Student
Work
Projects
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On-Line Participation / Weekly
Postings [40% of final grade]
Starting in Wk 1
Through the e-mail list, the MUD server, and the NetForum topic areas,
students will interact with teachers and other students regularly. Writings
will range from informal to semi-formal (from real-time converations on-line
to 1-2 pg short papers). In general, avoid evaluative responses to the
ficiton, focusing instead either on your own inquiries or on questions
posted by one of the faculty. Following student postings, faculty will
then offer their reflections, responding to student comments, and exploring
what we take to be key issues in the texts. We hope this will lead to lively
discussions of the main ideas in each text.
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Short essay I [25%]
4-6 pgs, due in week 3
This will be a semi-formal, focused essay (probably working with assigned
topics) that analyses a single text or aspect of a text. The essay will
be posted to the class web site so participants can read each others' essays
and add responses to the conversation.
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Short essay II [35%]
5-8 pgs, due in wk 6
This essay will fit the same pattern as first essay, but will allow you
to explore a topic in greater depth with the possible addition of secondary
resources (1 or 2). We are also interested in offering an alternative possibility
for this project, namely a fictional narrative, accompanied by 2-3 pg analysis
of the story; please contact one of the faculty directly if you're interested
in this approach. As with Short Essay I, the second will be
posted to the web site.
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Grad Credit
We'll ask students seeking graduate credit in the course to complete 3
Annotated bibliography entries, to be added to the class web site.
