tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62878592009-09-25T05:25:40.404-07:00English 1102 Course BlogThanks for stopping by! This blog contains course material for Dr. Chuck Tryon's English 1102 courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology in sprawling Atlanta, Georgia. Feel free to leave comments or ask questions. You can contact me by email at charles[dot]tryon[at]lcc[dot]gatech[dot]edu.<br><br> Feel free to use any material from this blog for educational purposes, but be sure to give credit where it is due. chutrynoreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1084221931419661632004-05-10T13:43:00.000-07:002004-05-10T13:45:31.420-07:00New Entry Test.
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Will there be comments?chutrynoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1082500511247713122004-04-20T15:35:00.000-07:002004-04-20T15:39:16.123-07:00Group Blog Stuff
Just a quick note to ask that you bring in a short analysis of your groups' proecss in the group blog project. Basically, this can be a short informal note to let me know which group memebers did their fair share (or if anyone didn't contribute adequately to the project).
You can turn this in to me typed on wednesday or Friday, or you can email it to me no later than Monday ofchutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1082257463088695912004-04-17T20:04:00.000-07:002004-04-17T20:08:24.530-07:00Turn it in Reminder
Make sure you turn your papers in to turnitin.com. As with the previous paper, I will hold onto your papers until you've submitted them to turnitin.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1082132984927231442004-04-16T09:29:00.000-07:002004-04-16T09:33:44.030-07:00Crime Doesn't Pay
Wow. The "Crime Doesn't Pay" group is already attracting pop-up advertisements for online background checks and other "anti-crime" tools. chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1081542542704654262004-04-09T13:29:00.000-07:002004-04-09T13:34:05.153-07:00Unprecedented
A special FREE screening of Unprecedented, a film about the 2000 presidential election, is sceduled for Monday, April 12, at 7 PM. For more information go to the Georgians for Democracy website. Via Atlanta Desk.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1081538391251165322004-04-09T12:19:00.000-07:002004-04-09T12:23:41.060-07:0048 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project is coming to Atlanta May 21-23: Filmmaking teams make a movie from scratch in only one weekend! Less than two days later, the short films have their premiere at major local theaters in front of packed audiences. In each of the cities on the 48 Hour Film Project tour, teams then compete to be named the "Best Film" for that city. Of those, one special chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1081188476701901332004-04-05T11:07:00.000-07:002004-04-05T11:15:46.170-07:0025th Hour Reschedule
I just realized that the basketball team will be arriving at 6 PM on Tuesday, so let's reschedule the screening for 3 PM. Turnitin.com is now ready. Be sure to submit your papers by April 15.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1080926934150959652004-04-02T09:28:00.000-08:002004-04-02T11:02:06.060-08:00DeLillo and Lee
Here is a link to the Don De Lillo essay I'd like you to read before Monday. As with all English 1102 reading assignments, you may write one of your required blog entries on DeLillo. You may also write a blog entry on Spike Lee's 25th Hour. To understand what I was thinking when I put these two texts together, take a look at my personal blog entry on the topic from a few chutrynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1080761538591568652004-03-31T11:32:00.000-08:002004-04-05T11:12:26.856-07:00Group Blogs and Film Screenings
I think I'm still missing 2-3 Group Blogs. Check the list on the right margin. Also, I'll be on campus on Tuesday afternoon, so why don't we do a screening of 25th Hour Tuesday night at 6 PM 3 PM? The screening will not be mandatory, of course, as long as you view the film by Wednesday of this week. chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1080752448260431772004-03-31T09:00:00.000-08:002004-03-31T09:04:25.780-08:00French Cinema Series
Quick advertisement for Tech's "French Cinema Series," sponsored by the School of LCC and The Global Learning Center. Featured films include Agnes Varda's The Gleaners and I, Francois Ozon's Under the Sand, and Patrice LeConte's Man on the Train. Students who attend one of these films may write a blog entry for credit about their experience. Students can also get blog chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1080580579903272452004-03-29T09:16:00.000-08:002004-03-29T09:20:07.106-08:00Adding Group and Individual URLs
Please check to make sure that your group and individual blogs are listed below. I've been unable to access the blogroll for this class, so some individual and group blogs are listed at the top of the right-hand corner of the page.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1079379322027063542004-03-15T11:35:00.000-08:002004-03-15T11:38:37.420-08:00White Noise Blog Entries
You can do either one or two entries in response to the following questions:We've discussed the ways in which DeLillo's White Noise enacts sensory overload through its dense prose style and sudden bursts of advertising jargon and misinformation. In order to think more carefully about this "overload," complete the following activity: Go to a public place (a grocery storechutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1079378317623482322004-03-15T11:18:00.000-08:002004-03-15T11:21:53.170-08:00Best Research Paper Ever
Courtesy of South Knox Bubba, a fun read whenever you need a break, comes this research project, "one of the finest examples of academic excellence" you'll ever see. chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1079327359842172612004-03-14T21:09:00.000-08:002004-03-14T21:12:34.670-08:00News
On Monday, we will be discussing the schedule over the next few days, including anticipated deadlines. Wednesday we will continue our discussion of DeLillo (a blog entry is due that day, questions forthcoming). Friday, I will ask that you turn in a short annotated bibliography, just to make sure that you are able to find good sources.
