Professor Westman

108 English/ Counseling Services; 532-2171

Office Hours: M, W 9:00-10:00 a.m. and by app't

westmank@ksu.edu

Required Texts

Melissa Anelli, 1xbet online casino , A History (2009) (Pocket Books)
Jane Austen, Emma (1815) (Oxford)
Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach (1961) (Puffin)
Roddy Doyle, The Van (1991) 1xbet online casino The Barrytown Trilogy (Penguin)
C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950) (HarperCollins)
E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) (Puffin)
Philip Pullman, “His Dark Materials” Trilogy: The Golden Compass (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997), The
Amber Spyglass (2000) (Knopf, published Sept 2002)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , 1xbet online casino and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) (Scholastic)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , 1xbet online casino and the Chamber of Secrets (1998) (Scholastic)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , 1xbet online casino and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) (Scholastic)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , 1xbet online casino and the Goblet of Fire (2000) (Scholastic)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , 1xbet online casino and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) (Scholastic)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , 1xbet online casino and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) (Scholastic)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , 1xbet online casino and the Deathly Hallows (2007) (Scholastic)
J. K. 1xbet online casino , The Casual Vacancy (2012) (Little, Brown)
Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand (2003) (Miramax/Hyperion)
1xbet online casino Packs for ENGL 670 (Available at Eisenhower Copy Center)
Additional critical readings, videos (Available 1xbet online casino )

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We 1xbet online casino explore J. K. Rowling's 1xbet online casino series within literary history by reading the novels themselves and the works of Rowling's antecedents, influences, and contemporaries. To place the series within literary history, we will consider a variety of related issues, including genre, narrative form, audience, marketing, gender, and fan culture. Our over-arching goal will be to map the complex intersection of literary and cultural concerns that both create and perpetuate this best-selling and award-winning series. Our emphasis will fall more towards novels than critical theory, but our secondary readings will prompt theoretically informed discussions about the authors, their works, and the 1xbet online casino phenomenon.

Our objectives are as follows:

• To study the narrative forms and themes of 1xbet online casino series and the literature that informs it
• To study 1xbet online casino series within the cultural context of its production and reception
• To participate in lively and informed discussions 1xbet online casino our reading
• To develop and apply critical skills for reading, thinking, and writing 1xbet online casino several genres
  – what a literary or cultural text conveys (its 1xbet online casino , its view of the world)
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• To contribute to current conversations about 1xbet online casino ’s series (Grad students: to develop a publishable idea and thus enter the existing critical conversation about 1xbet online casino ’s series through a research-based, scholarly argument that intervenes in and advances that conversation)

Readings and 1xbet online casino Participation: Given the learning outcomes stated above, this class will foreground discussion. Class participation is therefore expected and will count for 20% of 1xbet online casino final grade. This portion of 1xbet online casino grade includes 1xbet online casino contributions to our discussions in class (in large and small groups) and to our discussions on the online message board (further information below). Excessive absences from our weekly meeting (two or more) may result in failure of the course.

Attendance: 1xbet online casino attendance is important, but I recognize that the unexpected will happen. Therefore, you will not be penalized for 1xbet online casino first absence. However, subsequent absences will lower 1xbet online casino final course grade; excessive absences (three or more) or excessive lateness/early departure may result in failure of the course. While I appreciate 1xbet online casino offering explanations for 1xbet online casino absence, the only way to excuse an absence is to provide me with an official letter from the Graduate School or an official notice of illness from the Health Center or 1xbet online casino doctor. If you are absent, it is 1xbet online casino responsibility to find out from another 1xbet online casino member any announcements or assignments.

Leading 1xbet online casino Discussion: Students will sign up in groups to initiate discussion for one of our class sessions, usually for the first half of the session. (A sign-up sheet will be available at our second class meeting.) Questions for class discussion (4-5 in number) should highlight issues or themes or queries 1xbet online casino think we should address in our class discussion of the reading assigned for that day. Critical commentaries or historical context assigned for that class session can be included, too, to help us explore the primary reading. After conferring about and drafting the questions, groups leading discussion should email me their questions by 6 p.m. the night before; I will confirm receipt and offer any suggestions for the order or focus of the questions.


