While reading McComiskey’s introduction to English Studies: An Introduction to the Discipline(s), I was struck by the similarities that are occurring in high school English departments. His discussion of overspecialization resonated with me because there are far too many aspects of “English studies” to cover in four years of high school. We teach the fusion [...]
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“How does the triangle feel? – Explain”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged accountability, English major, specialization on August 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Blog warm-up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged common ground, conflict, english studies, identify, warm up on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It was nice meeting everyone tonight~ and don’t worry all you new bloggers–it’s not bad at all once you get the hang of it!
I never realized that the specialization of english could be such a problem. All the conflict between the disciplines over the decades really suprised me. I guess I never thought of it [...]
Testing, testing…
Posted in thoughts, tagged experimentation, integration, introduction on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I really enjoyed class tonight! I agree that McComiskey’s introduction was a really great way to open the course, as it provided an overview of the history of English studies, as well as an interesting look into the political issues that have been raised between those of different specialties. I love his idea [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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first night in eng 502
Posted in thoughts, tagged boring, class, english on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i’m bored out of my mind…still
welcome to our english studies blog!
Posted in course info, tagged ENG 502, english department, english studies, graduate student, kenneth burke, kevin mahoney, kutztown university, master's degree, syllabus on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Allow me to be the first to welcome you to ENG 502 Introduction to English Studies: Traditions, Boundaries, Change. As you know, this course is one of the two required courses for all new English MA students at Kutztown and is open to other MA students who began under the previous version of our MA [...]
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