Here you will find links to the course syllabus, assignments, and supplemental readings
Reading for First Day
McComiskey, Bruce. “Introduction.”
Course Syllabus
KU ENG502 F09 (PDF)
If you would like to view the “official syllabus” for this course, please click here. The “official syllabus” is in the format of all syllabi on file with the university curriculum committee.
Required Books
Berlin, James. Rhetoric, Poetics, and Cultures: Refiguring College English Studies
Downing, David, Claude Mark Hurlbert, and Paula Mathieu, eds. Beyond English, Inc.: Curricular Reform in a Global Economy
Graff, Gerald. Professing Literature: An Institutional History
McComiskey, Bruce, ed. English Studies: An Introduction to the Discipline(s)
Scholes, Robert. The Rise and Fall of English: Reconstructing English as a Discipline
Yagelski, Robert and Scott Leonard, eds. The Relevance of English: Teaching that Matters in Students’ Lives
Major Assignments
- “An Academic Self I” [Due 9/3] (10%)
- Review of English Studies on the Ground [Due 10/8] (10%)
- Book Review [Due 10/29] (10%)
- Draft of Personal Study Plan [Due 11/19] (10%)
- Conference Proposal[Due NO LATER THAN 12/3] (10%)
- Annotated Bibliography: English Studies [Due 12/5] (10%)
- Critical Reflection: “An Academic Self II: A Preface to a Final Paper” [Due 12/5] (10%)
- Final Paper: “Another Narrative of English Studies” [Due 12/5] (20%)
- Blog Postings (10%)
Further Reading in English Studies
Follow this link to view the complete course bibliography. This bibliography is a useful resource for further study of the discipline(s) of English Studies.
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