Religion Experiential

Religion Experiential paper

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1:Religion Experiential paper

For this experiential paper, you will be visiting a worship service of the Islamic religion, a mosque, or Buddhist religion , a temple; it is your choice. This has to be a religion other than your own experience, which mine is Roman Catholic. A 6 to 8 page typed paper is expected to be produced about your experience. Some of the topics to include in your discussion, but not limited to the following:
-Your expectations before going to a mosque or temple (written before you attend).
– A description of the experience – be detailed and specific
– A description of the setting – include several different aspects.
-A description of your own feelings and experiences – from the time you arrived to the time you left.
– A comparison and contrast of this tradition with your own religious experience (which is a Roman Catholic Church)
– An evaluation and interpretation of your experience using correct terminology in reguards to the Islamic or Buddhist religion, and any “preconceived” ideas.

2:COURSE DESCRIPTION

LIT 212R, Romanticism and the Modern World, is a course that attempts to provide a comprehensive
introduction to British literature written around the turn of the 19th century. The course also attempts to
place Romantic literature in the larger world of literature. To this end, we’ll be asking all sorts of
questions of the texts we read. For example, what place does Romantic literature have in the study of
literature in general? What aspects of literary writing determine whether we can categorize some writing
as Romantic literature? Where does Romantic writing take place and what light does it shed on its
subjects? Of course, the best way to learn about literature is to write about it. To that end, this class will
be organized around our writing and thinking, and will develop with our classrooms discussions.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
? Understand and explore the movement of Romanticism as both a literary movement and a broader
movement in the arts and in culture as a whole
? Understand the mutual relationship between historical and cultural context and literary form and
production, such as the effect of Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and debates about
slavery, human rights, and women’s rights, in some cases both then and now
? Understand the role of developing theories of perception, cognition, and the human mind in
shaping literary form and content
? Become better readers, writers, and thinkers through close readings, and discussion about
language and literature
Please note: The syllabus is your guide to the course; please become very familiar with it and refer
to it often. This syllabus is subject to change and is flexible and adaptable to the needs of the class.
Additional readings may come up and due dates may change depending on the pace of the class. All
changes will be announced in class.
REQUIRED TEXTS & MATERIALS
? Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
? Frankenstein: The 1818 Text – Mary Shelley
? The Longman Anthology of Brtish Literature vol.2A 5th edition – Manning, Wolfson, Eds.
? Dictionary & MLA style guide
CLASS POLICIES
? Come prepared. Each student is required to attend each class session prepared to discuss the
day’s reading or assignment and must participate and contribute constructively to the discussion
demonstrating that they have done the reading. Bring your textbook(s) and/or assigned readings
to each class. For those readings available on the Internet and/or Blackboard, please print them
out and bring them to class in hard copy.
? Attend regularly. Students are expected to attend all class sessions. You are allowed three (3)
excused absences. More than three absences will lower your participation grade by one whole
grade, for example from a B to a C, for each absence after 3. Please note: 5 or more absences
may result in a failing grade for the course.
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? Be on time. Chronic lateness or early departures will be counted as absences (3 late
arrivals/departures will count as 1 absence). If you arrive late or depart early and miss an in-class
exercise, you will not be permitted to complete it.
? Keep up if you miss class. It is your responsibility to keep up with assignments. If you miss
class, “I wasn’t here last week” is never an acceptable excuse for coming to class unprepared. If
you miss class, check the syllabus and contact the instructor or another student to collect your
assignments.
? Be respectful. Students should conduct themselves in a respectful manner. Conduct that might
endanger or threaten anyone in the class will not be tolerated. Disruptive behavior, substance
abuse, degrading or disparaging remarks, side conversations with other students, texting, and any
other behavior that shows a lack of respect for the class will not be tolerated. Please turn off and
put away all electronic devices before class time. Students engaging in inappropriate conduct
will be asked to leave and will be marked absent for the day.
? Be professional. When emailing your instructor and classmates, please include your
course/section number in the subject line, use an appropriate greeting, proper grammar and
punctuation, and make sure to sign your email. I will respond to every email – usually within a
day or two. If I do not respond, it means I did not receive your email.
? Submit your work on time. There are no extensions on deadlines. Late papers and assignments
will be graded down one half-letter grade per day and each class day after the deadline.
Assignments/papers are due at the start of class. If you submit a paper or assignment after class
time, it is considered late.
? Papers must be typed. All assignments (including drafts) must be stapled and typed in an
