Office: Because of the renovation of Stabler Hall, I have neither an office nor an office phone
number. The English Department has a temporary office in the old Schuster's Building in
University Plaza at Asher and University. For my purposes, if we have a conference, we shall
meet either in the library or the student center. We are supposed to be back in Stabler Hall by
mid-February. English Department Phone: 569-3161

Doc Yoder's email: rpyoder@ualr.edu     webpage:http://www.ualr.edu/rpyoder/

Texts: On Anthologies: Politics and Pedagogy. Edited by Jeffrey R. Di Leo. U of Nebraska Press,
             2004. ISBN: 0-8032-6644-8
           Various handouts and internet resources.

Goals

1. Students will gain an understanding of the assumptions and agendas that underlie
   the selections, ordering and critical apparatus of various types of literary anthologies.


2. Students will enhance their understanding of theories of literary history and literary value.


3. Students will gain a fuller understanding and awareness of the ways in which anthologies are
   chosen for classroom use, including their own classrooms.


4. Students will gain a fuller understanding of the relationship between an anthology and a
   syllabus, and how a syllabus might be considered a kind of anthology.


5. Students will gain a fuller self-awareness of their own roles as consumers and teachers of literature.

Objectives

1. Students will gain a fuller self-awareness of their own roles as consumers and teachers of literature.


2. Students will write both formally and informally about their analyses of various aspects
   of anthologies, including the selections, the ordering of those selections, the introductions and
   other editorial materials, and the intended audiences.


3. Students will examine syllabi from their own classes ­ either as students or teachers ­ and
   discuss the assumptions that underlie those syllabi.


4. Each student will construct his or her own Table of Contents for an imagined anthology and
   write an Introduction to go along with that Table of Contents.


5. Students will share their insights with each other in both class discussions and on the course
   email listserve.

English 7360.01 S06 Reading / Report Schedule
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