Course Themes Guide The English 112 course will focus on a central theme that runs throughout the course. Students will choose a theme, and then use this theme when completing assignments under modules 2-4. Course Themes: o Addiction o Aging, death, and dying o Body image/eating disorders o Coming of Age o Heterosexual gender roles: equality and civil rights o Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender roles: equality and civil rights o Mental illness: schizophrenia, OCD, bipolar disorder o Physical disability, impairment, and disfigurement o Psychosis and violence o War and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Module Two: Course Theme Literary Analysis In Module Two, students will work on a literary analysis. To complete the analysis, course theme will have to be paired with a fictional work (such as a fictional short story, poem, play, or film). Below are some suggested fictional works listed under their corresponding course themes. Author names are provided parenthetically. Most of the suggested stories/poems/plays can be found through a quick web search. If a story is unavailable, inform the instructor so he or she may assist you. Addiction: “Babylon Revisited” (F. Scott Fitzgerald) “Sonny’s Blues” (James Baldwin) Aging, death, and dying “Thanatopsis” (William Cullen Bryant) “Midterm Break” (Seamus Heaney); “Death Be Not Proud” (John Donne) Time Flies (David Ives) Body image/eating disorders “Barbie Doll” (Marge Piercy) Wasted (Marya Hornbacher) Coming of Age “A&P” (John Updike) “How Far She Went” (Mary Hood) “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (Joyce Carol Oates) Heterosexual gender roles: equality and civil rights “A Work of Artifice” (Marge Piercy) “The Curse” (Andre Dubus) “Yellow Wallpaper” (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) Trifles (Susan Glaspell) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender roles: equality and civil rights “Life After High School” (Joyce Carol Oates) “Paul’s Case” (Willa Cather) A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams) Mental illness: schizophrenia, OCD, bipolar disorder “A Rose for Emily” (William Faulkner) “The Tale-Tell Heart” (Edgar Allan Poe) “Bartleby” (Herman Melville) Physical disability, impairment, and disfigurement “Everyday Use” (Alice Walker) “Good Country People” (Flannery O’Connor) “The Birthmark” (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Psychosis and violence “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (Flannery O’Connor) “The Curse” (Andre Dubus) “The Cask of Amontillado” (Edgar Allan Poe) “Hunters in the Snow” (Tobias Wolff) War and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane) “Soldiers Home” (Ernest Hemingway) “The Things They Carried” (Tim O’Brien) “The Thing in the Forest” (A.S. Byatt) Modules Three and Four: Course Theme Research In Modules Three and Four, you will research your course themes in the social and natural sciences. Keywords will.

1. Course Themes Guide
The English 112 course will focus on a central theme that runs
throughout the course. Students
will choose a theme, and then use this theme when completing
assignments under modules 2-4.
Course Themes:
o Addiction
o Aging, death, and dying
o Body image/eating disorders
o Coming of Age
o Heterosexual gender roles: equality and civil rights
o Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender roles: equality and
civil rights
o Mental illness: schizophrenia, OCD, bipolar disorder
o Physical disability, impairment, and disfigurement
o Psychosis and violence
o War and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

2. Module Two: Course Theme Literary Analysis
In Module Two, students will work on a literary analysis. To
complete the analysis, course theme
will have to be paired with a fictional work (such as a fictional
short story, poem, play, or film).
Below are some suggested fictional works listed under their
corresponding course themes.
Author names are provided parenthetically. Most of the
suggested stories/poems/plays can be
found through a quick web search. If a story is unavailable,
inform the instructor so he or she
may assist you.
Addiction:
“Babylon Revisited” (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
“Sonny’s Blues” (James Baldwin)
Aging, death, and dying
“Thanatopsis” (William Cullen Bryant)
“Midterm Break” (Seamus Heaney);
“Death Be Not Proud” (John Donne)

3. Time Flies (David Ives)
Body image/eating disorders
“Barbie Doll” (Marge Piercy)
Wasted (Marya Hornbacher)
Coming of Age
“A&P” (John Updike)
“How Far She Went” (Mary Hood)
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (Joyce Carol
Oates)
Heterosexual gender roles: equality and civil rights
“A Work of Artifice” (Marge Piercy)
“The Curse” (Andre Dubus)
“Yellow Wallpaper” (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
Trifles (Susan Glaspell)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender roles: equality and civil
rights

4. “Life After High School” (Joyce Carol Oates)
“Paul’s Case” (Willa Cather)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
Mental illness: schizophrenia, OCD, bipolar disorder
“A Rose for Emily” (William Faulkner)
“The Tale-Tell Heart” (Edgar Allan Poe)
“Bartleby” (Herman Melville)
Physical disability, impairment, and disfigurement
“Everyday Use” (Alice Walker)
“Good Country People” (Flannery O’Connor)
“The Birthmark” (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Psychosis and violence
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (Flannery O’Connor)
“The Curse” (Andre Dubus)
“The Cask of Amontillado” (Edgar Allan Poe)
“Hunters in the Snow” (Tobias Wolff)

