Selden, Raman, Peter Widdowson, and Peter Brooker, A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory , 4th ed. The literary work must be one of those read for this class. Extraordinary contributions will have a positive effect on the final course grade. For Section 1, each absence over four results in the subtraction of three points from the final course grade. For Section 2, each absence over two will result in the subtraction of five points from the final course grade.
Every absence counts.
Missed in-class graded work may not be made up. Academic dishonesty will result in failure of the course and other sanctions imposed by the University. Consult the academic integrity policy posted on my office door. As an imitation twice removed from true reality, it is inferior, deceptive, and dangerous, largely because audiences imitate what they see and read. Literature is an imitation of a sequence of events.