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Course Guidelines
Required Text
Hughes, Merritt Y.
John Milton: Complete Poems and Major Prose.
Recommended supplementary text:
Ovid.
The Metamorphosis. Trans. Horace Gregory. New York:
New American,
Objectives
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to examine the dominant themes and literary patterns within
Milton's work
· to
develop an aesthetic appreciation for the craft and artistry
of Milton's oeuvre
·
to consider the historical context in which Milton was
writing: the religious, political, and social environment
that informed his writing and in which he was deeply engaged
·
to think, speak, and
write critically and thoughtfully with careful attention to
detail and context
Policies
Attendance
The course is fueled by active and
engaged inquiry by all members of the seminar who you
should view as an educated and prepared audience for
your ideas and questions about Milton, the seventeenth
century and the required readings. Attendance is
essential to this course and as such, is required. You
may miss three class periods for illnesses or
emergencies; any absences after three will negatively
affect your final course grade. Please contact me
regarding hospitalizations.
Participation is
essential. While it is my responsibility to bring a
sense of the literary context to our discussions, it is
everyones responsibility to have something to
say about the texts. Even if you hate "L'Allegro," find
some angle to engage your own interests. This is also an
excellent technique for studying for exams and the best
way to write essays.
Conferences
Individual conferences may be
scheduled as a part of the regular work of the term
including paper conferences. Please come prepared to
discuss the work of the course.
Mellinger Writing
Center is available for
all students: strong as well as inexperienced writers can
benefit from suggestions and help from others. Even
professional writers get feedback from colleagues, friends,
and editors. Our writing fellows provide confidential help
with any stage of the writing process: generating ideas;
organizing paragraphs; writing introductions, conclusions,
or transitions; or developing an analysis or topic.
For English majors:
Writing is central to the
English major; therefore, the Department of English has implemented a policy to
encourage excellence in writing:
The faculty in the Department of
English will return papers written by English majors, if
they
do not follow correct MLA
documentation (including failure to integrate quotations
correctly, misplaced punctuation, incorrect work cited
entries, etc.);
include more than one major
grammatical error (run-on sentences [including fused
sentences and comma splices], subject-verb agreement errors,
and fragments);
contain excessive minor errors
(i.e., misuses of commas, semicolons, misspellings, etc.
which display a failure to proofread).
Instructors will return papers, final
papers will be reduced by one letter, and students will have
forty-eight hours to revise and re-submit papers. In many
cases, instructors will not have read the entire paper once
they have determined that an essay fails to meet the minimum
requirements; consequently, students will need to review and
revise essays from beginning to end to make corrections. If
essays fail to meet these minimum standards after
re-submission, students will earn Fs for those assignments.
Academic Dishonesty and
Plagiarism
The Monmouth College policy on academic policy is as
follows:
Academic dishonesty may result not
only in failure in the course,
but in dismissal or expulsion from the
College
Within the College and within the
Department of English, academic dishonesty is taken very
seriously.
Academic dishonesty includes but is
not limited to the use of published or unpublished work of
another
person by paraphrase or direct
quotation without full and clear acknowledgment,
unacknowledged use
of materials prepared by another
person or agency engaged in selling or otherwise providing
term
papers or other academic materials, or
unacknowledged collaboration with others. If you are
unclear
about whether you are plagiarizing or
not, ask. If a final paper submitted for a grade
includes uncited
words or ideas from a source, you will
fail the course.
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