ENGL 635 "1xbet online sports betting in Contemporary British Literature"

Spring 2006 ~ U, 7:05 p.m.

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Professor Westman
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Office Hours: T, U 9:00-10:00 a.m. and by app't
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Required Texts
Andrea Levy, Small Island (2003) (Picador)
Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners (1958) 1xbet online sports betting The 1xbet online sports betting Novels (Alison and Busby)
A.S. Byatt, Babel Tower (1996) (Vintage)
Caryl Churchill, Cloud 9 (1978) (TCG)
Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry (1989) (Vintage)
Zadie Smith, White Teeth (2000) (Knopf)
Monica Ali, Brick Lane (2003) (Scribner)
Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2003) (Vintage)
J. K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999) (Scholastic)
Peter Ackroyd, 1xbet online sports betting : A Biography (2000) (Anchor)
1xbet online sports betting Pack (available at A&S Copy Center in Eisenhower Hall)


1xbet online sports betting Description
The city of London has been a center for art and commerce for centuries. It has also been a city of immigrants, especially with the arrival in 1948 of the Empire Windrush. Traveling from the far reaches of a fading Empire, this ship's passengers hoped for a better life in the mother country but arrived in a city whose doors were often closed to people of color, a city ravaged by the bombs of World War II. What kind of London emerged from the rubble of war? What kinds of lives did these new immigrants build? How did existing Londoners respond? What is the legacy of this immigration in contemporary British culture? During the next few months, we 1xbet online sports betting explore answers to these questions as we study the culture of post-WWII Britain through its literature.


1xbet online sports betting Objectives

1xbet online sports betting Participation and Attendance: Class participation is, of course, required. Our class will be based on discussion, so class participation is not only expected but it also will count for 20% of 1xbet online sports betting final grade. To participate, you must complete the reading assigned for each class session, think carefully about what you have read, and come to class ready to share 1xbet online sports betting ideas. 1xbet online sports betting attendance is therefore important. You will not be penalized for 1xbet online sports betting first absence; thereafter, further absences will jeopardize 1xbet online sports betting final course grade. Excessive absences (three or more -- that is, nine classroom hours) may result in failure of the course. While I appreciate 1xbet online sports betting offering explanations for absences, the only way to excuse an absence is to provide me with an official letter from 1xbet online sports betting dean or an official notice of illness from the Health Center or 1xbet online sports betting doctor.

1xbet online sports betting participation grade includes 1xbet online sports betting contributions to our discussions in class (in large and small groups) and to our discussions on the Electronic Bulletin Board. I will expect at least one posting a week from each student to the Electronic Bulletin Board; the guidelines and instructions for using the Bulletin Board appear below.

Leading 1xbet online sports betting Discussion / "Continuities": As part of the 1xbet online sports betting participation grade, students will complete two scheduled contributions.

Students will sign up in groups to initiate discussion for one of our class sessions. Questions for class discussion (4-5 in number) should highlight issues or themes or queries 1xbet online sports betting think we should address in our class discussion of the reading assigned for that day. After conferring about and drafting the questions, groups leading discussion should email me their questions by 7 p.m. the night before; I will confirm receipt and offer any suggestions for the order or focus of the questions.

The first evening of 1xbet online sports betting , students will draw a reading selection from Peter Ackroyd's 1xbet online sports betting : A Biography; this reading selection should be incorporated into our discussions for the designated class period through two venues: an additional posting to the online bulletin board discussion and a brief (5 minute) contribution to discussion in class. For both contributions, 1xbet online sports betting should reflect on connections between the historical and cultural information about London that Ackroyd provides and our assigned reading for that week.


Papers and 1xbet online sports betting 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 or about London. 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 sports betting own. Otherwise, you have plagiarized. If you do plagiarize, you will fail this course.)

You will also write five 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 sports betting longer papers. They are due the day indicated on the syllabus. In 1xbet online sports betting response paper, you should not repeat previous class discussions or provide a mere summary of the reading. Instead, 1xbet online sports betting response should begin to analyze the 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 sports betting 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.


Examination: 1xbet online sports betting will have a cumulative final exam.


Computing: Technology increasingly plays an important role in our academic and professional careers. Consequently, you will be asked to use some different kinds of technology, including an Electronic Bulletin Board discussion and electronic resources. Our work with technology is designed not only as another forum for exploring our reading, but also as a way for you to sharpen 1xbet online sports betting communication skills, media skills, and web skills for an increasingly technological age.

Electronic Bulletin Board: To offer an additional venue for discussion, we'll start using an electronic bulletin board. Each student should post at least one a week to the bulletin board, responding to an existing thread of the conversation or initiating another; weekly postings will count for 10% of 1xbet online sports betting class participation grade. The weekly bulletin board will run from Friday to Thursday, to encourage you to post right after as well as right before our weekly class discussions.

