ENGL 730: Contemporary British Literature

Fall, 2013; MWF 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

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Ishiguro, The Remains of the 1xbet online games login (1988)

Osborne, Look Back in Anger (1956)

Sillitoe, Saturday 1xbet online games login and Sunday Morning(1958; UK Edition)

Lodge, Changing Places (1975)

Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary (1997)

Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) (Norton 1xbet online games login Edition)

Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969)

Winterson, Sexing the Cherry (1989)

Churchill, Cloud 9 (1978)

Smith, White Teeth (2000)

Rosoff, How I Live Now (2004)

Stoppard, Arcadia (1993)

Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1980)

Selected poetry, fiction, and 1xbet online games login readings [CP]

Selected films, t.v. shows, and music

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This course 1xbet online games login be an introductory, but intensive, survey of representative contemporary British writers from about 1950 to the present. We 1xbet online games login focus on writers' responses to earlier traditions of realism and modernism, exploring the techniques of narrative fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry offered by their work; we 1xbet online games login also trace the themes that these authors raise as they both respond and contribute to the increasingly postmodern and postcolonial experience of British culture. Cultural, historical, and theoretical context 1xbet online games login be integrated into discussion by means of lecture and secondary readings and resources, allowing us to situate our close readings of the texts within the historical moment of their production and reception.

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• To become familiar with the narrative forms and 1xbet online games login of contemporary British literature
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1xbet online games login Discussion 1xbet online games login : As part of the class participation grade, students will sign up in groups of two or three to initiate discussion for one of our class sessions. (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 games login 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 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.

Online 1xbet online games login : 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 games login comments, their ability to foster discussion among 1xbet online games login classmates, and their responsiveness both to our readings and to 1xbet online games login 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 games login satisfaction – during our regular class meetings. The work contributed to the message board can become source material for more formal writing assignments.

The weekly message board will run from Friday to Friday, but I encourage you to contribute 1xbet online games login ideas throughout the week and to check the board for others' postings. 1xbet online games login 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 games login point of view, connecting 1xbet online games login comment to others' comments whenever possible. I will offer models of successful comments early in the semester.

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

1. Go to my homepage at http://www.ksu.edu/english/westmank/ and click on our course (ENGL 730), and then "Message Board" to login to K-State Online and go directly to the "Message Board." (1xbet online games login may also login to the K-State Online course page for ENGL 730, click on "Collaboration" and then select "Message Board.")
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1xbet online games login 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 (4-5 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. All papers will be on topics of 1xbet online games login choosing in connection with our assigned readings. Both papers should follow the general rules of composition and be typed or word-processed with standard double-spacing, 1-inch margins, and either 11- or 12-point typeface. Title pages and cover sheets are unnecessary. Pages should be numbered, stapled together, proof-read, 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.

You will also write four response papers (2 pages 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 games login longer paper. You can choose when to complete 1xbet online games login four responses, with the following guidelines in mind: 1) you can only write a response for a day when we have reading or viewing due, 2) one (and only one) response must be for a critical essay or critical reading, 3) two responses should be completed before October 18, with the first being due for everyone on Friday, August 30. In 1xbet online games login response paper, you should not repeat previous class discussions or provide a mere summary of the reading. Instead, 1xbet online games login 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 games login response. (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 games login 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 games login 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 games login multi-media project can be submitted on any class day but must be turned in no later than Wednesday, December 11. 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 30) 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 1xbet online games login in length) of how each selected song relates to the text and its themes.
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1xbet online games login : I highly recommend email as a way of touching base with me about 1xbet online games login work for the class -- a kind of virtual office hours. You can send me queries about reading or writing assignments, 1xbet online games login 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.

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Note: If 1xbet online games login have any condition such as a physical or learning disability that will make it difficult for 1xbet online games login 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. Any student with a disability who needs a classroom accommodation, access to technology, assistance during an emergency evacuation, or other assistance in this course should contact Disability Support Services and/or me. DSS serves students with a wide range of disabilities including, but not limited to, physical disabilities, sensory impairments, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, depression, and anxiety.

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