Preview

English courses

Spring 2009

Engl302 N15 (Nat. Sci. & Tech), Tues (7:20-10:00 pm, Enterprize 174)
Engl201.73 (Texts and Contexts), Thurs (4:30-7:10, Robinson A210)

Book and Film Lists.

Summer 2008

Syllabus

Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology:
English 302BN2 (Tues/Thurs, 4:30 - 7:10 am, Robinson A205)

Short Talk Schedules

Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students

• MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop).
• CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers.
• APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop).

For Use in Class

Learning to Write an Abstract for 302BN2

• Instructions
  
• Practice I
  
• Practice II

Student Models

• On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment"
• "Time and Space in the 17th Century:" on Dava Sobel's Longitude

• Proposal for Essay #1 on a musical instrument
• Proposal for Essay #2 on financial models for hospitals

• "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge"
  
• The Moving Scala"
• "The Eiffel Tower"
• "A Tool of Instant Artwork"
  
• "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert"
  

• "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader"
  
• "Feynman's Assessment of the Bureacratic Culture at NASA"
  
• "Living Life to the Fullest"
• "A Half Composed Puzzle"
  
• "Racism must go"
  
• "The Difficult Profession of Medicine"
  

• "Improving Life with Arthritis"
  
• The Uses of Leeches in Modern Medicine
  
• "The Promise of Regenerative Stem Cell Research"
  
• "Organ Trafficking"
  
• Mutilating Women for Life"
  
• "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion"
• "Caesarean Childbirth: The Real Cons as well as Pros"
  

  Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery"

• Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: A spellbinding and entertaining story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A brutally educational and moving story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A visually stunning and excellent movie
• John LeCarre's novel, The Constant Gardener compared with Meirelles, Simon-Channing and Caine's film, The Constant Gardener: the presentation of the characters
  
• John LeCarre's novel, The Constant Gardener compared with Meirelles, Simon-Channing and Caine's film, The Constant Gardener: Africa
  
• Mike Nichols' Wit: On the borders of decency
• Mike Nicols' Wit: A poignant film

Professional Online Materials

• For Richard Feynman
  • A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman
    
  • Michael Swaine, Four Feynman Books, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books
    
  • Peter Weiss, "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics", first published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44.
• For Dava Sobel
  • Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based.
  • A NOVA Transcript: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS.
  • A Review of Charles Sturridge's Longitude by Roy Schreiber, from The American Historical Review, 105:4 (2000):1438-1439.
  • Dava Sobel's beautiful and informative website
• For the book and film, The Constant Gardener,
  • John LeCarre, "Congo Journey", The Nation (October 2, 2006): 16-20.
  • Marcia Angell "The Body Hunters", New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Marcia Angell, "Your Dangerous Drugstore", New York Review of Books, 53:10 (June 8, 2006).
  • Bok, Derek. "Academic Values and the Lure of Profit", Chronicle of Higher Education, 49:30 (4 April 2003): B7-9
  • Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001
  • Bibliography for LeCarre
• For Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science:
  • Atul Gawande, The Bell Curve: What happens when patients find out how good their doctors really are?", The New Yorker, December 6, 2004.
    Atul Gawande, "Piecework: Medicine's Money Problem", The New Yorker, April 4, 2005.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Score: How childbirth went industrial", The New Yorker, October 9, 2006, 59-67.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Way We Age Now", The New Yorker, April 30, 2007
  • Atul Gawande. "Sick and Twisted", The New Yorker, July 23, 2007. A review of Michael Moore's documenary, Sicko
  • A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine.
    
• Internet Movie Database information for Longitude, The Constant Gardener,Wit

Preview

English courses

Fall 2008

Book and Film Lists.

Spring 2008

Syllabus

Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology:
English 302N04 (Mon/Wed, 9:00 - 10:15 am, Robinson B124)

Short Talk Schedules

Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students

• MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop).
• CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers.
• APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop).

For Use in Class

Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N04

• Instructions
  
• Practice I
  
• Practice II

Student Models

• On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment"
• "Time and Space in the 17th Century:" on Dava Sobel's Longitude

• Proposal for Essay #1 on a musical instrument
• Proposal for Essay #2 memories of gardening and weeding
• Proposal for Essay #3 on financial models for hospitals

• "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge"
  
• The Moving Scala"
• "The Eiffel Tower"
• "A Tool of Instant Artwork"
  
• "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert"
  

• "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader"
  
• "Feynman's Assessment of the Bureacratic Culture at NASA"
  
• "Living Life to the Fullest"
• "A Half Composed Puzzle"
  
• "Racism must go"
  
• "The Difficult Profession of Medicine"
  

• "The California Sea- Lion"
  "some Observations on Orangutans" & "The White-Tailed Deer"
  
• "The Hard Working Life of Cows: Making Diary Farms Make Money"
  
• "Night Life"
  
• "Observation of Colorful Trees in Autumn"
• "Still a Mystery: Ball Lightning"
  

• "Improving Life with Arthritis"
  
• The Uses of Leeches in Modern Medicine
  
• "The Promise of Regenerative Stem Cell Research"
  
• "Organ Trafficking"
  
• Mutilating Women for Life"
  
• "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion"
• "Caesarean Childbirth: The Real Cons as well as Pros"
  

  Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery"

• Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: A spellbinding and entertaining story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A brutally educational and moving story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A visually stunning and excellent movie
• John LeCarre's novel, The Constant Gardener compared with Meirelles, Simon-Channing and Caine's film, The Constant Gardener: the presentation of the characters
  
• John LeCarre's novel, The Constant Gardener compared with Meirelles, Simon-Channing and Caine's film, The Constant Gardener: Africa
  
• Mike Nichols' Wit: On the borders of decency
• Mike Nicols' Wit: A poignant film

Professional Online Materials

• For Richard Feynman
  • A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman
    
  • Michael Swaine, Four Feynman Books, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books
    
  • Peter Weiss, "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics", first published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44.
• For Dava Sobel
  • Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based.
  • A NOVA Transcript: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS.
  • A Review of Charles Sturridge's Longitude by Roy Schreiber, from The American Historical Review, 105:4 (2000):1438-1439.
  • Dava Sobel's beautiful and informative website
• For John McPhee
  • John McPhee's Home Page
  • Stephen Jay Gould on John McPhee as a geologist: a review of Basin and Range, New York Review of Books, 28:8 (1981):
  • Pioneer of Creative Non-Fiction: Wikipedia article.
  • Further reviews and links on and to McPhee's writing.
• For the book and film, The Constant Gardener,
  • John LeCarre, "Congo Journey", The Nation (October 2, 2006): 16-20.
  • Marcia Angell "The Body Hunters", New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Marcia Angell, "Your Dangerous Drugstore", New York Review of Books, 53:10 (June 8, 2006).
  • Bok, Derek. "Academic Values and the Lure of Profit", Chronicle of Higher Education, 49:30 (4 April 2003): B7-9
  • Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001
  • Bibliography for LeCarre
• For Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science:
  • Atul Gawande, The Bell Curve: What happens when patients find out how good their doctors really are?", The New Yorker, December 6, 2004.
    Atul Gawande, "Piecework: Medicine's Money Problem", The New Yorker, April 4, 2005.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Score: How childbirth went industrial", The New Yorker, October 9, 2006, 59-67.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Way We Age Now", The New Yorker, April 30, 2007
  • Atul Gawande. "Sick and Twisted", The New Yorker, July 23, 2007. A review of Michael Moore's documenary, Sicko
  • A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine.
    
• Internet Movie Database information for Longitude, The Constant Gardener,Wit

Fall 2007

Syllabus

Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology:
English 302N07 (Tues/Thurs, 10:30-11:45 am, Thompson 107; 302N10 (Tues/Thurs, 3:00-4:15 pm, East Building 134) 302N14 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm, Enterprize 175)

Short Talk Schedules

Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students

• MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop).
• CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers.
• APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop).

