English M01C Tentative 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. AKA POO
Silverman, Hughes and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. Boston:
McGraw Hill.
The
latest edition is best although earlier editions are acceptable. AKA ROT
Please choose one of the books from the Whole
text booklist. These novels are readily available in most bookstores
or online. They have not been ordered for the class through Moorpark's
bookstore.
Education: the Idea of a University
The following readings may change if we decide as a class to cover a
different section of The Presence of Others.
- Newman, John Henry "The Idea of a University"
- Rose, Mike. "Lives on the Boundary."
- Student Choice from education section in POO
American Cultural Myths: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The following selections were chosen by the last class. This class will
choose readings from this section by Feb 19.
1C-A class choices
- Le Grain. "Globalization is not Americanization"
- Brooks. "One Nation, Slightly Divisable" (525).
- Kingsolver: "And Our Flag Was Still There" (604).
- Coontz. "The Way We Wish We Were" (568).
1C-B class choices
- Jefferson. "Declaration of Independence" (492).
- Atwood. "A Letter to America" (510).
- Kingsolver: "And Our Flag Was Still There" (604).
- Coontz. "The Way We Wish We Were" (568).
Science: O Brave New World
- Bishop. "Enemies of Promise" (304)
- Grady. "Struggling Back From War's Once Deadly Wounds" (331).
- Science Blog TBA
Others readings may be assigned in class.
Revised Feb 2018