Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Syllabus

McSweeneys has a very helpful internet age writing syllabus and course overview here:  

ENG 371WR: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era; M-W-F: 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Instructor: Robert Lanham
Prerequisites: Students must have completed at least two of the following.
ENG: 232WR — Advanced Tweeting: The Elements of Droll
LIT: 223 — Early-21st-Century Literature: 140 Characters or Less
ENG: 102 — Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
ENG: 301 — Advanced Blog and Book Skimming
ENG: 231WR — Facebook Wall Alliteration and Assonance
LIT: 202 — The Literary Merits of Lolcats
LIT: 209 — Internet-Age Surrealistic Narcissism and Self-Absorption
Thanks to Bookslut for the link.

1 comment:

SG said...

Ha ha...this is really funny...but i wont be surprised if this is going to be the state of affairs in some years to come..