I'll monitor these conversations, and may also participate, but I see the bulletin board primarily as a way for you to raise issues we haven't addressed -- or addressed fully or to 1xbet online sports betting satisfaction -- during our regular class meetings. Though extra postings to the bulletin board will not automatically replace participation in our class discussions, regular contributions above and beyond 1xbet online sports betting weekly posting can certainly improve 1xbet online sports betting class participation grade.
An average posting should run about one or two paragraphs in length. In other words, 1xbet online sports betting postings do not need to be long; however, they need to be substantive: they must be long enough to convey clearly the problem you are taking up and 1xbet online sports betting point of view, connecting 1xbet online sports betting comment to others' comments whenever possible. I will offer models of successful comments early in the semester.

To post to the bulletin board, follow these directions:
  1. Go to my homepage at http://www.ksu.edu/english/westmank/ and click on our 1xbet online sports betting (ENGL 635).
  2. 1xbet online sports betting the course web page, click on Bulletin Board.
  3. A window will pop up that asks for 1xbet online sports betting user name. Type: engl635 (Be sure to use lower-case letters, since the software is case-sensitive.)
  4. Click into the password box and type the password I've distributed in 1xbet online sports betting .
  5. 1xbet online sports betting should see all the messages posted to date and the newest ones first. (If not, click on "Preferences" and set the options to "12 months" and "Mixed Threaded, Reversed." Click on the button that says "View Message Index." 1xbet online sports betting should be able to see all the messages posted to the threaded bulletin board.)
  6. To post, 1xbet online sports betting can choose to "post response" to a message 1xbet online sports betting are viewing or 1xbet online sports betting can "post a new message."
  7. I encourage you to select "post response," so you can engage directly in the conversation and 1xbet online sports betting message can "thread" beneath the one you're responding to. I also encourage you to change the subject line so it reflects the content of 1xbet online sports betting message. Whichever option you choose, you will have to enter 1xbet online sports betting name, 1xbet online sports betting email address, and the subject of the message. You can preview 1xbet online sports betting message before sending it; then, click "post message."

Email: I highly recommend email as a way of touching base with me about 1xbet online sports betting work for the class -- a kind of virtual office hours. You can send me queries about reading or writing assignments, 1xbet online sports betting 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 sports betting work and 1xbet online sports betting 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 (T, U 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 sports betting have any condition such as a physical or learning disability that will make it difficult for 1xbet online sports betting 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 40% of 1xbet online sports betting final grade (15% and 25% respectively); the response papers will count for 20% of 1xbet online sports betting 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 25% of 1xbet online sports betting final grade. The response papers will count for 20% of 1xbet online sports betting final grade. Class participation (20%) and a final exam (15%) complete the requirements.



Schedule of Classes (Subject to change.)

Note: All assigned 1xbet online sports betting should be completed by the date listed.
[CP] = 1xbet online sports betting Pack. Continuities = Ackroyd's 1xbet online sports betting : A Biography

1xbet online sports betting : An Introduction
January 12 McLeod, 1xbet online sports betting Postcolonial 1xbet online sports betting (1-9); Bennett, "Colonisation in Reverse" (1966); Soyinka, "Telephone Conversation" (1960) [readings distributed as xerox in 1xbet online sports betting ]

1948 and All That
19 Levy, Small Island (2003) (1-278)
Historical background: Morley and Robbins, "Chronology" (504-510); Phillips, 1xbet online sports betting A New World Order (241-46, 264-282); Phillips and Phillips, 1xbet online sports betting Windrush (26-103) [CP]
1xbet online sports betting Paper #1 Due (2 pages) on Levy
Continuities: "Blitz," "Refashioning the City" (720-750)
26 • Levy, Small Island (281-438)
Selected reviews for Levy's Small Island [CP]
Leading 1xbet online sports betting : Levy, Small Island
• Selvon, 1xbet online sports betting Ways of Sunlight (1957) (125-138; 161-166; 175-188); McLeod, 1xbet online sports betting Postcolonial 1xbet online sports betting (1-40) [CP]
February 2 MacInnes, Absolute Beginners (1958)
McLeod, 1xbet online sports betting Postcolonial 1xbet online sports betting (40-58); Phillips and Phillips, 1xbet online sports betting Windrush (158-180) [CP]
Continuities: "1xbet online sports betting as Crowd" (383-402), "1xbet online sports betting 's Radicals," "Violent 1xbet online sports betting " (455-490)

