English 341: American Literature to 1865

Spring 1997, Reed College

Student Web Pages

Location: [Reed College] [Department of English] [Laura Arnold] [Nation and Narration]

Why Write a Web Page?

1. To publish your ideas and receive national attention. (To advertise a page list and describe your Web page at a Web site called "Submit It!")
2. To support arguments with a variety of cultural texts that might not otherwise be available or which you could not otherwise include in your text. (For example see the daguerreotypes exhibit.)
3. To store and access information or texts quickly. (For example see the Museum of Material Culture)
4. To catalog and link research sources
5. To learn more about writing, including electronic publishing
6. Have fun!

   Student Web Pages at Other Instutions:

   • American Literature to 1865, University of Virigina (1995)
   • Student Web Pages at the University of Virginia
   • Material Aspects of American Life, University of Maryland (1995)
   • American Suburbia, University of Maryland (1996)

   What Makes a Good Web Page?

   Throughout the semester, I would like you to consider what makes a web page useful and compelling. One of your formal assignments will be to review a student web page from another institution, but I would also like to start a list of criteria. Here is a list of the recommendations you have made so far: Web Do's and Dont's. If you have more suggestions, please Email me at Laura.Arnold@Reed.edu
   

   Student Web Pages for English 341

   • For a list of web pages of work by students in English 341 click here.
   • For a brief introduction on how to convert a text file into a web page click here.
   • For a template for making your own web page click here.

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