Monday, January 14, 2008

Welcome!

As you've already discovered, we are going to spend the next 16 weeks screening, examining, and writing about Seinfeld. This blog/discussion board is one of many assignments that will allow us to delve further not only into the sitcom's characters, themes, and complex narrative structures, but also its treatment of social issues (e.g., gender, sexuality, race, religion) as well as its status in popular culture.

As your syllabus indicates, you are required to post to this forum at least once a week excluding Spring Break (March 10-14) and the final week of classes (April 28-May 2). Therefore, by the close of the semester, you will have responded to my and/or your classmates' postings nearly 15 times. Only ten of these responses, however, will be graded. Obviously, the more you post, the more you'll have to choose from!

In any case, before you begin writing and hit that Publish button, please keep in mind the following Rules for the Road...

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