Class cancelled Wednesday

Hi everybody,

Wednesday's class (10/4) is cancelled. But there's still a lot of stuff you need to do:

--First, your revision for essay one is still due today (Wednesday October 4). You may drop off your revision in my mailbox in the English Department mailroom (room ENG D 265 C). The adjunct instructors' mailboxes are on the wall to the right as you enter the room.

--Your reading assignment for Monday is p. 744 of your text. The article is titled "What Makes Superman so Darned American?"

--Your writing assignment for essay two is below. The draft is due Wednesday, October 11. We will be discussing this assignment further when we next meet on Monday the 9th.

--Please check this blog again after Thursday night (the 5th) for any blogwork that might be assigned for the weekend.

Have a good weekend, and I'll see you Monday.


ESSAY ASSIGNMENT TWO:
Draft Due Date: Wednesday, October 11th

In this essay, you will examine culture as TEXT: something that can be regarded as an object for critical analysis; something that can be studied and from which information can be obtained.

Choose a sample of today’s culture (for example, a movie, a TV show, an actor or actress, a song, a musician or musical group, a sport, an athlete, an advertisement, a commercial product, a well-known character) and describe how this sample reflects the culture (or a specific part of the culture) that has produced it and embraced it. Your paper should include a DETAILED DESCRIPTION of the subject—-but the details you choose should only be there to support your single, specific thesis.

The essay must be between 800-1,000 words long, and double-spaced.