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Spring 2009 ~ Thursdays, 7:05 p.m.
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Schedule of Classes | WebResources | Message Board

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

Required Texts
Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach (Puffin)
C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (HarperCollins)
E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet (Puffin)
Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass (Knopf)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Scholastic)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Scholastic)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Scholastic)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Scholastic)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Scholastic)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Scholastic)
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Scholastic)
Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand (Miramax / Hyperion)
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Recommended Text
Anelli, Harry, A History (Pocket Books)
Note: Prerequisites for taking ENGL 440 include at least one of the following: English 125 (Honors English 2) or English 200 (Expository Writing 2). Also, please finish reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets before the first day of 1xbet best casino website .

Course Description
This 1xbet best casino website will examine the Harry Potter phenomenon by reading the novels themselves and the works of Rowling's antecedents, influences, and contemporaries. We will approach these works from a variety of critical perspectives, and we will also consult selected secondary sources. In this 1xbet best casino website , education will not be a passive experience: I expect discussion, debate, and exchanges of ideas.


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Paper: You will write only one formal paper (5-7 pages) in this class: a persuasive argument in essay form, which will use one or two of our assigned texts to argue for 1xbet best casino website interpretation of the theme(s). If 1xbet best casino website paper is late, it will be penalized a full letter grade (i.e.: A to B) for each day it is late. Papers must be typed, double-spaced, with one inch margins and with a 10- or 12-point standard font; the pages should be spell-checked, proof-read, numbered, and stapled or paper-clipped together. 1xbet best casino website name, my name, the date, and the type of assignment should appear in the upper-left hand corner of the first page.

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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 a Message Board discussion and electronic resources. Our work with technology is designed not only as another forum for exploring our reading, but as a way for you to sharpen 1xbet best casino website communication skills and media skills.

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Grading:
Quizzes 25%
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In-1xbet best casino website 10%
Postings 10%
Paper 15%
Midterm 15%
Final Exam 25%



Schedule of Classes (Subject to change.)

Note: All assigned reading should be completed by the date listed.
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January 15 J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1997, 1998) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998, 1999).
22 Thomas Hughes, excerpts from Tom Brown's School Days (1857) [CP]; Enid Blyton, First Term at Malory Towers (1946) [CP]. Recommended: Roald Dahl, excerpt from Boy; Pratchett, excerpt from Pyramids (1984) [CP]
29 E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904); Rowling, &1xbet best casino website ;Let Me Tell You a Story&1xbet best casino website ; (2000) [CP]; Clement Freud, Grimble (1968) [CP]
February 5 C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950)
12 Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach (1961); Rowling, &1xbet best casino website ;Foreword&1xbet best casino website ; to Families Like Us: The One Parent Families Good Book Guide (2000) [CP] and &1xbet best casino website ;The Not Especially Fascinating Life So Far of J. K. Rowling&1xbet best casino website ; (1998) [CP]
19 Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999). Philip Hensher, &1xbet best casino website ;Harry Potter, give me a break&1xbet best casino website ; (2000); Harold Bloom, &1xbet best casino website ;Can 35 Million Book Buyers Be Wrong? Yes&1xbet best casino website ; (2000); Jessy Randall, &1xbet best casino website ;Wizard Words: The Literary, Latin, and Lexical Origins of Harry Potter's Vocabulary&1xbet best casino website ; (2001); Nel, &1xbet best casino website ;You Say 'Jelly,' I Say 'Jell-O': Harry Potter and the Transfiguration of Language&1xbet best casino website ; [all CP]
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Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)

Also read at least one of the following: Westman, &1xbet best casino website ;Specters of Thatcherism: Contemporary British Culture in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series&1xbet best casino website ; (2002); Ximena Gallardo C. and C. Jason Smith, “Cinderfella: J. K. Rowling’s Wily Web of Gender”; Schoefer, &1xbet best casino website ;Harry Potter's Girl Trouble&1xbet best casino website ;; Dresang, &1xbet best casino website ;Hermione Granger and the Heritage of Gender&1xbet best casino website ; [all CP]

Guest Speaker: Paul DeGeorge of the first wizard rock band Harry and the Potters

March 5 Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), through Chapter 17 (373). Midterm Exam.
Sat 7 Hallows and Horcruxes Ball: A Wizard Rock Concert for Literacy, 7 p.m. (Optional)
12 Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), to end.
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26 Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), through Chapter 19 (422)
April 2 Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), to end.
9 Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007), through Chapter 22 (444)
16 Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007), to end.
23 Responses to the Harry Potter series
  • Literary Value and Marketing:
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    • John Pennington, &1xbet best casino website ;From Elfland to Hogwarts, or the Aesthetic Trouble with Harry Potter&1xbet best casino website ;(2002) [CP]
    • A.S. Byatt, &1xbet best casino website ;Harry Potter and the Childish Adult&1xbet best casino website ; [CP]
    • Sarah Green, &1xbet best casino website ;Letter to the Editor&1xbet best casino website ; (2003) [CP]
    • Donnelly, &1xbet best casino website ;Paperback Writer&1xbet best casino website ; (2004) [CP]
    • Philip Nel, &1xbet best casino website ;Is There a Text in This Advertising Campaign?: Literature, Marketing, and Harry Potter&1xbet best casino website ; (2005) [CP]
  • Religious Concerns:
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    • &1xbet best casino website ;Did you know??????&1xbet best casino website ;(email, 2001) [CP]
    • Kimbra Wilder Gish, &1xbet best casino website ;Hunting Down Harry Potter: An Exploration of Religious Concerns About Children's Literature&1xbet best casino website ; (2000) [CP]
    • Nancy Churnin, &1xbet best casino website ;Easing Up on Harry Potter&1xbet best casino website ; [CP]
    • Griesinger, “Harry Potter and the ‘Deeper Magic’”(2002)
  • Rowling Speaks:
    • J. K. Rowling's website [W]
    • &1xbet best casino website ;The Leaky Cauldron/Mugglenet Interview with Joanne Kathleen Rowling&1xbet best casino website ;: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 (2005) [W]
    • &1xbet best casino website ;J.K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall&1xbet best casino website ;: preliminary transcript [W]
      • Optional: For more details, post-Deathly Hallows, see Accio Quote's overview of interviews and articles for 2007
    • ... and a fan response: “Snape’s Supposed Great Love, or, Why Book 7 Doesn’t Make Snape Any Less Interesting” [CP]
30 Jonathan Stroud , The Amulet of Samarkand (2003)
May F 1 Paper due by 5 p.m. to my mailbox in ECS 119
7 Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass (1995); review for final exam
14 Final Exam: Short Answer and Essay, 7:00-8:50 p.m.

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