5. War and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
“Soldiers Home” (Ernest Hemingway)
“The Things They Carried” (Tim O’Brien)
“The Thing in the Forest” (A.S. Byatt)
Modules Three and Four: Course Theme Research
In Modules Three and Four, you will research your course
themes in the social and natural
sciences. Keywords will help limit searches to the appropriate
discipline. Below are course
themes and useful keywords.
Addiction
Keywords Social Sciences—drinking of alcoholic beverages;
drinking customs; social context
Keywords Natural Sciences—medical science and addiction;
drug addiction
Aging, death, and dying

6. Keywords Social Sciences—death attitudes; social support;
psychological aspects
Keywords Natural Sciences—death attitudes; palliative
treatment; physicians
Body image/eating disorders
Keywords Social Sciences—body image, eating disorders;
psychological aspects; social support;
social disabilities
Keyword Natural Sciences—eating disorders; research; anorexia
nervosa; bulimia; compulsive
eating; causes and theories
Coming of Age
Keywords Social Sciences—age studies; social emotions; sexual
development; puberty
Keywords Natural Sciences—puberty; sexual development;
biological
Heterosexual gender roles: equality and civil rights
Keyword search terms in the social sciences: feminism;
equality; women -- social conditions;
women’s rights; social movements
Keyword search terms in the sciences: feminism; women's
rights; biological sciences;

7. Neuroscience
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender roles: equality and civil
rights
Keywords Social Sciences—lesbian; gay; bisexual; transgender
roles; equality; civil rights
Keywords Natural Sciences—lesbian; gay; bisexual; transgender
roles; medical sciences;
neuroscience
Mental illness: schizophrenia, OCD, bipolar disorder
Keyword Social Sciences: obsessive-compulsive disorder;
neuroses; compulsive behavior;
schizophrenia; psychoses; social sciences
Keyword Natural Sciences: obsessive-compulsive disorder;
neuroses; compulsive behavior;
schizophrenia; psychoses; medical science; neuroscience
Physical disability, impairment, and disfigurement
Keyword search terms in the social sciences: physical
disability; disfigurement; social sciences;

8. amputee
Keyword search terms in the sciences: physical disability;
disfigurement; medical sciences;
amputee; psychiatry
Psychosis and violence
Keyword search terms in the social sciences: psychosis;
violence; sociology; criminal justice
Keyword search terms in the sciences: psychosis; violence;
medical sciences; neuroscience;
psychiatry
War and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Keyword search terms in the social sciences: war; post-
traumatic stress disorder; social factors;
social effects
Keyword search terms in the sciences: war; post-traumatic
stress disorder; medical sciences;
Neuroscience
Natural Sciences
Journal Article Review

9. Objectives:
o Apply research methods to locate a peer reviewed source
o Critically review, synthesize, and organize key points from
the article
o Use CSE formatting and documentation
Introduction:
An article review provides an opportunity to investigate
advancements within an area of a
discipline. It should challenge both your research and analytical
skills as you report information
and evaluate its significance.
Assignment:
This assignment will familiarize you with locating, evaluating,
and discussing a scientific article
related to your chosen course theme.
First, you will need to locate a peer reviewed journal article in
the natural sciences.
Once you review and annotate the source, you will write a
detailed summary of your findings in
at least two full pages that highlight the main points of the
scientific article in a way that allows a

10. non-scientific audience to grasp the concepts.1
However, with CSE style, one should be as objective as
possible, and use more formal language.
Though you are not required to use discipline-specific language,
you are still to maintain
formality. This includes using third-person only.
First, read and annotate the source carefully. Take notes,
highlight specific passages, and look up
key terms that may seem confusing.1
Next, outline the main ideas from the article in the order that
you will need to present them in
your summary. Note supporting facts and details that are
necessary to understanding the main
ideas.1
Consider what information is relevant to a non-scientific
audience and what information can be
discarded.1
Your article review will be placed in CSE format, both in
manuscript form and the citation page.
Use the “Writing a Journal Article Review” handout to help
prepare. Consider the article’s
objectives, theory, concepts, argument, method, evidence,
values, contribution, style, and

11. conclusion.2
Remember, CSE rarely uses direct quotes so rely on paraphrase.
Requirements:
o Two full pages Double-spaced
o Times New Roman, 12-point font
o CSE format (including a title page)
o CSE documentation, citation- sequence system
References
1. Pagan, K. Journal Article Review Directions. FTCC. 2015.
2. Writing a Journal Article Review. Academic
skills.anu.edu.au. (AU): ANU; c2014 [accessed 15 Aug. 2015].
<https://
academicskills.anu.edu.au/ node/492>.