ICLT 330-W01: Global Literature and Digital Media
Spring 2020
Blended Course
Monday 12:30-1:50, Schure CLC3.
Instructor: Dr. Amanda Golden
Office: Balding House 208
Office Hours: W 1-3pm, and by appointment
Email: [email protected]
Course Website: globalliterature.weebly.com
Course Materials
These required books are available at the NYIT Bookstore. You can also use e-books.
Trevor Noah, Born a Crime. Random House, 2016. ISBN: 9780399588181.
Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire. Penguin, 2017. ISBN: 9781408886779 .
Additional readings will be available on Google Drive
Catalogue Course Description
Students in this course address the power of creativity, discussing the work of writers and artists from throughout the world. With technology as a focus, we will interpret texts in new ways using digital tools. Critiquing fiction, poetry, essays, visual art, and digital materials, we will analyze the ways that writers and artists approach such topics as identity, gender, war, the city, comics, and popular culture.
Student Learning Outcomes and Methods of Assessment
Upon successfully completing the course, a student will be able to
1. Discuss social, cultural, and historical, issues that global works address.
(Core: Communication, Literacy, Critical/Analytical Thinking, Interdisciplinary Mindset and Skills, Ethical/Moral and Civic Engagement, and Global Perspective/World View)
2. Interpret stylistic features of literary texts and forms of media and how these features affect the impact of each text. (Core: Communication, Literacy, Critical/Analytical Thinking)
3. Compose a focused, organized, and clearly written analysis of global literary texts. (Core: Communication, Literacy, Critical/Analytical Thinking, Global Perspective/World View)
4. Locate and evaluate research sources and incorporate and document them appropriately in writing, oral presentations, and digital projects.
(Core: Communication, Literacy, Critical/Analytical Thinking, Ethical/Moral and Civic Engagement)
5. Analyze different forms of media and work from different disciplines.
(Core: Communication, Literacy, Critical/Analytical Thinking, Interdisciplinary Mindset and Skills)
6. Work effectively in groups to interpret texts. (Core: Communication, Literacy, Critical/Analytical Thinking, Interdisciplinary Mindset and Skills, Global Perspective/World View)
Methods of Assessment that allow the instructor to assess the above learning outcomes:
Writing in class and completing discussion board postings— Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Discussing global texts and forms of media—Outcomes 1, 2, 5, 6
Analyzing materials from different disciplines and the ways that they inform each other—Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Contributing to group tasks discussing global texts and interpreting them using digital tools—Outcomes 1, 2, 5, 6
Participating in peer review process for essays—Outcomes 1, 2, 6
Giving presentations—Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Writing literary analysis essay—Outcomes 1, 2, 3
Completing research project—Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Passing comprehensive final exam (short answer and essay)—Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Reading Assignments
For every reading assignment, students are expected to read the assigned pages thoroughly and carefully, taking detailed notes that they can refer to in class.
Oral Assignments
Students are expected to participate in class discussion regularly and substantially.
Writing Assignments
All home writing assignments must be typed in 12-point and double-spaced, and thoroughly proofread. Papers must be submitted on Blackboard at least thirty minutes before class on the due date indicated on the syllabus. Do not include your name in documents submitted on Blackboard.
Assessment
Analytical Essay: 15%
Discussion Board Postings and Writing Center Reflection (which counts as a discussion board posting): 25%
Podcast or Video: 10%
Script: 20%
Class Participation: 20%
Final Exam: 10%
Participation
Some of your required work, both individual and collaborative, will be completed in-class and for homework, all part of your participation grade, which will account for 20% of your course grade. Attendance is a separate course requirement and does not count as part of your participation grade.
These activities count for your participation grade:
Participation in class discussions
Participation in group activities
Discussions
Peer review
Short Assignments
Quizzes
You must be present, prepared, on time, and engaged in seminar discussions. All course readings must be completed before class, and you will be attentive while in class if you want to earn an A or B. Substantive contribution to discussions, active listening, and thought-provoking questions are all considered participation. Being present but doing something else on your laptop is not participation, and will result in a C or lower. Here is a rough breakdown of what you can expect for each grade:
A: Lively engagement in discussions. Applies and/or challenges readings. Engages with and/or motivates peers
B: Actively listens in class and occasionally comments. Good collaboration with classmates
C: Tends to look disengaged. Might use phone or laptop for purposes not related to class. Occasionally tardy and absent
D: Sleeps in class. Rarely pays attention and/or is disruptive. Frequently tardy or absent. Unprepared for peer review or group meetings
F: Doesn’t attend class often. Sleeps through class when present, or disengaged. Disruptive.
