Modern Literary Masterpieces
ENG215 Essex County College
Prof.
Sean O’Connell TUES/THURS
1130
Email:soconnel@essex.edu
Phone: 973-877-1926 Office: 1137
Office Hours: M-R 10:30AM-11:30AM Room: 2116
Texts: YOU NEED TO BUY THE TEXTS!!!
- The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Salvage the Bones Jesmyn Ward
- A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
*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: eng215fall2019.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.
September
4 Intro to class, syllabus
9 “Babylon Revisited”
11 The Great Gatsby 1-3
16 The Great Gatsby 4-6
18 The Great Gatsby 7-9
23 Outside Sources on The
Great Gatsby
25 Assign First Essay
30 Film
October
2 Film
7 FIRST ESSAY DUE
9 Salvage the Bones
14 NO CLASS
16 Salvage the Bones
21 Salvage the Bones
23 Film
28 Film, Assign
Second Essay
30 NO CLASS
November
4 A Raisin in the Sun
6 A Raisin in the Sun
11 A Raisin in the Sun
13 Film
18 Film
20 ASSIGN Second Paper
25 NO CLASS
27 NO CLASS
December
2 In my office for help with Third Paper (1137 in the red
area)
4 In my office for help with Third Paper (1137 in the red
area)
9 Paper Due
