tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62878592012-01-23T00:06:34.589-08:00English 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.comBlogger511100tag: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.com9tag: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.com2tag: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.com1tag: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.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076089231815860842004-02-06T09:40:00.000-08:002004-02-06T09:42:54.793-08:00The Ring Readings on Electronic Reserve
Two essays on The Ring should be available on electronic reserve, Jeffrey Sconce on "Haunted Media" and Andrew Tudor on "Postmodern Horror." Stay tuned for further details.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1076089091784373412004-02-06T09:38:00.000-08:002004-02-06T09:40:34.780-08:00Music Police At It Again
...and I'm not talking about the band. The Kazaa offices in Sydney, Australia, were raided today, according to this Associated Press article. Quick, hide the data!chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075997654888323912004-02-05T08:14:00.000-08:002004-02-05T08:16:36.606-08:00Jimmy Carter Blog
Former President Jimmy Carter is blogging his trip to West Africa through the Carter Center website. Carter's trip appears to be primarily focused on addressing some of the health issues that many African nations are facing.
Cross-Posted on my personal blog.
chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075842878693415132004-02-03T13:14:00.000-08:002004-02-03T13:54:58.106-08:00Questions for Discussion: The Ring
[Quick note: I'll have a few things to say about Turnitin.com in class on Wednesday. You will be required to submit your essays, but I will need to provide you with specific course ID and password information.]
Here are a few advance questions for this week's discussion of The Ring (IMDB site) (official site), which we will be watching this week. When you chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075743548114731122004-02-02T09:39:00.000-08:002004-02-02T09:41:25.466-08:00Library Workshop
On Friday, February 13, class will meet in the Homer Rice Center in the Georgia Tech library where librarin Leslie Madden will provide you with an overview of the scholarly research databases available on Tech's campus. Your research proposal will be due on the same day. chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075743393026944662004-02-02T09:36:00.000-08:002004-02-02T09:38:50.420-08:00The Ring
In order to allow more people to attend, I will schedule screenings of The Ring for both Wednesday (2/4) and Thursday (2/5) night at 6 PM. If you cannot attend either screening, you will be responsible for viewing the film on your own. chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075311930931566932004-01-28T09:45:00.000-08:002004-01-28T11:25:38.076-08:00Flash Mobs
Last-minute links for a discussion of flash mobs.Link OneLink Two
Plus, since we have, at least in passing, discussed punk today, I thought some of you might be interested in this photographic history of CBGB, one of the most impoartant venues in the early history of punk. Via Metafilter and things magazine.
chutrynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075309591027185892004-01-28T09:06:00.000-08:002004-01-28T09:12:42.733-08:00Chris Hedges at Emory
This information is obviously last minute, but I thought a few students might be interested in a talk on Emory's campus later today.
Chris Hedges: War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
Sponsored By: Institute for Comparative and International Studies
Additional Sponsors: Asian Studies , Institute for Comparative and International Studies, Institute of African Studies, chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075308932136555862004-01-28T08:55:00.000-08:002004-01-28T08:57:43.153-08:00Rough Draft: Paper 1
Just a quick reminder that your rough drafts for paper one will be due on Friday. Be sure to bring two copies of your rough draft with you to class for the in-class workshop.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1075137670656833682004-01-26T09:21:00.000-08:002004-01-26T09:23:18.623-08:00Interesting Find
While digging around for information about Henry Giroux, I came across Possibilities, an electronic dissertation focusing on critical theory and critical studies. Giroux's website has a number of useful resources that students and teachers may find instructive.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074877848117457982004-01-23T09:10:00.000-08:002004-01-23T09:49:27.246-08:00Blog Entry on Fight Club Essays
By Wednesday, you should write a 250-word response to one of the essays we are reading on Fight Club, either Imre Szeman and Henry Giroux's "Ikea Boy Fights Back," or Geoffrey Sirc's "Difficult Politics of the Popular." For your blog entry, answer one of the following questions:In an email, Imre Szeman reminded me that "Ikea Boy" was originally published in a chutrynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074835197832051362004-01-22T21:19:00.000-08:002004-01-22T21:22:01.060-08:00Upcoming Blog Entries
I'll provide a series of questions about the essays tomorrow, but for now, I just wanted to remind students that you can do a second entry on Fight Club in order to count towards your required total of twelve entries.
