“Prizes, Ten Best Lists and Cultural Value"
English 101 Composition I (10458)
Autumn 2009
California University of Pennsylvania
3 credits
TTh 2.00-3.15 PM
Keystone 400A
M. G. Aune
Office Hours TTH 7.00-8.00, W 2.00 – 6.00
724.938.4341
223 Azorsky Hall
aune(at)calu.edu
Links, Documents, and Tips
Links
The Nobel Prize
http://nobelprize.org/
The Man Booker Prize
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
The Pulitzer Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org/
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award
http://www.oscar.com/
The Polar Prize
http://www.polarmusicprize.org/
The Golden Raspberry Award
http://www.razzies.com/
The
Praemium Imperiale
http://www.praemiumimperiale.org/eg/jaahome/home.html
Nobel Presentation Speeches
Below are links to the Nobel
Presentation speeches for the past four years. They may be helpful to you
in thinking and writing about Le Clezio, Pamuk, Lessing, Pinter, and
Coetzee.
J.M.G Le Clezio
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2008/presentation-speech.html
Doris Lessing
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2007/presentation-speech.html
Orhan Pamuk
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/presentation-speech.html
Harold Pinter
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2005/presentation-speech.html
J. M. Coetzee
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2003/presentation-speech.html
The Literature Resource Center
http://www.library.cup.edu/
The Literature Resource Center is an on-line reference available
through Cal's library. The link above takes you to the Library's
homepage. Click on the link More Try These First.
Scroll down until you see the link for Literature
Resource Center. You may search it by author or by title.
It has articles on most major authors, living and dead. If you access
the LRC from off campus, you will need to sign in with your user ID and
password.
Tips
Standard Academic Usage
1. Titles of books,
films, magazines and newspapers are in italics:
Beloved, New York Times, The Godfather.
See PSM 85-86, 71-72.
2. Write out all
numbers that are two words or fewer: one hundred, 352. See
PSM 84.
3. Put all foreign
words in italics, gaijin. See
PSM 86.
4. The first time you
refer to a person, use his or her full name; after that use only the last
name.
5. Avoid slang and
clichés. See PSM 16-18.
6. Always assume that
you should use third person (he, she, it, one) rather than the first person
(I, we) or second person (you), unless you check with the instructor first.
7. Place periods and
commas inside quotation marks.
E.g. Shakespeare wrote, “To be or not to be.”
Not, Shakespeare wrote, “To be or not to be”.
See PSM 72.
Tips for Passing This (and any other) Class
1. Always have your
homework assignment read, annotated, and be ready to ask and answer
questions about it.
2. When emailing your
instructor, always use a salutation (Dear…), identify yourself by your full
name, and use a closing (Sincerely…).
3. Do not wait until
the last minute to write and print your papers.
4. Attend class
punctually.
5. Get to know at
least three other people.
6. Be familiar with
Blackboard and all its features.
7. Visit the office
hours of your instructor at least once per term.
8. Have a system for
saving copies of all the papers you write, either on your own computer or on
a flash drive.
9. Use a calendar to
keep track of all your deadlines and assignments.
Nobel Prize in Literature Bibliography
English, James. The Economics of Prestige:
Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value. Cambridge,
MA: Harvard UP, 2005.
Espmark, Kjell. The Nobel Prize in Literature: A Study of the Criteria
Behind the Choices. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991.
“The Nobel Prize in Literature.” 2009. 26 August 2009.
Schuck, Henrick, et al. Nobel: The Man and His Prizes. 2nd. Ed.
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1962).
Sohlman, Ragnar. Nobel: The Story Behind the Nobel Prizes. Trans.
Elspeth Harley Schubert. London: Bodley Head, 1983.
Worek, Michael. Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners. Buffalo, NY:
Firefly Books, 2008.
Nobel Prize in Literature: Alfred Nobel's Will
Documents
Group Forms
Group Member Evaluation Form
Peer Rating Form
These are the forms that you
must complete for your group project. Be sure to complete the forms
entirely. Do not forget to rate yourself.
This site was created for the use of students enrolled at California University of Pennsylvania by M.G. Aune. Last updated: 7 September 2009.