BASIC COURSE INFORMATION
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Department/ Subject Area ENG
Course Number 036A
Disciplines ENG-English
Proposal Type Topics Course
Division Library, Learning Resources, and Language Arts Division
Cross Listing Courses
Course Title Selected Topics: American Literature of the 1960s
Transcript Title Select Topics: 1960's Lit.
Course Description This course is a survey of American literature from the decade of the 1960s, including a comprehensive exposure to prose, poetry, and fiction as well as a basic understanding of the cultural, social, and artistic trends of the period. Special emphasis is placed on theme, imagery, and character development.
Community Service No
Proposed For Revision
Effective Date 2007 Spring
Change MAJOR
Course Description
Lecture Hrs: 3.00 - 3.00
Lab Hrs: 0 - 0
Student Unit Hrs: 3.00 - 3.00
Faculty Lecture Units: 3.00
Faculty Lab Units: 0
Field Trips Not Required
Grade Options 0: A-F or Inc.
Transfer/Degree Applicability Associate Degree & Transfer
Non-Credit Options
Repeated NO
Repeat Count
Repeat Frequency
Repeat Period
Repeat Units
Repeat Rationale
Challenged NO
Rationale Student would not be able to acquire course knowledge through experience.
Fee Amount 0.00
Comparable Course Information
Comparable Course Information UC
University of California, Los Angeles
Lower Division Seminars: Special Topics in English 88A-88Z
Catalog Year: 2005-2007 Page:
URL: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog05-07-3-39.htm
Seminar, three hours. Limited to 15 students. Content varies; see departmental counselor for information. P/NP or letter grading. 88A. Medieval Literature; 88B. Renaissance Literature; 88C. 17th-Century Literature; 88D. 18th-Century Literature; 88E. Romantic Literature; 88F. Victorian Literature; 88G. 20th-Century British Literature; 88H. Colonial American Literature; 88I. 19th-Century American Literature; 88J. 20th-Century American Literature; 88K. History of English Language; 88L. Folklore and Mythology; 88M. Literature and Society.

Community College Course
Sacramento City College
Topics in English--Literature ENGLT 494
Catalog Year: 2006-2007 Page:
URL: http://www.scc.losrios.edu/catalog.html
This course is scheduled as needed under a title describing specific content. Students study the works of a significant group of writers, or of work on one theme, region, vocation, or human experience. Possible titles: Death in Literature, The Literature of the Occult, Film and Literature, The Hero in Fiction, The Love Story, The Literature of War. Not recommended as substitute for genre or survey courses. May be taken twice for credit.

