This document provides an overview and instructions for an English literature and composition hybrid class. It introduces the instructor and gives contact information. It outlines what a hybrid class entails and how the course will utilize an online platform. It details required texts and materials, course expectations and policies, and a tentative course schedule. Key aspects of the class include submitting writing assignments online, completing weekly reading and posting response writings called QHQs (Question-Hypothesis-Question), and exploring various literary theories with a focus on New Criticism.

1. Welcome to EWRT 1C
Dr. Kim Palmore
Office F1-1l
ph. 408 674 3005

2. Agenda
 The Course
Description and Details
• What is a Hybrid
Class?
• Adding the Class
• Syllabus
• Green Sheet
• Website
• Kaizena
• QHQ
The Lecture
• What is Literature and
Composition?
• What is literature?
• What is Literary Theory?
• What is New Criticism?

3. Using Canvas
Even though this English class 80% face-to-face, we
will use Canvas to communicate, see grades, access
course documents and assignments, and submit
homework.
As I informed you by email before our term began, our EWRT 1C class is now
published on Canvas. You should be able to access this course by logging into
Canvas and using your college credentials.
Go to https:
Use your college credentials to log in.
You will be taken to the Canvas dashboard where you should see our course:
EWRT 1C
If you do not have access to this course via Canvas, please let me know as
soon as possible.

4. Canvas: Posting Homework
Our class will use Canvas for both our face-to-face and online portions of
the course. But in order to do the homework, you must establish a
username to use through Wordpress. To make your own FREE Word Press
account, go to wordpress.com. The system will walk you through the steps
to signup for a username or to set up your own user-friendly Word Press
blog. Alternatively, you can sign up to post homework through Facebook.
There are also detailed directions available on the website under “Create
Account.”
If you prefer not to use your own name, you may use a pseudonym. Just
make sure you sign in with YOUR Wordpress username before you post on
our class page so you get credit for your work. Please email me your
username once you have established which account you shall use for the
quarter.
If you cannot establish your username, please come to my office hours as
soon as possible, and I will help you with the process. Much of our work
will take place online, so establishing this connection is mandatory.

6. What is a Hybrid Class?
• A hybrid class meets both in
the classroom and
electronically. For this course,
it means that we will meet
twice a week for 1 hour and 50
minutes and that you will
complete the remaining hour of
this five unit course on your
own, via a presentation on the
website. This work must be
completed and posted before
class on Monday. We will not
meet together; rather, you will
simply go to the online
presentation and work through
it on your own. I will answer
questions by email.

7. The Syllabus: Part 1
Information, Expectations, and Policies
– Course
Requirements
• Assignments and
values
• Participation
– Required Materials
• Books
• Computer Access
• One Bluebook
– Class Policies
• Plagiarism
• Conduct and
Courtesy

8. Texts and Required Materials
 Available at the De Anza
Bookstore
 Room by Emma Donoghue
 Night by Elie Wiesel
 Available online and from
local booksellers
 Night by Elie Wiesel
 Rita Hayworth and Shawshank
Redemption by Stephen King
 The Metamorphosis by Franz
Kafka
 Critical Theory Today by Lois
Tyson
2 Large
Bluebooks for
exams

9. Course Requirements:
• Active participation in class discussions
and regular attendance. You will earn real
points for your participation in activities.
• Keeping up-to-date on the assignments
and reading.
• Formal writing: Three essays
• Two exams: midterm and a
comprehensive final
• A series of posts to the class website
• Reading quizzes, writing workshops, and
in-class assignments.

10. Writing Submissions
• Create your account. Go to Kaizena.com or simply use the link on our class website
home page. Click “Sign up.” Choose “Student.” Enter your group code (you can find
this on the right side of the website or in the slideshow directions for how to use
Kaizena).
• Files are added to Conversations in Kaizena. To add a file to a conversation, click the
"Add File" button.
• Once I have graded your paper, you can access it by going to the “conversations” link
in Kaizena. Click on the highlighted sections of the paper to find both audio and
written comments concerning your essay and links to materials that will help you
improve your writing.
• We will discuss how to submit your essay in greater detail in the class before your
first essay is due. Feel free to go through the “Kaizena” presentation under the
“Create Accounts” tab on the Canvas webpage if you want to preview the process.
All out of class essays will be submitted
electronically before the due date.

