EN
314
NOVELS INTO FILM
Dr. Eleanor Swanson
Office:
Carroll Hall 124
Office Hours: TTh 8:00-9:00, W 8:30-11:30
Other times by arrangement
Telephone: 303.458.4147
e-mail: eswanson@regis.edu or eswanson2@mindspring.com
website: http://academic.regis.edu/eswanson
TEXTS
The
Maltese Falcon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Color Purple, Housekeeping, The Remains of
the Day. Novels and films.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
The novel is a linguistic medium and film is a visual
one. Films and novels have different
histories, audiences and modes of production.
They are, in short, distinct different genres and require different
modes of “reading” and analysis. In this course we will study the
novel-into-film phenomenon, in order to understand characteristics of both
genres as well as the differences between them.
SCHEDULE/READING
ASSIGNMENTS
8/27 Introduction
to course
9/3 The Maltese Falcon (novel)
9/10 The
Maltese Falcon (film)
9/17 Discussion
of The Maltese Falcon: novel and film
One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Introduction
to the novel.
9/24 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
(film)
10/1 The Color Purple (novel)
10/8 The Color Purple (film)
Paper
#1 due
10/15 Midterm Examination
The Color Purple, cont.
10/22 Discussion of The Color Purple, novel and film
Student
presentations
10/29 Housekeeping (novel)
11/5 Housekeeping (film)
11/12 Discussion of the novel and
film.
Paper
#2 due
11/19 The Remains of the Day (novel)
11/26 Thanksgiving Holiday
12/3 The
Remains of the Day (film)
Discussion of novel
and film.
Concluding
discussion of course issues.
12/8 Final Examination: Monday,
December 8, 1:15 p.m.
Plagiarism policy
Representing
the work of others as your own, no matter the source (scholarly essays,
internet, student work, purchased papers, etc.) will result in failure of the course.
Students
with disabilities
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, I will make every effort
to meet the reasonable accommodations request of students with documented
disabilities. (If you have a documented
disability, please see Joie Williams as soon as possible; her extension is
3666). Following your meeting with Ms
Williams, please meet with me to discuss your accommodation request.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
ABSENCE POLICY
For
a course that meets once a week, the student may take up to two absences
without penalty. With the third
absence, the student loses one full letter grade on his/her final grade for the
course. With the fourth absence, the student fails the course. For a course
that meets two times per week, the student may take up to four absences without
penalty. With the fifth absence, the
student loses one full letter grade on his/her final grade for the course. With
the sixth absence, the student fails the course.
For
a course that meets three times per week, the student may take up to six
absences without penalty. With each of
the seventh and eighth absences, the student loses one half of a letter grade
on his/her final grade for the course. With the ninth absence, the student
fails the course.
With
six absences in a two-meeting-per-week class or nine absences in a
three-meeting-per-week class, the student has missed three full weeks of a
fourteen-week course. That’s over 20%
of the course’s classroom time, and the English Department feels that students
shouldn’t miss that much of the class’s content, no matter the reason. The line may be arbitrary, but in the
Department’s judgment the student will benefit more by retaking the class than
by trying to make up independently what he/she has missed through absence.
A
student whose absences are the result of truly exceptional or catastrophic
circumstances may petition the Department in writing for an exemption from this
policy. The Department will review the
petition, and its decision will be final.
How your grade is determined:
Two
papers 30%
(evaluation
criteria:
handed
in on time 2.5 pts.
good
use of secondary source material 5 pts.
attention
to focus, organization,
style, support 5
pts.
attention
to conventional usage and mechanics 2.5
pts.
[including
bibliographic conventions])
Papers
should be 3-4 typed pages and must include at least two
secondary
sources.
Quizzes 25%
(Note: There will be a quiz on every novel, preceding our discussion.)
Midterm 20%
Final 20%
Class
participation 5%
5 pts.
possible credit for one of the following:
-lead
a class discussion
-write
an extra paper
-revise
both papers
-revise
one paper twice