Some Winter 2009 Course Descriptions
411Z: Teaching World Literature, Winter 09 4-5:40 T/R
Carol Ann Bays
English majors who plan to teach in high school or college will have an opportunity to survey the pedagogical literature, to become acquainted with a variety of resources for cross-cultural study, and to evaluate various approaches to teaching world literature. Students will “observe” my online world lit class, and I hope to include guest lectures by various faculty members who teach world literature. Students will then prepare a seminar paper and present an approach to a text of their choice (which they will assign to the seminar). (The bulk of our reading and the seminar project will involve non-western literature, which allows for World Culture credit.)
TEXTS:
Ed. J. Paine, The Poetry of our World: An International Anthology, Harper Perennial 2001
Bernth Lindfors, Approaches to Teaching Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, MLA of America, 1991 IS
Achebe, Chinua, Things Fall Apart. (most reasonable paperback)
A story collection (to be determined).
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Literature for Young Adults (available for 3 credits as ED 462 or EN 462, 1 credit available for an additional research credit in English only (EN 462R):
**Want to take a great course in Young Adult Literature?
**Want to explore what is happening in multiple genres? ** to find ways to connect the classics to relevant modern/postmodern literature, incorporating technology into the literature classroom?
**Want help designing lessons that help you connect more fully to the adolescents in your clasess while meeting the State Standards?
TAKE THIS COURSE!
This course (cross listed as EN/ED 462) , which meets on Tuesday nights 6-9:20 p.m, will be co-taught for the first time by Kia Jane Richmond (Associate Professor of English) and Markisha Smith (Assistant Professor of Education).
GRADUATE CREDIT or UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT available.
Contact krichmon@nmu.edu or markismi@nmu.edu with questions.
**This class is listed as an Academic Service Learning Class (ASL).
Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor's permission. (grad students also welcome)
Course description:
A comprehensive study of books for young adults, designed for secondary school teachers. Needs and interests of adolescents are studied in conjunction with the application of selection principles to fiction and nonfiction of all types. Emphasis is placed on developmental reading for the accelerated, the average and the reluctant student.
