29 November.
You may be interested in Professor Stephen Railton's excellent site on Twain's Connecticut Yankee.
The PowerPoint presentations for the past few days are available under the Texts and Contexts folder in WebCT.
The online wiki version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is available here: http://www.wikihost.org/wikis/conn. The username is english302 and the password is marktwain.
Instructions for adding materials to the wiki are here: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wikicommands.htm.
14 November. Assignment: Read "Digging," p. 804 in your Kennedy and Gioia textbook and the poems by Seamus Heaney on the handout.
14 November
Wiki (online) version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: http://wikihost.org/wikis/conn
Username: english302
Password: marktwain
To edit the wiki, see this list of commands: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wikicommands.htm
| November 14 |
Introduction to "Texts and Contexts"
Seamus Heaney, "Digging" (p. 804, Kennedy and Gioia textbook); "The Grauballe Man" and "Punishment" (WebCT)
Note: Don't worry if the last two poems do not make sense to you at first; we will be discussing their contexts and meanings during class. |
| November 16 |
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, pp. 1-70 (beginning through Chapter 12) |
| November 17 |
Discussion Sections: For Friday's discussion section, write down two examples of words or phrases from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in which a knowledge of the context is important. Explain the meaning of the word or phrase. Bring this to class with you on Friday, November 17. (You can find examples at http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl302/twoannotations.htm)
Contexts groups: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl302/contexts.htm
Portfolio assignment will be handed out and discussed. This assignment is available now: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl302/portfolio.htm.
Paper 4 is due. |
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| November 28 |
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, pp. 71-146 (Chapters 12-22) |
| November 30 |
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, pp. 147-212 (Chapters 23-30) |
| December 1 |
Discussion sections: Turn in English 302 portfolio. |
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| December 5 |
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, pp. 213-277 (Chapters 31-39) |
| December 7 |
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, pp. 277-316 (Chapter 39-end) |
| December 8 |
Discussion sections: Paper 5 (Texts and Contexts) is due. |
2 November.
Dr. Arola's class notes are here: http://www.wsu.edu/~arola/302/index.html
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