ENGL 801 &1xbet online casino ;Introduction to Graduate Studies&1xbet online casino ;

Fall 2023 ~ Tuesdays, 7:05-8:45 p.m. CT and asynchronous

Schedule of Classes | Online Discussion

Professor Karin Westman
108B English/ Counseling Services; 532-2171
Office Hours: M, W 9:00-10:00 a.m. and by app't
westmank@ksu.edu

Required Texts
Shelley, Frankenstein. 1818. Norton Critical Edition. 3rd ed. (2021)
Parker, How to Interpret Literature, 4th Ed. (2020)
Graff and Birkenstein, &1xbet online casino ;They Say / I Say&1xbet online casino ;: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (2021)
Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 9th Ed. (2021)
Film: Vertigo (1958) | Additional book: Tan, The Arrival (2006)
Additional readings available on Canvas.


Course Description
As the catalog explains, ENGL 801 provides a foundation for the M.A. in English, serving as an intensive introduction to &1xbet online casino ;the methods and aims of advanced-level research and scholarship in language and literature.&1xbet online casino ; We will read and talk about literary periods, literary genres, current conversations in English studies, and various kinds of texts.


Course Modality: We will meet 100% online. On Tuesday evenings (7:05-8:45pm), we will meet synchronously via Zoom. For the balance of each week’s work, you will complete an asynchronous activity (due by 11:59pm on Fridays).


Course Objectives

ENGL 801 is designed to help you develop the following skills:


Class Participation: Given the learning outcomes for ENGL 801, this class will foreground discussion. Class participation is therefore expected and will count for 20% of your final grade. This portion of your grade includes your contributions to our discussions in class (in large and small groups) and to our asynchronous online discussions (further information below). Your goal is to be an active presence in the class: you should complete the reading assigned for each class session, think carefully about what you have read, and be ready to share your ideas -- in class and online.



Attendance: Your attendance is important, but I recognize that the unexpected will happen, especially during the ongoing pandemic. If you miss more than one class session, please contact me, so we can discuss your progress and identify the best path forward.


Online Discussions: As part of your class participation and to practice informal analytical writing, each week, each student is required to post at least one paragraph-length comment about the materials we're reading and discussing in class. These posts are intended to help you do the following:
I will read these discussions and assess a grade (at the end of the semester) based on the thoughtfulness of your comments, their ability to foster discussion among your classmates, their responsiveness both to our readings, and their ability to &1xbet online casino ;translate&1xbet online casino ; scholarly discussions for a general audience. 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 your satisfaction -- during our regular class meetings. I will offer models of successful comments early in the semester.


Writing Assignments: ENGL 801 is predominately a skills class, so you will be practicing various writing skills over the course of the semester. Writing assignments will include the following:



Reserve, Online, andVideo Resources: Along with one required film, I will refer you to additional resources available on reserve at K-State Libraries, online, or on video to complement our readings and discussions.


Conferences: I want you to succeed in this course, and I am happy to meet with you about your work and your progress. I encourage you to see me before writing assignments are due, or if you have questions about material we discuss in class. Please feel free to schedule a meeting during office hours (M, W 9:00-10:00 a.m. and by app't) or contact me by phone or email to meet in person, by phone, or on Zoom.


Email: I highly recommend email as a way of touching base with me about your work for the class -- a kind of virtual office hours. You can send me queries about readings, writing assignments, 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.

Chat GPT/Generative AI: As with other forms of technology, it is likely true that Chat GPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs) that we are calling generative AI will have uses for research and writing practice. One of the central purposes of this class, however, is to help you practice and develop as a writer of graduate level work in English. At the core of that work is the principle that writing is a form of thought. It is one of the main ways that we work through our ideas, that we consider other sources, and that we engage, in detail, with texts of all different kinds. In other words, writing is a process and a method rather than a product. Given our goals, the use of Chat GPT or other AI technology detracts from the class’s purpose to help you develop as a writer and scholar. If there is a way in which you would like to use Chat GPT or AI as part of your writing process, you must meet with me first to discuss it. If such a use is approved, it must be cited in your work.