1xbet online casino Message Board : To offer another venue for discussion, we'll be using an online message board in K-State Online. Each week, each student is required to post at least one paragraph-length comment about the materials we're reading and discussing in class. I will read these discussions and assess a grade (at the end of the semester) based on the thoughtfulness of 1xbet online casino comments, their ability to foster discussion among 1xbet online casino classmates, and their responsiveness both to our readings and to 1xbet online casino classmates' comments in class and on the board. I'll provide some weekly question prompts as I follow these conversations, and I may also participate, but I see the message board primarily as a way for you to raise issues we haven't addressed -- or addressed fully or to 1xbet online casino satisfaction -- during our regular class meetings.

The weekly message board will run from Saturday to Friday, to encourage you to post soon after as well as before our weekly class discussions, but I encourage you to contribute 1xbet online casino ideas throughout the week and to check the board for others' postings. 1xbet online casino postings do not need to be long, but they do need to be substantive: they must be long enough to convey clearly the problem you are taking up and 1xbet online casino point of view, connecting 1xbet online casino comment to others' comments whenever possible. Postings will count for half (10%) of 1xbet online casino class participation grade (20%). I will offer models of successful comments early in the semester..

To post to the 1xbet online casino , follow these directions:

1. Go to my homepage at http://www.ksu.edu/english/westmank/ and click on our course (ENGL 670), and then "Message Board" to login to K-StateOnline and go directly to the "Message Board." (1xbet online casino may also login to the K-State Online course page for ENGL 670, click on "Collaboration" and then select "Message Board.")
2. 1xbet online casino should see all the messages posted to date and the newest threads and messages first.
3. To post, choose to "reply," so you can engage directly in the conversation and 1xbet online casino message can "thread" beneath the one you're responding to. Please change the subject line so it reflects the content of 1xbet online casino message

Critical Writing: During the semester, you will be doing different kinds of critical writing: not only informal postings to the message board, but also more formal papers. All students will write one shorter paper (4 pages in length); undergraduates will also write a longer paper (7-8 pages in length), while graduate students will also write a longer paper with secondary sources (8-10 pages in length), an abstract of that paper, and an essay review of four articles or a book-length study about one of our authors on the syllabus. You will have a choice of two topics for Paper #1, and you will have a choice of text for Paper #2. Both papers should follow the general rules of composition and be typed or word-processed with standard double-spacing, 1-inch margins, and either 10- or 12-point typeface. Title pages and cover sheets are unnecessary. Pages should be numbered, stapled together, and spell-checked. Papers are due by the date and time on the syllabus; late papers will be penalized one grade (i.e.: A to B) for each day late. (Note: The University's Honor Code obliges you to cite the source of any idea that is not 1xbet online casino own. Otherwise, you have plagiarized. If you do plagiarize, you will fail this course.)

You will also write four response papers (2 pp in length) in response to our readings. Response papers are designed to ready you for class discussion and to explore ideas you could develop further in 1xbet online casino longer paper. Everyone will write a response paper for our first set of readings on school stories; for the remaining three response papers, you may choose which three novels or reading assignments you would like to discuss, being sure to choose one that is not a novel in Rowling's series and two that are. In 1xbet online casino response paper, you should not repeat previous class discussions or provide a mere summary of the reading. Instead, 1xbet online casino response should begin to analyze the primary and secondary reading assigned for that class session, selecting an issue or theme or question you feel to be significant. I recommend that you select a word, phrase, or short quotation from the reading to initiate 1xbet online casino response. These responses are due the day we discuss the material.(See sample response distributed in class.) Responses will be graded on a 1-5 scale: 5=A, 4=B, 3=C, 2=D, 1=F. I do not accept late response papers.

