Welcome to class!

You will also need to access the course on Moodle, the main discussion area, and UCO's WebCT, which we use for email and backup discussion. Please register or login to all these two other sites immediately. We use this site for backup.

Also, go through all the class material, especially the syllabus, which can be found on the Beat Diner site. Then ask me any questions you may have. Remember, this is a three-week intersession class so assignments come due quickly.

You can always email anytime through WebCT or call me, 405-606-5694, with your questions.

(The Block One course is still available on Moodle and UCO's WebCT)

Welcome to class! I look forward to working with you this semester. We will use this site, itsambiguous.com, as a backup to Moodle and WebCT. If those systems are down, please check here. If this system is down, please check the Moodle forums or your WebCT email for information. I also post important class information on this site so you should login here four times a week. This lets me know you are checking the site.

Please go through the syllabus thoroughly and then do your preliminary work, such as registering here and on Moodle and posting your bio, as soon as possible. Do not hesitate to ask me questions through a WebCT email or by telephone, 405-974-5669.

Remember, this is an eight-week course. It has an ambitious reading schedule. Please set aside time to complete the reading. I understand how challenging this can be with your busy schedules, but the literature is well worth the effort.

--Kurt Hochenauer

(The Block One course is still available on Moodle and UCO's WebCT)

Welcome to class! I look forward to working with you this semester. We will use this site, itsambiguous.com, as a backup to Moodle and WebCT. If those systems are down, please check here. If this system is down, please check the Moodle forums or your WebCT email for information. I also post important class information on this site so you should login here four times a week. This lets me know you are checking the site.

Please go through the syllabus thoroughly and then do your preliminary work, such as registering here and on Moodle and posting your bio, as soon as possible. Do not hesitate to ask me questions through a WebCT email or by telephone, 405-974-5669.

Remember, this is an eight-week course. It has an ambitious reading schedule. Please set aside time to complete the reading. I understand how challenging this can be with your busy schedules, but the literature is well worth the effort.

--Kurt Hochenauer

(Block One courses are still available on Uconnect and Moodle.)

Welcome to class! I look forward to working with you this semester. We will use this site, itsambiguous.com, as a backup to Moodle and WebCT. If those systems are down, please check here. If this system is down, please check the Moodle forums or your WebCT email for information. I also post important class information on this site so you should login here four times a week. This lets me know you are checking the site.

Please go through the syllabus thoroughly and then do your preliminary work, such as registering here and on Moodle and posting your bio, as soon as possible. Do not hesitate to ask me questions through a WebCT email or by telephone, 405-974-5669.

Remember, this is an eight-week course. It has an ambitious reading schedule. Please set aside time to complete the reading. I understand how challenging this can be with your busy schedules, but the literature is well worth the effort.

--Kurt Hochenauer

Welcome to class! I look forward to working with you this semester. We will use this site, itsambiguous.com, as a backup to Moodle and WebCT. If those systems are down, please check here. If this system is down, please check the Moodle forums or your WebCT email for information. I also post important class information on this site so you should login here four times a week. This lets me know you are checking the site.

Please go through the syllabus thoroughly and then do your preliminary work, such as registering here and on Moodle and posting your bio, as soon as possible. Do not hesitate to ask me questions through a WebCT email or by telephone, 405-974-5669.

Remember, this is an eight-week course. It has an ambitious reading schedule. Please set aside time to complete the reading. I understand how challenging this can be with your busy schedules, but the literature is well worth the effort.

--Kurt Hochenauer

Here is the last quiz. Your final projects and papers are due by midnight Sunday, June 3. Submit them as an attachment in a WebCT email.

I've enjoyed working with you this semester, and I hope you have a great summer!

--Kurt Hochenauer

Hi, everyone. There are some great posts on Moodle about the class material. Good job. I've really enjoyed reading through it all and responding.

Here is this week's quiz.

As you know, next week is the last week of class. Your final projects/papers are due by midnight Sunday, June 3. The class technically ends on Friday. I will post final grades on Tuesday, June 5.

We now turn our attention to Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums I have created discussion areas on Moodle about the novel. Feel free to add your own topics.

Here's this week quiz. This is the second quiz of the semester. It will available online through Monday.

Welcome to the Beat Movement course. I look forward to working with you during the next four weeks.

(Note to my students in English Literature Since 1800: Your course is still available on Moodle and WebCT.)

You should immediately register your account here and on Moodle. (The link to Moodle is also on the top of this page.) You will also need access to WebCT, which we will use for class emails. To access the course on WebCT, get on Uconnect, and then click on our class. Most of your discussion posts will be on Moodle, though it is okay to post here as well.

The main class content site, Beat Diner, can be found here.

Please go through all the course material, especially the syllabus, and then ask me any questions through a WebCT email or by telephone.

Hi, everyone. The class is going well. The discussion forums on Moodle are filled with your insightful comments, and your class blogs are interesting and current.

This week we turn to T.S. Eliot and The Moderns. Here is a podcast of one Eliot's most famous poems, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Note how "Prufrock" anticipates The Waste Land with its irony and somewhat oppressive setting. Yet the poem never breaks into the complete fragmentation and complexity of The Waste Land. This is perhaps why Prufrock is better known that The Waste Land outside literary circles.

I have created a Moodle discussion forum dealing with Prufrock's ironic elements, and there are other forums as well.

Please remember to use the WebCT email system to email me about class business during the time period of this class.