Assignments

Critical Response Papers -- Everyone must complete at least 6 of the 12 possible short critical and analytical response papers. Response papers are due hardcopy at the start of each class.

Critical Context & Question Presentation -- You will be a required to sign up for an oral presentation individually or in pairs. For your presentation, research a topic relevant to the week's texts and generate a critical question to get class discussion started. Presentations are 5-8 minutes and may include media.

Children's Literature Critical Review -- a 500-750 word analytical review of a text you would think could be or should be included in our class. Critical Reviews are due by the last day of instruction and will be posted to the class blog.

Information Sheets

The following are handouts, informational sheets, and readings that will be assigned or used over the course of the quarter. Each student will recieve a copy of each as a handout in class during the appropriate week. If you miss a sheet, feel free to print out a new copy.

Ed's Top Ten List of "Ways to Survive University"

Ed's Top Ten Rules of Writing

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

MLA Citation and Bibliographic Format

What is Close Reading?

Readings

There are eight text required by the class in addition to a set of short readings. The texts are available via the Drew Bookstore (or through any reputable bookseller). The course readings are available via the (class Moodle). Consult the course syllabus for the week's required reading. The following is a full bibliographical list of the class readings:

Anatol, Giselle Liza. "Introduction." Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: ix-xxv.

Anatol, Giselle Liza. "The Postcolonial World of Harry Potter." Political Issues in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2009. 85-96.

Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan. London: Puffin, 2008.

Baum, L. Frank. The Wizard of Oz. London: Puffin, 2008.

Blake, Andrew. "The Harry Potter Books Take a Complex View of Race." Political Issues in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2009. 78-84.

Blume, Judy. "Is Harry Potter Evil?" Judy Blume on the Web. 22 Oct. 1999. 21 Apr. 2008. http://www.judyblume.com/censorship/potter.php.

Cockrell, Amanda. "Harry Potter and the Witch Hunters: A Social Context for the Attacks on Harry Potter." The Journal of American Culture. 29:1 (Mar. 2006): 24-30.

Gallardo-C., Ximena and C. Jason Smith. "Cinderfella: J.K. Rowling's Wily Web of Gender." Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: 191-205.

Grenby, M.O. "The Origins of Children's Literature." The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature. Eds. M.O. Grenby and Andrea Immel. New York: Cambrdige University Press, 2009. 3-18.

Heilman, Elizabeth E. "Introduction." Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter. New York: Routledge, 2009. 1-9.

Heilman, Elizabeth E. and Trevor Donaldson. "From Sexist to (sort-of) Feminist: Representations of Gender in the Harry Potter Series." Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter. Ed. Elizabeth E. Heilman. New York: Routledge, 2009. 139-161.

Le Guin, Ursula K. "Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" The Language of the Night. New York: Perigee, 1979. 39-45.

Nylund, David. "Reading Harry Potter: Popular Culture, Queer Theory, and the Fashioning of Youth Identity." Journal of Systemic Therapies. 26.2 (2007): 13-24.

Ostry, Elaine. "Accepting Mudbloods: The Ambivalent Social Vision of J.K. Rowling's Fairy Tales." Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: 89-101.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic, 1999.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: Scholastic, 2000.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York: Scholastic, 2003.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York: Scholastic, 1999.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York: Scholastic, 1997.

Smith, Karen Manners. "Harry Potter's Schooldays: J.K. Rowling and the British Boarding School Novel." Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: 69-87.

Tatar, Maria, Ed. Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Norton, 1999.

Taub, Deborah J. and Heather L. Servaty-Seib. "Controversial Content: Is Harry Potter Harmful to Children?" Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter. Ed. Elizabeth E. Heilman. New York: Routledge, 2009. 13-32.

Tolkien, J.R.R. "On Fairy Stories." The Monster and the Critics and Other Essays. New York: Harper Collins, 2006. 109-161.

Wallace, David L. and Tison Pugh. "Playing with Critical Theory in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series." English Journal. 96:3 (Jan. 2007): 97-100.

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