BRITISH LITERATURE SEPTEMBER SYLLABUS

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Read, Write, Weiss:

An Exploration of British Literature

September Syllabus

“ The How and Why: Reading Non-Fiction and Fiction”

All students are responsible for keeping up with the syllabus. All major assignments are due on the due date, no exceptions. If you are absent on the day an assignment is due, you must place a hard copy in my mailbox or hand it to me directly by 7:30 am the day you return to school. I will not accept emailed assignments unless specified in advance. All essays must be typed and double spaced, employ 12 point font, organized in paragraphs and printed before class begins.

Please note: Printer issues are not an excuse; if your printer is not working the night before, print your essay in the library or neatly hand write it on a clean sheet of paper. As a last resort, see me before 7:30 am.

• Plagiarism will not, under any circumstances, be tolerated. Evidential instances of plagiarism will result in a zero grade on the assignment, no exceptions. I will not write letters of college recommendation for any student caught plagiarizing in ANY class and I will REVOKE any letters written if the case of plagiarism occurs after the letter has been sent.

• Articles assigned for homework must be annotated and the meanings of all unknown words and allusions must be determined before class.

Literature and Materials:

Handout: Four Kinds of Reading. Donald Hall

Handout: Lazy Eyes: How We Read Online. Slate. 2008

Handout: Why Women Read More than Men. NPR.

Handout: Today’s Kids Are, Like, Killing the English Language. Yeah, Right. Kirk Johnson

Handout: The Rites of War and the Warrior Psyche. Samuel Keen

Handout: A Good Mystery: Why We Read. NY Times. 2007

Blog Posting: Does the Library Scare You?

www.theweissreadersbookblog.blogspot.com. 3/2008

Blog Posting: Bookshelf Excerpt.

www.theweissreadersbookblog.blogspot.com. 11/2007

Blog Posting: Beowulf, Edited by Seamus Heaney.

www.theweissreadersbookblog.blogspot.com. 12/2007

Pages 21-46 in the textbook: Beowulf. Trans. by Burton Raffel

September

9/8 DUE: Handout: Four Kinds of Reading. Donald Hall

DUE: Blog Posting: Does the Library Scare You? www.theweissreadersbookblog.blogspot.com. 3/2008

9/9 In Class: Handout: A Good Mystery: Why We Read. NY Times. 2007.

9/10 DUE: Today’s ... English Language. Kirk Johnson

9/11 DUE: Blog Posting: Bookshelf Excerpt. www.theweissreadersbookblog.blogspot.com. 11/2007

DUE: Handout: Lazy Eyes: How We Read Online. Slate. 2008

9/12 DUE: Handout: The Warrior Psyche. Samuel Keen.

9/15 DUE: Handout: Why Read Beowulf? Robert Yeager

In Class: Handout: Why Women Read More than Men. NPR.

9/16 In Class: The Heroic Myth Index

9/17 In Class: The Heroic Myth Index Con’t.

9/18 In Class: Violent Media is Good for Kids

9/22 DUE: Pages 21-46 in the textbook: Beowulf. Trans. by Burton Raffel

9/25 DUE: Blog Posting: Beowulf, Edited by Seamus Heaney. www.theweissreadersbookblog.blogspot.com. 12/2007