Anglo-American Essays
영미수필 / EL2133
This course aims to enhance students' reading comprehension, ability to infer meaning, and vocabulary. Focus are on a variety of Anglo-American essays, grouped in different themes for discussion.
Textbook:
Robert Diyani, Ed. Fifty Great Essays, 4th Edition. Pearson Publishers.
Assessment Weight:
Midterm Exam = 15%
Final Exam = 15%
Attendance = 10%
Class Participation = 20%
Assignments = 40%
Total = 100%
Tentative Lecture Plan
Week 1
Orientation
- What is an Essay?
- Categories of Essays:
- Informal
- Formal
- Types of Essays:
- Expository
- Analytical
- Persuasive
- Narrative
- (and Compository)
- Types of Reading:
- Skimming,
- Scanning,
- Extensive Reading
- Intensive Reading
Ellen Goodman, "The Company Man"
Week 2
Theme: To Live, to Die
Brian Doyle, "Joyas Voladoras"
- Author's Intention.
- Essay Form:
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion
Week 3
Theme: To Live, to Die
Virginia Woolf, "The Death of a Moth"
- Writing a summary and précis
- Imagery
Week 4
Theme: To Live, to Die
George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"
- Narrative:
- Narator
- Charactor
- Plot
- Conflict
- Symbolism
- Simile
- Metaphor
Week 5
Theme: Gender Issues, Sexuality & Discrimination
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions"; compare with the US Declaration of Independence
Mathias Specht, "Women in Korea I" and "Women in Korea II"
- Introduction to Rhetorical Devices
- Persuasive Appeals: Logos, Pathos, Ethos
Week 6
Theme: Gender Issues, Sexuality & Discrimination
Sojourner Truth, "And Ain't I a Woman?"
"A Woman's Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?"
Week 7
Theme: Gender Issues, Sexuality & Discrimination
Maxine Hong Kingston, "On Discovery"
Gretel Ehlrich, "About Men"
Week 8
Midterm Examination
Week 9
Theme: Belonging, Home, and Nostalgia
Chang-Rae Lee, "Coming Home Again"
Pico Iyer, "Nowhere Man"
Week 10
Theme: Belonging, Home, and Nostalgia
Linda Hogan, "Dwellings"
Week 11
Theme: Human Nature
Stephen King, "Why We Crave Horror Movies"
William Hazlitt, "On the Pleasures of Hating"
Week 12
Theme: Human Nature
Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
- Satire
Week 13
Theme: Memorable Speeches (Rhetoric)
Abraham Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address"
Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"
- Various rhetorical devices
Week 14
Theme: Memorable Speeches (Rhetoric)
Barack Obama, "Yes, We Can!"
- Various rhetorical devices
Week 15
Final Examination