CSUN English 098: Fall 2005 Reading List

Required Texts

• Covell, Scott and Patricia Murray. Living in America: a Popular Culture Reader. Mountain View: Mayfield, 1998. aka LIA
• Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow. New York: Tor, 1999. aka ES
• Silverman, Hughes, and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004. aka ROT
• A college level dictionary.

Recommended online manual source:

Readings from Living in America

• Personal Narratives
  • William Least Heat Moon. "West Texas."
  • Richard Wright. "The Library Card."
  • Hethur Suval. "High School Psyche-Out"

• Readings for "concept" paper:

  The following readings were chosen by 098 students this semester. Refer to the class schedule for due dates.

  098-A

  • Oct 11: Rodrigez. "Does America Still Exist?" (315).
  • Oct 13: Engle. "What Makes Superman So Darned American?" (222).
  • Oct 18: Prager. "Our Barbies, Ourselves." (422).
  • Oct 20: Tannen. "Sex, Lies, and Conversation." (446).
  • Oct 25: Palmer. "What Pop Lyrics Say to Us Today." (461).
  • Oct 27 Student Choice Article

  098-B

  • Oct 11:Tannen. "Sex, Lies, and Conversation." (446).
  • Oct 13: Saukko. "How to Poison Earth." (565).
  • Oct 18: Paco. "Superman and the Duke: Duel Between American Male Icons." (247).
  • Oct 20: Coupland. "Our Parents had More." (09).
  • )Oct 25: Adler. "America 2000: Fast and Furious Fun." (125)
  • Oct 27: Student Choice Article
  098-C
  • Oct 11: McMurtry. "Kill 'Em, Crush 'Em, Eat 'Em Raw." (141)
  • Oct 13: Student Choice Article
  • Oct 18: Prager. "Our Barbies, Ourselves." (422).
  • Oct 20: Faludi. "Blame It on Feminism." (426).
  • Oct 25: MLK JR."I Have a Dream." (360)
  • Oct 27: Gates. "13 Ways of Looking at a Black Man."(400)

  Substitutions and changes will be announced in class as well as on the web. Readings from New Voices will be decided in class and posted to the web.

  Last Revised 6 Oct 05

  Eng 098-A Eng 098-B Eng 097

  Policies Resources Online Journal

  Janet Cross Jai

  Syllabus Schedule 2005 Index