response notes\u201d\u2014take notes on effective images, narrative voice, structure\u2014what surprises you about the chapters.\u00a0 Jot down any memories or personal associations you have with the chapters.)<\/p>\n

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    9\/02<\/p>\n

    Jo Ann Beard\u2019s Cousins<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take \u201creader response notes\u201d\u2014take notes on effective images, where the narrative voice shifts,\u00a0 where the perspective presented is \u201cinvisible \u201cto the narrator.\u00a0 Find patterns of image, themes.\u00a0 Jot down any memories or personal associations you have with the chapter.)<\/p>\n

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    9\/07<\/p>\n

    Read Beard\u2019s Behind the Screen<\/em> in class<\/p>\n

    3 copies of a rough draft of 1st<\/sup> Beard-ish essay (2-page experimentation with detailed description and point of view based on a personal experience)<\/p>\n

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    9\/09 Beard\u2019s Coyotes<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes\u2014comment on the implications of the segmented narratives (animal world and human world).\u00a0 Indicate where they \u201cmeet\u201d and to what effect or purpose.)<\/p>\n

    In-class writing<\/p>\n

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    9\/14 Beard\u2019s Against the Grain<\/em><\/p>\n

    Bring 2nd<\/sup> rough draft (3 copies) to class for last opportunity for group editing<\/p>\n

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    9\/16 Final draft of 1st<\/sup> Beard-ish essay<\/p>\n

    In-class writing: Begin writing about a time in your life you had a brush with danger.<\/p>\n

    Extra! Extra! KIM ADDONIZIO READING<\/strong>, 7:30 p.m.,\u00a0 Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall<\/p>\n

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    9\/21 Beard\u2019s The Fourth State of Matter<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on all the reverberations, themes, images that revolve around the central crisis.\u00a0 Select the most vivid, moving images in the story)<\/p>\n

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    9\/23 Beard\u2019s Bulldozing the Baby<\/em> and The Family Hour<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on significant toys or games from childhood and the particular dynamics in your family.\u00a0 Take notes on the most arresting images in these chapters.)<\/p>\n

    Extra! Extra! YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA READING<\/strong>, 7:30 p.m., Clowes Hall, Krannert Room<\/p>\n

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    9\/28 Beard\u2019s Waiting<\/em> and Out There<\/em><\/p>\n

    Be prepared for a Quiz-a-Doodle<\/p>\n

    In-class Writing: Begin draft for Beard-ish essay<\/p>\n

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    9\/30\u00a0 Rough draft of 2nd<\/sup> Beard-ish essay (4-page Beard-ish \u201cchapter\u201d)<\/p>\n

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    10\/05 Beard\u2019s The Boys of My Youth<\/em><\/p>\n

    Last discussion of Beard\u2019s book.<\/p>\n

    Next Rough draft of 2nd<\/sup> Beard-ish essay<\/p>\n

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    10\/07 Lucy Grealy Pony Party <\/em>and \u00a0Luck<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on \u201cluck\u201d\u2014in your life, in Lucy Grealy\u2019s. Describe Grealy\u2019s writing style.\u00a0 What can you glean about Grealy\u2019s personality from these first chapters?)<\/p>\n

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    10\/12\u00a0 Grealy Petting Zoo <\/em>and The Tao of Laugh-In<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on the most arresting images in Petting Zoo<\/em>.\u00a0 Comment on significance of Laugh-In <\/em>\u00a0to Grealy\u2019s life.)<\/p>\n

    Final draft of 2nd<\/sup> Beard-ish essay<\/p>\n

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    10\/14\u00a0 FALL READING BREAK\u00a0 (no classes)<\/p>\n

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    10\/18 <\/strong>Extra! Extra! JEAN VALENTINE READING<\/strong>, 7:30 p.m., Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall<\/p>\n

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    10\/19 Grealy\u2019s Fear Itself <\/em>and Life on Earth<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on \u201cfear\u201d In Grealy\u2019s life, and in yours.\u00a0 List significant games\/toys from your childhood)<\/p>\n

    In-class writing<\/p>\n

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    10\/21 Grealy\u2019s Door Number Two <\/em>and Masks<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on metaphoric implications of both doors and masks generally and in Grealy\u2019s life)<\/p>\n

    In-class writing<\/p>\n

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    10\/26 Grealy\u2019s Truth & Beauty <\/em>and World of Unknowing<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes\u2014find compelling, insightful quotes)<\/p>\n

    In-class writing<\/p>\n

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    10\/28 Grealy\u2019s Habits of Self-<\/em>Consciousness <\/em>and <\/em>Cool <\/em><\/p>\n

    In-class writing<\/p>\n

    Hand in a revised, developed in-class writing piece<\/p>\n

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    11\/01 Extra! Extra! LORRIE MOORE, 7:30 p.m., CLowes Memorial Hall, Krannert Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    11\/02\u00a0 Grealy\u2019s Mirrors<\/em><\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on Lucy\u2019s various characteristics and experiences and relationships and reflect on any overlap with your life.\u00a0 Final note: positive, negative, neither?)<\/p>\n

    Finish discussing Grealy\u2019s book<\/p>\n

    Begin writing Grealy paper in class<\/p>\n

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    11\/04 POTB (chapters 1-4)<\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes on Kuusisto\u2019s writing style, and record beautiful, insightful, puzzling quotes from these chapters)<\/p>\n

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    11\/09 POTB (chapters 5-6)<\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes, record discussion-worthy quotes)<\/p>\n

    Rough draft of Grealy paper due for peer editing<\/p>\n

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    11\/11 POTB (chapters 7-9)<\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes, record discussion-worthy quotes)<\/p>\n

    More peer editing on rough draft of Lucy Paper<\/p>\n

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    11\/15 Extra! Extra!<\/strong> JONATHAN LETHEM, 7:30 p.m., Atherton Union, Reilly Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    11\/16 POTB (chapters 10-14)<\/p>\n

    (Take reader response notes, record discussion-worthy quotes)<\/p>\n

    Final draft of Grealy paper due<\/p>\n

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    11\/18 POTB (Finish reading the book)<\/p>\n

    Write your own \u201cPlanet of the…\u201d piece<\/p>\n

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    11\/23\u00a0 NO CLASS Week o\u2019 Feasts<\/p>\n

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    11\/25 NO CLASS Week o\u2019 Feasts<\/p>\n

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    11\/30<\/p>\n

    Class evaluations<\/p>\n

    Bring all writings to class\u2014begin thinking about final mini memoir<\/p>\n

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    12\/02 In-class writing toward final mini memoir<\/p>\n

    Read first third of Persepolis<\/span><\/p>\n

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    12\/06 Extra! Extra! ELMORE LEONARD, 7:30 p.m., Atherton Union, Reilly Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    12\/07 In-class writing<\/p>\n

    Read second third of Persepolis<\/span><\/p>\n

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    12\/09<\/p>\n

    Read last third of Persepolis<\/span><\/p>\n

    LAST DAY OF CLASS\u2014watch Persepolis<\/span><\/p>\n

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    12\/16\u00a0\u00a0 MINI-MEMOIRS DUE\u2014a reflection on the reading and writing you\u2019ve done this semester and what your responses to the readings and your writings reveal about you (in brief).<\/p>\n

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