Honor Code: Kansas State University has an Honor System based on personal integrity, which is presumed to be sufficient assurance that, in academic matters, one's work is performed honestly and without unauthorized assistance. Undergraduate and graduate students, by registration, acknowledge the jurisdiction of the Honor System. The policies and procedures of the Honor System apply to all full and part-time students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate courses on-campus, off-campus, and via distance learning. The honor system website can be reached via the following URL: www.k-state.edu/honor. A component vital to the Honor System is the inclusion of the Honor Pledge which applies to all assignments, examinations, or other course work undertaken by students. The Honor Pledge is implied, whether or not it is stated: &1xbet online casino ;On my honor, as a student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work.&1xbet online casino ; A grade of XF can result from a breach of academic honesty. The F indicates failure in the course; the X indicates the reason is an Honor Pledge violation.

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Statement of Copyright: Copyright 2023 as to this syllabus and all course materials and lectures. During this course students are prohibited from selling notes to or being paid for taking notes by any person or commercial firm without the express written permission of the professor teaching this course. In addition, students in this class are not authorized to provide class notes or other class-related materials to any other person or entity, other than sharing them directly with another student taking the class for purposes of studying, without prior written permission from the professor teaching this course


Grading:
Class Participation 20%
In-class 10% | Postings 10%
Two Abstracts 10%
Responses 15%
Paper #1 15%
Paper #2 30%
Annot. Biblio 5% | Abstract 5% | Paper 15% | Revision Plan 5%
Public Scholarship 10%


Schedule of Classes (Subject to change.)

Note: All assigned reading should be completed by the date listed.

[CP] = Online class pack, posted to Canvas

[A] = Asynchronous class meeting

August T 22 Introduction to ENGL 801; Lang, &1xbet online casino ;In Dispiriting Times, It Helps to Get 'Lost in Thought'&1xbet online casino ;; Reisz, &1xbet online casino ;What Can the Humanities Offer in the COVID Era?&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
The Profession: What's at Stake in Literary Studies?
Altick, &1xbet online casino ;Vocation&1xbet online casino ; (3-13); Graff, &1xbet online casino ;The Scholar in Society&1xbet online casino ; (343-362) [CP]

F 25 [A]

 Robbins, &1xbet online casino ;John Guillory's Nonalignment Pact&1xbet online casino ;; Guillory, &1xbet online casino ;We Cannot All be Edward Said&1xbet online casino ;; Parry, “What’s Wrong with Literary Studies?”; Serpell, &1xbet online casino ;The Banality of Empathy&1xbet online casino ;; Zunshine, &1xbet online casino ;Why Fiction Does It Better&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Close Reading, Ways of Reading
T 29 Wheatley, &1xbet online casino ;On Being Brought From Africa to America&1xbet online casino ;; Cowper, &1xbet online casino ;The Negro's Complaint&1xbet online casino ; [CP]; Parker, How to Interpret Literature: &1xbet online casino ;New Criticism&1xbet online casino ; (11-42); &1xbet online casino ;Structuralism&1xbet online casino ; (43-86); &1xbet online casino ;Deconstruction&1xbet online casino ; (87-113); &1xbet online casino ;Reader Response&1xbet online casino ; (354-378)
Response paper (2 pp.) on Wheatley due to Canvas by start of class

Young, &1xbet online casino ;On Being Brought from Africa to America&1xbet online casino ; from &1xbet online casino ;Homage to Phillis Wheatley&1xbet online casino ;; Parker, How to Interpret Literature: &1xbet online casino ;Historicism and Cultural Studies&1xbet online casino ; (268-296); Garber, Manifesto: &1xbet online casino ;Historical Correctness: The Use and Abuse of History for Literature&1xbet online casino ; (45-69) [CP]
W 30 Reminder: Meet the Track Heads for 1st Year graduate students, 3:30 p.m., ECS 017 and Zoom
September

F 1 [A]

