Welcome to the class blog for ENGL 475: Postmodern Literature. Please bookmark this address and get into the habit of checking the blog regularly, at least several times per week. I will use the blog to post announcements, assignments, updates to the calendar, and other administrative items. I will also post questions, provocations, and items related to our current reading and discussions. You may respond to these in the comments section of each entry. I will take blog comments into account when evaluating Participation.
New topics will appear most recent first and will remain on the main page for ten days. Sometimes I'll post a general entry topic entitled "The Floor." (As in, "The floor is now open . . .") This is an open thread that you can use to respond to our current readings or anything else that's going on in class. If you hava a request for a particular topic please email me. Any URLs you include in your comments will be automatically auto-linked by the blog software, but do not include other HTML tags.
Let's take a quick look around. Over in the right-hand column you'll find archives of previous postings, as well as a copy of the syllabus (in PDF format) and links of general interest to the course. If you have a blog of your own and would like it listed here just let me know. The Comments link below each entry is where you click to post a comment. (Pretty slick, huh?) The TrackBack link is used by other people with blogs to post their own entries linking back to this one. If you have a blog yourself, feel free to trackback to anything you see here. It's possible, then, that our discussion will spill over into other cyberspaces--that is the nature of the Web.
Please be aware that this blog is a public space, and anything you write here is accessible by visitors from outside the class as well as within. In order to foster a serious and responsible discussion, and as a courtesy to your classmates, please sign your posts with at least your first name; anonymous or nickname posts will be removed, and their IP address may be banned.
Any other questions? Post 'em in the Comments below!
Oh, I almost forgot . . . there's an "Easter egg" here--can you find it?