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Neoclassicism, the Age of Reason, or the Enlightenment:

These names all refer to different aspects of the same period. In music and painting, this time corresponds to the Baroque period. You can see some Baroque Paintings at the WebMuseum Site, which has lots of links to paintings.You can see this period's interest in classical figures in thought in a painting like Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt (1653). In the work of French painter, Claude Lorraine, you can also see the interest in Roman antiquity.

Other Useful Links:

	Guide Questions for "The Death of Iván Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy.
	Guide Questions for "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.
	Guide Questions for Mother Courage and her Children by Bertolt Brecht.
	Assignment for Paper 2.
	A Sample Paper.

Course Goals: English 112, the Literature of Western Civilization, is a survey course in literature from the late 17th century to the present; most of the emphasis will be on European literature, but some of the authors are English or American. We will read selections from this rich body of literature, paying particular attention to characteristics that each work shows about its period. In addition, you will do some writing about what you have read. The goals of the course are summarized as follows:

	To further intellectual maturation by exposure to literature.
	To inquire into the literary expression of important ideas and values in Western culture.
	To provide an historical and cultural context for the study of Western though and literature.
	To develop some skills in verbal analysis through reading and writing about literature.

Requirements: Regular attendance and participation are required. I also expect you to come to class with the assigned reading done and with the textbook. In addition, you will be asked to make one written contribution to a computer conference per week. You will be evaluated on the basis of a journal, four exams, two three- to four- page papers, and your participation (and attendance) in class. I will determine your final grade as follows:

	Class Attendance and Participation: 15%
	1st exam: 10%
	2nd exam: 10%
	3rd exam: 10%
	Journal: 15%
	1st paper: 12%
	2nd paper: 13%
	Final Exam: 15%

How I will evaluate your class attendance and participation grade: generally, you will lose three points (out of 100 points) for every unexcused absence. I will consider your participation excellent if you volunteer for questions in class at least occasionally (you don't get more points for dominating the discussion), if you make good thoughtful contributions to class discussion, if you pay attention and take notes, if you appear to be engaging sincerely in discussion in small groups. If you read the newspaper or do other work, write in your journal during class when we're doing other things, or fail to pay attention (sleeping, etc.), I will evaluate your participation lower.

How I will evaluate your journals: at the end of each class session, I will announce a topic that you could explore in writing in your journal. I would like you to write at least two or three pages a week. At four or five points during the semester, I will collect your journals and read quickly what you have written since the last time I read your journal (you are to hand in only new material), grading it each time. Your contributions will be graded higher if you write a lot and write carefully and thoughtfully. Your journal will be graded lower if you don't write very much or even skip weeks, if you write simply to fill up space, not to sincerely answer the questions, if your writing is illegible or so poorly written that I can't read it.

Textbooks and Other Materials: The required text is as follows:

Mack, Maynard and others, eds. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Vol. 2. 6th ed. New York: Norton: 1992.