LitMUSE

Tartuffe is primarily influenced by the Enlightenment’s debate of reason versus faith. What makes Moliere’s play so renowned is his implementation of satire to convey the period’s main argument. Obviously, various ideas of the Enlightenment are represented in Tartuffe and are intertwined, but I will be focusing on the satirical effect Orgon has in the [...]

Study abroad in London during the Summer of 2011 from for the experience of your life. For more information, check out the European Council’s web site. More information about the program will be forthcoming right here, or you can check out the MSC Study Abroad site or ask Dr. Lucas.

In addition to reading Frank Herbert’s Dune in its entirety, find a critical article or book review about Herbert’s Dune in Galileo. Print the article, then read it. In a paragraph, summarize the critic’s main point and cite the article correctly using MLA citation style. Bring the article and your summary with you to class [...]

Are you looking for an opportunity to serve your college or add a line to your résumé? You might consider serving one of the Macon State campus committees. Michael Stewart writes: We are still looking for students to serve in the remaining student positions on the Standing Committees of Academic Council. The benefits of being [...]

Currently, when you share a folder in Dropbox, it allows anyone read and write access. That means, that if you are not careful, you can remove files from the Dropbox that we all share. The consequences are that anyone going to get next week’s readings will find an empty folder. This happened last night. Please [...]

If you emailed me using the contact form on this web site, I did not get it. Please — especially if you sent me your Dropbox email address — send me another email using the address at the bottom, right-hand corner of this page. Sorry for any trouble.

In an effort to take education beyond the classroom, particularly in those classes that address technoculture, I’m happy to announce the Big Jelly Essay Contest, beginning the fall semester of 2010. This will be an on-going contest each semester open to upper-level courses in the CIT program and literature classes that examine science and the [...]

Please leave all distracting electronic devices — cell phones, iPods, etc. — in your car, or silence them during class. I understand our contemporary need to be in contact with everyone all the time, but do not let this personal need distract the rest of the class. Please remove all devices from your head while [...]

The following essay was submitted by Erika Lloyd to answer the following question. It is from my recent World Literature 1 summer course and provides an example of a solid and thoughtful essay that incorporates lecture and discussion with a firm grasp of the texts considered. The question: Discuss the term “evil” and how it [...]

If you are in my World Literature 2 online this summer, I would like to remind you that the forum is an integral part of your grade. Many of you are doing well on the reading quizzes, but falling down in the forums. Not only are many of you not posting enough, but posting after [...]