LIT 127: Introduction to Fiction
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Required Materials

 
 

Please note the page title: Required Materials.  That means ya gotta have these things.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Books

  • Charters, Ann.  The Story and Its Writer 6th edition.

    Note: all short stories will be found in this book.  We will be using this book first, so it should be your priority.

  • Atwood, Margaret. Cat's Eye 

  • King, Stephen. Carrie

All of these books are available at the Parkland bookstore.  Page numbers are based on those editions.  Please let me know if you have another, so I can put up section indications.

 

Technology

  • Regular and reliable access to the Internet.

    This one's a gimme.  You cannot complete an on-line class if you cannot get on-line.  For this class, you will need to be able to get on-line at least three times a week, and within specific time-frames (between Tuesday and Friday, for example).

  • Access to a regular and reliable email account that you check on a regular basis.

    In order to sign up for this class, you had to activate/access your Parkland student email account.  Personally, I don't care if you use that email or another, as long as it's an account you check several times a week, as I will regularly send out course information via email.  As a personal favor to me, please make sure the account is kept current and that you keep an eye on how full your mailbox is.  Bouncing messages are no one's friend.

  • Access to our class WebBoard.  Go here for directions for creating an account.

  • Access either to Microsoft Word or to a word processing program that can be made compatible with MS Word.

    I'll talk more about this in the policies section, but simply put: I need to be able to read your papers and exams.  I'm more than happy to explain to you how to save the files so I can read them, but you have to be willing to work with me.

It goes without saying (I hope) that you need to know how to use a computer.  In particular, you need to know how to navigate a web page, use email (including sending attachments), and use a word processor.  You do not need to know how to use WebBoard; however, you have to be willing to learn.

 

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