11. Your grades will be available
via canvas

14.  It is your responsibility to talk to me your
absences or other conflicts. Work done in class
cannot be made up. Also, please arrive on time,
as you will not be able to make up work
completed before you arrive, including quizzes.
Attendance:
Success in this course depends on regular attendance and active
participation. Participation points will be part of our daily activities. If
you are not in class, you cannot earn these points. You should save
absences for emergencies, work conflicts, weddings, jury duty, or any
other issues that might arise in your life.

15. Exams:
We will have two exams
during the quarter.
They will likely be terms,
identification, short
answer, and an essay
question.
Late Work
I do not accept late
work. I do, however,
extend an opportunity to
revise either essay #1 or
#2 for a better grade.

16. Conduct, Courtesy, and Electronic Devices:
 In this class, we will regularly engage in the discussion of
topics that may stir passionate debates. Please speak
freely and candidly; however, while your thoughts and
ideas are important to me and to the dynamics of the
class, you must also respect others and their opinions.
Courtesy will allow each person to have the opportunity
to express his or her ideas in a comfortable environment.
 Courtesy includes but is not limited to politely listening to
others when they contribute to class discussions or while
they give presentations, not slamming the classroom door
or walking in front of classmates giving presentations if
you do arrive late, and maintaining a positive learning
environment for your fellow classmates. To help maintain
a positive learning environment, please focus on the work
assigned. We will discuss appropriate use of computers
and tablets. Do not text-message in class; if you have an
emergency communication, please step outside. If your
behavior becomes disruptive to the learning environment
of the class, you may be asked to leave and/or be marked
absent.

17. Academic Dishonesty:
Plagiarism includes quoting or paraphrasing
material without documentation and copying
from other students or professionals.
Intentional plagiarism is a grave offense; the
resulting response will be distasteful.
Depending upon the severity, instances of
plagiarism may result in a failing grade for the
paper or the course and possible
administrative action. All assignments will be
scanned and scrutinized for academic
dishonesty. Please refer to your handbook for
more information regarding plagiarism.

18. The Syllabus: Part 2
The Course Calendar

19. Syllabus
• The syllabus is a tentative schedule.
• It may be revised during the quarter.
• Use it to determine how to prepare for class.Week,
Dates, and
Class
What we
will do in
class 
Homework due
before the next
class  

20. Homework
 There is writing homework for each
class meeting. This is both to help
you think about your reading and to
help you produce ideas for your
essays.
 In order to earn an A on your
homework, you must do the
following:
 Complete all of the posts.
 Post on time.
 Be thoughtful in your responses
All homework will be posted under the homework panel on our
Canvas site. Homework is due before our next class meeting.

21. Posting Homework
• On the front page of the website, you will find the
homework post after each class.
• Below that post on the left is a “comment” link.
• Click right on the word “comments,” and a
comment box will open. Scroll to the end of the
posted comments, and post your work into the
comment box; finally, click “Post Comment.”
Let’s take a look at the website

22. THE QHQ
Thinking about writing

23. How do I know what I think until I see what I say?
--E.M. Forster
Each text we study will provide material for response
writing called a QHQ (Question-Hypothesis-Question). The
QHQ requires students to have second thoughts, that is, to
think again about questions that arise during their reading
and to write about questions that are meaningful to them.
Begin your QHQ by formulating some question you have
about some aspect of the reading. The first question in the
QHQ may be one sentence or longer, but its function is to
frame your QHQ writing. A student might start with a
question like, “Why is the house in this story haunted? Or,
“Why do I suspect the murdered child has come back to
life?” A student might even write, “Why am I having so
much trouble understanding this story?”

24. After you pose your initial question, focus on a close reading of the
text in search of a hypothesis. This hypothesis section comprises the
body of your text. The student who asked about the haunted house
might refer to multiple passages about haunting in the text,
comparing and contrasting them to other instances of haunting with
which he or she is familiar. The student who asked about the dead
child might connect passages associated with the death to sections
about a new child who abruptly appears in the text. The student who
struggled to understand the text might explore those passages whose
meanings were obscure or difficult to understand, connecting them
to other novels and/or cultural texts.
After carefully exploring your initial question (200-300 words), put
forward another question, one that has sprung from your hypothesis.
This will be the final sentence of your QHQ and will provide a base
for further reflection into the text.

25. The QHQ is designed to help you formulate your response to the texts
we study into clearly defined questions and hypotheses that can be
used as a basis for both class discussion and longer papers. The QHQ
can be relatively informal but should demonstrate a thoughtful
approach to the material. While the papers need to be organized and
coherent, because you will sharing them in class, the ideas they
present may be preliminary and exploratory.
Remember, a QHQ is not a summary or a report—it is an original,
thoughtful response to what you have read. All QHQs should be
posted on the website the evening before the class for which they are
due. This will give both me and other students time to ponder your
ideas and think about appropriate responses. Moreover, this sharing
of material should provide plenty of fodder for essays. Even though
you have posted your QHQ, you should bring a copy of it to class in
order to share your thoughts and insights and to stimulate class
discussion.