You are expected to bring your laptop and a copy of the required readings or writing assignment to each class. This is a basic requirement for a C in class participation.
Attendance and Participation for Blended Course
In-person attendance on Mondays is mandatory: more than two unexcused absences from an entire class session may require your withdrawal from the course.
Online participation includes reading posts and making new threads and substantive comments to others.
Online attendance is mandatory. This means that you must do the required work on your own. This weekly online work involves posting your interpretation of the literature we are reading as well as responding to at least two other students’ interpretation in the forum.
Your participation in the online forums will be evaluated in the following way:
Discussion Board Postings
Your will post on our Blackboard Discussion Board on dates indicated on the syllabus. Questions and prompts for postings will be on Blackboard. Your postings will engage the question or topic in depth, analyzing quotations and examples when appropriate. Your responses should interpret and analyze course readings, building from previous topics we have discussed. Because these postings are short, you are encouraged to develop your own impressions, rather than consult internet sources. If you do consult internet or any other sources, you must cite them. Cutting and pasting any material you do not quote appropriately and cite from websites is plagiarism.
Discussion board postings will be assessed using the following rubric:
4: Exceptional. The discussion board post is focused and coherently integrates examples with explanations or analysis. The post demonstrates awareness of its own limitations or implications, and it considers multiple perspectives when appropriate. The entry reflects in-depth engagement with the topic.
3: Satisfactory. The discussion post is reasonably focused, and explanations or analysis are mostly based on examples or other evidence. Fewer connections are made between ideas, and though new insights are offered, they are not fully developed. The post reflects moderate engagement with the topic.
2: Underdeveloped. The discussion board post is mostly description or summary, without consideration of alternative perspectives, and few connections are made between ideas. The post reflects passing engagement with the topic.
1: Limited. The discussion board post is unfocused, or simply rehashes previous comments, and displays no evidence of student engagement with the topic.
0: No Credit. The discussion board post is missing or consists of one or two disconnected sentences.
Adapted from https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/a-rubric-for-evaluating-student-blogs/27196
Replying to Others
Exceptional. Responses to classmates' postings are clear, specific and forward dialogue with them, asking questions of them as well as making useful comments.
Good. Responses to classmates' postings are clearly worded. Developing ideas; sometimes stimulates discussion.
Underdeveloped. Responses to classmates' postings are often worded in confusing manner and show little sense of what others have written.
No Credit. Abusive or distracting comments; persistent lack of participation.
Writing Center Visit Reflections
Over the course of the term, you are required to visit the English Department Writing Center in Balding House at least once, bringing an assignment from this course (such as a blog posting, project, presentation, essay rough draft, or final draft) that you are writing or revising. You can make an appointment for an in-person or online consultation at any stage in the writing process, from brainstorming to editing. You can also visit the writing center to strengthen a particular skill, such as commas, introductions, or any aspect of writing or communication. Following your visit, complete a 250-word response reflecting on your visit. This reflection should include a description of the task or assignment that you brought to the center, the feedback you received, and your plans for moving forward. The reflection will be graded using the blog assessment rubric, and for quotations you should analyze the language of your own writing and the tutor's feedback you receive. In addition, your reflection must also contemplate your own growth as a writer and critical thinker. Your reflection is due on Blackboard (under assignments) no later than the dates indicated on the syllabus, but can be uploaded earlier.
Course Policies
1. Come to class. This is a workshop class that requires your daily attendance and active participation. If you accumulate five or more absences, you will be withdrawn from the class or receive a failing grade. Repeated tardiness will count as absences (3 tardies = 1 absence). If you are using your phone or sleeping in class, you will be asked to leave and marked absent.
2. Make your deadlines. Late assignments will not be accepted. Know and keep your deadlines. All due dates are posted in this syllabus.
3. Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Policies. Each student enrolled in a course at NYIT agrees that, by taking such course, he or she consents to the submission of all required papers for textual similarity review to any commercial service engaged by NYIT to detect plagiarism. Each student also agrees that all papers submitted to any such service may be included as source documents in the service’s database, solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers.
Plagiarism is the appropriation of all or part of someone else’s works (such as but not limited to writing, coding, programs, images, etc.) and offering it as one’s own. Cheating is using false pretenses, tricks, devices, artifices or deception to obtain credit on an examination or in a college course. If a faculty member determines that a student has committed academic dishonesty by plagiarism, cheating or in any other manner, the faculty has the academic right to 1) fail the student for the paper, assignment, project and/or exam, and/or 2) fail the student for the course and/or 3) bring the student up on disciplinary charges, pursuant to Article VI, Academic Conduct Proceedings, of the Student Code of Conduct.
Cheating on an examination or assignment in this course will result in a zero for the examination or assignment and the matter will be reported to the appropriate college authorities as per the Student Handbook. A second incident of cheating on an examination will result in failure for the course.
In your writing for this class, you are encouraged to refer to other people's thoughts and writing -- as long as you cite them.
If you are ever in doubt about whether you are citing something correctly, please contact the professor.
You must list all sources you consult in your works cited list. You must cite web pages.
In moments of crisis students sometimes make decisions that they would not otherwise make. If you find yourself in a situation that affects your work in this class, please contact the instructor.
4. Original Work. All of your assignments must be created originally for this class only. Work submitted for other courses or created before the start of this course will not be accepted.
5. Computer Access. According to university policy, all students are required to own or have access to a computer system off campus with connectivity to the Internet and an installed or current version of Microsoft Office. NOTE: Microsoft Works is not compatible with Microsoft Office.
6. Technology Policy. Technology use in-class should be related to what we are doing in class. Set your mobile phone to vibrate. Do not answer your mobile phone unless it appears to be an emergency, e.g. the call is from a child or elder care provider or a parent who would not call during class except in case of emergency. Do not engage with social media or email unless the instructor specifically requests that you do so.
7. NYIT Withdrawal and Incomplete Grade Policy. After the second week of the semester (second class meeting for cycle courses) students wishing to exit a course may do so by requesting to withdraw from the course from the instructor. The decision to withdraw from a course should be made only after consulting with the course instructor and advisor, as withdrawing from a course may affect financial aid eligibility. Consult with the Office of Financial Aid for more information. To withdraw from a course, the student and the instructor must complete a withdrawal form, and the instructor must submit it to the Office of the Registrar within 48 hours. Upon receipt of the withdrawal, a grade will be assigned by the Registrar.
Students can withdraw from a course from the end of the add/drop period (second week of the term or second class meeting for cycle classes) through the week before finals to receive a grade of W. The W grade is not included in the computation of the cumulative GPA, but it may affect financial aid eligibility.
The withdrawal (W) grade will be assigned to students who officially withdraw from a class according to this schedule. The unofficial withdrawal (UW) grade may be assigned if a student has stopped attending class without officially withdrawing. The W and UW grades are not included in the computation of the GPA, but may affect eligibility for financial aid.
Students may not withdraw from classes during the final exam period.
The temporary grade of Incomplete (I) shall change to a failing grade (IF) if the student does not complete the work by the end of the allotted time. Grades of IF become part of the student's CUM.
Library Resources. All students can access the NYIT virtual library from both on and off campus at www.nyit.edu/library. The same login you use to access NYIT e-mail and NYITConnect will also give you access to the library’s resources from off campus.
On the left side of the library’s home page, you will find the “Library Catalog” and the “Find Journals” sections. In the middle of the home page you will find “Research Guides;” select “Video Tutorials” to find information on using the library’s resources and doing research.
Should you have any questions, please look under “Library Services” to submit a web-based “Ask-A-Librarian” form.
Additional Resources for Further Learning
If you would like additional help in the course, please contact your instructor for guidance. You are also encouraged use NYIT’s academic support services: the Learning Center, the Writing Center, the
Math Center, and Brainfuse (online tutoring, 24/7). For more information and links to the individual centers, see www.nyit.edu/student_resources/centers/.