appropriate 12 pt font (e.g. Times New Roman), double-spaced, with standard margins (1” on all
sides) and MLA format. Late papers should be submitted via email as soon as they are complete
to avoid further deductions, and a hard copy should be left in the instructor’s mailbox.
? Blackboard. This class will operate, in part, on blackboard. If you haven’t already, please set up
your blackboard account as soon as possible. On blackboard you will find an electronic version of
your syllabus, readings, assignments and other course materials. Please check it regularly.
? Help is available. Make an appointment with me if you have a question or if you are having
difficulty in class. You may also visit the tutors in the Writing Center. The Writing Center
provides tutoring and assistance with all aspects of writing. Check the website to make an
appointment or to find more information. http://www.pace.edu/dyson/current-undergraduatestudents/
writing-center
GRADING:
Attendance: 10%
Participation: 15%
Response Papers: 20%
Formal Essays: 30% (15% each)
Final Essay: 25%
Letter grades are calculated as follows:
94-100%=A
90-93%=A-
87-89%=B+
83-86%=B
80-82%=B-
77-79%=C+
73-76%=C
70-72%=C-
67-69%=D+
60-66%=D
0-59%=F
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READING & WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
A note on reading: Except for the two novels, the amount of reading you’ll do in this class is not
particularly significant. A good portion of the readings are poems and at times difficult and
philosophically dense. That said you must be prepared to not just read but also re-read and think deeply
about the readings.
Class discussions: I will lecture from time to time but what really works best is class discussion. Please
come to class and come prepared to share your ideas. Don’t worry — no question is a wrong question.
From time to time, I might ask one or two of you to lead the class discussion.
Response papers: An important part of the course is reading and responding to the work of other writers,
this includes your fellow classmates. Further, responses give you the opportunity to share your thoughts
and observations of the texts we’ll be reading together with other members of the class. For the
texts/essays we read, your response should be approximately 300-600 words long (1-2 pages) and should
be a thoughtful, considered reaction to the text. The writing need not be formal, but it must show your
reading and writing. Response writing should strive to interpret your reading in some depth, and should
privilege your personal reactions. These guidelines are purposefully vague, because the response papers
will work best if you give your own thought and creativity free reign. Response papers will be assessed
with a check, check plus, or check minus according to effort and ingenuity. All responses should be typed
and in MLA format.
Essays: Two of the required essays will be described on blackboard (and in class) throughout the term and
will entail your own critical thinking. Among these will be a final term paper (around ten pages) whose
proposal you will generate well in advance.
Revisions: In addition to the assigned revisions in the syllabus, you have the option to revise any of your
final draft essays provided they were submitted on time and earned a B+ or less for the possibility of a
modified grade. Without exception, revisions will be accepted no later than 2 weeks from the original due
date. We will go over various revision strategies in class. Remember: there must be substantial changes in
content and organization, not simple grammatical corrections. Papers turned in without substantial
revision will be returned for further revision and is subject to a lower grade. We will go over various
revision strategies in class. Please submit all previous drafts with the final revised version.
Final writing project: We will discuss the final essay towards the end of the term, but generally, it will be
a comparative essay engaging broadly with the concepts we would have covered in class but shedding
new insights on the material you’re interested in exploring.
Peer editing: You will peer edit your work both within and outside of the revision process. This may be
done in a number of ways – individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You will be reading the work of
your classmate(s) and providing constructive criticism. Your participation in peer editing is mandatory
and will count toward your overall participation grade
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
From the Pace University web site: Students are required to be honest and ethical in satisfying their
academic assignments and requirements. Academic integrity requires that, except as may be authorized
by the instructor, a student must demonstrate independent intellectual and academic achievements.
Therefore, when a student uses or relies upon an idea or material obtained from another source, proper
credit or attribution must be given. A failure to give credit or attribution to ideas or material obtained
from an outside source is plagiarism. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. Every student is responsible for
giving the proper credit or attribution for any quotation, idea, data, or other material obtained from
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another source that is presented (whether orally or in writing) in the student’s papers, reports,
submissions, examinations, presentations and the like. In this course, if a student is found to have copied
work from the Internet or document authored by someone else without observing MLA citation rules, s/he
will receive a failing grade for the assignment. A second instance of plagiarism will result in a failing
grade (F) for the course.
DISABILITIES
From the Pace University web site: The same rigorous standards for admission apply to students with and