26. This class is
going to be so
easy!
Is this class
too hard?
Will I be the
teacher’s favorite?
Is this class
History 10?
I will be the
favorite!

27. What is Literature
and Composition?
This class applies the analytical, critical, and synthesis skills
developed in English Writing 1A and 1B to the ways meaning can
be made in diverse cultural, social, and historical contexts in
prose, poetry, and drama by reading and analyzing texts and
critical interpretations and by composing critical responses,
analyses, and arguments. That is, this course will help you learn
to think, read, and write about literature, and by extension, the
world.

28. What is
literature?
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word
“Literature has three definitions:
1. Written works, especially those considered of
superior or lasting artistic merit: a great work
of literature.
Many scholars consider this novel a
modern classic in US literatures.
2. Books and writings published on a particular
subject: the literature on environmental
epidemiology
It is certainly true that the published
literature on the subject is well surveyed.
3. Leaflets and other printed matter used to
advertise products or give advice.
They will be visiting problem areas to hand
out literature and advice to people on how
best to secure their vehicles, and offering
support to victims.

29. One Guide to Literary Terms defines it
this way:
• Literature: writings in which expression and
form, in connection with ideas and concerns
of universal and apparently permanent
interest, are essential features. While applied
to any kind of printed material, such as
circulars, leaflets, and handbills, there are
some who feel it is more correctly reserved
for prose and verse of acknowledged
excellence, such as George Eliot’s works.
The term connotes superior qualities.

30. What is
Literary
Theory?
Literary theory is a tool box of
strategies to help us read,
interpret, and understand the
many facets of a literary work. The
ideas used in theory act as
different lenses we can use to
view and talk about art, literature,
and even culture. These diverse
lenses give us new ways to
consider works of art based on
certain hypotheses and
conventions within that school of
theory. They also allow us to focus
on particular aspects of a work we
consider important.

31. Some Theoretical Approaches
• Formalism and New Criticism
• Marxism and Critical Theory
• Structuralism and Poststructuralism
(Deconstruction)
• New Historicism and Cultural Materialism
• Ethnic Studies and Postcolonial Criticism
• Gender Studies and Queer Theory
• Cultural Studies
• Psychoanalytical Criticism
– Trauma Theory
• Feminist Criticism

32. What is New
Criticism?
New Criticism occupies an unusual position in the field
of literary studies today. On the one hand, it is no longer
practiced by literary critics, so it can’t really be called a
contemporary theory. On the other hand, New Criticism,
which dominated literary studies from the 1940s through
the 1960s, has left a lasting imprint on the way we read
and write about literature

33. New Criticism
Some of New Criticism’s most important concepts
concerning the nature and importance of textual
evidence—the use of concrete, specific examples from the
text itself to validate our interpretations—have been
incorporated into the way most literary critics today,
regardless of their theoretical persuasion, support their
readings of literature. In fact, if you’re an English major,
you probably take for granted the need for thorough textual
support for your literary interpretations because this
practice, which the New Critics introduced to America and
called “close reading,” has been a standard method of high
school and college instruction in literary studies for the
past several decades. So in this sense, New Criticism is
still a real presence among us and probably will remain so
for some time to come (Tyson 135).

34. Typical Questions by New Critics
1. How does the work use imagery to develop its own symbols? (i.e.
making a certain road stand for death by constant association)
2. What is the quality of the work's organic unity "...the working
together of all the parts to make an inseparable whole..." (Tyson
121)? In other words, does how the work is put together reflect
what it is?
3. How are the various parts of the work interconnected?
4. How do paradox, irony, ambiguity, and tension work in the text?
5. How do these parts and their collective whole contribute to or not
contribute to the aesthetic quality of the work?
6. How does the author resolve apparent contradictions within the
work?
7. What does the form of the work say about its content?
8. Is there a central or focal passage that can be said to sum up the
entirety of the work?
9. How do the rhythms and/or rhyme schemes of a poem contribute
to the meaning or effect of the piece?

35. Homework
• Establish your username and
explore the class webpage
• Buy your books
• Read: Critical Theory Today: Chapter
1 Introduction 1-10
• Read: Critical Theory Today: Chapter
5 New Criticism
• 135-164
• Post #1: QHQ: New Criticism