Support for Students with Disabilities
NYIT adheres to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504. The Office of Accessibility Services actively supports students in the pursuit of their academic and career goals. Identification of oneself as an individual with disability is voluntary and confidential. Students wishing to receive accommodations, referrals and other services are encouraged to contact the Office of Accessibility Services as early in the semester as possible, although requests can be made throughout the academic year. To contact the Office of Accessibility Services please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call (516) 686-4934 for the Long Island campus and (212) 261-1759 for the Manhattan campus.
The Department of English Writing Center and Writing Workshop Computer Lab
The Writing Center is a place to get additional support at all stages of the writing process. You can also use the Wireless Laptop Writing Workshop, a writing computer lab with laptops and wireless access to the Internet. The Writing Center and the Writing Workshop lab are located in Balding House. No appointment is necessary, but by using My NYIT you can schedule an in-person appointment or online consultation. Give us a call at 516-686-7557 or visit us at 101 Balding House. For hours, you can check here and on our Facebook page.
Schedule (Subject to Change)
Assignments and readings are due on the dates below.
Week 1: 1.22-1.26: Read Understanding Rhetoric Introduction and Issue 4 (On Google Drive).
Due Online by Sunday 1/26 at 11pm: Discussion Board Posting 1.
Week 2: 1.27-2.2: Agha Shahid Ali, "Postcard from Kashmir."
In Class: Agha Shahid Ali, "Postcard from Kashmir."
Review MLA format for in-text citations, works cited pages and entries.
Week 3: 2.3-2.9: Read Home Fire, Chapters 1 and 2.
In Class: They Say/I Say: Introduction, Chapter 1 and Templates.
Due Online by Sunday 2.9 at 11pm: Discussion Board Posting 2.
Week 4: 2.10-2.16: Read Home Fire, Chapters 3 and 4.
In Class: Discuss They Say/I Say Chapter 3 on Quoting.
Due Online by Sunday 2.16 at 11pm: Discussion Board Posting 3.
Week 5: 2.17-2.23: Monday 2.17: No Class--Class Meets Tuesday 2.18. Read Home Fire Chapters 5, 6, and 7.
In Class: Workshop Sample Essay.
Due Online by Sunday 2.23 at 11pm: Discussion Board Posting 4.
Week 6: 2.24-3.1: Finish Home Fire. View Kamila Shamsie at Colgate.
In Class: View Antigone
Zoom with Dr Holly Ranger, Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Week 7: 3.2-3.8: Read Leontia Flynn, "Two Poems" and Mong-Lan, "Elegy, "O New York!," and "Only This Life."
Due Online by Sunday 3.8 at 11pm: Analytical Essay Rough Draft Due.
Week 8: 3.9-3.15: Read Karen Russell, "Bog Girl."
In Class: Peer Review
Due Online by Sunday 3.15 at 11pm: Analytical Essay Final Draft Due.
Spring Break
Week 9: 3.23-3.29: Read Seamus Heaney, "Digging," "Death of a Naturalist," "North," and "The Tollund Man."
Due Online by Sunday 3.29 at 11pm: Discussion Board Posting 5 and Writing Center Reflection (counted as a discussion board posting).
Week 10: 3.30-4.5: Read W. B. Yeats, "Easter, 1916," "Sailing to Byzantium," "Among School Children," and "Lapis Lazuli."
In Class: Clip from The Plough and the Stars (1936), and view Dublin Rising 1916-2016.
Week 11: 4.6-4.12: Read first third of Born a Crime.
Due Online by Sunday 4.12 at 11pm Discussion Board Posting 6 - Research and Screencast Assignment.
Week 12: 4.13-4.19 Finish Born a Crime. View Trevor Noah discussing Born a Crime.
Due Online by Sunday 4.19 at 11pm: Research Project Proposal Due.
Week 13: 4.20-4.26: Read Javier Zamora, El Salvador and Guadalajara.
Due Online by Sunday 4.26 at 11pm: Script Rough Draft Due.
Week 14: 4.27-5.3: In Class: Rough Draft Workshop.
Due Online by Sunday 5.3 at 11pm: Script and Podcast or Video Final Draft.
Week 15: Mon. 5.4: Review for Exam.
In Class: Course Reflection.