without a disability. In order to support the continued success of students with disabilities, the University
prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and is committed to ensuring equal access for students
with disabilities to its facilities, programs, and activities. The University’s commitment to equal
educational opportunities for students with disabilities includes providing reasonable accommodations for
the needs of students with disabilities. To request an accommodation for a qualifying disability, a student
must self-identify and register with the Disability Services Office for his or her campus. The Office of
Disability Services is housed in the Counseling Center on the New York City and Pleasantville campuses.
The Coordinator of Disability Services for the New York City campus, Jenna Cler, LMSW, may be
contacted at 212-346-1526 or jcler@pace.edu. Notifying other University offices, faculty or staff does not
constitute giving notice to the University of a request for an accommodation. No one, including faculty, is
authorized to evaluate the need and arrange for an accommodation except the Coordinator of Disability
Services. Moreover, no one, including faculty, is authorized to contact the Coordinator of Disability
Services on behalf of a student.
CLASS SCHEDULE
9/7 W In class: introductions, discuss syllabus, course goals
After class: review syllabus, get familiar w/Blackboard
9/12 M Before class: —
In class: What is Romanticism? – An introduction
9/14 W Before class: Barbauld,”The Mouse’s Petition to Dr. Priestly” (66-67); Wordsworth, “I
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (551); Coleridge, “Kubla Khan” (669-671); “Romantics
and Their Contemporaries” (7-33)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due
9/19 M Before class: “The Rights of Man and the Revolution Controversy” (108); Burke, from
Reflections on the Revolution in France (113-122); Paine, “The Rights of Man’ (132-
138); Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (204-216)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due
9/21 W Before class: Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads (433-445); selections (410-433);
Jeffrey, “the new poetry” (468-471); Coleridge, “This Lime Tree Bower My Prison”
(628-630)
In class: discuss readings, response paper due
9/26 M Before class: Wordsworth, “Michael” (457-468)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due
9/28 W Before class: “The Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade” (229-230); Prince, “The
History of Mary Prince” (239-244); Barbauld, “Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq.”
(259-262); Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience (176-186)
In class: discuss readings, response paper due
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10/3 M No class – Rosh Hashanah
10/5 W Before class: Wollstonecraft, “Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (304-324)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due
10/10 M Before class: Barbaud, Eighteen Hundred Eleven (72-80), Croker, “Review” (80-81);
Hemans, “The Wife of Asdrubal” (932-934), “Properzia Rossi” (850-853)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due, discuss paper 1
10/12 W No class – Yom Kippur
10/17 M Before class: Austen, Sense and Sensibility (pages TBD)
In class: discuss reading; response paper due
10/19 W Before class Austen, Sense and Sensibility (pages TBD)
In class: discuss reading; response paper due
10/24 M Before class Austen, Sense and Sensibility (pages TBD)
In class: discuss reading; response paper due
10/26 W Before class: complete first draft of paper 1
In class: peer edit paper 1 (bring copies to class)
10/31 M Before class: “The Sublime, the Beautiful, and the Picturesque” (34-37); Burke (37-43):
Kant (44-46); Wordsworth, There was a Boy” (446), “Nutting” (450-452), from The
Prelude, Book 11, lines 243-389 (531-534), Book 13, lines 1-184 (535-539)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due
11/2 W Before class: Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (632-649)
In class: discuss reading, response paper due, final draft paper 1 due
11/7 M Before class: Byron, Manfred (711-741)
In class: discuss readings, response paper due
11/9 W Before class: Wordsworth, “Ode: Imitations of Immortality from Recollections of Early
Childhood” (553-558); Percy Shelley, “Ode to the West Wind” (889-891)
In class: discuss readings, response paper due
11/14 M Before class: Keats, The Eve of St. Agnes (988-999)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due, discuss paper 2
11/16 W Before class: Keats: “Ode to a Nightingale” (1006-1008), “ode on a Grecian Urn”
(1008-1010), “Ode on Melancholy” (1012-1013), “To Autumn” (1013-1014);
In class: discuss readings and final paper; response paper due
11/21 M Before class: Byron, Canto 1 of Don Juan (786-832)
In class: discuss readings; response paper due
11/23 W No class – Thanksgiving
11/28 M Before class: complete first draft of paper 2
In class: paper 2 peer edit (bring copies to class)
11/30 W Before class: complete proposal and finalize sources
In class: peer edit final paper proposal, final paper check-in
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12/5 M Before class: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
In class: discuss readings; response paper due, final draft paper 2 due
12/7 W Before class: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
In class: discuss readings; response paper due
12/12 M Before class: complete first draft of final paper
In class: final paper first draft peer edit
12/14 W Before class: complete final draft of final paper
In class: optional one-on-one conferences
12/19 M Before class: work on final paper final draft
In class: TBD
12/21 W Before class: complete final paper final draft
In class: semester wrap-up, final paper due

Romanticism