...Sofia Prado Huggins; Kaylee Henderson Abstract In this essay, the authors discuss how collaborative course design fundamentally reshapes power structures within the classroom, opening traditional texts and canonical authors to generative readings. Through the design of an introductory‐level...

... introductory-level literature courses contemporary literature experimental literature speculative literature difficulty Works Cited Amis Martin . 1992 . Time’s Arrow . New York : Vintage . Bain Ken . 2004 . What the Best College Teachers Do . Cambridge, MA : Harvard...

... we face with such clarity, and get to work. Here are the five main points I take away from Bartholomae: (1) Things are getting worse. With each passing decade, fewer tenure- ­track faculty in English teach introductory courses in writing or literature. As a result, the MA has...

...Gillian Steinberg The “Influence” model of introductory literature class focuses on a single central text, the works that influenced its composition, and works that developed from it, encouraging students to make connections among texts. Such a course model repositions power in the classroom...

... How Students Read Comments on Literature Papers Lisa Schreibersdorf When literature instructors respond to student writing in introductory courses — the courses that set expectations of our discipline — what might our written comments suggest about the values of literary study? Written...

... organizational topos, other introductory texts often fail to achieve the level of interconnectedness that Magennis has. In the end, The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-­Saxon Literature is a lean, effective survey, but students will undoubtedly need direction regarding which of the myriad texts...

...Heidi Elisabeth Bollinger Students entering an introductory survey course on African American literature have uneven background knowledge on the history of slavery in the United States. Given this, one of the key challenges in teaching the slave narrative is helping students appreciate...

...  289 learning aspect of the students’ work, this course was identical to other introductory-level English courses. It had the same class enrollment (thirty- five students) and a single instructor to conduct class discussions and evalu- ate student work. But the students’ experience...

... the introductory literature classroom later than I was “supposed to,” with a few English courses already under my belt and even more instruction in English pedagogy. Learning from this perspective, growing aware of the importance of individualized instruction, has trained me to be hesitant in adopting...

... introductory lecture (American and British, respectively), and rising stars like Tim Dean teach 101, the very-low-level poetry course required of all majors. Illinois is not a utopian society composed of magnanimous, well-adjusted faculty members. It is merely an ordinary place from which a great number...

.... According to data compiled in Humanities Indicators , bachelor degree completions in English language and literature declined by 18 percent from 2005 to 2015, down to roughly the same level as 1990 (American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2017 ). Data from the Association of English Departments show...

... and Posthuman- ism, as well as courses in introductory literature. Her courses feature literary engagements with the nonhuman, as well as texts of all kinds that grapple with environmental challenges and climate change. Stephanie White is a writing and multimodal communication specialist at the University...

... and Special Programs in the Department of English at Indiana University. She teaches undergraduate courses in composition, introductory literature, and early modern literature. Scott Stevens teaches writing, composition theory and pedagogy, and American literature at California State University, Fresno. His...

... national prizes. AnaLouise Keating is associate professor of women s studies at Texas Woman s University, where she teaches undergraduate introductory courses and graduate courses on feminist/womanist theory, U.S. women of color, and related issues. She previously taught U.S. literature and composition...

... teachers and scholars. I have used the book in a doctoral-­level composition theory course, where I found it helpful to have many key texts anthologized in one volume for my students — many of whom had years of experience as writing teachers but were new to the disciplinary history and its theories...

... themselves with our discipline for the first time. I also come to this review as a teacher of a new generation of composi- tion teachers and scholars. I have used the book in a doctoral-­level composition theory course, where I found it helpful to have many key texts anthologized in one volume...

... a means of establishing the identity of literature that takes full account of antiessentialist arguments on the subject. Laura M. Grow is an adjunct instructor at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. In addition to teaching introductory and inter- mediate composition courses...

... of Spanish more than a decade ago: an introductory survey course of literature in Spanish from both sides of the Atlantic, from medieval poetry to contemporary fiction. I originally approached this quick-paced, anthology- based introduction with doubts and disillusionment. How could a course...

... Atlantic Review. Brian P. Hudson teaches freshman and advanced composition and an introductory literature course at Central Michigan University. He is interested in the changes that computers are bringing to the modern classroom and has taught in computer-mediated classrooms for three years. He hopes...

... idiosyncratic view of a heterogeneous profession and its objects of study? Courses at the introductory level carry a particularly weighty burden given the amalgamation of intellectual concerns 406  pedagogy that literary and cultural studies has become. How do we help students make sense of the whole...