For Use in Class

Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N07, N10, N14

• Instructions
  
• Practice I
  
• Practice II

Student Models

• On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment"
• "Time and Space in the 17th Century:" on Dava Sobel's Longitude

• Proposal for Essay #1 on a musical instrument
• Proposal for Essay #2 memories of gardening and weeding
• Proposal for Essay #3 on financial models for hospitals

• "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge"
  
• The Moving Scala"
• "The Eiffel Tower"
• "A Tool of Instant Artwork"
  
• "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert"
  

• "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader"
  
• "Feynman's Assessment of the Bureacratic Culture at NASA"
  
• "Living Life to the Fullest"
• "A Half Composed Puzzle"
  
• "Racism must go"
• "The Difficult Profession of Medicine"

• "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer"
  
• "The Hard Working Life of Cows: Making Diary Farms Make Money"
  
• "Night Life"
  
• "Observation of Colorful Trees in Autumn"
• "Still a Mystery: Ball Lightning"
  
• "The California Sea- Lion"
  
• "Deserts, Wind and Water"
  

• "Improving Life with Arthritis"
  
• The Uses of Leeches in Modern Medicine
  
• "The Promise of Regenerative Stem Cell Research"
  
• "Organ Trafficking"
  
• Mutilating Women for Life"
  
• "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion"
• "Caesarean Childbirth: The Real Cons as well as Pros"
  

  Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery"

• Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: A spellbinding and entertaining story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A brutally educational and moving story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A visually stunning and excellent movie
• John LeCarre's novel, The Constant Gardener compared with Meirelles, Simon-Channing and Caine's film, The Constant Gardener: the presentation of the characters
  
• John LeCarre's novel, The Constant Gardener compared with Meirelles, Simon-Channing and Caine's film, The Constant Gardener: Africa
  
• Mike Nichols' Wit: On the borders of decency
• Mike Nicols' Wit: A poignant film

Professional Online Materials

• For Richard Feynman
  • A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman
    
  • Michael Swaine, Four Feynman Books, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books
    
  • Peter Weiss, "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics", first published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44.
• For Dava Sobel
  • Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based.
  • A NOVA Transcript: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS.
  • A Review of Charles Sturridge's Longitude by Roy Schreiber, from The American Historical Review, 105:4 (2000):1438-1439.
  • Reviews of Dava Sobel's The Planets at Amazon, and an online public compendium.
  • On Lynette Cook's twelve Illustrations for The Planets
  • Dava Sobel's beautiful and informative website
• For the book and film, The Constant Gardener,
  • John LeCarre, "Congo Journey", The Nation (October 2, 2006): 16-20.
  • Marcia Angell "The Body Hunters", New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Marcia Angell, "Your Dangerous Drugstore", New York Review of Books, 53:10 (June 8, 2006).
  • Bok, Derek. "Academic Values and the Lure of Profit", Chronicle of Higher Education, 49:30 (4 April 2003): B7-9
  • Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001
  • Bibliography for LeCarre
• For Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science:
  • Atul Gawande, The Bell Curve: What happens when patients find out how good their doctors really are?", The New Yorker, December 6, 2004.
    Atul Gawande, "Piecework: Medicine's Money Problem", The New Yorker, April 4, 2005.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Score: How childbirth went industrial", The New Yorker, October 9, 2006, 59-67.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Way We Age Now", The New Yorker, April 30, 2007
  • Atul Gawande. "Sick and Twisted", The New Yorker, July 23, 2007. A review of Michael Moore's documenary, Sicko
  • A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine.
    
• Internet Movie Database information for Longitude, The Constant Gardener,Wit

Preview

English courses

Summer 2008

Book and Film Lists.

Summer 2007

Syllabus

Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology:
English 302BN1: Tues/Thurs, 4:30 - 7:10 pm, Robinson Hall A210; English 302:BN2: Tues/Thurs, 7:20 - 10:00 pm, Robinson Hall A210)

Short Talk Schedule

Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students

• MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop).
• CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers.
• APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop).

For Use in Class

Learning to Write an Abstract for 302BN1 and 302BN2

• Instructions
  
• Practice I
  
• Practice II

Student Models

• On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment"
• "Time and Space in the 17th Century:" on Dava Sobel's Longitude

• Proposal for paper on a musical instrument

• "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge"
  
• The Moving Scala"
• "A Tool of Instant Artwork"
  
• "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert"
  

• "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader"
  
• "Feynman's Assessment of the Bureacratic Culture at NASA"
  
• "Living Life to the Fullest"
• "A Half Composed Puzzle"
  
• "Racism must go"
• "The Difficult Profession of Medicine"

• "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer"
  
• "The Hard Working Life of Cows: Making Diary Farms Make Money"
  
• "Night Life"
  
• "Observation of Colorful Trees in Autumn"
• "Still a Mystery: Ball Lightning"
  
• "The California Sea- Lion"
  
• "Deserts, Wind and Water"
  

• "Improving Life with Arthritis"
  
• The Uses of Leeches in Modern Medicine
  
• Mutilating Women for Life"
  
• "Organ Trafficking"
  
• "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion"
• "Ritalin and ADHD"
  
• "Caesarean Childbirth: The Real Cons as well as Pros"
  

  Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery"

• Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: A spellbinding and entertaining story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A brutally educational and moving story.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A visually stunning and excellent movie
• Mike Nichols' Wit: On the borders of decency
• Mike Nicols' Wit: A poignant film

Professional Online Materials

• For Richard Feynman
  • A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman
    
  • Michael Swaine, Four Feynman Books, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books
    
  • Peter Weiss, "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics", first published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44.
• For Dava Sobel
  • Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based.
  • A NOVA Transcript: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS.
  • A Review of Charles Sturridge's Longitude by Roy Schreiber, from The American Historical Review, 105:4 (2000):1438-1439.
• For the book and film, The Constant Gardener,
  • John LeCarre, "Congo Journey", The Nation (October 2, 2006): 16-20.
  • Marcia Angell "The Body Hunters", New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Marcia Angell, "Your Dangerous Drugstore", New York Review of Books, 53:10 (June 8, 2006).
  • Bok, Derek. "Academic Values and the Lure of Profit", Chronicle of Higher Education, 49:30 (4 April 2003): B7-9
  • Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001
  • Bibliography for LeCarre
• For Atul Gawande's Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science:
  • Atul Gawande, The Bell Curve: What happens when patients find out how good their doctors really are?", The New Yorker, December 6, 2004.
    Atul Gawande, "Piecework: Medicine's Money Problem", The New Yorker, April 4, 2005.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Score: How childbirth went industrial", The New Yorker, October 9, 2006, 59-67.
    
  • Atul Gawande, "The Way We Age Now", The New Yorker, April 30, 2007
  • A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine.
    
• Internet Movie Database information for Longitude, The Constant Gardener,Wit

Preview

Advanced Composition Natural Sciences and Technology

Fall 2007

Book and Film Lists.

Spring 2007

Syllabus

Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology:
English 302N15 (Mon, 7:20-10:10 pm, Robinson A206); English 302N17 (Mon, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson B124); English 30218 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm, Enterprise 275)

Short Talk Schedule

Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students

• MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop).
• CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers.
• APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop).

For Use in Class

Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N13, N15, N02

• Instructions
  
• Practice I
  
• Practice II

Four Professional Essays

• Marcia Angell "The Body Hunters", New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry.
• Marcia Angell, "Your Dangerous Drugstore", New York Review of Books, 53:10 (June 8, 2006).
• Atul Gawande's The Bell Curve: What happens when patients find out how good their doctors really are?", The New Yorker, December 6, 2004.
• Atul Gawande's "Piecework: Medicine's Money Problem", The New Yorker, April 4, 2005.
• Atul Gawande's "The Score: How childbirth went industrial", The New Yorker, October 9, 2006, 59-67.

