English 098: Fall 2001 Reading List
Required Texts
- Covell, Scott and Patricia Murray. Living in America: a Popular Culture
Reader. Mountain View: Mayfield, 1998. AKA LIA
- New Voices, 11th edition. Sandra Jackson, editor. AKA NV
- Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow. New York: Tor, 1999. AKA ES
- Silverman, Hughes, and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. 4th edition. Boston: McGraw
Hill, 2000. AKA ROT
Required online manual source:
Walker, Janice. Online MLA Citation Format
Readings from Living in America
- Past: Personal Narrative
- William Least Heat Moon. "West Texas."
- Ishmael Reed. "America: The Multinational Society."
- Richard Wright. "The Library Card."
- Hethur Suval. "High School Psyche-Out"
- Present: Readings for "concept" paper
098-a
- Jay McInerey. "Is SEINFELD the Best Comedy Ever?"
- Emily Prager. "Our Barbies, Ourselves."
- Robin Abcarian. "Pink Does Not the Girl (or Boy) Make."
- Cynthia Paco. "Superman and the Duke: Duel Between American Male Icons."
- Bethany Dever. "Gender Roles."
098-b
- Toshio Mori. "My Mother Stands on her Head."
- Bill McKibben. "TV, Freedom, and the Loss of Community."
- William Clinton. "A New Sense of Responsibility."
- Robert Palmer. "What Pop Lyrics Say to Us Today."
- Future: Ender's Shadow for Text Based
Students will choose one additional article from LIA.
Substitutions and other readings will be announced in class.
Last Revised 4 March 02