A note on sources: a "Works Cited" page should accompany any assignment that cites books and other outside sources, and you should use the MLA method for documenting sources. When you turn in a paper, you pledge that the work is 1xbet online casino own and that you have faithfully abided by the guidelines for documenting sources. The University's Honor Code obliges you to cite the source of any idea that is not 1xbet online casino own. If you quote, paraphrase, or use another's ideas, you must give credit to the person whose ideas you are using. Otherwise, you have plagiarized. If you have any questions, please ask. If you do plagiarize, you will fail this course.

Multi-Media Project: You will choose one of four possible multi-media projects to complete during the semester. 1xbet online casino multi-media project can be submitted on any class day but must be turned in no later than Tuesday November 27. Each project should demonstrate insight and understanding of the text with which it connects, should be thoughtfully constructed, and should be presented professionally with attention to detail. Refer to the grading rubrics (posted in K-State Online as of August 28) for detailed grading criteria. The assignment will be distributed next week, but here are brief descriptions:

• Option 1: Create a soundtrack cd to accompany one of the texts we're studying. It must have 5-6 tracks and be accompanied by a written explanation (2 pages in length) of how each selected song relates to the text and its 1xbet online casino .
• Option 2: Using events, situations, or characters from a text we're studying, create a fictional front page of a newspaper about that text. Format appropriately (single spaced, columns, headings/headlines), and include a written explanation (2 pages in length) about 1xbet online casino process of selection, research, or design, in light of the text's themes.
• Option 3: Create a collage of pictures and words (cut from magazines or assembled from digital images/print) that connects with a text we're studying. Include a written explanation (2 pages in length) explaining why 1xbet online casino chose those particular images and/or words for that text and why 1xbet online casino arranged them as 1xbet online casino did, given the text's themes.
• Option 4: Locate an instance of 1xbet online casino in American popular culture of the past three years: a reference or allusion, a moment in which people invoke or depict 1xbet online casino 1xbet online casino series. Capture this reference in digital form and provide details about where to locate it. Then, provide a close-reading (2 pages in length) interpreting this cultural instance. For what purpose does it invoke Rowling's series? How does the creator view Rowling's series? How do 1xbet online casino know? What does it tell us about the cultural significance of Rowlin's series within contemporary American culture?

1xbet online casino and video resources: Along with some required online reading and viewing, I will refer 1xbet online casino to additional resources available online or on video to complement our readings and discussions. Links within the online "Schedule of Classes" will take 1xbet online casino to related online resources. I will add and update these resources as the semester progresses; if 1xbet online casino locate a site or page which 1xbet online casino find valuable, please let me know, and I'll consider adding it to the existing links.

Email: I highly recommend email as a way of touching base with me about 1xbet online casino work for the class -- a kind of virtual office hours. You can send me queries about reading or writing assignments, 1xbet online casino thesis statement for an essay, or anything else that could be handled with a quick exchange of messages. I check my email throughout the day, but please remember that I am not perpetually online.

Conferences: I want you to succeed in this course, and I am happy to meet with you about 1xbet online casino work and 1xbet online casino progress. I encourage you to see me before exams or papers are due, or if you have questions about material we discuss in class. Please feel free to stop by during office hours (M, W 9:00-10:00 a.m.), or contact me by phone or email to arrange a more convenient time to meet.

Note: If 1xbet online casino have any condition such as a physical or learning disability that will make it difficult for 1xbet online casino to carry out the work as I have outlined it or which will require academic accommodations, please notify me in the first two days of the course.

Grading: Undergraduate Students: The two papers will count for 35% of 1xbet online casino final grade (15% and 20% respectively); the response papers will count for 15% of 1xbet online casino final grade; the multi-media project will count for 10% of 1xbet online casino final grade. Class participation (20%) and a final exam (20%) complete the requirements.
Graduate Students: The shorter paper will count for 10%, the essay review will count for 10%, and the longer paper and its abstract will count for 20% of 1xbet online casino final grade. The response papers will count for 15% of 1xbet online casino final grade, and the multi-media project will count for 10% of 1xbet online casino final grade. Class participation (20%) and a final exam (15%) complete the requirements.