Student Models

• On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment"
• "Time and Space in the 17th Century:" on Dava Sobel's Longitude

• Plan for paper on a musical instrument

• "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge"
  
• The Moving Scala"
• "A Tool of Instant Artwork"
  
• "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert"
  

• "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader"
  
• "Adventures of a Curious Character"
• "A Half Composed Puzzle"
  
• "Racism must go"
• "The Difficult Profession of Medicine"

• "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer"
  
• "The Hard Working Life of Cows: Making Diary Farms Make Money"
  
• "Night Life"
  
• "Still a Mystery: Ball Lightning"
  
• "The California Sea- Lion"
  
• "Deserts, Wind and Water"
  

• "Improving Life with Arthritis"
  
• The Uses of Leeches in Modern Medicine
  
• Female Circumcision
  
• "Ritalin and ADHD"
  
• "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion"
• "Caesarean Childbirth: The Real Cons as well as Pros"
  

  Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery"

• Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: Spellbinding and Entertaining.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A compelling film about science and politics.
• Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: Combining two genres
• Mike Nichols' Wit: The world of medicine and patient treatment
• Mike Nicols' Wit: A poignant look and mini-instruction book
• Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England

Further Online Materials

• For Richard Feynman
  • A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman
    
  • Michael Swaine, Four Feynman Books, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books
    
  • Peter Weiss, "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics", first published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44.
• For Dava Sobel
  • Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based.
  • A NOVA Transcript: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS.
  • A Review of Charles Sturridge's Longitude by Roy Schreiber, from The American Historical Review, 105:4 (2000):1438-1439.
• For Steve Olson's Mapping Human History
  • a short list of books and essays on archeaology, human genetic history, migration, language study, history, literature and memory
  • A NOVA Transcript: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS
• For the book and film, The Constant Gardener,
  • John LeCarre, "Congo Journey", The Nation (October 2, 2006): 16-20.
  • Bok, Derek. "Academic Values and the Lure of Profit", Chronicle of Higher Education, 49:30 (4 April 2003): B7-9
  • Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001
  • Bibliography for LeCarre
• For Danielle Ofri's 's Singular Intimacies:
  • A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine.
    
• Internet Movie Database information for Longitude, The Constant Gardener,Wit

Preview

Advanced Composition Natural Sciences and Technology

Summer 2007

Fall 2007

Book and Film Lists.