History Repeating?: Rebellion, Isolation, Integration
9 Byatt, Babel Tower (1996) (3-369)
1xbet online sports betting Paper #2 Due (2 pages) on Byatt
Continuities: "1xbet online sports betting Prehistory to 1066," "The Early Middle Ages" (5-64)
Continuities: "1xbet online sports betting Contrasts," "The Late Medieval City," "Onward and Upward," "Trading Streets and Trading Parishes," "A 1xbet online sports betting Neighborhood" (65-134)
16 Byatt, Babel Tower (370-622)
Selected reviews for Byatt's Babel Tower; Alfer, "Realism and Its Discontents: The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life" (47-59) [CP]
Leading 1xbet online sports betting : Byatt, Babel Tower
Continuities: "Crime and Punishment" (237-295)
Continuities: "Voracious 1xbet online sports betting " (297-382)
M 20 1xbet online sports betting #1 Due (4-5 pages) to my mailbox in ECS 119 by 5 p.m.
23 Churchill, Cloud 9 (1978)
Selected reviews for Churchill's Cloud 9 [CP]
Continuities: "1xbet online sports betting as Theatre"(134-189)
March 2 1xbet online sports betting on TV: The Prisoner, EastEnders, Little Britain
In-1xbet online sports betting viewing of The Prisoner; critical 1xbet online sports betting on The Prisoner [CP]
9 Winterson, Sexing the Cherry (1989)
Selected reviews for Winterson's Sexing the Cherry; Winterson, 1xbet online sports betting Art Objects (26-44); "Interview with Jeanette Winterson" (11-29); Wasserstrom, "Are 1xbet online sports betting Now or Have 1xbet online sports betting Ever Been ... Postmodern?"; Hutcheon, from The Politics of Postmodernism (1-7, 47-54, 71-78) [CP]
1xbet online sports betting Paper #3 Due (2 pages) on Winterson
Leading 1xbet online sports betting : Winterson, Sexing the Cherry
Continuities: "Pestilence and Flame," "After the Fire" (191-236), "Black Magic, White Magic" (491-507)
Continuities: "A Fever of Building," "1xbet online sports betting 's Rivers," "Under the Ground" (510-560)

Escaping the Past, Imagining the Future
16 Smith, White Teeth (2000) (1-256)
Continuities: "The Centre of Empire," "After the Great War" (685-720)
23 No 1xbet online sports betting -- Spring Break
30 Smith, White Teeth (257-448)
Selected reviews for Smith's White Teeth; Head, "Zadie Smith's White Teeth: Multiculturalism for the Millennium" (106-119) [CP]
1xbet online sports betting Paper #4 Due (2 pages) on Smith
Leading 1xbet online sports betting : Smith, White Teeth
F 31 1xbet best ca Due (4-5 1xbet online sports betting ) to my mailbox in ECS 119 by 5 p.m.
April 6 No 1xbet online sports betting -- Read ahead and work on plan/prospectus for Paper #2
M 10 Prospectus (1 p.) for 1xbet online sports betting #2 due to my mailbox in ECS 119 by 5 p.m.
13 Ali, Brick Lane
Selected reviews for Ali's Brick Lane; Phillipson et. al., 1xbet online sports betting Women in Transition (2003) (1-30); Kabeer, 1xbet online sports betting The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in 1xbet online sports betting and Dhaka (2000) (193-229, 421-431) [CP]
1xbet online sports betting Paper #5 Due (2 pages) on Ali
Leading 1xbet online sports betting : Ali, Brick Lane
Continuities: "Victorian Megalopolis" (561-585), "Continuities," "East and South" (647-684)
Continuities: "1xbet online sports betting 's Outcasts," "Women and Children" (587-645)
20 No 1xbet online sports betting -- Attend Margot Livesey's reading at 4 p.m.; view Bend it Like Beckham and post bulletin board 1xbet online sports betting . 1xbet online sports bett.
27 • Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2000)
Selected reviews for Haddon's The Curious Incident..., Haddon, "B is for Best Seller," and Donnelly, "Paperback Writer" [online]
Leading 1xbet online sports betting : Haddon, The Curious Incident...
• Selected poems: John Agard, "Windrush Welcome" (1998), "Uncle Mo Steps Out" (1998), "Remember the Ship" (1998); and Benjamin Zephaniah, "What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us" (1998); Childs, 1xbet online sports betting The Twentieth Century in Poetry (180-204) [CP]
Continuities: "The Natural History of 1xbet online sports betting ," "Night and Day" (403-453), "Cockney Visionaries" (751-760)
May M 1 1xbet online sports betting #2 (and 1xbet bes) 1xbet online sports betting to my mailbox in ECS 119 by 5 p.m. M.L.A. documentation format.
4 • Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Recommended 1xbet online sports betting : Westman, "Spectres of Thatcherism: Contemporary British Culture in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series" (305-328) [CP]
• Selected poems: Fleur Adcock, "Immigrant" (1979) and "Instead of an Interview" (1979); Jackie Kay, "In My Country" (1993); Moniza Alvi, "Arrival 1946"(1993); Merle Collins, "Visiting Yorkshire -- Again" (1992) and "When Britain Had Its GREAT" (1992) [CP]
• Coda: McLeod, 1xbet online sports betting Postcolonial 1xbet online sports betting (189-194); Phillips, 1xbet online sports betting A New World Order (303-309) [CP]
11 Final Exam (IDs & essay): 7-8:50 p.m.

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