Welcome to ENG 600 Intro to Graduate Studies!

We will use this blog as a forum for class observations, based on certain theoretical perspectives, of  Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement.

During the first week of classes, you are asked to introduce yourself to the class and to comment on each introduction on the blog.

Afterward, as scheduled for the course, you are expected to create one blog post, 750-1000 words in length. I highly recommend that you compose your post in a text editor such as Wordpad or Notepad. Note that using Microsoft Word to compose your post might introduce embedded codes that are difficult to edit and that might produce unexpected effects. When you are happy with your post, then cut and paste it into the blog, add tags, and publish it! Adding “tags,” or keywords,  make it easier for your blog users to pull up your post based upon subject matter. Please use all lower-case letters when creating a tag. As a minimum, your blog post must include the following tags: your last name (all lower-case), the theoretical school you are applying to the work, the authors last name (all lower case), and the name of the novel (all lowercase). You need not create a category; the category for all posts used in our class will be “atonement.” Note that without the tag for your last name, I may have difficulty pulling up your post for grading purposes.

During weeks when you are not required to create a blog post, you are expected to submit a substantive comment that assesses each blog post in a collegial, helpful, and astute manner.

If you, as a class, would also like to use the blog for discussions of other materials, please feel free to initiate your own discussions. Be sure, though, to add appropriate tags to identify the subject of your posts.

 I look forward to working with all of you!

RKD