 Rossetti, &1xbet online casino ;Goblin Market&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
T 5 Rossetti, continued; one of the following chapters from Parker, How to Interpret Literature: &1xbet online casino ;Psychoanalysis&1xbet online casino ; (114-150); &1xbet online casino ;Feminism&1xbet online casino ; (151-190); &1xbet online casino ;Queer Studies&1xbet online casino ; (191-228); &1xbet online casino ;Marxism&1xbet online casino ; (229-267); &1xbet online casino ;Postcolonial and Race Studies&1xbet online casino ; (297-353); &1xbet online casino ;Environmental Criticism and Disability Studies&1xbet online casino ; (379-407)
Response paper (2 pp.) on Rossetti and your selected chapter due to Canvas by start of class
W 6 Reminder: Graduate Committees and Writing Projects for 2nd Year graduate students, 3:30 p.m., Zoom
F 8 [A] Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;From Close Reading to Persuasive Argumentation.&1xbet online casino ;
Preparation for Paper #1 (4 pp.): Soyinka, &1xbet online casino ;Telephone Conversation&1xbet online casino ; (Option #1) and Atwood, &1xbet online casino ;Spelling&1xbet online casino ; (Option #2) [CP]; MLA Handbook, &1xbet online casino ;Formatting Your Research Project,&1xbet online casino ; &1xbet online casino ;Mechanics of Prose,&1xbet online casino ; and &1xbet online casino ;Principles of Inclusive Language&1xbet online casino ; (1-93); The MLA Style Center, &1xbet online casino ;The Formatting of a Research Paper&1xbet online casino ; [CP]; Gibaldi, MLA Handbook 7th Edition: &1xbet online casino ;Thesis Statement&1xbet online casino ; (42-3) [CP]; Graff and Birkenstein, &1xbet online casino ;They Say / I Say&1xbet online casino ;... (47-56; 107-148)
T 12 Soyinka, &1xbet online casino ;Telephone Conversation&1xbet online casino ;; Atwood, &1xbet online casino ;Spelling&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Paper #1 (Option #1 and Option #2) due to Canvas by start of class with completed Self-Evaluation Form
F 15 [A] Shelley, Frankenstein (5-110)
T 19 Frankenstein (111-168); from the 3rd Norton Critical Edition: Brantlinger, “The Reading Monster” (451-460); Mellor, from “Frankenstein, Racial Science, and the Yellow Peril” (483-491); Morton, “Frankenstein and Ecocriticism” (523-538). Also: Lepore, “The Strange and Twisted Life of ‘Frankenstein’” [CP]
F 22 [A] Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;MLA International Bibliography and MLA Style.&1xbet online casino ;
MLA Handbook, &1xbet online casino ;Documenting Sources: An Overview,&1xbet online casino ; &1xbet online casino ;The List of Works Cited,&1xbet online casino ; and &1xbet online casino ;Citing Sources in the Text&1xbet online casino ; (95-286); Gibaldi, MLA Handbook, 7th edition: &1xbet online casino ;Conducting Research&1xbet online casino ; (8-30) [CP]; Guest Speaker: Sara Kearns, Academic Services Librarian
T 26 Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Finding the Critical Imperative&1xbet online casino ; and &1xbet online casino ;Writing an Abstract&1xbet online casino ;
Graff and Birkenstein, &1xbet online casino ;They Say / I Say&1xbet online casino ;... (19-46); read and identify thesis claim and sub-claims of Rose, &1xbet online casino ;Custody Battles: Reproducing Knowledge about Frankenstein&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Textual Scholarship and Scholarly Editing
Textual editing of Frankenstein: from the 3rd Norton Critical Edition: Shelley, “Introduction to Frankenstein, Third Edition” (217-222); &1xbet online casino ;From The Frankenstein Notebooks&1xbet online casino ; (244-247); Robinson, &1xbet online casino ;Texts in Search of an Editor: Reflections on The Frankenstein Notebooks and on Editorial Authority&1xbet online casino ; (248-254); James, &1xbet online casino ;Changes Between the 1818 and 1831 Editions of Frankenstein&1xbet online casino ; (254-294); Mellor, &1xbet online casino ;Choosing a Text of Frankenstein to Teach&1xbet online casino ; (295-301)
