LitMUSE

If you are in my in-class section of World Lit II this semester, you have been submitting you papers via Turn It In. from this point forward, we will not be using Turn It In anymore. I have decided that it is more trouble than it’s worth. I know many, if not all, of you [...]

As we head into midterm, I just wanted to give you some reminders before you’re off to spring break.
The drop date is this Wednesday, March 3. I would recommend speaking to me before dropping, especially if you’re unsure about your standing my the class.
I’d like to say a few words about my World Lit class’ [...]

I received 15 responses on Tartuffe via Turn It In. Congratulations for those of you who successfully figured out how to submit a response. If you still need assistance, please see me during my office hours. I had several students try to submit their responses as a comment on this web site or try to [...]

For my online literature classes and those classes that took the exam online, I have finished grading your submissions and grades will be posted shortly. I wanted to offer examples of how I evaluated each answer. Firstly, you were asked to write a paragraph response as your answer to each question. Some just answered the [...]

For ENGL 1102. If you choose to do a rewrite on your Titus Andronicus essays, please keep the following in mind.
You must make an appointment with the ARC, take your rewritten paper to the session, and be sure they send confirmation to me of your session. The ARC provides tutoring free-of-charge to MSC students and [...]

The top five reasons for poor grades on forums:

Not posting enough; you need to post a minimum of twice per forum. Remember that doing the minimum will likely earn you the minimum grade, perhaps lower.
Starting a new thread on the same or similar topic. This shows me you’re not reading. If you start a new [...]

I have finished evaluating the forums for both of my World Lit sections, and I must say I disappointed. Once again (am I sounding like a broken record, yet?) I’d like to remind you that you cannot receive full credit for a forum unless you post more than once. I’ll remind you to have another [...]

A few days ago, I received the following email:
HUH???!!?
While the email did include the student’s name, I did not receive any of the other necessary information needed for me to respond.
Folks, please be considerate when sending me, or any of your professors, an email. Please review my email policy and kindly follow it. I also [...]

The first grades have been posted for my online section of ENGL 2112: World Literature 2. While we had some fine observations on the first Tartuffe forum, the “Viewing Tartuffe Forum” had a class average of 1.6. Ouch. Be sure you understand how to write in the forum: that all forums are worth 10 points [...]

The following links are my notes about some of the literary theory that we’re discussing this semester. They are offered as thoughts about our readings, not definitive interpretations of these challenging texts. I will likely be adding to this list all semester, but you might wish to subscribe to the Humanities Index RSS feed.

Plato’s Republic: Book X Notes
Plato’s [...]