CSU
California State University, Sacramento
Experimental Offerings in English ENGL 096
Catalog Year: 2006-2008 Page: 361
URL: http://aaweb.csus.edu/catalog/06-08/Program/ENGL.pdf
Special lower division experimental courses especially designed to emphasize student participation. 3 units.
Course Goals
Course Goals General Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Apply the sociohistorical and psychoanalytical literary critical approaches to selected works in American literature in the 1960s in order to draw reasoned, insightful conclusions about theme, artistic intent, and literary merit.
2. Evaluate individual authors and their work within the context of the social, religious, political, and economic climate of the 1960s.
3. Synthesize deductions and make casual connections between social, economic, and political contexts and the literature they generated in classroom discussions, documented essays, and examinations.
Course Objectives
Course Objectives Specific Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Read and discuss selected texts in order to apply the sociohistorical and psychoanalytical methods of literary analysis to draw evaluative conclusions about relative significance and merit.
2. Analyze each text to determine characterization, plot, symbolism, and other basic elements of fiction.
3. Compare and contrast the ideas, language, subjects, and forms of work from a diverse range of authors in order to pose deductions and formulate critical assertions about interpretation, literary significance, and form.
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
  1. Outcome:Identify the major themes in American literature of the 1960s.
    Assessment:A student will demonstrate the first outcome by earning a grade of "C" or better on a comprehensive final essay exam.
  2. Outcome:Construct an orginal written analysis of a 1960's American novel.
    Assessment:A student will demonstrate the second outcome by earning a grade of "C" or better on a documented, take-home essay.
Course Outline
Outline Text
  1. An Introduction to American Literature of the 1960s
    1. Historical Overview
    2. The Elements of Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Non-Fiction
  2. Application of Major Theories of Criticism
    1. Biographical
    2. Freudian
    3. Femininist
    4. New Historicism
    5. Deconstructionist
  3. Themes in American Literature of the 1960s
    1. Civil Rights Movement
    2. Vietnam War
    3. The Sexual Revolution
    4. The Rise of Feminism
    5. Alienation
    6. Recreational Drug Abuse
    7. Problematized Subjectivity
    8. Resistance to Mainstream Ideology
Course Assignments
Course Assignments Reading
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Assignments: Read Robert Coover's short story "The Babysitter" then respond to the following sets of questions listed below: 1. "The Babysitter" is told in the form of a collage--a short story broken into small chunks and not told in chronological order. What in general is the plot of the story? 2. Several sections begin with characters "real" experiences and then move into fantasy or vice versa. How do these fantasies illuminate the characters' personalities? How are each of the fantasies similar? How can you distinguish what is real from what is merely fantasized? 3. What do Jack, Harry, and Jimmy's fantasies about the babysitter, as well as the treatment of the women at the adult's party, reveal about the objectification of women in society during this time? 4. The story is filled with varous forms of violence. Where does that violence seem out of place? Where does it seem designed to titillate the reader? Where does it become repellant? 5. What are some of the primary themes in the story?
Writing
Optional Text:
Assignments: Having read various representative works from the decade of the 1960s, write a 6-8 page detailed, documented essay, comparing and contrasting a single theme found in all five whole texts assisgned this semester. The choice of theme is entirely your decision. Among other themes, you may wish to examine one of the following: sexual politics, self-discovery, and non-conformity. In what ways in the treatment of the selected theme similar in each text? In what ways does the treatment differ? Strive to provide a deeper insight into the thematic meaning of each text and their interrelationship. Be sure that the essay makes a coherent and sophisticated argument with a thesis supported by observations, illustrations, and ideas. The essay should include both textual detail and general significance. Though you may discuss some texts more than others, you must provide examples of the theme in each text in order to throughly support the analysis.
Course Methods of Evaluation
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Course Methods of Evaluation A student's evaluation will be based on a required final examination and multiple measures of performance including critical thinking. These methods may include, but are not limited to the following.
The student will be graded on class participation, quizzes, mid-term essay examinations, a documented research paper, a final examination, and other assignments as established by the instructor. At least one method of evaluation will be used which will require the student to demonstrate critical thinking as evidenced through writing and/or problem-solving.
Course Methods of Instruction
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Methods Lecture
Other Methods
Course Distance Education
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Additional Resources
Distance Ed - Contact Types
Distance Ed - Contact Types
Course Textbooks
Textbooks James Baldwin. Another Country. 1993 Vintage , 1962
Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar. 2005 Harper Collins , 1963
Tom Wolfe. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. 1999 Bantam , 1968
Robert Coover. Pricksongs & Descants. 2000 Grove Press , 1969
Norman Mailer. Why Are We In Vietnam?. 1991 Picador , 1967
Manuals
Periodicals
Course Supplies
Course Supplies
Course Resources
Course Resources Learning Resources
Optional Text: Current support adequate.
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Computer Resources
Optional Text: Current support adequate.
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Disabled Student Programs and Services
Optional Text: Current support adequate.
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Entry Skills
Entry Skills Advisory English 1A
  • ENG 001A - Narrow a topic to an appropriate focus, research the topic using both electronic and printed indexes, and evaluate the findings for use in a research paper.
  • ENG 001A - Paraphrase, summarize, and quote source material for a research paper.
  • ENG 001A - Evaluate sources for bias, currency, and applicability.
  • ENG 001A - Compose a research paper following assigned documentation guidelines.
  • ENG 001A - Compose an expository essay, employing appropriate patterns of development, with a structure containing introduction, body, and conclusion, and a clear, limited thesis
  • ENG 001A - Compose a timed, on-demand essay in response to a prompt, similar to university-level competency examinations.
  • ENG 001A - Revise essays for grammar, usage, structure, and content through self-evaluation, peer editing, and instructor comments.
  • ENG 001A - Read, understand, and summarize essays and book-length works.
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    Course Requisites
    Course Requisites Requisite Type: Advisories
    Sub Area Course #: ENG-001A
    With a Minimum Grade of C
    Comment:

    General Education Requirements
    Proposed For Categories
     
    Transfer Types Course can be transferred to CSU
    Course can be transferred to UC
    Course Codes
    CB00 State ID CCC000451623
    SAM Code (CB09) E = Not Occupational
    TOP Code (CB03) 1501.00 - English
    Course Credit Status (CB04) Credit - Degree Applicable
    Coop Educational Code N - N = Not Coop Education
    Coop Work Code (CB10)
    CAN Code (CB14)
    Course Completion Assessment Level None
    Instructional Code M - Intermediate
    Classification Codes (CB11) A - Liberal Arts
    Print Catalog YES
    Print Class Schedule YES
    Independent Studies NO
    Open Entry NO
    Work Experience NO
    Special Topics NO
    Appointment YES
    Contract Course NO
    Basic Skills (CB08) N Not Basic Skills
    Organizational Unit Library, Learning Resources, & Language Arts Div
    Prior Skills (CB21) Y = Not applicable
    Originator Ginger Holden
    Previous Course ENG 036 Selected Topics: Literature
    Proposal Type Topics Course
    Course Status Active
    Admin Dates
    Board of Trustees 03/07/2007
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