Topic: Aesthetics and Canonicity

What determines the list of works that get studied and written about in English?

Assigned Text: Keesey, General Introduction

Assigned Text: Eagleton, ''Introduction: What is Literature?''

On E-Reserve. Skim also ''The Rise of English,'' which is part of the same e-reserve file. From Eagleton's book, Literary Theory.

Note that you will need an ID and password to view this file. (Click that link, select Jerz, D and click "Go," then click on the course title. I'll tell you the ID and password in class [Actually, I e-mailed them. -- DGJ], and leave space here for you to write them down.

ID _____________ Password ______________

Assigned Text: Elliot, ''Tradition and the Individual Talent''

Online at http://www.bartleby.com/200/sw4.html

Assigned Text: Melville, ''Benito Cereno''

In Keesey, Appendix B. This is a long story, written in a style that will require some concentration. Don't leave this until the last minute.

Assigned Text: Murfin and Ray, Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms

On your blog, post a brief paragraph that demonstrates your knowledge of one term that you had to look up.