Welcome to English 339: Survey of American Literature from 1865
COURSE MATERIALS:
Syllabus 2008
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES:
click here for the Hypertext Syllabus.
Take an informative interactive quiz developed by Prof. Stephen Railton, U. VA., that situates many of the works we're reading in class in time.
Here is a website called "Project Crow" that offers a large number of excellent links, all related to the study of American Literature, maintained by Dr. Michael O'Connor, Millikin U. I recommend that you check the "Internet Links" on this site as you begin to prepare for your oral presentations.
This website maintained by Dr. Donna Campbell offers many pages on authors and literary movements in American Literature through 1920 only.
Search the Academy of American Poets site, which includes pages & links.
WRITING RESOURCES:
UCCS has purchased a contract with TurnItIn.com, a site that promotes academic integrity. Please upload an electronic copy of your papers for this class via the website. To upload, you will need to create a user name and a password. To begin the process, log onto www.turnitin.com, select “New User” in the upper right hand corner; select “student” from the drop-down box. Our Class ID is 2154350; our Class Enrollment Password is english339. I also ask you to turn in a hard copy of your paper in class as usual. Thank you for your help in promoting academic integrity at UCCS.
Please consider the using the resources available to you at the UCCS Writing Center. All writers, no matter how skilled, may take advantage of sharing drafts with the trained consultants at the Writing Center. If you're pressed for time, they will even allow you to submit paper online via their OWL system! Please don't miss this valuable resource, free to all UCCS students, graduate and undergraduate.
I am delighted to speak with you about your writing at any time during the semester. I am especially interested in working with you on your ReWrites, so please don't hesitate to make an appointment with me! Contact information is at the top of your syllabus (and at the top of the Hypertext Syllabus).
Click in this link for a concise version of the information in the MLA Handbook.