NO CLASS MONDAY 8/5
READ HANDOUTS FOR TUESDAY 8/6
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Psychology of Murderers Links
Psychology of Murderers Links:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201106/inside-the-minds-and-trials-murderers
Hannibal Lecter Links:
Buffalo Bill Links:
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"
A Psychological Analysis of Connie: A Feminist Viewpoint of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
http://home.mindspring.com/~blkgrnt/footlights/foot66.htmlBackground Info:
http://www.philjohn.com/papers/pjkd_ga15.html
The story was based on Charles Schmid, the Pied Piper of Tucson:
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/schmid/sand_1.html
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-12-20/news/17941422_1_pied-piper-french-killings
Monday, July 29, 2013
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Links on Southern Culture:
Folow this link for a collection of links about the story:
Four collections of essays provide a good range of criticism on O’Connor (These would be found in the Literary Criticism section of a book store or library):
1. The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Lewis A. Lawson (1966; rpt. Fordham University Press, 1977).
2. Critical Essays on Flannery O’Connor, edited by Melvin J. Friedman and Beverly Lyon Clark (Hall, 1985).
3. Flannery O’Connor, edited by Harold Bloom (Chelsea House, 1986).
4. Realist of Distances: Flannery O’Connor Revisited, edited by Karl-Heinz Westarp and Jan Nordby Gretlund (Aarhus, 1987).
The Grandmother:
The Misfit with the grandmother:
Taking the family to the woods:
The author:
Thursday, July 25, 2013
ENG 102 ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY AUG 1ST
ENG 102 ESSAY #2*** DUE THURSDAY AUG 1ST
3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12
TIMES NEW ROMAN
USE
TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS
WELL.
USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR
MLA GUIDELINES!!
This link will also help with MLA
questions:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01
Refer to the class blog for outside
source info: ecceng102summer2.blogspot.com
Pick ONE of the essay topics
below for your paper.
- Discuss the effects of Magical
Stranger in Literature as seen in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the
World", "The Temp" and Edward
Scissorhands.
Use at least two of these texts to display how a “magical stranger” comes
into the lives of these people and changes how they look at themselves.
Outside sources on different cultures would help answer this question. Use
examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
- We also discussed the importance society
places on appearance when discussing "The Handsomest Drowned Man in
the World", "The Temp" and Edward Scissorhands. Use an example from at least two of these
texts to explain how appearance played a role in their stories while
discussing how important it is in today’s world. Use examples from the
texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
- Compare Truman from The Truman Show and the prisoner that is freed to view the
outside world. Talk about how they were both “imprisoned,” achieved
freedom through knowledge and what ends up happening to them. Use examples
from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
- Discuss three symbols (the sun, the cave,
the chains, the outside world, the prisoners…to name a few) and explain
what they may represent and their importance in “The Allegory of the
Cave.” Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support
your thesis.
5.
In “Cathedral”, “The Allegory of
the Cave” and The Truman Show, the
theme of perception was represented and challenged by the authors of the
stories and the writer of The Truman
Show. Using examples from at least 2 of these texts explain
how a character’s perception of life goes through some kind of transformation.
Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
More Links on "The Allegory of the Cave"
These links discuss the role of heroes in literature:
http://athome.harvard.edu/programs/nagy/threads/concept_of_hero.html
http://oldlaney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=30570
(JUST CLICK CANCEL WHEN THEY ASK FOR A PASSWORD)
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/dillon/education_plato_republic.html
http://athome.harvard.edu/programs/nagy/threads/concept_of_hero.html
http://oldlaney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=30570
(JUST CLICK CANCEL WHEN THEY ASK FOR A PASSWORD)
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/dillon/education_plato_republic.html
Monday, July 22, 2013
"The Alegory of the Cave" and the Fear of the Unknown
Here are a few sites that discuss "The Alegory of the Cave":
http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/creationofknowledge/allegory-of-the-cave.html
http://platophilosopher.pbworks.com/w/page/17201867/Analysis%20of%20the%20Allegory%20of%20the%20Cave
Human's Fear of the Unknown:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200305/why-we-fear-the-unknown
http://convocation.wfu.edu/senior-orations/the-fear-we-do-not-understand/
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/things-people-choose-fear-usually-they-are-unknown-uncontrolled-not-near.html
The Truman Show:
http://www.transparencynow.com/truman.htm
http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/plato_cave.htm
http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/creationofknowledge/allegory-of-the-cave.html
http://platophilosopher.pbworks.com/w/page/17201867/Analysis%20of%20the%20Allegory%20of%20the%20Cave
Human's Fear of the Unknown:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200305/why-we-fear-the-unknown
http://convocation.wfu.edu/senior-orations/the-fear-we-do-not-understand/
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/things-people-choose-fear-usually-they-are-unknown-uncontrolled-not-near.html
The Truman Show:
http://www.transparencynow.com/truman.htm
http://www.scandalon.co.uk/philosophy/plato_cave.htm
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Culture Shock
Below is a link that discusses cultural differences:
http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/culture.htm
Links on Culture Shock:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/
http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/culture_shock.html
http://kansan.com/news/2013/07/15/globe-trotting-students-experience-culture-shock-after-returning-from-studying-abroad/
http://www.internations.org/magazine/12-culture-shock
http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/culture.htm
Links on Culture Shock:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/
http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/culture_shock.html
http://kansan.com/news/2013/07/15/globe-trotting-students-experience-culture-shock-after-returning-from-studying-abroad/
http://www.internations.org/magazine/12-culture-shock
Monday, July 15, 2013
“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, “The Temp” and Edward Scissorhands
Culture:
These links discuss cultural differences and also provides a number of links if you go to the bottom of the page. Use the information they provide as outside sources if you are writing your essay about this subject:
http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/culture.htm
http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/culture_shock.html
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/view/4510
Here is one on the effects of culture shock:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=effects+culture+shock&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=tIk6T-mJBaLn0QHXj5GXCw&ved=0CBoQgQMwAA
Links for "The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World":
http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/culture.htm
http://www.worldwide.edu/travel_planner/culture_shock.html
http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/view/4510
Here is one on the effects of culture shock:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=effects+culture+shock&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=tIk6T-mJBaLn0QHXj5GXCw&ved=0CBoQgQMwAA
Links for "The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World":
This week we will look at “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, “The Temp” and Edward Scissorhands in class. All three of these stories contain individuals that become part of a community in some way and have profound effects of the people. In “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” it is a corpse that washes ashore that gives the townspeople a new way of looking at their lives, in “The Temp” it is a temp hired in an office that changes the atmosphere of the wor enviroment and in Edward Scissorhands it is a unique young man that forces a rather boring town to see how boring and judgmental they really are. This week pay attention to what these “magical strangers” force the people in the stories to look at it in their lives.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
ESSAY 1
ENG 102
ESSAY
#1*** DUE THURS JULY 18***
3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12
TIMES NEW ROMAN
USE
TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS
WELL.
USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR
MLA GUIDELINES!!
This link will also help with MLA
questions:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01
Pick ONE of the essay topics
below for your paper.
- Use examples from The Namesake, “Two Kinds” and “Brave Are We”, and from your
own experience if it applies to explain the “new American” experience and
assimilation. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources to
support your thesis.
- We discussed how symbols were used in
“Brave We Are” this week for the issues new Americans face. Discuss three
of those symbols and explain their importance in the story. Use examples
from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
- In “Two Kinds” the mother puts a lot of
pressure of her daughter to do well. We refereed to it as her “putting all
her eggs in one basket.” Explain how she attempts to shape her daughter’s
life in the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources
to support your thesis.
·
Your introduction should include:
1)
Title and authors of primary (stories we have read in class) texts
2)
Your thesis
·
Never end a
paragraph with a quote.
·
Cite
outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited page it
has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).
·
Always keep
in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do not use it!
Allways
use the full title when referring to a story or film and follow the rules
below:
The Namesake, “Two Kinds”, “Brave We Are”
“Short
Stories”
Films
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Websites That Will Help With Your Papers
Easybib.com
This site helps with setting up your works cited page:
http://www.easybib.com/cite/view
Dustball.com
This is the site that will let you know if you are plagiarizing:
http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/
This is the MLA cite that can help with any questions you may have with MLA guidelines:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
This site helps with setting up your works cited page:
http://www.easybib.com/cite/view
Dustball.com
This is the site that will let you know if you are plagiarizing:
http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/
This is the MLA cite that can help with any questions you may have with MLA guidelines:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Monday, July 8, 2013
Assimilation
Here is a link that talks about assimilation into American/other cultures.
Here is a link to the PBS website that discusses “New Americans”:
Here is a link that is specific to people living in new Jersey:
“It’s difficult to adapt to the culture here,” said Maria Jacinto, 32, who moved to the United States 10 years ago with her husband, Aristeo Jacinto, 36. “In the Hispanic tradition, the family comes first, not money. It’s important for our children not to be influenced too much by the gueros,” she said, using a term that means “blondies” but that she employs generally in reference to Americans. “I don’t want my children to be influenced by immoral things.”
