It is your responsibility to respect me as a professor and an individual, and to treat me with courtesy. In addition, it is your responsibility to treat your classmates and their opinions with respect. By remaining enrolled in this course, you are implicitly agreeing to abide by the guidelines and standards set forth in this syllabus. The professor reserves the right to alter this schedule as she sees fit. Selections are to be read in their entirety by the due date.
Some pieces are longer than others, so plan accordingly.
Your thesis should stake a claim about some element of the text in question, and your paper should carefully support this claim. Remember to use textual evidence judiciously, and to avoid mere plot summary. Also, be sure that your interpretation goes much further than the interpretations we may have discussed in class. You may use secondary sources for this paper, but I caution you to use them wisely. If you are uncertain how to incorporate secondary sources, please make an appointment with me to discuss the matter.