Fall 2006 Syllabus Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302N13 (Tues, 7:20-10:10 pm, Krug Hall 253); English 302N15 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm, Thompson 108) ; English 302N02 (Thurs, 7?20-10:00 pm, East Building 134) Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for English 302N13, N15, N02 Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop). CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop). For Use in Class Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N13, N15, N02 Instructions Practice I Practice II Four Professional Essays Marcia Angell "The Body Hunters", New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry. Marcia Angell, "Your Dangerous Drugstore", New York Review of Books, 53:10 (June 8, 2006). Atul Gawande's "Piecework: Medicine's Money Problem", The New Yorker, April 4, 2005. Atul Gawande's "The Score: How childbirth went industrial", The New Yorker, October 9, 2006, 59-67. Student Models For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" For Model Plan Plan for paper on a musical instrument Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" The Moving Scala:" On the Escalator "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" "Racism must go" "The Difficult Profession of Medicine" Essay #2 "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer" "The California Sea- Lion" "Still a Mystery: Ball Lightning" "Deserts, Wind and Water" Essay #3 "Improving Life with Arthritis" The Uses of Leeches in Modern Medicine Female Circumcision "Ritalin and ADHD" "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion" "Caesarean Childbirth: The Real Cons as well as Pros" Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery" Film Reviews Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: Spellbinding and Entertaining. Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A compelling film about science and politics. Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: Combining two genres Mike Nichols' Wit: The world of medicine and patient treatment Mike Nicols' Wit: A poignant look and mini-instruction book Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Further Online Materials For Richard Feynman A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Michael Swaine, Four Feynman Books, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Peter Weiss, "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics", first published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44. For Dava Sobel Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. A NOVA Transcript: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. A Review of Charles Sturridge's Longitude by Roy Schreiber, from The American Historical Review, 105:4 (2000):1438-1439. For Steve Olson's Mapping Human History a short list of books and essays on archeaology, human genetic history, migration, language study, history, literature and memory A NOVA Transcript: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS For the book and film, The Constant Gardener, John LeCarre, "Congo Journey", The Nation (October 2, 2006): 16-20. Bok, Derek. "Academic Values and the Lure of Profit", Chronicle of Higher Education, 49:30 (4 April 2003): B7-9 Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001 Bibliography for LeCarre For Danielle Ofri's 's Singular Intimacies: A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Selections from Bellevue Literary Review History and Background Internet Movie Database information for Longitude, The Constant Gardener,Wit Preview Advanced Composition Natural Sciences and Technology Spring 2007 English 302N15 (M, 7:20-10:00 pm, no room set) 302N17 (W, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson B102) N18 (R, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson B124) Summer 2007 Session B: 302N (Tues/Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm), 302N (Tues/Thurs, 7:20-10:00 pm) [no section number assigned as yet] Book and Film Lists. Summer 2006 Syllabus Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302:BN1 (Tues/Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson B103); English 302.BN2(Tues/Thurs, 7:20-10:00 pm, Robinson B103) Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for English 302BN1 & 302BN2 Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop). CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop). For English 302BN1 and 302BN2: Advanced Composition in Natural Sciences and Technology Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N13 Instructions Practice I Practice II Student Models For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" For Model Plan Plan for paper on a musical instrument Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" The Moving Scala:" On the Escalator "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" "Racism must go" "The Difficult Profession of Medicine" Essay #2 "Improving Life with Arthritis" The Uses of Leeches in Modern Medicine The American Way "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion" "Dental Implants" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery" For Comparisons of Novel and Films: On A Month in the Country, Novel and Film: The Power of Mise-en-scne versus Landscape and Dialogue: Opening Scenes. On Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Mise-en-scne versus Verbal Imagery: What Human Beings Treasure Most. Film Reviews Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: Spellbinding and Entertaining. Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: A compelling film about science and politics. Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener: Combining two genres Mike Nichols' Wit: The world of medicine and patient treatment Mike Nicols' Wit: A poignant look and mini-instruction book Stephen Frears' Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Further Online Materials For Richard Feynman A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Michael Swaine, Four Feynman Books, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Peter Weiss, "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics", first published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44. For Dava Sobel Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. The NOVA Transcript: Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. For the book and film, The Constant Gardener, Marcia Angell "The Body Hunters", New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry. Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001 Bibliography for LeCarre Danielle Ofri's 's Bellevue Literary Review: Selections from Recent Issue History and Background A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Marcia Angell, "Your Dangerous Drugstore", New York Review of Books, 53:10 (June 8, 2006). Internet Movie Database information for Wit and The Constant Gardener Preview Advanced Composition Natural Sciences and Technology Fall 2006 English 302N13, N15, N02 (T, 7:20-10:00 pm; R, 4:30-7:10 & 7:20-10:00 pm) Book and Film List. Spring 2006 Syllabus Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302:N11 (Tues/Thurs, 10:30-11:45 pm, Robinson A123); English 302.N12 (Tues/Thurs, 12:00-1:15 pm, Robinson B103); English 302.N13 (Tues/Thurs, 1:30-2:45 pm, Robinson B103) Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for 302N11; 302N12; 302N13 Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop). CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop). For English 302N11, N12, N13: Advanced Composition in Natural Sciences and Technology Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N13 Instructions Practice I Practice II Student Models For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" For Model Plan Plan for paper on a musical instrument Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" The Moving Scala:" On the Escalator "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" "Racism must go" "The Difficult Profession of Medicine" Essay #2 "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer" "The California Sea- Lion" "Still a Mystery: Ball Lightning" "Deserts, Wind and Water" Essay #3 "Improving Life with Arthritis" "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion" "Dental Implants" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery" For Comparisons of Novel and Films: On A Month in the Country, Novel and Film: The Power of Mise-en-sc�ène versus Landscape and Dialogue: Opening Scenes. On Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Mise-en-sc�ène versus Verbal Imagery: What Human Beings Treasure Most. Film Reviews Spellbinding and Entertaining: "Lost at Sea" Stephen Frears's Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Further Online Materials For Richard Feynman A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books "Dr Feynman's Doodles: How one scientist's simple sketches transformed physics" by Peter Weiss (published in Science News, 168:3 [July 16, 2005]:40-42, 44) Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. Two NOVA Transcripts: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS; and Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. For Steve Olson's Mapping Human History: a short list of books and essays on archeaology, human genetic history, migration, language study, history, literature and memory GMU English department text and community website for Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild For the book and film, The Constant Gardener, "The Body Hunters" by Marcia Angell, New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry. Todd Hoffman, "The Constant Writer: LeCarre Spies a New Villain", Queen's Quarterly, Spring 2001 (Spring 108). Danielle Ofri's 's Bellevue Literary Review: Selections from Recent Issue History and Background "Common Ground" (first published in Discover, reprinted in Best American Science Writing, ed. Oliver Sacks (HarperCollins 2003): 213-221. A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Internet Movie Database information for Wit and The Constant Gardener Preview Advanced Composition Natural Sciences and Technology Summer 2006 English 302NBN1 & BN2 (T/R, 4:20-7:10 pm; T/R, 7:20-10:00 pm) Fall 2006 English 302N13, N15, N02 (T, 7:20-10:00 pm; R, 4:30-7:10 & 7:20-10:00 pm) Book and Film Lists. Fall 2005 Syllabus Reading & Writing About Texts: Eng 201:026 (Tues, 4:30-7:10, Robinson A125) Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302:N08 (Tues/Thurs, 1:30-2:45 pm, Robinson A109); English 302.N09 (Tues/Thurs, 3:00-4:15 pm, Robinson A245 Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for 201.026 Short Talks for 302N08; 302N09 Bibliography and Notes Formats for All Students MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop). CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop). For English 201.026: Reading and Writing About Texts The Format Students Must Follow to Write Essays The Essay with Guidelines Student Models (for 201.026) For Short Talk Two Short Talks on Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Shifting Points of View versus Ensemble Cast and Flashbacks" One Student Talk on Chr��étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide For Essays with Guidelines: An Essay Following Guidelines on Three Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poems An Essay Following Guidelines on Thomas Middleton's Jacobean play, Women Beware Women An Essay Following Guidelines comparing the treatment of passion in Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest with Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility An Essay Following Guidelines comparing Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly An Essay Following Guidelines on the use of gothic landscape and romance in Anthony Trollope's Anglo-Irish novel, An Eye for an Eye An Essay Following Guidelines on illusions and ghosts in Three Ghost Stories For Comparisons of Novel and Films: On A Month in the Country, Novel and Film: The Power of Mise-en-sc��ène versus Landscape and Dialogue: Opening Scenes. On Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Mise-en-sc��ène versus Verbal Imagery: What Human Beings Treasure Most. Film Review Stephen Frears's Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Further Online and Reserve Materials for 201.026 J. L. Carr's A Month in the Country Brief life and works encyclopedia entry Quince Tree Press Ann Patchett's Bel Canto Book Reviews and Interviews about Ann Patchett's Bel Canto; from Gwen Ifill interviews Patchett for PBS; David Welch interviews Patchett for Powell.com; An Anonymous Interview of Patchett on "official" website; Reading Group Study Guide. William Wellman film, The Ox-Bow Incident. Graham Swift's Last Orders From the Victorian Web: Graham Swift: An Overview, consisting of essays and much information on the man and his books, From Brock University, Dept. of English, Prof. John Lye's outline of the novel, Last Orders by Graham Swift. Bobbie Ann Mason's The Girl Sleuth An Informative Nancy Drew website. A Judy Bolton archive. Bibliography for Children's Literature Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Teheran by Judith Lewis Internet Movie Database information for: A Month in the Country, The Piano, Last Orders, Ox- Bow Incident For English 302N08 and N09: Advanced Composition in Natural Sciences and Technology Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N13 Instructions Practice I Practice II Student Models For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" For Model Plan Plan for paper on a musical instrument Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" The Moving Scala:" On the Escalator "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" Essay #2 "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer" "The California Sea- Lion" "Deserts, Wind and Water" Essay #3 "Improving Life with Arthritis" "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion" "Dental Implants" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery" Further Online Materials A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. Two NOVA Transcripts: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS; and Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. For Steve Olson's Mapping Human History: a short list of books and essays on archeaology, human genetic history, migration, language study, history, literature and memory For the book and film, The Constant Gardener, "The Body Hunters" by Marcia Angell, New York Review of Books, 52:15, October 16, 2005. A review of book and film and researched essay on politics and the pharmaceutical industry. Atul Gawande's Website: includes a list of his publications. Danielle Ofri's 's Bellevue Literary Review: Selections from Recent Issue History and Background A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Internet Movie Database information for Wit. Perri Klass's Reach Out and Read: Literary Promotion in Pediatrics: A Talk , accompanied by a short biography and bibliography. Summer 2005 Syllabus Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302:BN3 (Tues/Thurs, 4:30 - 7:10 pm, Robinson Hall A107) English 302.BN2 (Tues/Thurs, 7:20 - 10:00 pm, Robinson Hall A109) Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for 302BN3/BN2 Learning to Write an Abstract for 302BN2 and BN3 Instructions Practice I Practice II Bibliography and Notes Formats MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop). CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop). Student Models For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" The Moving Scala:" On the Escalator "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" Essay #2 "Improving Life with Arthritis" "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion" "Dental Implants" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" "Ritalin and ADHD" First Alternative (Biographical Portrait Sketch) "Unravelling the Mystery" Second Alternative (researched subject matter drawn from Olson, permission from instructor required) "Deserts, Wind and Water" Further Online Materials A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. Two NOVA Transcripts: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS; and Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. A short list of books and essays on topics, texts and films related to Steve Olson's Mapping Human History: our human genetic and cultural heritage and history. Atul Gawande's Website: includes a list of his publications. Danielle Ofri's 's Bellevue Literary Review: Selections from Recent Issue History and Background A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Internet Movie Database information for Wit. Perri Klass's Reach Out and Read: Literary Promotion in Pediatrics: A Talk , accompanied by a short biography and bibliography.

