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Theory and Criticism Sites*** Individual Critic/Theoretical Schools Sites***
Relevant Electronic Journals*** Writing Assistance Sources***
General References

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Theory and Criticism Sites

Glossaries

--these are glossaries I both put together for my undergraduate theory site and assembled from other places on the web

Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory Page

--meta-site that should link you to just about everything pertinent on the web

Literary Theory Resources

--an excellent site with extensive links

Media, Gender, and Identity Theory and Stuff

--yes, that's the official title . . . this offbeat, snazzily designed British site includes theory trading cards as well as more securely academic material

Cultural Studies and Critical Theory Links

--very up-to-date source for all sorts of critical practices, including media studies, queer theory, etc

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Individual Critic/Theoretical School Sites

Postcolonial Studies Site

-- developed by the hypertext whiz George Landow, at Brown University, this (still in-progress site) is extremely helpful for contemporary postcolonial literature written in English

Derrida On-Line

-- links, text excerpts, searchable database, updated bibliographies

Formalist and Structuralist Ideas

-- helpful background material, plus links

Marxism Page

-- good links to classical Marxist material as well as contemporary work; you can also hear the Internationale

Note: There will be many additions to this rubric throughout the semester

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Relevant Electronic Journals

Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial studies

--published by NCSU, this journal is the first on-line academic publication devoted solely to postcolonial studies; neat stuff, if I do say so myself
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Other Voices: The (E)Journal of Cultural Criticism

--spiffy-looking new journal, theoretically heavy, gestures at trendy subjects

CTHEORY

--an international journal of theory, technology, and culture, including 'theorisaations of major "event-scenes" in the mediascape

Theory and Event

--another Project Muse endeavor, this one tending toward discussions of current events and philosophy

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Writing Assistance Sources

MLA-based Guide for Writing Research Papers

--very handy reference, deals with proper documentation, working with quotations, the technical stuff English majors at all levels need to know

The Columbia Guide to Online Style

--just what it says, and good to know about if you use electronic source material

Guide to Grammar and Style

--the indefatigable Jack Lynch has put together a wonderful miscellany of comments and rubrics about grammar, style, and usage

North Carolina State University's Online Writing Lab

--your tuition supports this, so check it out--it's very good

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General References

Hypertext Webster's Dictionary

--this sounds great, but accessing it can be a big problem; I've concluded that nothing beats a real print dictionary for convenience

The American-British/British-American Dictionay

--helpful resource for finding out what 'boot' means in Britain, for instance; also good tables of British currency, monarchy, and the like

Roots of English: an Etymological Dictionary

--free (as far as I can tell) downloadable dictionary that will frequently come in handy

Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus

--you must check this out; the pulsating word branches provide an unusual approach to synonyms, to say the least

Word Net Lexical Database

--developed using concepts from cognitive psychology, this site is a little confusing at first (particularly in what, exactly, it's doing) but it's fun and useful

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