College Composition II
ENG 102
Essex County College
Prof. Sean O’Connell Tuesday/Thursday
Email:soconnel@essex.edu
Phone:
973-877-1926
Office: 1141
Office
Hours: Mon 11:00-1:00 Room:
Tues
11-11:30, Thurs 10:00-11:30
By
Appointment
Texts: The Norton Introduction to Literature (Shorter
Eleventh Edition), Kelly J. Mays
ISBN-13: 978-0393913392
Identity
9/5
Live for Today (Handout)
Read Sonny’s Blues (95)
9/10
Sonny’s Blues (95), Read Girl (170)
9/12
ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY, Girl (170), Read The Management of Grief ( 384)
Assimilation
9/17
The Management of Grief ( 384), Read Jesus Shaves (414)
9/19
Jesus Shaves (414)
9/24
Film: The Namesake
9/26
FIRST PAPER DUE (NO LATE PAPERS!), Film: The Namesake, Read Araby
(153)
Memories
and Experience
10/1
Araby (153), Read A &P (148)
10/3
A &P (148)
10/8
ASSIGN SECOND ESSAY, Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
10/10
Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Read “The Temp” (Handout)
10/15
*** NO CLASS***
Deceiving
Appearances
10/17“The
Temp” (Handout), Read “Good Country
People” (433)
10/22
SECOND ESSAY DUE(NO LATE PAPERS!) “Good Country People”(433)
10/24
***NO CLASS***
10/29 Film: Edward Scissorhands
10/31
Film: Edward Scissorhands, Read “Hills Like White Elephants”(590) Find
out what white elephants represent in different cultures
Men
and Women
11/5 “Hills Like White Elephants”(590), Read “Good People” (215)
11/7 “Good People” (215), Read “Lusus Naturae” (224)
Monsters
11/12
Lusus Naturae (224), Read “St. Lucy’s
Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” (229)
11/14
“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” (229)
11/19
Film: Frankenstein
11/21
Film: Frankenstein
11/26 ASSIGN
FINAL PAPER
11/28
NO CLASS…THANKSGIVING
12/3
WORK
ON PAPER…NO CLASS
12/5
1ST DRAFT DUE (ONLY DAY I
WILL BE ACCEPTING DRAFTS)
12/10
GIVE DRAFTS BACK
12/12
ALL FINAL PAPERS DUE!
