ENG 556 Theories of Literacy
Fall 2016

For Tuesday, August 30

Log into the course Blackboard site and click onto the "Content" menu option. Read the following files in preparation for our first class meeting:

Read Bowden's "Literacy" and Ryan Shepherd's "Literacy" (revised Keyword)

Read Sampson's "The Earliest Writing"

Read Schmandt-Besserat's "Symbols in the Prehistoric Middle East"

Read Maugham's "The Verger"

Jot down your response to some aspect of the readings that you found particularly interesting (...exciting....infuriating...overwhelming...just plain cool) and why. Bring these to class for discussion.

Get the books you will need for this course.

Browse through Literacy a Critical Sourcebook . Identify chapters that you would be interested in discussing for the in-class colloquium. Pick your top 3 (chapts 1, 7, 26, & 35 are already preselected as readings).