Here is an article entitled: “Why They Won’t Assimilate”:
Assimilation is not a process magically initiated upon setting foot on American terra firma. Rather, it only occurs when one or both of two conditions are met: The foreign elements must have a desire to assimilate or the host nation must place pressure on them to do so. Unfortunately, neither is the case today because both immigrants and native-born Americans are far different than they once were.
President Obama’s speech about in which he discusses the American dream and what it means to us today.
Syllabus
College
Composition II
ENG
102
Essex
County College
Prof. Sean O’Connell M/T/W/R
11:15-12:55
Email:soconnel@essex.edu
Phone:
973-877-1926
Office: 1141
Office
Hours: M/T/W/R 10:15-11:15 Room:
By
Appointment
(SIGN
UP…IT WILL BE UPDATED WEEKLY)
Overview:
This course is a continuation of
ENG 101 with emphasis on the longer composition and the process of documentation. Techniques of research are taught,
culminating in the production of an original, extensive, multiple source, fully
documented, literary research paper.
Informational literacy is stressed through advanced library skills as
well as hands-on experience utilizing computers in researching and developing
projects. Interpretive skills are
developed through the introduction of literature.
Texts:
*Exploring Literature: Writing And Arguing About Fiction, Poetry, Drama,
And The
Essay 5TH Edition by Frank Madden
*Other required materials:
Folder, 8 ½ x 11 lined notebook, pens and USB storage stick
YOU MUST HAND IN A PAPER
WHEN IT IS DUE OR YOU FOREFEIT THE RIGHT TO ANY REVISION. ANY PAPER HANDED IN
ONE CLASS MEETING LATE WILL KEEP WHATEVER GRADE IT RECIEVES. NO PAPERS WILL BE
ACCEPTED AFTER THAT.
YOU MUST HAND ME EACH PAPER.
EMAIL IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR FORMAL ESSAYS.
Evaluation Criteria:
Students
are expected to come to class on time, attend class regularly with their class
texts, notebooks, completed assignments and something to write to every class. Participation by everyone will enrich
everyone’s experience in the classroom. Do
not listen to music or have your cell phone at anytime during class.
Please
turn off your cell phones and refrain from using them in the classroom.
Excessive lateness or
absences will result in failing grades.
MINIMUM
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
A minimum of four critical essays
(MLA) based on the literature read in the course.
The reading of all assigned
material and participation in class discussions.
METHOD
OF EVALUATION:
I. Passing average on critical essays and other
course work.
II. Participation in class, limited
absence and lateness.
NOTE: The D grade is not
authorized for English 102.
All
reading assignments are to be done before that class meeting!
America
and Assimilation
7/8
M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and themes we will
cover each week. Read Brave We Are and
Two Kinds, BUY THE BOOK
7/9
T Brave We Are and Two Kinds
7/10W
Film: The Namesake
7/11R
Film: The Namesake, ASSIGN FIRST
ESSAY, Read The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
The
Magical Stranger and Culture
7/15 M The Handsomest Drowned Man in the
World, Read The Temp
7/16
T The Temp
7/17
W Film: Edward Scissorshands
7/18
R Film: Edward Scissorshands, FIRST
ESSAY DUE, Read Cathedral (1111)
Perception
and Reality
7/22M
Cathedral (1111), Read The Allegory of
the Cave (1235)
7/23
T The Allegory of the Cave (1235)
7/24
W Film: Truman Show
7/25
R Film: Truman Show, ASSIGN SECOND
ESSAY, Read A Good Man is Hard to Find
Character
7/29
M A Good Man is Hard to Find, Read Where
Are You Going, Where Have You Been
7/30T
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been
7/31 W Film: The Silence of the Lambs
8/1
R Film: The Silence of the Lambs, SECOND
ESSAY DUE, Read “The Lottery” (Handout)
Tradition,
Persecution and “Groupthink”
8/5
M “The Lottery”, Read “The Sisterhood of
Night” (Handout)
8/6
T “The Sisterhood of Night”
8/7
W 8/8 R Film: The Village
5/16
R Film The Village, ASSIGN FINAL
PAPER
8/12
M WORK ON PAPER
8/13
T WORK ON PAPER
8/14
W WORK ON PAPER
8/15
R FINAL PAPER DUE…BRING PAPER TO MY
OFFICE ROOM 1141 (RED AREA)
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