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October 7, 2013: Robert Hayden: A Centennial Conference, Department Of English Oct 2013

October 7, 2013: Robert Hayden: A Centennial Conference, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


October 6, 2013: Wmu Students: Sign Up For Engl 4100: Holy Road Trips, Department Of English Oct 2013

October 6, 2013: Wmu Students: Sign Up For Engl 4100: Holy Road Trips, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


October 3, 2013: Evan Gottlieb Lecture Opens Scholarly Speakers Series For 2013-14, Department Of English Oct 2013

October 3, 2013: Evan Gottlieb Lecture Opens Scholarly Speakers Series For 2013-14, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


October 2, 2013: Rob Bixby/March Street Press Reading, Saturday, Oct. 5, Department Of English Oct 2013

October 2, 2013: Rob Bixby/March Street Press Reading, Saturday, Oct. 5, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


October 1, 2013: Paint, By Grace Tiffany, Issued By Bagwyn Books, Department Of English Oct 2013

October 1, 2013: Paint, By Grace Tiffany, Issued By Bagwyn Books, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


September 24, 2013: Austen Film Fest - Preliminary Lineup, Department Of English Sep 2013

September 24, 2013: Austen Film Fest - Preliminary Lineup, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


September 22, 2013: Sss Fall Party Welcomes Department Grads, Department Of English Sep 2013

September 22, 2013: Sss Fall Party Welcomes Department Grads, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


September 10, 2013: Interdisciplinary Work Group In Digital Humanities, Department Of English Sep 2013

September 10, 2013: Interdisciplinary Work Group In Digital Humanities, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


September 9, 2013: Gwst/Women's Caucus Fall Reception, Department Of English Sep 2013

September 9, 2013: Gwst/Women's Caucus Fall Reception, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


August 30, 2013: Wmu Teaching And Learning Bash, September 13, 2013, Department Of English Aug 2013

August 30, 2013: Wmu Teaching And Learning Bash, September 13, 2013, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


August 27, 2013: 2013-2014 Distinguished Alum, James Griffioen, Department Of English Aug 2013

August 27, 2013: 2013-2014 Distinguished Alum, James Griffioen, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


The History Of Shakespeare In American Education, 1620-1930, Joseph P. Haughey Aug 2013

The History Of Shakespeare In American Education, 1620-1930, Joseph P. Haughey

Dissertations

This dissertation analyzes Shakespeare’s role in American education from colonial times through the Progressive Era. The history is divided into four overlapping historical periods, each represented in its own chapter and derived from four different sets of primary sources. The first chapter provides a synopsis of Shakespeare’s presence in American education in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and then, through case studies of the records of two nineteenth-century university literary societies – the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard University and the Sherwood Rhetorical Society of Kalamazoo College – examines the role extracurricular activity played in first introducing Shakespeare at the …


July 22, 2013: Cfp: Going Rogue: The Merits And Perils Of Breaking With Professional Conventions, Department Of English Jul 2013

July 22, 2013: Cfp: Going Rogue: The Merits And Perils Of Breaking With Professional Conventions, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


July 18, 2013: Kvcc To Host Author Noviolet Bulawayo, Department Of English Jul 2013

July 18, 2013: Kvcc To Host Author Noviolet Bulawayo, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


July 6, 2013: Changes For Comparative Drama, Department Of English Jul 2013

July 6, 2013: Changes For Comparative Drama, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


Teaching Students About Plagiarism: What It Looks Like And How It Is Measured, Diana Stout Jun 2013

Teaching Students About Plagiarism: What It Looks Like And How It Is Measured, Diana Stout

Dissertations

This case study examines how full-time faculty, adjunct instructors, and graduate teaching assistants teach students how to avoid plagiarism. Additionally, this case study includes a cross-section of teachers who encounter plagiarism in writing assignments across the curriculum. While many studies in the past have focused on students, this study places the spotlight on teachers. For this study, participants have been asked how they can be sure whether their instruction is correct or not, what it means to paraphrase and rewrite correctly, and how do they assess their students to determine if correct learning has taken place. Additionally, these instructors were …


Reconceiving Self-Abnegation: Female Vulnerability As Embodied (Un)Sovereignty, Renee Lee Gardner Jun 2013

Reconceiving Self-Abnegation: Female Vulnerability As Embodied (Un)Sovereignty, Renee Lee Gardner

Dissertations

Liberal feminism views vulnerability as weakness and dominance as strength. This binary parallels nationalistic assertions of sovereignty. Within militaristic responses such as the U.S. retaliation to 9/11, however, we see the cost of refusing to acknowledge our vulnerability. In my analysis of eleven novels arising from eight distinct nation-states and representing historical moments from the final decades of slavery through the early post- 9/11 years, I use alternative (queer, postcolonial, Islamic) feminisms to read power in vulnerability. I explore female characters who deliberately self-abnegate – sacrificing their lives, bodies, voices, and children – but whose actions can be read as …