Preview Fall 2005 Advanced Composition: Natural Sciences and Technology, English 302N08 and 302N09 (Tues/Thurs, 1:30-2:45 pm, Robinson A249; 3:00-4:15 pm, Robinson A243) Reading & Writing About Texts: A Primary Course on Literature, English 201:026 (Tues, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson A125) Book and Film Lists. Spring 2005 Syllabi Advanced Composition on the Humanities: Eng 302:H14 (Tues/Thurs, 9:00-10:15 am, Robinson A246) Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302N09 (Tues/Thurs, 10:30-11:45 pm, Thompson 112), English 302N10 (Tues/Thurs, 12-1:15 pm, Robinson B124) Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for 302H14 Short Talks for 302N09/10 Learning to Write an Abstract for 302H14, N09 and N10 Instructions Practice I Practice II Bibliography and Notes Formats MLA Style (Modern Language Association): a list of entries with explanations (from Writers' Workshop). CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors): Chapter 6 of The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. APA Style (American Psychological Association): the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (from Writers' Workshop). For English 302H14: Advanced Composition on the Humanities Student Models for 302H14 For Short Talk: On Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide Two Short Talks on Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Shifting Points of View versus Ensemble Cast and Flashbacks" For Essays: There are models in Timothy Corrigan's A Short Guide for Guide to Writing About Film. Fifth Edition. New York: Longmans, 2001. ISBN 0-321-08114-5. Writing About Art Bernini's Apollo and Daphne The Red Fox Inn: Middleburg, Virginia Writing About Music Plainsong Melissa Etheride's "Royal Station 4/16 Writing About Films: On A Month in the Country, Novel and Film: The Power of Mise-en-sc�ène versus Landscape and Dialogue: Opening Scenes. On Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Mise-en-sc�ène versus Verbal Imagery: What Human Beings Treasure Most. Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frears's Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Writing About Literature Guidelines for writing a Literary Essay. Perversions of Natural Emotions in Love and Marriage in Three Anglo-Saxon Poems Love as Possession in Thomas Middleton's Jacobean play, Women Beware Women Passion and Romance in Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest and Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility A Comparison of Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Martin's Mary Reilly "Gothic Landscape in Trollope's An Eye for an Eye" "Illusions or Ghosts": Three Ghost Stories Memory and Self: In Search of Lost Time Through Literature "On Rereading The Wind in the Willows" "Go Ask Alice: A Believable Diary About Drug Use" "A Rediscovery of the Velveteen Rabbit" "E. B. White and Charlotte's Web "A Memory to Live By: Where the Red Fern Grows" Further Online and Reserve Materials for 302H14 Patchett's Bel Canto Book Reviews and Interviews about Ann Patchett's Bel Canto; from Gwen Ifill interviews Patchett for PBS; David Welch interviews Patchett for Powell.com; An Anonymous Interview of Patchett on "official" website; Reading Group Study Guide. Jane Campion's The Piano On reserve at the Johnson Center: Jane Campion's The Piano, a screenplay (New York: Hyperion, 1993, ISBN 1562827030); Harriet Margolis, ed. Jane Campion's The Piano. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Handbook, 2000, ISBN 0521597218) An online version of Jane Campion's The Piano: A Screenplay. Alan Stone's review of The Piano from The Boston Review: A Political and Literary Forum. On the William Wellman film, The Ox-Bow Incident. Graham Swift's Last Orders From the Victorian Web: Graham Swift: An Overview, consisting of essays and much information on the man and his books, From Brock University, Dept. of English, Prof. John Lye's outline of the novel, Last Orders by Graham Swift. On Reading Lolita in Teheran by Judith Lewis Bobbie Ann Mason's The Girl Sleuth An Informative Nancy Drew website. A Judy Bolton archive. Bibliography for Children's Literature A List of Children's books suitable for In Search of Lost Time. Internet Movie Database information for: A Month in the Country, The Piano, Last Orders, Ox- Bow Incident For English 302N09 and N10: Advanced Composition in Natural Sciences and Technology Student Models for 302N09 and N10 For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" Essay #2 "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer" "The California Sea- Lion" "Deserts, Wind and Water" Essay #3 "Improving Life with Arthritis" "The Real Aftereffects of Abortion" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Unravelling the Mystery" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" Further Online Materials for 302N09/N10 A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. Two NOVA Transcripts: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS; and Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. A short list of books and essays on topics, texts and films related to Steve Olson's Mapping Human History: our human genetic and cultural heritage and history. Danielle Ofri's 's Bellevue Literary Review: Selections from Recent Issue History and Background A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Internet Movie Database information for Wit. Perri Klass's Reach Out and Read: Literary Promotion in Pediatrics: A Talk , accompanied by a short biography and bibliography. Preview Summer 2005 Advanced Composition: Natural Sciences and Technology, Session B: Eng 302BN3 and 302BN2 (Tues/Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson A107; 7:20-10:00 pm, Robinson A109) Fall 2005 Advanced Composition: Natural Sciences and Technology, English 302N08 and 302N09 (Tues/Thurs, 1:30-2:45 pm, Robinson A249; 3:00-4:15 pm, Robinson A243) Book and Film Lists. Fall 2004 Syllabi Reading & Writing About Texts: Eng 201:033/035 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10, 7:20-10pm, Enterprize 279/Robinson A210) Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302N13: Mon, 7:20-10:100 pm, Robinson A101 Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for 201.033/035 Short Talks for 302N13 For English 201.033/035: Reading and Writing About Texts The Format Students Must Follow to Write Essays The Essay with Guidelines Student Models (for 201.033/035) For Short Talk Two Short Talks on Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Shifting Points of View versus Ensemble Cast and Flashbacks" One Student Talk on Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide For Essays with Guidelines: An Essay Following Guidelines on Three Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poems An Essay Following Guidelines on Thomas Middleton's Jacobean play, Women Beware Women An Essay Following Guidelines comparing the treatment of passion in Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest with Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility An Essay Following Guidelines comparing Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly An Essay Following Guidelines on the use of gothic landscape and romance in Anthony Trollope's Anglo-Irish novel, An Eye for an Eye An Essay Following Guidelines on illusions and ghosts in Three Ghost Stories For Comparisons of Novel and Films: On A Month in the Country, Novel and Film: The Power of Mise-en-sc�ène versus Landscape and Dialogue: Opening Scenes. On Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Mise-en-sc�ène versus Verbal Imagery: What Human Beings Treasure Most. Film Review Stephen Frears's Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Further Online and Reserve Materials for 201.003/035 From the Victorian Web: Graham Swift: An Overview, consisting of essays and much information on the man and his books, From Brock University, Dept. of English, Prof. John Lye's outline of the novel, Last Orders by Graham Swift. For English 302N13: Advanced Composition in Natural Sciences and Technology Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N13 Instructions Practice I Practice II Student Models for 302N13 For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" Essay #2 "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer" "The California Sea- Lion" "Deserts, Wind and Water" Essay #3 "Improving Life with Arthritis" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Unravelling the Mystery" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" Further Online Materials for 302N13 A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. Two NOVA Transcripts: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS; and Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. A short list of books and essays on topics, texts and films related to Steve Olson's Mapping Human History: our human genetic and cultural heritage and history. Melvin Konner's Website A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Internet Movie Database information for Wit. Perri Klass's Reach Out and Read: Literary Promotion in Pediatrics: A Talk , accompanied by a short biography and bibliography. Preview Spring 2005 Advanced Composition in the Humanities: Eng 302:H14 (Tues/Thurs, 9- 10:15am, Robinson A246) Advanced Composition: Natural Sciences and Technology: Eng 302N09/10 (Tues/Thurs, 10:30-11:45 am, 12-1:15 pm, Thompson 112; Robinson B124) Two Book and Film Lists. Summer 2005 Advanced Composition: Natural Sciences and Technology, Session B: Eng 301BN1 and 301BN2 (Tues/Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm, 7:20-10:00 pm) (I've not yet decided on all books or films, but see the above list for 302N09/10 for the some specifics and kinds of books.) Summer 2004 Syllabus Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302BN2: Tues/Thurs, 7:20-10:100 pm Now Located Permanently in Robinson A101! Short Talk Schedule Short Talks Learning to Write an Abstract Instructions Practice I Practice