Engl 427—Scholarly Editing: The Works of Diane Glancy
Instructor: Crystal Alberts Office: Merrifield 009
Office Hours: M 1:00-4:00 and by appt. Phone: 7-2393/7-3321
E-mail: crystal.alberts@und.nodak.edu
Required Texts:
Lone Dogs Winter Count (1991)
Claiming Breath (1992)
Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears (1996)
The West Pole (1997)
Flutie: A Novel (1998)
The Cold and Hunger Dance (1998)
The Man Who Heard the Land (2001)
Designs of the Night Sky (2002)
Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea (2003)
James Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
Grading:
Attendance/Participation 10%
Oral Presentation of Research 15%
Annotated Bibliography 35%
Paper (15-20 pp. (undergrad); 20-25 pp. (grad)) 40%
Objective of the Course:
Diane Glancy is a prolific and well-respected poet, playwright, and prose author of Cherokee and German descent. During her writing process, Glancy frequently travels by car to retrace the steps of historical Native American figures and conducts archival research on her subjects in an attempt to reclaim their lost voices. As she will admit, sometimes her historical sources do not appear in her works as they do in their original context; yet, oftentimes, these changes were not “intentional,” but merely the result of poor editing.
In this course, students will read a number of Glancy’s works in various genres. They will conduct research in the Diane Glancy Papers, as well as other historical documents, to (re)discover the source material for her work; they will compare it to the published text; and—with the assistance of Glancy—they will correct these errors. As such, students in this course will have the unique opportunity to learn about an author and her work not only on the published page, but also through her literary archive, as well as personal communication. The goal of this approach is that students will be able to research effectively and write critically about an author’s creative process that they have studied in depth from start to finish.
Course Requirements:
Completion of Work: PLEASE NOTE, ALL PAPERS AND EXAMS FOR THIS COURSE MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED ON TIME TO RECEIVE CREDIT.
Attendance, Participation, and Punctuality: Your attendance and participation in class discussion is essential for the success of the class. Screenings will be held in class and the screening reports will be done immediately afterwards; screening reports will only be accepted in class the day of the screening. Please note that 4 or more unexcused absences will negatively affect your grade and that more than 6 unexcused absences constitute grounds for failure of the course. Note that three unexcused tardies is equivalent to an unexcused absence. Also, I will consider a tardiness of more than 20 minutes an absence. If you do miss a class, please see me during my office hours to find out what you missed, including important handouts, changes in the syllabus, etc.
Essay Format: Essays are due at the beginning of the class in which they are due. In other words, essays e-mailed to me later in the day will be considered late. Essays handed in after the class meeting will be deducted a 1/3 of the letter grade for each day that they are late. For instance, if you get a B+ on the essay, but you hand it in on Thursday instead of Tuesday, your grade will drop to a B-. If there is some reason why you are unable to hand in the essay on time, you must discuss this with me before the due date. For this class, all essays must be written using the MLA format. I will distribute handouts from the MLA Handbook to help you with this. In addition, all essays must be typed using Times New Roman 12-point font. Also, please use a one to one and a quarter inch margin and title your essays. Everyone is strongly encouraged to meet with me at least a week before each essay is due to discuss your paper topic.
S-U Option (aka Pass/Fail): If you wish to take the course under the S-U option, please consult the registrar’s office for UND’s policies available at: http://www.und.edu/dept/registrar/catalogs/catalog/ugdept/more.htm.
Scholastic Dishonesty:
Plagiarism, or any other form of scholastic dishonesty, is a serious offense and will be subject to official university policy and punitive action as found in the “Code of Student Life” available at http://sos.und.edu/csl/index.php?main=1&pg=s3&subpg=3-3 and reproduced here:
3-3 SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. Cases of dishonesty may be handled as a scholastic matter or as a disciplinary matter at the discretion of the instructor. Instructors choosing to treat the case as a scholastic matter have the authority to decide how the incident of dishonesty will affect the student’s grade in the course. If the instructor has treated the case as a scholastic matter involving the grade in a course and the student has a grievance related to this action, that grievance would be processed as outlined in Section 3-2. Instructors choosing to treat the case as a disciplinary matter will refer the case to the Associate Dean of Student Life for possible resolution; if final resolution does not occur the Associate Dean of Student Life may refer the case to the Student Relations Committee which will handle the matter under Section 2.
A. Cheating on a test includes, but is not restricted to:
1. Copying from another student’s test.
2. Possessing or using material during a test not authorized by the person giving the test.
3. Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test without permission from the instructor.
4. Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or in part the contents of an unadministered test.
5. Substituting for another student or permitting another student to substitute for oneself to take a test.
6. Bribing another person to obtain an unadministered test or information about an unadministered test.
B. Plagiarism means the appropriation, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another person’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one’s own work.
C. Collusion means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing any academic work offered for credit.
Please remember that you must cite all quotations, summaries, paraphrases and ideas of others, or you will be subject to disciplinary action, such as failure for the course or worse. If you have even the slightest doubt about whether or not you should cite a source, err on the side of caution and cite it.
Class Schedule
(Reading Assignments are Subject to Change)
1/13 Introduction, Syllabus
1/15 Lone Dog’s Winter Count, pp. 2-34
1/20 Lone Dog’s Winter Count, pp. 36-55
1/22 Finish Lone Dog’s Winter Count
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
1/27 “Stamp Dance” (handout)
1/29 Claiming Breath, pp. 1-53
2/3 Finish Claiming Breath
2/5 Pushing the Bear, pp. 1-47; “Author’s Note”
2/10 Pushing the Bear, pp. 51-118; Mooney, TBA
2/12 Pushing the Bear, pp. 121-161; Mooney TBA
2/17 Pushing the Bear, pp. 165-201; Mooney TBA
2/19 Finish Pushing the Bear; Mooney TBA
2/24 Fragments That Rune Up the Shores: Pushing the Bear, Coyote Aesthetics, and Recovered History
Modern Fiction Studies - Volume 45, Number 1, Spring 1999, pp. 185-211 available via the library here
2/26 The West Pole, pp. 1-60
3/3 Guest Speaker: Diane Glancy
3/5 Finish The West Pole
3/10 Flutie, pp. 1-70 (through part 44)
3/12 Finish Flutie
Annotated Bibliography Due
3/17 NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
3/19 NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK
3/24 The Cold and Hunger Dance, pp. 1-57
3/26 Finish The Cold and Hunger Dance
3/31 The Man Who Heard the Land, pp. 1-74
4/2 Finish The Man Who Heard the Land
4/7 Designs of the Night Sky, pp. 1-38
4/9 Designs of the Night Sky, pp. 39-78
4/14 Designs of the Night Sky, pp. 79-120
4/16 Finish Designs of the Night Sky
4/21 Paper Workshop
4/23 Paper Workshop
4/28 Paper Workshop
4/30 Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea, pp. 1-53
5/5 Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea, pp. 54-103
5/7 Finish Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea
Paper Due No Later than 4:00 p.m. Friday May 8, 2009
