Brian D. Martin
Part-time English instructor
Office: IB 2321A
Office hours: Fridays, 11:00am - 11:50am (or by appointment)
bmartin@sccd.ctc.edu
North Seattle Community College
Seattle, Washington
Brian D. Martin
Part-time English instructor
Office: IB 2321A
Office hours: Fridays, 11:00am - 11:50am (or by
appointment)
bmartin@sccd.ctc.edu
Academic background:
Bachelor of Arts in history. Western Washington University, 1991.
Bachelor of Arts in English. University of Washington, 2006.
Master of Arts in English. Oregon State University, 2008.Fall 2008 is my first quarter here at North Seattle Community College and I'm very glad to be here! I'm teaching English 099 and English 101. There are healthy portions of reason and informal logic in my classes.
My areas of interest:
literature of the colonial period in North America
the American Renaissance
literature of the Enlightenment (European & American)
modern & contemporary literature (French, Russian, Mexican & American)
poetry (of all eras and places)
rhetoric, reason, and composition
science fiction
literature of the American west
the Bible as literature
comparative religions
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"The most formidable weapon against errors of any kind is reason."
- Thomas Paine, 1794
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Fall 2008
English 099:
Syllabus
Schedule
Sample Essay Titles
English 101:
Syllabus
Schedule updated Sat., Oct. 18th
Excerpts on Reason & Society
Essay: "Imperial Bedroom" - Jonathan Franzen
Some favorite written works:
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov. 1880.
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick. 1851.
Kazantzakis, Nikos. Report to Greco.
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. 1855.
Addonizio, Kim. Tell Me. 2000.
Some favorite movies:The Mission. 1986. Roland Joffé.
Trois couleurs: Rouge. 1994. Krzysztof Kieslowski.
You Can Count On Me. 2000. Ken Lonergan.
Les quatre cent coups. 1959. François Truffaut.
Kill Bill 1 & 2. 2003 & '04. Quentin Tarantino.
Thanks for visiting my web page!
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