bell hook’s “Rebel’s Dilemma” at first confused me. I didn’t know what decolonization really was, and she kept repeating the term as if repeating it would actually make such a thing possible. Now, finally knowing what it is, I’ve come…
English 5001
Discussion Questions for Class 04/22
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
Below are the questions I plan to ask for tonight’s discussion for people who may not be in class. I’m not posting with the intention of starting a discussion thread, but so that people can look at it if they’d…
English 5001
Paper Proposal: The Image of Women’s Magazines
by Alex Janney • • 1 Comment
Women’s magazines are a prominent presence in society. Walk into a Target and it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to walk through the check-out without catching a glance of Marie Claire, Glamour, or Cosmopolitan if not all three. Magazines such…
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ESL Post
by Joel •
The main idea that I got from the first reading of this week is that 2nd language learners have a history of not being represented well in the college English classroom. In the beginning, it was deemed that anyone who…
Classes, English 5001
Project Proposal
by kmontero • • 3 Comments
“The sprawled body of a young girl lay crushed on the sidewalk the other day after a plunge from the fifth story of a Chicago apartment house. Everyone called it suicide, but actually it was murder. The killer was a…
English 5001
The Rhetoric of Sales: Infomercials in the Composition Classroom
by jgreene • • 2 Comments
For my final paper, I plan on engaging in a two-fold research project. The end result will produce a product that can hopefully be used in the composition classroom in order to educate students on various rhetorical strategies and how…