On the following Monday, March 22, we will have a chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1078772156837939022004-03-08T10:55:00.000-08:002004-03-14T21:12:56.796-08:00Photography and Memory Revisited
A quick note to students who were in my English 1101 class. Miles Hochstein, whose photo-essay we discussed last semester, has contacted me to comment that he read many of your comments about his project. He writes:I was just reading through your students' blogs commenting on my web site
(located via Yahoo search for my name) and enjoying their musings very
chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1078180122666500832004-03-01T14:28:00.000-08:002004-03-01T14:31:39.076-08:00Reminder
I may have forgotten to announce in the 3 PM class that you need to bring with you to class a bibliography listing 3 scholarly soucres you've found thus far. You should also plan to discuss any questions you have about your research thus far.
Happy Monday.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1077652233295543082004-02-24T11:50:00.000-08:002004-02-24T11:53:21.700-08:00DeLillo Questions
Sorry for the delay in posting DeLillo questions. I'm recovering a bit from a relapse of whatever flu has been haunting me this winter. Here are a few questions to consider for your blog entries on DeLillo. I'd strongly suggest building whatever entry you write from a specific passage rather than from a general recollection of the text. Quoting from the novel will be lookedchutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1077564912760073072004-02-23T11:35:00.000-08:002004-02-23T11:39:16.606-08:00Quick Hit Links
Here's a pretty extensive DeLillo webpage, with reference to some biographical and scholarly information.
Here's some information on tomorrow's poetry reading here at Georgia Tech.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1077069100005594032004-02-17T17:51:00.000-08:002004-02-17T17:54:18.360-08:00Campus Life: Weapons of Mass Destruction: Policy vs. Reality
Just thought some of you might be interested in this lecture by Dale E. Klein, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs:
The Nuclear Engineering Department and the Sam Nunn Security Program cordially invite the campus to a lecture entitled “Weapons of Mass Destruction: Policy vs. chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076961188002842272004-02-16T11:53:00.000-08:002004-02-16T11:55:44.623-08:00Draw Your Boss
Talk about job dissatisfaction. Check out Draw Your Boss, where disgruntled employees can draw cartoon images of their annoying bosses. Just imagine if you had eight different bosses....chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076952330467439972004-02-16T09:25:00.000-08:002004-02-16T09:28:24.890-08:00Plagiarism and Fair Use
I thought that some of you who are interested in copyright issues might want access to the Copyright Act of 1976, which spells out how much you can borrow or use from a source.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076951619514757582004-02-16T09:13:00.000-08:002004-02-16T09:16:16.513-08:00Plagiarism and the Presidency
Here's a quick link to a resource on plagiarism. The assigned material in the Bedford Researcher is generally sufficient, but Michael Harvey refers to the example of the accusations that presidential candidate Joe Biden plagiarized material from speeches and interviews by British orator Neil Kinnock and former presidential candidate Robert Kennedy. It was later chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076518714502870992004-02-11T08:58:00.000-08:002004-02-11T09:01:03.936-08:00Warning
A few of you still haven't turned your papers in to turnitin.com. The clock is ticking.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076280476748367202004-02-08T14:47:00.000-08:002004-02-08T14:50:22.700-08:00Weekend Update
Two quick details about the research project:Several students have asked if they can compare two (or maybe three) cultural texts rather than focusing on just one text. Yes, you can.You should be prepared to bring in some work pertaining to your research proposal on Wednesday, either a draft of the proposal or some notes for a class workshop activity.Don't forget that we will be chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076277622749836902004-02-08T14:00:00.000-08:002004-02-08T14:02:49.123-08:00New Policy on Turnitin.com
In order to be fair to the students who have been submitting their papers properly, my new policy is that you must submit your paper to turnitin.com before I will return your paper or reveal your grade.
If you need the turnitin.com information, let me know. The link to their webpage is in the upper right-hand corner of this blog.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0