Richard Burt
Fall 2026
ENG 4133 SECTION 21078
Tuesday Periods 5-6
Thursday Period 6
TUR 2334
My courses are off the grid.
"If you skip class, you don't pass."
Class Schedule
Course Decription
Requirements
Co-Leading Class
Due by 5:00 p.m. the Day Before Each Class
on a Film
https://elearning.ufl.edu/
Due by 5:00 p.m. the Day Before Each Class
on a Reading
https://elearning.ufl.edu/
NOTE: DISREGARD THE GRADE ON CANVAS. IT IS NOT ACCURATE. EVERYTHING COUNTS IN THIS CLASS. EVERYTHING MATTERS.
Grading Policy for discussion questions and three shots: If your writing is ungrammatical, I will give you 1 out of 5. If your writing is bad, I will give you 2 out 5.
EITHER
A. Two Discussion Questions on the Reading
and
B. Three BIG WORDS
OR
A. Two Discussion Questions on the film
and
B. Three Shot Descriptions and Analyses
Grading Policy for discussion questions and three shots: If your writing is ungrammatical, I will give you 1 out of 5. If your writing is bad, I will give you 2 out 5.
Richard Lanham, Revising Prose (1979) Read Chapters 1 and 2 and follow Lanham's advice.
Post Your DQs on this google document here.
And on CANVAS https://elearning.ufl.edu/
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Professor Richard Burt
Please talk to me in person after (not before) class or during office hours. However, if you do feel you need to contact me immediately, email me at [email protected].
Office: 4314 Turlington Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays period 6, Thursdays period 7, and by appointment
The current version of this website
is the binding one.
"The usefulness of useless knowledge"
--Abraham Flexneron, 9/30/1939
Burt Syllabi
For all UF policies on student conduct and resources, please scroll down this page.
And you may also go to
https://syllabus.ufl.edu/syllabus-policy/uf-syllabus-policy-links/
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Attendance
SIGN-UP to Co-LEAD Class
Paper Guidelines
Live Grading
UF Class Period Times
Slow Motion Reading
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You will be counted absent if you do not turn in the DQs on time Mondays and Wednesdays. No late work is accepted. I allow two unexcused absences. Three absences will mean your final grade will be lowered a full grade. Four absences mean your final grade will be lowered by two grades. More than four absences means you will fail the course. See the Attendance policies for this course. All assigned work most be completed to pass the course. No late work is accepted. Missed quizzes may not be made up.
Since I know many students read online rather than in print, I will make sure we can always get to the page or to the shot we are discussing by having someone, either me or a student, standing near the computer at the front of the class so we can get there. I do not allow any electronic devices such as iphones or ipads or laptops, etc. to be open during class. Everyone needs to be in class 100 percent. Learning is not something you can do well if you multi-task.
It may take you a week or two to get the hang of how this course works. I will be asking you to write and think and read in ways no other teacher has. I don't want you to be confused and so default to doing what you already know how to do. The point of taking this class is to learn some things you don't already know how to do. If you have any questions about this website, please do ask them. I should add that my course websites are kind of like art installations.
The views expressed by Richard Burt in interviews and commentaries
on the films and readings in this class may or may not reflect the
views of Professor Richard Burt, Ph.D.
At times I may resemble a curator.
Nothing Below is Required for this Class:
FIRST PAPER:
Film Clip Analysis Assignment
DUE Saturday, September, by 11:59 p.m.
SECOND PAPER
Film Trailer Excercise
and /or
Make a trailer assignment 2024
DUE Saturday, November 23, by 11:59 p.m.