If you consult critics, read more than one to get different opinions. Any student who uses material that is not his or her own without proper attribution will fail the course. Notify me before the due date if you need more time. Unexcused late papers lose two points per school day. Papers more than five days late will not be accepted.
Revisions are due within three classes after the paper is returned.
Please submit the original paper with your revision. Possibilities include biographical or critical information on an author, report on some outside work, discussion or debate on a work, dramatic reading or staging of a scene, a piece parodying the author's style, a review of a film version of a novel, a mock interview with the author, or a videotape presentation. These reports may help you prepare for your papers. Let me know if you need audiovisual equipment. Short answers on character and plot to keep you current on the reading.