I'm looking forward to reading your paper proposals. Be sure to bring a hard copy with you to class.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074707697067613222004-01-21T09:54:00.000-08:002004-01-21T09:56:57.716-08:00Fight Club Screening
The Fight Club screening has been moved to Skiles 368, but is still scheduled for 6 PM.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074705341453160512004-01-21T09:15:00.000-08:002004-01-21T09:57:42.450-08:00Incorporating Quotations Effectively
A colleague of mine, George Williams, has prepared a handout that effectively explains MLA (Modern Language Association) style conventions for quoting and paraphrasing (PDF). It's a really useful handout that you may choose to use as a reference throughout the semester.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074703532930574202004-01-21T08:45:00.000-08:002004-01-21T08:51:20.450-08:00Fight Club Online Reserves Essays Available
I'll provide you with a set of guiding questions later today, but you can access the electronic reserves here. You may need you gt id number and password to get to the reserves. When you get to the reserve page, use the menus to select English 1102 and my last name, which will take you to the two articles. Read "Ikea Boy Fights Back" first. Then chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074660879500892442004-01-20T20:54:00.000-08:002004-01-20T21:01:03.576-08:00Announcements and Reminders
I'm still missing a few names from the blogroll. If your information is still missing, please re-send it. I also lost track of a few of the names that correspond to titles in the blogroll, so pay attention to this site for requests for updated information.
You should all add comment functionality to your blog by Friday, preferably using Squawkbox (which I've linkedchutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074272606148787392004-01-16T09:03:00.000-08:002004-01-16T09:06:07.793-08:00American Memory Project
In my fall semester classes, we had the opportunity to talk about the American Memory Project's collection of film archives and the early history of cinema. Now, American Memory has launched "Voices from the Days of Slavery," which provides us with the opportunity to hear interviews with former slaves recorded between 1932 and 1975. Via George Williams. If you're chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074271873210775782004-01-16T08:51:00.000-08:002004-01-16T08:53:07.030-08:00Douglas Rushkoff Class Blog
If you're interested, check out Douglas Rushkoff's course blog (you can check out his personal blog here). The class is open to the public and everyone is free to participate. Rushkoff's course (syllabus) focuses on the concept of interactivity, an issue we addressed in class discussion.
In the spirit of Rushkoff's "open-to-the-public" approach, I certainly invite chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074098631798442192004-01-14T08:43:00.000-08:002004-01-14T08:45:43.140-08:00Amy Taubin Essay on Fight Club
Quick link to an essay on the Fight Club film. For now, this essay isn't required (it depends on what happens with another essay I've ordered). Tabin does identify some of the main strengths of the film, especially its critique of contemporary consumer culture using the formal elements of film. Students who write on Fight Club for their first major paper may chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1074047904487496682004-01-13T18:38:00.000-08:002004-01-13T18:40:14.950-08:00Fight Club Screening
On Wednesday, January 21, I will screen Fight Club. Attendance at the screening is voluntary, and I will assume that students who are unable to attend the screening will find some other way to see it. If possible, I will put a copy available on reserve at Tech's library. Location and exact time TBA, but the screening will take place after my 4-5 PM class in the early chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1073934490608523502004-01-12T11:08:00.000-08:002004-01-12T11:36:07.923-08:00When You Have Your Blog Ready
By Friday, January 16, you should have your blog ready with your first major entry on Fight Club. Once you have completed that entry send the following information to charles[dot]tryon[at]lcc.gatech[dot]edu, with the appropriate symbols rather than the words.Your name somewhere in the emailthe URL of your blogThe title of your blogHow you want to be listed in the chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1073926775483792062004-01-12T08:59:00.000-08:002004-01-12T08:59:55.930-08:00Be Careful What You say Online
Everybody Googles Everybody.chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1073925674285314792004-01-12T08:41:00.000-08:002004-01-12T08:41:34.976-08:00Introduction to Fight Club
Starting Wednesday, we will be spending time in class discussing Chuck Palahniuk's novel, Fight Club. When reading a novel or watching a film, one of the assumptions you can make is that every element of a story, film, or novel contributes to its meaning. Most published texts are carefully crafted; therefore, no details are incidental. With this in mind, read the chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1073666791878555492004-01-09T08:46:00.000-08:002004-01-09T08:46:51.680-08:00Quick Reminder:
This post is just a reminder that we will be meeting in Skiles 302 on Monday, January 12, rather than in our usual classroom. On Monday, we will take a few minutes of class to get students situated with their own personal weblogs (commonly called "blogs"), essentially an easily updated online journal that you will keep throughout the semester. During that time, I will introducechutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1073320832469817872004-01-05T08:40:00.000-08:002004-01-05T09:04:35.340-08:00Reading Assignment:
Your first reading assignemnet in English 1102 will be to read these two brief essays by New York University professor of virtual culture, Douglas Rushkoff. Rushkoff is the author of Coercion, Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing with the Future, and the novel, Ecstasy Club.
These two essays introduce some of the themes we will be considering in English 1102, specifically chutrynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287859.post-1073320688965625652004-01-05T08:38:00.000-08:002004-01-05T08:38:27.783-08:00testing...tesing...is this thing on?chutrynoreply@blogger.com0