II Student Models For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" Two Short Talks on Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Shifting Points of View versus Ensemble Cast and Flashbacks" Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" Essay #2 "Improving Life with Arthritis" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Unravelling the Mystery" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" "Deserts, Wind and Water" Film Review Stephen Frears's Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Further Online Materials A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. Two NOVA Transcripts: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS; and Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. A short list of books and essays on topics, texts and films related to Steve Olson's Mapping Human History: our human genetic and cultural heritage and history. A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Internet Movie Database information for Wit. Fall 2004 Preview Reading & Writing About Texts: Eng 201:033/035 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10, 7:20-10pm, Enterprize 279/Robinson A210); Advanced Composition: Natural Sciences and Technology: Eng 302N13 (Mon, 7:20-10:00 pm, Robinson A101) Two Book and Film Lists. Spring 2004 Syllabus Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302N12: Monday, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson B204 English 302N13: 7:20-10:100 pm, Enterprise Hall 275 Short Talk Schedule Short Talks for 302N12 and N13 Learning to Write an Abstract Instructions Practice I Practice II Student Models For Short Talk On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" Two Short Talks on Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Shifting Points of View versus Ensemble Cast and Flashbacks" Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" Essay #2 On A Month in the Country, Novel and Film: The Power of Mise-en-sc�ène versus Landscape and Dialogue: Opening Scenes. On Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Mise-en-sc�ène versus Verbal Imagery: What Human Beings Treasure Most. Guidelines for writing a Literary Essay. A Comparison of Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Martin's Mary Reilly Essay #3 "Improving Life with Arthritis" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Unravelling the Mystery" "Caesarean Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" Film Review Stephen Frears's Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Further Online Materials A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. Two NOVA Transcripts: In Search of the First Language as aired by PBS; and Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude as aired by PBS. Michael Ondaatje: An Overview, consisting of essays and much information on the man and his books. Text and Community Website 2004 for The English Patient Postcolonial materials connected to Ondaatje's novel and Steve Olson's Mapping Human History. Short Outline/Parallels and Contrasts: Ondaatje's English Patient and Minghella's English Patient. A short list of books and essays on topics, texts and films: Ondaatje and Minghella's The English Patient and Mapping Human History. A short list of books and essays on the science of medicine. Internet Movie Database information for The English Patient and Wit. Summer 2004 Preview Adv Comp: Natural Sciences/Technology: Eng 302:BN2 (Tues/Thurs, 7:20-10:00 pm). Book and Film List. Fall 2004 Reading & Writing About Texts: Eng 201:033/034 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10, 7:20-10pm) Book and Film List. Fall 2003 Syllabuses Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Applied Technology: English 302N15: Thursday, 4:30 - 7:10 pm, Enterprise Hall 275 Advanced Composition on the Humanities: English 302H20 and 302H21: Friday, 10:30 am - 1:15 pm, Robinson B102; Saturday, 9:00 am - 1:45 pm, Robinson A246 Short Talk Schedules: Short Talks for 302N15 Short Talks for 302H20 and H21 Learning to Write an Abstract for 302N15, 302H20, 302H21 Instructions Practice I Practice II Student Models for 302N15 For Short Talk: On "Richard Feynman's Definition of a Good Experiment" Essay #1 "The Great American Scream Machine" and "The Golden Gate Bridge" "From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews: "The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader" "Adventures of a Curious Character" Essay #2 "Some Observations on the Orangutans," "The White-Tailed Deer" "The California Sea- Lion" Essay #3: "Improving Life with Arthritis" "Ritalin and ADHD" "Unravelling the Mystery" "Caesaran Childbirth: A Modern Convenience?" Student Models for 302H20 and H21 For Short Talk: On Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide Two Short Talks on Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Shifting Points of View versus Ensemble Cast and Flashbacks" Essay #1 and Film Reviews: There are a number of models are in Timothy Corrigan's A Short Guide for Guide to Writing About Film. Fifth Edition. New York: Longmans, 2001. ISBN 0-321-08114-5. On A Month in the Country, Novel and Film: The Power of Mise-en-sc�ène versus Landscape and Dialogue: Opening Scenes. On Last Orders, Novel and Film: "Mise-en-sc�ène versus Verbal Imagery: What Human Beings Treasure Most. Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frears's Mary Reilly: Social Stratification and Class Consciousness in 19th Century England Essay #2: Guidelines for writing a Literary Essay. A Comparison of Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Martin's Mary Reilly "Gothic Landscape in Trollope's An Eye for an Eye" "Illusions or Ghosts": Three Ghost Stories Essay #3: In Search of Lost Time "On Rereading The Wind in the Willows" "Go Ask Alice: A Believable Diary About Drug Use" "A Rediscovery of the Velveteen Rabbit" "E. B. White and Charlotte's Web "A Memory to Live By: Where the Red Fern Grows" Further Online Materials for 302N15 A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude is based. A NOVA Transcript: The Script for Longitude as aired by PBS A short list of books on the science of medicine Internet Movie Database information for Wit. Melvin Konner's Website Further Online and Reserve Materials for 302H20 and H21 A short list of books on Children's Literature A List of Novels and Stories for Children From the Victorian Web: Graham Swift: An Overview, consisting of essays and much information on the man and his books, From Brock University, Dept. of English, Prof. John Lye's outline of the novel, Last Orders by Graham Swift. On reserve at the Johnson Center: Jane Campion's The Piano: A Screenplay. An online version of Jane Campion's The Piano: A Screenplay. Internet Movie Database information for: A Month in the Country, Last Orders, The Piano, Mary Reilly Spring 2004 Preview Advanced Comp: Natural Sciences & Technology: English 302:N12 and N13 (Monday, 4:30-710, 7:20-10:00pm). Book and Film List. Summer 2003: Advanced Writing on the Natural Sciences and Technology English 302BN1: Tues/Thurs, 4:30 - 7:10 pm, Robinson B222 English 302BN2: Tues/Thurs, 7:20 - 10:00 pm, Enterprise 279 The Syllabus Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks Student Models: Essay #1 The Great American Scream Machine and The Golden Gate Bridge From Dictaphone to Disc: The Beginnings of the In-Home Concert Book Reviews: The Scientific Method: A Review of Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and Mark Ridley's Darwin Reader Adventures of a Curious Character Essay #2: Improving Life with Arthritis Ritalin and ADHD Unravelling the Mystery Caesaran Childbirth: A Modern Convenience? Learning to Write an Abstract Instructions Practice I Practice II Further Online Materials A short list of books by and on Richard Feynman Four Feynman Books by Michael Swaine, "Programmer's Bookshelf", Electronic Review of Books Reviews of Dava Sobel's book, Longitude upon which the film, Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (see below) is based. A short list of books on the science of medicine Melvin Konner's Website Perri Klass's Reach Out and Read: Literary Promotion in Pediatrics: A Talk , accompanied by a short biography and bibliography. Internet Movie Database information on the film adaptation of Margaret Edson's Wit by Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson. Films: Ralph Leighton's The Last Journey of a Genius. A BBC/NOVA film, 54 minutes, January 1989. This is a film portrait biography of Richard Feynman. Christopher Sykes's The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. A BBC/WGBH MCPS 1999 film, 45 minutes. This is a film of a long interview with Feynman on science. Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude. A 1998 NOVA film, 60 minutes. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, with Patrick Malahide as John Harrison. Wit, HBO film, made for TV, from a screenplay by Emma Thompson and Mike Nichols, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edson. Directed by Mike Nichols, starring Emma Thompson as Vivan Bearing, Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Kelekian, Eileen Atkins as E.M. Ashford, Audra McDonald as Susie Monahan, Jonathan M. Woodward as Jason Posner, Harold Pinter as Vivian's Father, and Rebecca Laurie as Vivian aged 5. A professor is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. 