CSUN: English 305OL Reading List
Required Texts
Lunsford, Andrea and John Ruszkiewicz. The Presence of Others:
Voices and Images that Call for Response. 5th ed. New York: St.
Martin's, 2008. (ISBN: 13:978-0-312-46439-4). If you are ordering
online, be sure to get the 5th edition
Silverman,
Hughes and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. Boston: McGraw Hill. The
latest edition is best because it includes the changes for 2009.
Please choose one of the books from the Whole text booklist
You do not have to get your novle right away. We will discuss choices and
preferences online.
Education: the Idea of a University
From POO:
- Rose, Mike. "Lives on the Boundary."
- Spayde, Jon. "Learning in the Key of
Life."
- Students will choose one article of their own choice from education
section.
American Cultural Myths: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The class will choose 4 readings from this section. Everyone may
vote for up to four, and the class will vote for the final
selections by Sept 20.
- Pinzon. "The Real Story of the Superheroes." (511) My choice.
- Douglass. "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" (497)
- Atwood. "A Letter To America." (510)
- David Brooks "One Nation, Slightly Divisible"
- Stephanie Coontz "The Way We Wish We Were"
Science: O Brave New World
From POO:
- Bishop. "Enemies of Promise."
- Student Choice
Techno-Rhetoric: Writing Goes Digital
Others readings may be assigned in class.