Robert C. Nazar

English & Comparative Literature

 

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CSUF Office: UH-320

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Curriculum Vitae

 

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ENGLISH 101 (Spring '05)

Core Class Materials:

Course Syllabus

Course Schedule [weeks 1-8]

Course Schedule [weeks 8-16]

Gender Roles Responses 7:00am

Gender Roles Responses 8:30am

Gender Role Responses 1130am

General Handouts:

STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVE READING

HELP WITH WRITING A THESIS STATEMENT

WRITING AN EFFECTIVE INTRODUCTION

WRITING AN EFFECTIVE CONCLUSION

Essay #1 - Gender Roles in American Society

Study Questions: “Gender and American Culture”

Essay #1 Prompt

Sample Student Essay-Sarah Smith

Sample Student Essay-Kelly Stratford

Essay #2 - Writing a Profile Essay

Class Notes on Writing a Profile Essay

Editing "to be" Verbs Handout

Essay #2 Prompt

Sample Student Essay - Person - Suzanne Iowa

Sample Student Essay - Place - Audra Boulch

Essay #3 -"A Modest Proposal"

"A Modest Proposal" (complete text)

Essay #4 - Literary Analysis

Fahrenheit 451

Study Questions—Part I: “The Hearth and the Salamander”

ENGLISH 1C (Spring '05)

Core Class Materials:

Course Syllabus

Course Schedule [weeks 1-3]

Course Schedule [weeks 4-7]

Course Schedule [weeks 8-10]

General Handouts:

STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVE READING

Study Guides and Discussion Questions:

PLOT STRUCTURE AND “GODFATHER DEATH”

Elements of Plot: "A & P" & "Miss Brill"

Character Discussion Worksheet

Setting Questions

Symbol Worksheet

Writing Assignment #1:

Prewriting for Writing Assignment #1

Writing Assignment #1 Prompt

Peer Review—Writing Assignment #1

Research Project on Candide

Research Project Prompt

 

English 450 (Spring '05)

Core Class Materials:

General Handouts:

STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVE READING

HELP WITH WRITING A THESIS STATEMENT

WRITING AN EFFECTIVE INTRODUCTION

WRITING AN EFFECTIVE CONCLUSION

Essay #1 - Narrative Essay

Working Thesis Statements for Essay #1

Common Problems with Essay #1

Essay #2 - Description

Essay #2 Prompt

Elements for Descriptive Writing

Sample Student Essay - Mary Garcia

Sample Student Essay-Brittny Montiel

Essay #3 - Definition (In-Class Essay)

Definition Essay Guidelines

Timed Writing Tips

Essay #4 - Argument and Persuasion

English 200 (Spring '05)

Core Class Materials:

Course Syllabus

Course Schedule [weeks 1-8]

Course Schedule [weeks 9-11]

General Handouts:

STRATEGIES FOR ACTIVE READING

Study Guides and Discussion Questions:

PLOT STRUCTURE AND “GODFATHER DEATH”

Elements of Plot: "A & P" & "Miss Brill"

Character Discussion Worksheet

Setting Questions

Symbol Worksheet

Writing Assignments:

Writing Assignment #1

Peer Review—Writing Assignment #1

Research Project Prompt

 

 

 

Popular Culture Articles/Links

What celebrity worship says about us

Television-related Articles:

Girls Just Want to Have (Clean) Fun

Americans Get Plenty of Sleep, Watch Lots of TV

Study Links TV to Teen Sexual Activity

The Young Guy of 'Family Guy'

When Group Therapy Means Coming Clean on TV

The Laughter Is Fading in Sitcomland

What? Morals in 'South Park'?

