Special instructions for December 10th

Course Links:

• Class syllabus and course schedule (including office hours &c.)
• Information on writing the required responses to the readings
• Information on the Analysis Paper and the forms it can take
• A model of the Analysis Paper Proposal
• Some questions and answers about writing a multi-genre paper
• An example of a Multi-Genre Paper
• The slides from the When Zachary Beaver Came to Town presentation
• Information on the Novel Series Journal assignment
• Information on the children's book presentations
• Some interesting commodities related to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Curious about the Mid-Term Exam on October 29th? Here are some hints about its format and content that might help you study.
• A paper that provides some history on the reasons Dahl changed the Oompa Loompas
• This is a well-written paper, but it tries too hard (in my opinion) to make Dahl out as victim of PC police. Instead, we might look at ways that the Oompa Loompas (and their depiction) could be read as symptomatic of the workings of industrialism and/or capitalism as they manifest in children's literature. This could compare interestingly with similar motifs in Baum's Wizard of Oz
• Jerry Spinelli's novel Stargirl raises a number of issues--look here for some ways to explore the novel's themes
• Here's an activity for taking a multiple-genre look at some characters from The Princess Diaries
• Looking for a way to earn a little extra credit in class?
• These are my notes about Katherine Dunn's novel Geek Love--look them over before the final