U 28 Abstract of Clark, &1xbet online casino ;Frankenstein; or, The Modern Protagonist&1xbet online casino ; (245-268) [CP] due to Canvas by 11:59 p.m.
F 29 [A] Guest Speaker: Philip Nel, The Annotated Cat
Seuss, The Cat in the Hat and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back and The Lorax [CP]; brief annotation exercise due to Canvas.
T 3 Guest Speakers: Greg Eiselein and Anne Phillips, Norton Critical Edition of Little Women; brief textual studies exercise due in class.
Guest Speaker: Abby Knoblauch: Young, &1xbet online casino ;Should Writers Use They Own English?&1xbet online casino ;; LeMesurier, &1xbet online casino ;Winking at Excess: Racist Kinesiologies in Childish Gambino's 'This Is America'&1xbet online casino ;; Fish, &1xbet online casino ;What Should Colleges Teach?&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
October F 6 [A] Guest Speaker: Mark Crosby, Blake Archive http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/
Kirschenbaum, &1xbet online casino ;What is Digital Humanities and What's It Doing in English Departments?&1xbet online casino ;; Benton, &1xbet online casino ;Authoritative Online Editions&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Boundary Crossings (1): Genre
T 10 Children's Literature, Cross-Reading, and Audience: Clark, &1xbet online casino ;Kiddie Lit in Academe&1xbet online casino ; (149-157); Byatt, &1xbet online casino ;Harry Potter and the Childish Adult&1xbet online casino ;; Green, &1xbet online casino ;Letter to the Editor&1xbet online casino ;; Pullman, &1xbet online casino ;Carnegie Medal Acceptance Speech&1xbet online casino ;; Michals, &1xbet online casino ;Essay on why English departments should teach and embrace young adult fiction&1xbet online casino ;; Capshaw, &1xbet online casino ;Digging Up Whiteness&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Cobley, &1xbet online casino ;Genre&1xbet online casino ;; Murfin, &1xbet online casino ;Genre&1xbet online casino ;; Abrams, &1xbet online casino ;Genre&1xbet online casino ;; Goldman, from On Drama: Boundaries of Genre, Borders of Self (1-10); Rothman, &1xbet online casino ;A Better Way to Think about the Genre Debate&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
F 13 [A] Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Print and Online Resources for Scholarly Research&1xbet online casino ;
Gibaldi, MLA Handbook, 7th edition, “Research and Writing” (1-50) and “Plagiarism” (51-61)
Paragraph-length description of selected research topic due to Canvas by 11:59 p.m CT.
T 17 Cultural Studies and Film: Veritgo(1958); Mulvey, &1xbet online casino ;Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema&1xbet online casino ;; Jackson, &1xbet online casino ;The Invention of the Male Gaze&1xbet online casino ;; Ravetto-Biagioli, &1xbet online casino ;Veritgo and the Vertiginous History of Film Theory&1xbet online casino ; (101-141); Greven, &1xbet online casino ;The Dark Side of Blondeness: Vertigo and Race&1xbet online casino ; (59-79) [CP]
F 20 [A] Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Interventions: Identifying Your Critical Imperative&1xbet online casino ;
Graff and Birkenstein, &1xbet online casino ;They Say / I Say&1xbet online casino ;... (57-106); list of five scholarly resources (print or online, formatted in MLA style) for your proposed topic due in class.
T 24 Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Refining Your Focus and Developing Your Thesis Claim&1xbet online casino ;
Abstract of and response to one scholarly article for your paper due in class
Redefining Realism and Representation: Le, &1xbet online casino ;Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice&1xbet online casino ;; Thomas, from The Dark Fantastic; Díaz, “MFA vs. POC”; Valdes, &1xbet online casino ;Inside the Push to Diversify the Book Business”; Grossman, Young, and Spahr, &1xbet online casino ;Who Gets to Be a Writer?&1xbet online casino ;; So and Wezerek, &1xbet online casino ;Just How White is the Book Industry?&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
F 27 [A]

Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Writing an Abstract&1xbet online casino ;
Writing Workshop: Draft abstract due to Canvas by 9:00 a..m. CT

November T 31 Tan, The Arrival (2006); critical readings on The Arrival: Tan, from Viewpoint Magazine (2006), Buuck and Ryan, &1xbet online casino ;Looking beyond the Scenes: Spatial Storytelling and Masking in Shaun Tan's The Arrival&1xbet online casino ;; Koçak and Sarıkaya, &1xbet online casino ;Graphic Polyphony in Shaun Tan's The Arrival&1xbet online casino ;; Dudek, &1xbet online casino ;Silent Sequences and Ontological Entanglement in Shaun Tan's The Arrival and Pat Grant's Blue&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Response on critical readings (2 pp.) due to Canvas by start of class.
November F 3 [A] Draft Abstract and Annotated Bibliography for Paper #2 due to Canvas by 11:59 p.m. CT

Boundary Crossings (2): Literary Periods, Anthologies, and the Canon
T 7 Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Integrating Other Voices into Your Argument&1xbet online casino ; Bring working thesis claim for Paper #2 to class.
Hayot, &1xbet online casino ;Against Periodization&1xbet online casino ;; Sehgal, &1xbet online casino ;Is Amazon Changing the Novel?&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
F 10 [A] Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Outlining and Drafting&1xbet online casino ;
Writing Workshop: Your introduction with your thesis, your outline, and your &1xbet online casino ;Works Cited&1xbet online casino ;due to Canvas by 9:00 a.m. CT
T 14 Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Revising&1xbet online casino ;
Writing Workshop: Bring your full paper and your &1xbet online casino ;Works Cited&1xbet online casino ; to class.
U 16 Paper #2 (10-12 pp.) and revised abstract due by 5 p.m. to to Canvas with completed Self-Evaluation Form.
F 17 [A] &1xbet online casino ;Roundtable: Reviews of The Longman Anthology of British Literature and The Norton Anthology of English Literature&1xbet online casino ; (195-214); Morris, &1xbet online casino ;Who Gets to Decide What's in the Canon?&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
T 21 No Class -- Thanksgiving Break
F 25 [A] No Class -- Thanksgiving Break
Speech Acts
T 28 Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Public Writing&1xbet online casino ;
Dumitrescu, &1xbet online casino ;What Academics Misunderstand about 'Public Writing'&1xbet online casino ;; Gruner, &1xbet online casino ;The Little Suffragist Doll: Cotton, White Supremacy, and Sweet Little Dolls&1xbet online casino ;; Jaffee, &1xbet online casino ;On the Great Exhibition&1xbet online casino ;; Alexis, &1xbet online casino ;Stop Using the Phrase 'Creative Writing'&1xbet online casino ;; Nel, &1xbet online casino ;Dancing on the Manhole Cover: The Genius of Richard Thompson&1xbet online casino ;; Conniff, &1xbet online casino ;What the Luddites Really Fought Against&1xbet online casino ;; Roles, &1xbet online casino ;Fraudulent Fruit in 'Goblin Market'&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Bring your &1xbet online casino ;hook&1xbet online casino ; for your Public Scholarship writing to class.
F 2 [A] Public Scholarship Writing due to Canvas by 11:59 p.m. CT
T 5 Entering the Conversation: &1xbet online casino ;Preparing for a Conference Presentation&1xbet online casino ;
Tobin, &1xbet online casino ;How to Make the Most of an Academic Conference&1xbet online casino ; [CP]
Guest speaker: Traci Brimhall
W 6

~ Extra Synchronous Class Session at 7:05-8:15 p.m. CT ~
Panel Presentation
Reflections on ENGL 801 and Literary Studies
Revision Plan for Paper #2 due to Canvas by 11:59pm CT

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Department of English | Kansas State University
Email: westmank@ksu.edu
Last updated 23 October 2023