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Stacey Lee Donohue deposited Introduction to Fiction syllabus (online course) in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoSyllabus for an online, 12 week, general education literature course for non-majors.
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James Elkins deposited Why Should Novels About Science Be Coy About Including Science (or Mathematics)? On Michele Audin in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe essays I am posting on Humanities Commons are also on Librarything and Goodreads. These aren’t reviews. They are thoughts about the state of literary fiction, intended principally for writers and critics involved in seeing where literature might be able to go. Each one uses a book as an example of some current problem in writing.
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James Elkins deposited What Is a Fragment of / in Fiction? Thoughts on Pierre Senges’s “Fragments of Lichtenberg” in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe essays I am posting on Humanities Commons are also on Librarything and Goodreads. These aren’t reviews. They are thoughts about the state of literary fiction, intended principally for writers and critics involved in seeing where literature might be able to go. Each one uses a book as an example of some current problem in writing.
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James Elkins deposited Compulsively Fractal Writing and Its Limits: Thoughts on Stephen Dixon, and Especially “Frog” in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe essays I am posting on Humanities Commons are also on Librarything and Goodreads. These aren’t reviews. They are thoughts about the state of literary fiction, intended principally for writers and critics involved in seeing where literature might be able to go. Each one uses a book as an example of some current problem in writing.
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James Elkins deposited The Anonymous Images in Raymond Roussel’s “New Impressions of Africa” in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThis is an essay on the relation of images and text. It is part of a larger research project online at writingwithimages.com. See that site for the context; the the project’s purpose is to theorize the possibilities of fiction and poetry that are presented alongside images.
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James Elkins deposited What Does it Mean to Claim a Novel is a Single Sentence? Notes on Mathias Enard, Zone in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThe essays I am posting on Humanities Commons are also on Librarything and Goodreads. These aren’t reviews. They are thoughts about the state of literary fiction, intended principally for writers and critics involved in seeing where literature might be able to go. Each one uses a book as an example of some current problem in writing.
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Gloria Lee McMillan deposited Jane Addams and Hull-House (historical novel Waking the Dead) in the group
RCWS Creative Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThe historical novel Waking the Dead is now available at ResearchGate. This data file (there are 20) introduces Jane Addams
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Carol DeGrasse deposited Rhetorical Analysis Peer-Review Handout in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoThis handout serves as a guide for student peer-reviewers to provide useful feedback to the writer. The open-ended questions walk the reviewer through the rhetorical analysis essay and provide a structure for evaluating the thesis, organization, rhetorical strategies, and use of pathos, ethos, logos, and kairos in the paper. The Rhetorical…[Read more]
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H. Mark Reynolds deposited Checking the Rear View Mirror: The Preparation of Two-Year College Faculty in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoA detailed description of an innovative, but short-lived, graduate training program for two-year college faculty that began in 1975 at Carnegie Mellon University may offer possibilities for new programs that can benefit both two-year colleges and universities.
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Carol DeGrasse deposited Creating a Strong Thesis Statement in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThis handout explains in clear and simple terms what a strong thesis statement should–and should not be. Examples of the four main types of ‘weak’ thesis statements are given, along with four corresponding ‘strong’ thesis statements. I have successfully used this handout in workshopping students’ thesis ideas.
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Carol DeGrasse deposited Creating a Strong Thesis Statement in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThis handout explains in clear and simple terms what a strong thesis statement should–and should not be. Examples of the four main types of ‘weak’ thesis statements are given, along with four corresponding ‘strong’ thesis statements. I have successfully used this handout in workshopping students’ thesis ideas.
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William A. Gleason started the topic Princeton University Press Call for Submissions in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoNow welcoming submissions, The Pocket Instructor: Writing (edited by Amanda Irwin Wilkins and Keith Shaw) will be a collection of creative exercises for teaching academic writing in the undergraduate classroom. It follows in the footsteps of The Pocket Instructor: Literature, edited by Diana Fuss and William A. Gleason (Princeton University Press,…[Read more]
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David Laurence deposited Trends in Bachelor’s Degrees in English and Other Selected Fields of Study, 1987–2015 in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 9 years agoPrepared for session 366 on the 2017 convention program, Shapes of the English Major Today, arranged by the ADE Ad Hoc Committee on the English Major, this presentation summarizes trends in bachelor’s degree completions using time series degree completions data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS), as compiled by the National…[Read more]
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David Laurence deposited Trends in Bachelor’s Degrees in English and Other Selected Fields of Study, 1987–2015 in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years agoPrepared for session 366 on the 2017 convention program, Shapes of the English Major Today, arranged by the ADE Ad Hoc Committee on the English Major, this presentation summarizes trends in bachelor’s degree completions using time series degree completions data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS), as compiled by the National…[Read more]
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Julie Ward replied to the topic CFP MLA 2017: Specifications Grading: Case Studies in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years agoCorrection: This is for presentation at the 2018 Convention of the MLA.
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Julie Ward started the topic CFP MLA 2017: Specifications Grading: Case Studies in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years agoInteractive workshop focusing on Nilson’s Specifications Grading. Presenters share best practices for specs grading in the classroom, using real examples. 250-word description of use of specs grading by 1 March 2017; Julie Ward (wardjulie@ou.edu) and Ashwini Ganeshan (ganeshan@ohio.edu).
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Roger Whitson deposited ENGL 372: Nineteenth-Century Literature of the Americas and the British Empire in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years ago372 [HUM] 19th Century Literature of the British Empire and the Americas. 3 credit hours. Literary and cultural texts in English from 1800 to 1900 focusing on global British literature and literatures of the Americas.
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Anne Geller deposited Millions of Dollars Might Get You Into the MLA: When NEH Funding Shaped the State of Writing Studies in English Studies in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 9 years agoPanel Title Writing Studies at the MLA: The Past and Future of English Studies
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Anne Geller deposited Millions of Dollars Might Get You Into the MLA: When NEH Funding Shaped the State of Writing Studies in English Studies in the group
RCWS Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoPanel Title Writing Studies at the MLA: The Past and Future of English Studies
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Anne Geller deposited Millions of Dollars Might Get You Into the MLA: When NEH Funding Shaped the State of Writing Studies in English Studies in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 9 years agoPanel Title Writing Studies at the MLA: The Past and Future of English Studies
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