English 481 Fall 2008

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2008-12-18T08:17:00.000-08:00

Dear English 481 students,

All the papers and reports have been sent back to you (in .pdf form), and I've posted the grades, including your course grade, to elearning.wsu.edu.

Have a great holiday!

Study guide for exam 2

2008-12-12T12:37:00.000-08:00

The study guide for Exam 2 is available here: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl481/study2.htm.

The exam will be from 1-3 on Monday in our usual classroom.

If you have questions over the weekend, please don't hesitate to email, IM, or Skype me.

2008-11-17T10:33:00.001-08:00

I called the library the other day, and the MLA database link is working again. You can access it by clicking on the Online Databases link on our main page, clicking on A-Z, and typing in MLA.

Also, since we'll be talking about Crane and London (last Thursday's
assignment) on Tuesday, here is what we'll be doing on Thursday:

Reports
Native American Autobiography: Eastman, "From the Deep Woods to Civilization" 797-810
Zitkala-Sa, "Impressions," "School Days," and "Indian Teacher" 1105-24
Precis assignment due

Note that we won't be reading the excerpt from Sarah Winnemucca.

If you have questions about your precis assignment, please email or IM or Skype me tomorrow, since I won't be online much tonight (IM and Skype:
drcampbell6676). You can also send me a message through Facebook (same name:
drcampbell6676).

See you on Tuesday!

2008-11-12T21:29:00.000-08:00

Since we had Tuesday off, I thought I would send you a message to let you know what we’ll be doing tomorrow.

We’ll begin our class with reports by Kate-Lynne Logan, Kate Quinn, Samantha Zeiner, and Alison Buck. After that, we’ll be discussing naturalism, so I would like you to start by reading the poems by Stephen Crane (available online from our readings page at http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl481/readings.htm or directly from http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/crane/cranepoems.pdf .

We’ll then read “The Open Boat,” saving “To Build a Fire” for last because some of you have read it already.

Aesthetic movement

2008-10-30T21:30:00.000-07:00

The presentation materials (PowerPoint) on the Aesthetic movement that I used in class today is available in elearning.wsu.edu; the handout on Hebraism and Hellenism is available on our main site under Readings.

Meet in MASC on October 23

2008-10-21T15:48:00.000-07:00

As mentioned in class today, we will meet in the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) room in Holland/Terrell library on Thursday.

When we return to class on Tuesday, we'll discuss the stories from today in more detail, so please bring them with you.

Reports

2008-10-16T15:51:00.000-07:00

If you have not yet signed up for a report, please email me with the topic. You can find the report schedule on this page: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl481/reports.htm.

Exam 1

2008-10-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

The study guide for Exam 1 is available at http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl481/study1.htm. .

Drafts due tomorrow

2008-10-01T22:04:00.000-07:00

Drafts of paper 1 are due in class for our workshop tomorrow. Also, I will be asking you to report on the words that you noticed in "Daisy Miller": those that are repeated or seem to change meaning depending on which character is using them.

Henry James and Mark Twain

2008-09-30T10:51:00.000-07:00

We'll be discussing "A True Story" and "Daisy Miller" in class today. We'll probably also have a quiz, and here, in advance, is the bonus question: What nineteenth-century writer--editor of The Atlantic Monthly and author of "Editha," among other works--was a good friend of both Twain and James?

Mark Twain Readings

2008-09-23T10:40:00.000-07:00

One of the readings for today, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," is in your textbook, but the others are available online. Click on the Readings tab to download a copy of them.

Class today and Thursday

2008-09-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

Dear English 481 students,

As I mentioned in class, for Thursday we’ll be continuing to discuss the Dickinson poems. We’ll also talk about the poems from the _Household book of Poetry_ and the criticism on Emily Dickinson. Here's the link for the poems that were on the overhead today:

http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/dickinsonsafe.htm

If you weren’t in class today (we are meeting in Thompson 105 every class day from now on), you can find the readings at this link:

http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl481/readings.htm

You can also go to our course page and click on “Readings.”

Here’s the “frilly” Emily Dickinson picture I mentioned in class: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/pics/emilyfrilly.jpg

Here’s the Wordsworth poem I quoted in class today. It’s one of the “Lucy” poems.

W. Wordsworth

CLXXX. "A slumber did my spirit seal"

A SLUMBER did my spirit seal;
I had no human fears:
She seem'd a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.

No motion has she now, no force; 5
She neither hears nor sees;
Roll'd round in earth's diurnal course
With rocks, and stones, and trees.

I’m going to send this message via RONET (WSU system) just to make sure that everyone gets it, so you may receive it twice.

See you on Thursday.

Dr. Campbell

Meet in Thompson 105 today

2008-09-16T10:25:00.001-07:00

Remember, today we will meet in our new classroom, Thompson 105.

Post word clouds to wiki

2008-09-12T09:53:00.000-07:00

Don't forget: you can post your word clouds and comments on what you found out about the texts to the wiki at http://english481.pbwiki.com. Click on your name and cut and paste the material into the page. If you type something that looks like a URL, the wiki will change it into a link for you.

Meet in AML Tuesday and Thursday

2008-09-09T10:48:00.000-07:00

This is just a reminder that we'll be meeting in the AML on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.

Our class will be moving to Thompson 105 after this week.

Whitman and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard bloom'd"

2008-09-04T12:46:00.000-07:00

The presentation on "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is available in elearning.wsu.edu.

Send weblog addresses

2008-09-01T19:34:00.001-07:00

Send your weblog addresses to campbelld@wsu.edu once you have set up your blog.

Syllabus

2008-08-24T06:25:00.000-07:00

The syllabus won't be final until 8/25/08.

Syllabus

2008-08-11T09:34:00.001-07:00

The syllabus for this course will be complete on 8/22/08.