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Course Description  ♦ Course Objectives ♦ Course Policies ♦  Grading Policy

Grade Distribution  ♦  Late Policy  ♦  Plagiarism  ♦  Required  Books

Prerequisite: Passing score on WST.

• To recognize and appreciate the importance of the Gothic novel and horror fiction as major literary genres 1795 to present in both England and America.
• To strengthen our abilities to engage literary text and to analyze both its form and content as well as its historical contexts.

• Beckett, Samuel. Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Westward Ho: Three Novels. New York: Grove Press, 1995. (ISBN 978-0802134264)
• Ellis, Bret Easton. American Psycho. New York: Vintage, 1991. (ISBN 978-0679735779)
• King, Stephen. The Shining. New York: Pocket, 2002. (ISBN 978-0743437493)
• Lee, Vernon. Hauntings & Other Fantastic Tales. 1890. Ed. Catherine Maxwell. New York: Broadview, 2006. (ISBN 978-1551115788)
• Lewis, Matthew. The Monk. 1794. Ed. Emma McEvoy. New York: Oxford World Classic, 2008. (ISBN 978-0199535682)
• Oates, Joyce Carol, ed. American Gothic Tales. New York: Plume, 1996. (ISBN 978-0452274891)
• Polidori, John William. The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold; or The Modern Oedipus. 1819. Eds. D.L. Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf. New York: Broadview, 2007. (ISBN 978-1551117454)
• Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. 1886. New York: Oxford UP, 2008. (ISBN 978-0199536221)
• Stoker, Bram. Dracula. 1897. Ed. Nina Auerbach. New York: Norton, 1996. (ISBN 978-0393970128)

• A Research Guide for Undergraduates in English & American Literature. MLA, 2006. (ISBN 9780873529242)
• Harmon, William and C. Hugh Holman. A Handbook to Literature. 11^th ed. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. (ISBN 9780136014393 )
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7^th ed. New York: MLA, 2009. (ISBN 9781603290241)
• Hacker, Diana. A Writer�s Reference (or other writing handbook)

Graduate students see additional requirements for projects.

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A student�s participation is assessed by his/her contribution throughout the semester. Use the following as guidelines for this portion of your final grade:
 

Each Reading Response is worth 10 points (total of 10). After each forum post is submitted, I will email the points that you earned for that entry; on the Moodle entry, I will make suggestions for improving your score. Students who write nothing or who write frivolously will not receive credit for the exercise. Because these Reading Responses pertain to that week�s readings and are not useful after the discussion has been completed, late Reading Responses will not be accepted.

See tips for writing effective Reading Responses.
 

See detailed instructions here for presentation and timeline. See your group members here! or check the online schedule for the most recent list.

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In English Department courses, instructors will comment on and grade the quality of student writing as well as the quality of the ideas being conveyed. All student writing should be distinguished by correct grammar and punctuation, appropriate diction and syntax, and well-organized paragraphs.

For your final grades, 100-90 is an A, 89-80 is a B, 79-70 is a C, 69-60 is a D, and below 60 is an F. Pluses and minuses are the middle of each range. In calculating the final grade, a set number will represent each letter grade; for example, B+ is 87.5, B is 85, and B- is 82.5.
 

Google Docs will be used to create our timeline. Google Docs contains programs that are similar to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and FrontPage, but with less bugs. In addition, this atmosphere resides completely on Google�s server � this means that you can access our course documents from anywhere. Registering for and using Google Docs requires very little technical expertise; in fact, if you already have an email address, then you are qualified to use Google Docs. We will go through all of this on our second day of class.

Instances of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Cheating on exams or plagiarism (presenting the work of another as your own, or the use of another person�s ideas without giving proper credit) will result in a failing grade and sanctions by the University. For this class, all assignments are to be completed by the individual student unless otherwise specified. If you would like to include in your assignment any material you have submitted, or plan to submit for another class, please note that SJSU�s Academic Policy F06-1 requires approval of instructors.

In other words, submit only your own work. In addition, please know that submitting work from another course (recycling) is also against the Academic Honesty Policy. To learn how to cite sources accurately and forthrightly, consult your handbook. If you have any questions about when or how to document a source, do not hesitate to ask me for clarification. Turning in plagiarized work may result in immediate failure in the course and could result in dismissal from San Jos� State University. See King Library�s definition, the University policy and a plagiarism tutorial: www.sjlibrary.org/services/literacy/info_comp/plagiarism.htm 

Plagiarism checks will be performed by asking students to submit various written exercises or essays to Turnitin.com, a service which scans documents for all references to Web sources and other essays. To sign up for Turnitin use the Class ID 3097410 and Password eek2010. The instructor reserves the right to revise the requirements and to notify students of such revision in a timely manner. 
 

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