CSUN: English 305 Reading List
Required Texts
Lunsford, Andrea and John Ruszkiewicz. The Presence of Others:
Voices and Images that Call for Response. 3rd ed. New York: St. Martin's, 2000.
Silverman,
Hughes and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. 5th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2002.
Crump, Eric and
Carbone, Nick. Writing Online: A Student's Guide to the Internet and the World Wide Web. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Online Site http://www.hmco.com/hmco/college/english/englishonline/EnglishOnline.html
Please choose one of the books from the Whole text booklist by week 4.
Education: the Idea of a University
From POO:
- hooks, bell. "Keeping Close to Home: Class
and Education."
- Rose, Mike. "Lives on the Boundary."
- Spayde, Jon. "Learning in the Key of
Life."
- Student Choice
Techno-Rhetoric: Writing Goes Digital
Readings from POO:
- Samuelson, Pamela. "The Digital Rights War."
- Oppenheimer, Todd. "The Computer Delusion."
- Turkle, Sherry. "Who Am We?"
The following are webbed articles that may be of interest. While you are not responsible for writing a summary and response on the readings below, they may prove helpful in understanding how and why teachers use internet technologies for teaching. They pose some problems and solutions to online pedagogies.
Science: O Brave New World
From POO:
- Shelley, Mary."Frankenstein."
- Bishop, J. Michael. "Enemies of Promise."
- Martin, Emily. "The Body at War: Media Virus of the Immune System."
- Student Choice
Others readings will be assigned in class.
Last revised 9 Sept 02