THROUGHOUT
THIS GUIDE TO
THEORY, I have attempted,
when possible, to draw from my own experiences teaching students the
various theoretical approaches. The following two plans were attempted
in two quite different classes at two quite different times in my career.
The application to Spenser was essayed when I was a teaching assistant
working under a professor at the U of California, Santa Barbara (in
1992 while studying for my Ph.D.). The applications to Samuel Delaney
occurred in an introduction to "Science Fiction and Fantasy"
while I was an assistant professor at Purdue U. The former class was
composed mostly of freshmen and sophomores, the latter class was made
up of juniors and seniors (including a small group of honors students).

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