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Work for this Course

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The requirements for this course fall into three categories: Seminar Work, Written Work, and Final Exam

As the semester progresses, I will post links to detailed descriptions for these assignments on this page, as well as a Rubric for each written assignment that shows you how exactly your work will be evaluated for the assignment.

I maintain an open gradebook policy, and encourage you to talk to me about your progress in the class and how your work is being evaluated.

Seminar Work (20%)

Participation Although I will give brief informational lectures, I plan on operating this class as a seminar the vast majority of the time. “Seminar” comes from the Latin word meaning “seed bed,” as in, a place for scholars and their ideas to grow. The success of this class is heavily dependent, therefore, on the contributions you make to our weekly meetings. You should come prepared to each class to speak and share interpretations, criticisms, ask questions, and respond to your classmates’ commentary.

Seminar Presentation You will work in pairs to give one presentation on a piece of critical or theoretical writing or historical background materials relevent to the week's reading. You should of these as pedagogical exercises, and I will be evaluating you on how effectively you teach the class and lead discussion of the materials for the seminar. I will give you 20-30 minutes to lead the class in whatever way you think is most effective, and you should use tools and techniques (audio/visual materials, handouts, and other supporting materials) that you think will make your presentation engaging and effective.

Written Work (60%)

Blogging (20%) Seminar members will contribute to the course blog http://neverdrab.wordpress.com weekly with responses based on our readings. Detailed Assignment and Rubric for Blogging.

Collaborative Annotated Bibliography (20%) I will introduce you to a bibliographic research tool called Zotero in this class, and we will use it to compile a robust annotated bibliography of materials related to sixteenth century literature and culture. We will have a session in the library devoted to using this tool.

Final Essay (20%) Your final project for the course will culminate in an essay of roughly 10-15 pages. I will give you some general guidelines for the assignment, but my expectation is that this will be a research project that grows out of the collaborative work (blogging, annotated bibliography, seminar discussions) we do in the class. Prior to the final deadline, you will submit an abstract for your project, which will give us the opportunity to discuss directions, difficulties, and possibilities for your final essay.