C O U R S E
I N F O R M A T I O N
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E 101w || Spring 2015
Course code: 23374
Time & place: TuTh 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm in HH 142 || VAN SANT, A.
List serve: 23374-S15@classes.uci.edu
Website: http://faculty.humanities.uci.edu/avansant/teaching/austen-sp-2015/
Office hours: Thursday, 11:00-12:00 noon and 2:00-3:00 p.m.
(2nd hour can be extended.)
REQUIRED TEXTS
JANE AUSTEN: BROADVIEW editions of the following novels
SENSE & SENSIBILITY
MANSFIELD PARK
PERSUASION
You will also need to download articles on Austen from various electronic sources.
First Day of Classes: TUESDAY, MARCH 31
Holidays
None on Tuesday or Thursday
Due Dates:
Paper #1 DUE: Tuesday, April 21
Course Paper drafts due: Thursday, May 21
Email completed Peer reading sheet to writers: MONDAY, May 25
Peer Conferences: MAY 26, 12:30-5:30 p. m. 144 KH
(no regular class session)Course Papers DUE: THURSDAY, JUNE 4
Last day of class: THURSDAY, JUNE 4
ATTENDANCE: Attendance is required. A seminar can't work any other way.
PARTICIPATION: Class discussion, message board discussion, panel discussion of critical materials, writing study questions for novels, peer reading, coming to my office hours
ONE SHORT PAPER: (3-4 pages) on critical materials
DRAFT OF COURSE PAPER: This draft should be as complete as you can make it, but you should not be afraid to experiment, take risks. You are welcome to identify problem spots and ask for advice in your draft. Each student will have 2 peer readers.
REVISION OF COURSE PAPER: 12-15 pages (If you plan to use this paper as a writing sample, you may want to extend it, either for the course or a later point). In addition to the course paper, you will need to turn in a commentary.
Commentary: Please write a 1-2 page commentary on the writing of your paper. How did things go? What sort of trouble spots did you run into? How did you handle them? What did you learn--from handling trouble spots and from having your paper read by a peer reader? Did anything about your thinking surprise you?
The commentary is informal and will not be graded, but it is required.
Attendance is simply required. If you miss more than 2 class sessions, your grade will go dow
Participation: 15 %
Short paper: 15%
Draft of course paper: 15%
Course Paper, including peer commentary: 55%
Academic Honesty: I begin with the view that you are trustworthy, and in fact that your own interest in this material would put academic dishonesty completely off your mental map. Your final paper should include a "Works Cited" page listing all secondary sources used in writing your paper. In addition, if someone in class has been particularly helpful to you in your thinking about Austen, give that person credit in a note. All such notes will count toward your participation grade and that of the person acknowledged.
All students are responsible for reading the UCI Academic Honesty Policy (click here).
If you would like me to write a letter of recommendation for you, please send me the following items:
Your work for the course
Your self-description, statement of purpose
A copy of your transcript (unofficial is fine.)