May 14, 2013: Summer Seminar Series On Digital Research, Department Of English May 2013

May 14, 2013: Summer Seminar Series On Digital Research, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


May 12, 2013: Dissertation Seminar For Lit Scholars At Newberry (5/15/13 Deadline), Department Of English May 2013

May 12, 2013: Dissertation Seminar For Lit Scholars At Newberry (5/15/13 Deadline), Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


April 26, 2013: Postcolonial Environments/Transnational Aesthetics At Notre Dame (5/3/13), Department Of English Apr 2013

April 26, 2013: Postcolonial Environments/Transnational Aesthetics At Notre Dame (5/3/13), Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


April 23, 2013: Happy Shakespeare's Birthday, Department Of English Apr 2013

April 23, 2013: Happy Shakespeare's Birthday, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


April 22, 2013: Comparative Drama Is Pleased To Announce The Publication Of Our Spring 2013 Issue, Volume 47.1., Department Of English Apr 2013

April 22, 2013: Comparative Drama Is Pleased To Announce The Publication Of Our Spring 2013 Issue, Volume 47.1., Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


April 19, 2013: Nagle Essay On Queer Temporality Published, Department Of English Apr 2013

April 19, 2013: Nagle Essay On Queer Temporality Published, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


"'More Safe I Sing With Mortal Voice': The Bard, The Reader, And The Problematics Of Creation In Paradise Lost", Benjamin Moran Apr 2013

"'More Safe I Sing With Mortal Voice': The Bard, The Reader, And The Problematics Of Creation In Paradise Lost", Benjamin Moran

Honors Theses

For the first three centuries following its initial publication in 1667, John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost was understood by its critics the epitome of stateliness, a poem brimming with grandeur, and above all, the product of a writer certain about his poetic skills and his theodical mission. Joseph Addison, one of the poem's earliest and most influential critics, summarizes this orthodoxy when he wrote that readers find in Paradise Lost "all the Greatness of Plan, Regularity of Design, and masterly Beauties which we discover in Homer and Virgil." In this essay, I directly and indirectly address Addison's argument as …


Closing The Book On Libraries? Challenging The Idea That Libraries Are Obsolete And Discovering Why They Are More Important Now Than Ever Before, Kayla Hampton Apr 2013

Closing The Book On Libraries? Challenging The Idea That Libraries Are Obsolete And Discovering Why They Are More Important Now Than Ever Before, Kayla Hampton

Honors Theses

Libraries have been a part of civilization for thousands of years, but many people are beginning to believe that the information centers are becoming obsolete due to the Internet and other technological advancements. This thesis challenges that opinion by focusing on the past, present and future of libraries. In “The Past” section, the historical background of libraries is discussed, beginning with the first libraries in Greece during the fourth century B.C. to the first public library that opened in the United States, which was located in Peterborough, New Hampshire. During the portion of the thesis that discusses the challenges that …


Glottopoeia: A Case Study In Language Change, Ian Hollenbaugh Apr 2013

Glottopoeia: A Case Study In Language Change, Ian Hollenbaugh

Honors Theses

"Glottopoeia: A Case Study in Language Change" is a thesis in the form of a I32-page grammar booklet, entitled An Elementary Ghau Aethauic Grammar, with a preface detailing what I did, why I did it, and how I accomplished it. In effect, I invented a language called Ghau Aethau. It was created almost entirely ex nihilo, borrowing nothing in the way of phonetics, morphology, or vocabulary from any real language. It does employ grammatical concepts present in many real-world languages, but also several of my own design. I chose this project for two reasons: first, to explore the art form …


April 15, 2013: Mfa/Phd Festival: Wmu Creative Writing Program, Department Of English Apr 2013

April 15, 2013: Mfa/Phd Festival: Wmu Creative Writing Program, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


April 12, 2013: "Tony's Tigers": Please Support The Relay For Life Team In Honor Of Dr. Anthony Ellis, Department Of English Apr 2013

April 12, 2013: "Tony's Tigers": Please Support The Relay For Life Team In Honor Of Dr. Anthony Ellis, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


April 11, 2013: Please Share The Following With Your Students, Subscribers And Associates:, Department Of English Apr 2013

April 11, 2013: Please Share The Following With Your Students, Subscribers And Associates:, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.


April 8, 2013: Wmu Offers Summer Writing Workshops For Teachers, Kids, Department Of English Apr 2013

April 8, 2013: Wmu Offers Summer Writing Workshops For Teachers, Kids, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.