98 minutes. Fall 2003 Preview Advanced Comp: Humanities: 302:H20 (Fri, 10:30am-1:15pm) and 302.H21 (Sat, 9:00am-1:4 pm); Advanced Comp: Natural Sciences & Technology: English 302:N15 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10pm). Two Book and Film Lists. Spring 2003: Advanced Writing on the Natural Sciences and Technology English 302N13: Wednesday, 7:20-10:00 pm, Krug Hall 253 English 302N14: Thursday, 4:30-7:10 pm, Robinson Hall A247 The Syllabus Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks Student Models: Student Models for Essay #1 Student Models for Essay #2 Student Model for Book Review Student Model 1 for Abstract, Annotated Bibliography & Research Essay for #3 Student Model 2 for Abstract, Annotated Bibliography, & Research Essay for #3 Older Student Model Reseach Essay for #3 Student Model for Short Talk from Literature Course Learning to Write an Abstract Instructions Practice I Practice II Two Short Bibliographies and Further Online Materials For a short list of books by and on Richard Feynman, click here A Professional On-Line "Popular" Review of Some Biographies of Feynman: Dr Dobbs, Michael Swaine's "Four Feynman Books," "Programmer's Bookshelf", from Electronic Review of Books For a short list of books on the science of medicine, click here For Melvin Konner's Website click here Films: Ralph Leighton's The Last Journey of a Genius. A BBC/NOVA film, 54 minutes, January 1989. This is a film portrait biography of Richard Feynman. Christopher Sykes's The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. A BBC/WGBH MCPS 1999 film, 45 minutes. This is a film of a long interview with Feynman on science. This is available at The Tuva Trader Page. Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude. A 1998 NOVA film, 60 minutes. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, with Patrick Malahide as John Harrison. David Attenborough's Life on Earth: A Natural History. The 13 separate episodes and an abridgement of these into two tapes running 3 hours and 45 minutes. A 1987 Warner Home Video. Frederick Wiseman's Near Death, written, directed, produced by Frederick Wiseman. Boston, 1989. This is a six-hour film which tells a group of interweaved stories about patients who come into intensive care in modern American hospitals. We will see Parts One and Two. The film provides further context for our investigation of the science and technologies of medicine. Summer 2003: Session B Preview Advanced Composition in Natural Sciences and Technology, English 302BN1 (Tues/Thurs, 4:30PM; 7:10PM ) and 302BN2 (Tues/Thurs; 7:20PM 10:00PM) A Book and Film List. Fall 2002 Syllabuses for Western Literary Masterworks: English 203.002, The Matters of Troy and Arthur and the Renaissance as it affected Women: Monday, 7:20 - 10:00 pm, East Hall 121 Reading and Writing About Texts: English 201.016 and 019, A Primary Course on How to Read and to Write About Literature 016: Mon/Wed, 10:30 - 11:45 am, Robinson Hall B202; 019: Mon/Wed, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Robinson Hall B124 Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks for English 203.002: Western Literary Masterworks A Schedule of Short Talks for English 201.016 and 019: A Primary Course in How to Read and Write about Literature For all three classes (English 203.002, 201.016 and 019): Model Student Talk by Diana Mullen on Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide The Essay with Guidelines For all three classes (English 203.002, 201.016 and 019), Western Literary Masterworks and Reading Texts: The Essay with Guidelines Student Models of Essays with Guidelines Of particular interest to 203.002, Western Literary Masterworks: An Essay Following Guidelines on Three Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poems An Essay Following Guidelines on Thomas Middleton's Jacobean play, Women Beware Women An Essay Following Guidelines on 'Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide, The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot) and Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon Of particular Interest to 201.016 and 019, Reading and Writing About Texts: An Essay Following Guidelines comparing the treatment of passion in Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest with Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility An Essay Following Guidelines comparing Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly An Essay Following Guidelines on the use of gothic landscape and romance in Anthony Trollope's Anglo-Irish novel, An Eye for an Eye An Essay Following Guidelines on illusions and ghosts in Three Ghost Stories Available Online Texts for English 203.002, Western Literary Masterworks Sophocles Antigone in a translation by Sir Richard Jebb Pallenberg, Rospo and John Boorman, Three variants on the Screenplay for their 1981 film, Excalibur: 1) An Early Draft, not the Shooting Script; 2) A Screenplay by Rospo Pallenberg, adapted from Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur; and 3) A very long version which is the closest text on the Net to actual final Shooting Script Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette's The Princess de Cl�èves John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi Spring 2003 Preview Advanced Composition in Natural Sciences and Technology, English 302N13 (Wed, 7:20-10:00 PM) and 302.N14 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10 PM) A Book and Film List. Summer 2002 Syllabuses for Advanced Writing on the Natural Sciences and Technology Syllabus for Session B: English 302:BN2 Tues/Thurs, 7:20 - 10:00 pm, Robinson A205 Syllabus for Session C: English 302:CN2: MTWR, 11:45 AM -- 1:50 PM Robinson A206 Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks for Session B A Schedule of Short Talks for Session C Student Models Models for Essay #1 Book Review of Two Books by Feynman Model 1 for Abstract, Annotated Bibliography & Research Essay for #2 Model 2 for Abstract, Annotated Bibliography, & Research Essay for #2 Older Model Reseach Essay for #2 Learning to Write an Abstract Instructions Practice I Practice II Bibliographies for our two major science writers: A Feynman Bibliography A Professional Review of Some Biographies of Feynman: Dr Dobbs, "Four Feynman Books," "Programmer's Bookshelf", from Electronic Review of Books Bibliography for Science and Technologies of Medicine Spring 2002 Syllabus for Western Literary Masterworks English 203.003, Thursday, 7:20 - 10:00 pm. Robinson A248 English 203.002, Monday, 7:20 - 10:00 pm. Robinson A125 Troy, Arthur, and the Stage-Play World Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks An Essay with Guidelines: the Journal-Essay Student Models A Journal Essay on Three Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poems A Journal Essay on Thomas Middleton's Jacobean play, Women Beware Women A Journal Essay on 'Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide and The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot) A Journal Essay on 'Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide, The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot) and Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon Model Student Talk by Diana Mullen on Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide Model Student Outline by Pamela Melendez for a Journal-Essay on Alcestis, Hippolytus, Medea Model Student Outline by Karen Berkon for a Journal-Essay on Alcestis, Trojan Women, and Iphigenia at Aulis Online Texts for Course Three Poems: Matthew Arnold, "Tristam and Iseult" (1852); Sara Teasdale, "Guenevere" (1911); and Alfred Tennyson, "The Passing of Arthur" (1869). Virgil's Aeneid: An Outline Pallenberg, Rospo and John Boorman, Three variants on the Screenplay for their 1981 film, Excalibur: 1) An Early Draft, not the Shooting Script; 2) A Screenplay by Rospo Pallenberg, adapted from Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur; and 3) A very long version which is the closest text on the Net to actual final Shooting Script Texts Online John Dryden's 1697 verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid W. W. Comfort's 1913 prose translations of Chr�étien's Erec and Enide; The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot); and The Knight and the Lion (Yvain) Jessie Weston's 1898/1900 prose translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Joseph B�édier's The Romance of Tristan and Iseult The Internet Wiretap edition of an English translation of Thomas More's Utopia W. K. Marriott March's 1998 translation of Nicolo Machiavelli's The Prince Litrix Reading Room 1999 Etext edition of Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale Fall 2001 Syllabus for Western Literary Masterworks English 203.002, Thursday, 7:20-10:00 pm. Robinson A249 An Exploration of Traditional Communal Myths (the Matter of Troy, the Matter of Arthur) and the Emergence of Individualism Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks An Essay with Guidelines: the Journal-Essay Student Models A Journal Essay on Three Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poems A Journal Essay on Thomas Middleton's Jacobean play, Women Beware Women A Journal Essay on 'Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide and The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot) A Journal Essay comparing Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly Model Student Talk by Diana Mullen on Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide Model Student Outline by Pamela Melendez for a Journal-Essay on Alcestis, Hippolytus, Medea Model Student Outline by Karen Berkon for a Journal-Essay on Alcestis, Trojan Women, and Iphigenia at Aulis Available Online Texts Virgil's Aeneid: An Outline Pallenberg, Rospo and John Boorman, Three variants on the Screenplay for their 1981 film, Excalibur: 1) An Early Draft, not the Shooting Script; 2) A Screenplay by Rospo Pallengberg, adapted from Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur; and 3) A very long version which is the closest text on the Net to actual final Shooting Script Summer 2001 Syllabus for Gothics and Ghosts, Romance and the Supernatural English 202.B01, Tues/Thurs, 4:30 to 7:10 pm. Krug Hall 7 Gothics and Ghosts, Romance and the Supernatural Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks An Essay With Guidelines the Journal Essays Student Models A Journal essay comparing the treatment of passion in Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest with Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility A Journal essay on the relationship between Robert Louis