The Comm-b TAs are:

Susanne Fahn

Sections:
301, Monday 2:25 in 6224 Social Sciences;
302, Monday 12:05 in 6224 Social Sciences
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-2:00, Wednesday 12:00-1:00 or by appointment
Emai Address: fahn@wisc.edu

William Banks

Sections
303, Wednesday 11:00 in 140 Van Hise;
304, Tuesday 3:20 342 Noland
Office Hours: TBA
Email Address: wbanks@wisc.edu

The TA office is located in 407C Bascom. Phone 265-7881

Students taking Lit Trans 271 for their Comm-B requirement must sign up for 4 credits and be enrolled in a section.  Sections meet once a week. Sections DO meet the first week of classes.

In section, students will be given guidance for the execution of their assignments.  Occasionally, students will be divided into discussion groups and given questions to discuss, which often have been taken from past exams.

ATTENDENCE IN SECTION IS MANDATORY!  If you have more than 2 absences from section, your grade will drop.  (An A will become an AB, for example.) If you must be absent, notify your TA of the reason, prefereably before the absence.

Three Essay Exams:  Each covers the previous 5 weeks of class.

Special Comm-B assignments:

Each writing assignment will generally involve revisions.

1) Select a short text or texts by one of the authors covered in this course. Suggestions are provided. All subsequent assignments leading up to the main analytical paper will relate to this text choice. After reading the text/texts you have chosen, write a 3 page reaction paper to the text. YOu will also want to look over the page on citation.

2) After consulting the appropriate resources in the library (guidance will be provided), write a 2 page paper about how the text/texts you have chosen fit into the author's career as a whole and what literary movements seem to have influenced them. See the library web site for the parrallel course.

3) Locate 5 secondary works related to your project. Skim through them and create a brief annotated bibliography. Take the opportunity to assess what use the works might be to you in writing your analytical paper.

4) A group theoretical presentation is also required. Guidence will be given by the TA.

5) Select one secondary work, preferably a journal article or a book chapter, and write a 2-3 page critique of it.

6) Write a thesis statement and a general outline for your paper. Students will be expected to meet with their T.A.'s to discuss the results.

7) Submit a solid first draft of your paper (at least 8 pages). This first draft will be subjected to a peer review exercise.

8) Peer review. Analyze and critique the paper of a student colleague.

9) Submit final draft of the paper, 10-12 pages.

Late Assignment Policy: 

It is expected that students will turn their assingments in on time. Extensions will be granted only rarely, and then under extraordinary circumstances.  Permission for an extension must be obtained in advance.

The grade on the assignment will drop by one grade for every day the assignment is late.  Assignments may be no more than 3 days late.

Note that absences from section and late assignments will affect your grade.  (See above.)

For grading breakdown of exams see "Necessary Information"

You cannot pass the course without passing the comm-b componant.