'THE JESUS FACTOR': Understanding the President and His God

Dehumanizing and Mean? It's All Part of the Fun

CHRIS ROCK: "NEVER SCARED"-Talking the Talk (and Defining It, Too)

Women Having Sex, Hoping Men Tune In

Reality TV Channel in 2004

The TV Watch: Hollywood Stumbles at Doorstep of Politics

Norman Lear Discovers Soul Mates in 'South Park'

Forget the Sex and Violence; Shame Is the Ratings Leader

Behind the Great Divide (How News is Viewed Around the World)

Babies Pick Up Emotional Clues From TV, Experts Find

Reality TV Alters the Way TV Does Business

Children and the Demons of Pop Culture

Unbleeped Bleep Words Spread on Network TV

'Sopranos' Scenario in Slaying

The Ever-Darkening World of Television Police Work

Censorship:

Censorship in a DVD Player

"Indecency" in Today's Culture:

Clamping Down

Censorship Redux

Viewers Disagree on Indecency

Film-related Articles:

Girls Just Want to Have (Clean) Fun

Hollywood's He-Men Are Bumped By Sensitive Guys

Unruly Scorn Leaves Room for Restraint, but Not a Lot

Michael Moore's Candid Camera

The New Teen Movies: No More Miss Nice Girl

Disney's Craven Behavior

When It Was Bad It Was Better

One Film, Two Wars, 'Three Kings'

Shock, Awe and Razzmatazz in the Sequel

Study Finds Horror Films Reinforce Gender Roles

Behavior: When `R' Stands for Risky for Teenagers

Movie Review  'O': The Moor Shoots Hoops

Advertising-related Articles:

Reading an Advertisement

Tobacco Industry Still Advertises in Magazines Read by Youth

Music-related Articles:

Rappers Raising Their Churches' Roofs

Bjork Grabs the World by the Throat

Rock of Ages

The Solipsisters Sing Out Once Again

Rapper Didn't Beat the Rap, but He Gets a Record Deal

Growing Up: Britney Did It Again

Books of The Times: Behind the Mystique of Two Pop Heroes, the Boss and the Bad-Boy Rapper

The Trouble With Corporate Radio: The Day the Protest Music Died

Agency Faults Music Industry for Violent Material

Gender/Ethnic Issues:

Girls Just Want to Have (Clean) Fun

Beyond Asian Stereotypes

Men, Too, Are Sensitive to Media Body Ideals

Women Having Sex, Hoping Men Tune In

Rascal or Racist? Censoring a Rabbit

Trying to Get Beyond the Role of the Maid

An Evolving Vision in Black and White

Religion and the Mass Media

'THE JESUS FACTOR': Understanding the President and His God

Video Games & Popular Culture

Women commit to 'casual games,' change face of online entertainment

Fair Play? Violence, Gender, & Race in Video Games

Popular Culture Website Links:

Children Now

Urban Legends and Folklore

Pop Culture Madness - The Eternal Frontier

Sport Psychology Movie Database

Internet Movie Database

Television and Gender Roles

Teach With Movies

Journal of Religion and Film

Metaphilm

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OP/ED Articles

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

Abolish the Electoral College

What Derrida Really Meant

What celebrity worship says about us

Intercepting E-mail

Pledge Allegiance Without My Daughter

Why Not Go Pro?

Viewers Disagree on Indecency

The Elements of Common Sense (using grammar in today's world)

Two Million Inmates, and Counting

A Decision on Cross-Burning

 

9/11 Articles and Commentary

Unruly Scorn Leaves Room for Restraint, but Not a Lot

Michael Moore's Candid Camera

Enter Right, Exit Left

 

Education and Society

Candide's Advice

One Poor Test Result: Cheating Teachers

Easy Grading Makes 'Deep Learning' More Important

Sports-Related Links/Articles

Links:

ESPN.com

The Official Site of Major League Baseball

NFL.com

Articles:

Journals and Professional Associations

Modern Language Association

Writing Links

The Elements of Common Sense (using grammar in today's world)

Online New and Used Booksellers

Dictionary.com

CSUF CAPI Website

The New York Times Learning Network

Faculty Writing Resources

Directory Links

Yahoo!

Search Engines

Google.com

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