Stevenons's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly A Journal essay on illusions and ghosts in Three Ghost Stories A Journal Essay on the use of gothic landscape and romance in Anthony Trollope's Anglo-Irish novel, An Eye for an Eye Model Student Talk by Diana Mullen on Chr�étien de Troye's Erec and Enide Available Online Texts E. F. Benson's "The Room in the Tower" M. E. Braddon's "The Shadow in the Corner" F. Marion Crawford's "For the Blood is the Life" F. Marion Crawford's "The Upper Berth" Mary W. Wilkins Freeman's "The Lost Ghost" Cast List, Summary and Reviews of the 1989 BBC film adaptation of Susan Hill's Woman in Black W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw" M. R. James's "An Episode of Cathedral History" M. R. James's "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla" Walter Scott's "The Tapestried Chamber" Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Chapter of Dreams" R. L. Stevenson's "A Gossip on Romance" Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's "The Judge's House" On Reserve at Johnson Center One copy of Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest Two copies of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca One copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein One copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde One copy of Alan Ryan's Penguin Book of Vampire Stories. All of the above may be taken out for a week. Spring 2001 Syllabus for Western Literary Masterworks English 203.001, Tues/Thurs, 3:00-4:15 pm. East Building 201 English 203.002, Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm. Robinson B 118 Traditional Communal Myth versus An Individual's Work Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks An Essay with Guidelines: the Journal-Essay Student Models A Journal Essay on Three Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Poems A Journal Essay on Thomas Middleton's Jacobean play, Women Beware Women A Journal Essay on Anthony Trollope's Anglo-Irish novel, An Eye for an Eye A Journal Essay comparing Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly Model Student Talk by Diana Mullen on Chr�étien de Troyes's Erec and Enide Model Student Outline by Pamela Melendez for a Journal-Essay on Alcestis, Hippolytus, Medea Fall 2000: Syllabus Advanced Writing: On the Natural Sciences English 302.N07: Monday, 4:30 to 7:10 pm, Krug Hall 242 English 302.N08: Monday, 7:20 to 10:00 pm, Enterprise Hall 275 Other Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks Student Models Model for Essay #1 Models for Essay #2 Book Review of Two Books by Feynman Book Review of Voyage of the Beagle and The Darwin Reader Book Review of The Limits of Medicine Model Research Essay I Model Research Essay II Learning to Write an Abstract Instructions Practice I Practice II Bibliographies for our two major science writers: A Feynman Bibliography A Darwin Bibliography Web pages for our two major science writers: For Richard Feynman: http://www.feynmanonline.com (a large website) Having to do with NASA and for Appendix F: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/rogers-commission/table-of-contents.html Friends of TUVA page (Online TUVA Trader: you can buy videocassettes of the lectures, a whole series of autobiographical tapes, some of the material that was broadcast on BBC, books by and books on: http://www.tuvatrader.com For Darwin: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/ http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/origin/index.html On just Voyage of the Beagle: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/voyage For Galapagos islands: http://www.salwen.com/galapgos.html Summer 2000: Syllabus Gothics and Ghosts, Realism and Romance English 202.B01: Tuesday/Thursday, 7:20 to 10:00 pm, Krug Hall 205 Other Essential Materials A Schedule of Short Talks Directed Journal Entries, or, how to write an essay with guidelines Student Model A Directed Journal Spring 2000: Syllabus Advanced Writing: On the Natural Sciences English 302 N09: Tuesday/Thursday, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Robinson A246 English 302 N10: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:30 - 2:45 pm, Enterprise Hall 279 Other Essential Materials Student Models Model for Essay #1 Models for Essay #2 Book Review of Two Books by Feynman Model Research Essay I Model Research Essay II Learning to Write an Abstract Instructions Practice I Practice II Bibliographies for our two major science writers: A Feynman Bibliography A Darwin Bibliography Web pages for our two major science writers: For Richard Feynman: http://www.mindspring.com/~madpickl/feyn.htm (a large website) Having to do with NASA and for Appendix F: http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/space/feynman-report.html Friends of TUVA page (Online TUVA Trader: you can buy videocassettes of the lectures, a whole series of autobiographical tapes, some of the material that was broadcast on BBC, books by and books on: http://www.patriot.net/users/eslone/tuva.htm For Darwin: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/ http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/origin/index.html On just Voyage of the Beagle: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/voyage For Galapagos islands: http://www.salwen.com/galapgos.html Fall 1999: Syllabus Texts and Contexts: The Emergence of the Gothic From the Realistic and Romantic English 202.019, Fridays 1:30 - 4:10 pm, Robinson A205 Other Essential Materials Directed Journal Entries, or, how to write an essay with guidelines Summer 1999: Syllabus Texts and Contexts English 202.801, TR 7:20 -10:00PM, Krug Hall 253 Other Essential Materials Directed Journal Entries, or, how to write an essay with guidelines Spring 1999: Syllabus Advanced Writing: On the Natural Sciences English 302.N06, TR 12:00-1:15PM, Krug Hall 19 Other Essential Materials Student Models Model for Essay #1 Models for Essay #2 Model Research Essay I Model Research Essay II Bibliographies for our two major science writers: A Feynman Bibliography A Darwin Bibliography Web pages for our two major science writers: For Richard Feynman: http://www.mindspring.com/~madpickl/feyn.htm (a large website) Having to do with NASA and for Appendix F: http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/space/feynman-report.html Friends of TUVA page (Online TUVA Trader: you can buy videocassettes of the lectures, a whole series of autobiographical tapes, some of the material that was broadcast on BBC, books by and books on: http://www.patriot.net/users/eslone/tuva.htm For Darwin: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/ http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/origin/index.html On just Voyage of the Beagle: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/voyage For Galapagos islands: http://www.salwen.com/galapgos.html Fall 1998 Syllabus Advanced Writing: On the Natural Sciences English 302.N12, TR 12:00-1:15PM, East Building 134 Other Essential Materials Student Models Model for Essay #1 Model for Essay #2 Bibliographies for our two major science writers: A Feynman Bibliography A Darwin Bibliography Web pages for our two major science writers: For Richard Feynman: http://www.mindspring.com/~madpickl/feyn.htm (a large website) Having to do with NASA and for Appendix F: http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/space/feynman-report.html Friends of TUVA page (Online TUVA Trader: you can buy videocassettes of the lectures, a whole series of autobiographical tapes, some of the material that was broadcast on BBC, books by and books on: http://www.patriot.net/users/eslone/tuva.htm For Darwin: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/ http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/origin/index.html On just Voyage of the Beagle: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/voyage For Galapagos islands: http://www.salwen.com/galapgos.html Spring 1998: Syllabi Survey of English Literature, Second Half English 252.001, MWF 10:30-11:20AM, Robinson A248; English 252.002, MWF 12:30-1:20PM, Robinson A249 Readings for 25 February through 3 April Advanced Writing: On the Social Sciences English 302.S01, MWF 9:30-10:20AM, Robinson A248 Other Essential Materials Directed Journal Entries, or, how to write an essay with guidelines Some Suggestions for Books for In Search of Lost Time A Bibliography on Children's Literature Brief Bibliography: Backgrounds to English Literature Notes on Life and Works of Bobbie Ann Mason Fall 1997: Syllabi Advanced Writing: On the Natural Sciences English 302 N01: MWF, 9:30-10:20AM, Enterprise 279, English 302 N02: MWF, 10:30-11:20AM, Enterprise 279 Advanced Writing: On the Humanities English 302 H06: MWF, 12:30-1:20PM, Robinson B120, English 302: Advanced Writing in the Humanities: Notes on Travel Writing Student Model for Essay #1: Writing on Art Bibliographies Some Suggestions for Books for In Search of Lost Time A Bibliography on Children's Literature English 302: Advanced Writing in the Natural Sciences: Bibliographies for our two major science writers: A Feynman Bibliography A Darwin Bibliography Web pages for our two major science writers: For Richard Feynman: http://www.mindspring.com/~madpickl/feyn.htm (a large website) Having to do with NASA and for Appendix F: http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/space/feynman-report.html Friends of TUVA page (Online TUVA Trader: you can buy videocassettes of the lectures, a whole series of autobiographical tapes, some of the material that was broadcast on BBC, books by and books on: http://www.patriot.net/users/eslone/tuva.htm For Darwin: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/ http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/origin/index.html On just Voyage of the Beagle: http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/voyage For Galapagos islands: http://www.salwen.com/galapgos.html Home Contact Ellen Moody. 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