housekeeping – ENG 222: Literary Genres

Proposing Final Projects

Hey all, Belatedly, here is a thread for proposing final projects! As we discussed on our call, we like this platform & we want to see each other’s proposals—so post yours in the comments. It’s an informal piece of writing, and you can think of it like thinking out loud. The goal is just toContinue reading “Proposing Final Projects”

Choosing Our Novel: the options (plus, pitch your own!)

Hi all, So, it’s (past) time to choose the novel that we’ll read together for the remaining weeks of class, while you work on your final projects. I’m pitching four here, and I encourage you to add your own pitches in the comments! On Thursday when class starts, we’ll take a vote & launch ourContinue reading “Choosing Our Novel: the options (plus, pitch your own!)”

Poems for Thursday, March 12

Hey all. So take a minute. Imagine our classroom. And then imagine that class starts in the way it usually does: I’d ask you how the world is, and then I’d ask you how you’re reacting to our poems today. Answers to either question are welcome in the comments. I’ll also offer a few promptsContinue reading “Poems for Thursday, March 12”

shifting online: questions & ideas

Hey all. Here’s a place to discuss our transition. Have a question? Put it here so it can help your classmates. Have an idea? Ditto. (Much like those bathroom signs: “have a face? don’t touch it!”)

prompts: the short story

As we start the writing phase of this project, there’s still time to reflect back on the short stories we’ve read—and we’ll also want to do some thinking about what we learned about the form. So here are a few questions you might want to take up about our texts, their relationships, and our senseContinue reading “prompts: the short story”

how to use this space

Read and comment on your classmates’ posts. As you’ll have noticed in class, there’s so much more to talk about than we can cover in class! This space can be a place to open up some of those conversations. Post your own thoughts! This blog is an extension of our class discussions, and it’s alsoContinue reading “how to use this space”

Welcome to literarygenres.blog!

Hi all, This is our course blogging space! As we’ve discussed in class (& on the syllabus, etc.), you are responsible for five blog posts here over the course of the semester. As we settle in here, I’m going to be posting prompts that refer back to the units that we’ve already done (short story,Continue reading “Welcome to literarygenres.blog!”