Literature and Film

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• The ability to read critically and discuss the aesthetic, rhetorical, or cultural qualities in texts.

• The ability to develop convincing, well-supported print or digital projects.

• The ability to understand the relationship of literature or rhetoric to history or culture.

• The ability to understand and implement a literary or rhetorical theories.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Discussion Board	25%
Film Review	35%
Final Essay	40%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93.0% and above	A
90.0% - 92.9%	A-
87.0% - 89.9%	B+
83.0% - 86.9%	B
80.0% - 82.9%	B-
77.0% - 79.9%	C+
73.0% - 76.9%	C
70.0% - 72.9%	C-
67.0% - 69.9%	D+
63.0% - 66.9%	D
60.0% - 62.9%	D-
Below 60.0%	F

Attendance/Participation:

As this is a virtual and asynchronous course, attendance reflects your completion of coursework rather than physical presence and focus. To successfully complete this course, you must approach the reading and corresponding films with diligence; these materials, along with the discussion board and my feedback throughout the semester, will equip you to complete successful writing assignments such as the Film Review and Final Essay.

State law requires that students be allowed two absences due to religious holidays; please notify me at least 48 hours prior to your anticipated absence. Intercollegiate athletes should provide official documentation of anticipated absences early in the semester. In the case of an asynchronous course, these exceptional circumstances can correspond to an extension of a conflicting deadline, however I encourage you to be proactive and submit the work ahead of time as you are able.

If you have extenuating circumstances such as serious illness, chronic illness, an injury requiring prolonged medical treatment, prolonged psychological issues, etc., you should make your instructor aware of these circumstances as soon as possible and keep your instructor informed until you are able to return to class. You should also contact the Dean of Students Office, which can review documentation and notify multiple instructors on your behalf, especially if hospitalization or distress prevent you from doing so yourself. You should be aware, however, that the Dean of Students Office will not override any individual instructor’s attendance policy and that decisions about whether and how to accommodate students in distress are made by individual instructors.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Jane Campion, Bright Star (2009) – for rent on Amazon Prime and Apple TV

• Pablo Larraín, Neruda (2016) – for rent on Prime and Apple TV, streaming on Mubi

• Belinda Schmid and David Cranstoun Welch, The Book of Conrad (2016) – for rent on Prime

• All poetry will be available for free on Canvas