English 103, The American Short Story: The Literature of Community

This course is about community, but it also--experimentally--is a community, since its members are residents of the same "house"-- Van Pelt College House.

Instructor:
Al Filreis, Professor of English & Undergraduate Chair, Faculty Master of Van Pelt College House
Teaching assistant:
Cathleen Riddley, Doctoral student in Sociology, Administrative Fellow of Van Pelt College House

READING LIST

E-DIRECTORY OF 103'ERS

WEB PROJECTS

Listserv archive

Other course-related materials and links:

What are position papers?

This course will be making extensive use of our virtual classroom, "PennMOO", so take a look at what we did with this medium in English 88.

Some concepts for making PennMOO a "space" where we can build Penn as it should be rather than merely reflect Penn as it is.

What Is Community? - some articulate people attempt answers

Penn Movie Channel Schedule

The Oxford English Dictionary definition of community.

A course description.

Position sheet for discussion of On the Waterfront based on Alex Platt's pithy criticism of the film
Kristen on our disagreements right after our second class on Crane
Just after class on Bellow, talk about education.
Creating a virtual academic community - an exchange between Jon and Emyli
"Dialogue" in Do the Right Thing
Emyli on us, Feb 26, 1996
Kallan: community by discourse, Mar. 1, 1996
Rebel without a Cause positions
Various responses to Yellen's "The Mystic Presences"

On writing:

Elements of Style by Strunk
Jack Lynch's Style & Grammar Notes
An On-Line English Grammar
Perspicuity: The English Language in Cyberspace - The English language is a lot like HTML. It is set arbitrarily by an ad-hoc committee, and the people out in front break the rules like crazy.

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