It has come to my attention that some students don’t do all of their course readings. I don’t know what to say about this other than I’m completely taken aback by the concept. Luckily, (and the sarcasm stops here), we have Nancy Bunge to tell us how to work through this crisis of education. Make [...]
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Assigned readings: to read or not to read
Posted in articles of note, tagged assigned readings, assignments, difficult texts, Nancy Bunge, readings on October 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Nobel Prize in Literature
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions, tagged J.D. Salinger, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, laureate, literature, Nobel Prize on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature–Mr. Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Yet, who is this mysterious (at least, in the annals of the collective American consciousness) J.M.G. Le Clézio?
According to the NY Times:
Mr. Le Clézio’s work defies easy characterization, but in more than 40 essays, novels and [...]
Passionate Pedagogy
Posted in articles of note, tagged bell hooks, exploitation, faculty, passionate pedagogy, power, relationship, sex, sexual harrassment, student on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education covered the story of a business professor facing federal charges for intercepting the e-mail of a student he was having an intimate relationship with for over eight months. The student is also pursuing a civil suit against both the professor and the university. The university has [...]
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m done with my thesis. Finally. 2 years of work, and 3 people (plus my parents and partner) will read it. Unless you, happy denizens, would like to experience me in all my Faulknerian glory….anyone? I thought not.
Anyway, since I just poured over 16,000 words on Faulkner out, I’m thinking about the meaning [...]
For you PHIL majors
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An article for you: The Examined Life
So, you get a chance to blog for a little. Comment, and tell me about what the PHIL program is like…I’ve heard it’s very logic/quantitative analysis based (not my thing), but I loved my Philosophy of the Environment Class.
for the lovelorn…
Posted in articles of note on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…It’s Not You, It’s Your Books
bad Natalie
Posted in English Undergrad Association, articles of note, discussion questions, events on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I know, I’ve been a very bad blogger. No, it’s not senioritis; rather, senior year is killing me! But, I do have some goodies for you.
First off, English major or not, who can resist Victorian sex, discussions with Profs., and free pizza? Come to the EUA’s Movie Night showing Angels and Insects based on the [...]
World Wise, books, etc.
Posted in English Undergrad Association, articles of note, discussion questions, events on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First, I want to solicit impressions of World Wise. What did you all think? What worked and what didn’t? One of the impressions I have been getting was that the subject matter was HUGE and could have been taken in many different ways, so not everyone got their pressing questions answered (myself included!). That’s ok…this [...]
Careerism, Feminism, and the Future
Posted in articles of note, discussion questions on February 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Check out this fascinating story on the future of women’s studies in the British academy (and here?). One of the things that I found most interesting is not only the discussion of what these developments mean for the future of feminism on campus but how they reflect a larger shift away from the arts and humanities [...]
On ethics
Posted in English Undergrad Association, articles of note, events on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone want to come with me to Politics and Prose on Thursday night and hear Kwame Anthony Appiah talk about his new book?
What do you all think?
Also, check out this article about Robert Pinsky as a sort of “citizen-poet”.
Finally, don’t forget to come to the EUA’s first Coffeehouse of the semester, Wednesday at noon in [...]
