Fairy Tales » Uncategorized http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007 ID 1 - 2007 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:56:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Now that class is over… http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/11/now-that-class-is-over/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/11/now-that-class-is-over/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:56:03 +0000 byarbrough http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/11/now-that-class-is-over/ How are everyone’s essays going? Is anyone planning on rewriting an essay? What are you going to change if you do? I’m not sure yet if I’ll have time, I’m going in to talk to Dara tomorrow I think. If I do a rewrite, it will probably mostly be structural changes and some content stuff. 

]]> http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/11/now-that-class-is-over/feed/ 2 Feminism in Carter http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/07/feminism-in-carter/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/07/feminism-in-carter/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:31:30 +0000 peanutbuttercup http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/07/feminism-in-carter/ Is anyone else looking at this in their review? The stories in The Bloody Chamber turn traditional gender roles or expectations upside down and many feature strong female protagonists. I’m not sure if my essay would still be a “review” if I focused solely on this issue (actually what I’m writing about is the undermining of feminism in “The Lady of the House of Love”) but right now it’s sort of taking over. Are you guys focusing on a few aspects of a story in your reviews, or are you writing an overarching/all-inclusive critique?

]]> http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/07/feminism-in-carter/feed/ 8 further details for the end of the semester; or, the deal with the portfolio http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/further-details-for-the-end-of-the-semester-or-the-deal-with-the-portfolio/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/further-details-for-the-end-of-the-semester-or-the-deal-with-the-portfolio/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:55:03 +0000 dr http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/further-details-for-the-end-of-the-semester-or-the-deal-with-the-portfolio/ There’s an important typo in the previous email: final portfolios are due not on Friday, Dec. 15th (which doesn’t exist) but Friday, Dec. 14th.

Your portfolio should include the following, in a folder or large envelope:

  • your draft and revision of each essay (preferably the commented-upon copies), including your revision of Essay #4;
  • an end-of-term reflection (see below); and
  • if you wish, and have met with me to discuss this, a revised version of one of the first three essays (see below).

For the end-of-term reflection, read through all of the drafts and revisions that you wrote this semester, then write a letter in which you reflect on your development as a writer this term. Here are some questions to consider:

  • Comparing your first essays of the semester with your last, where do you see the most progress with regard to the elements of the academic essay (motive, structure, etc.)? What have you learned about writing academic essays?
  • What skills of essay writing do you still need to work on? How do you plan on going about improving and refining these skills?
  • How will the skills that you’ve developed in ID1 be particularly useful in other courses?

Feel free to address any other aspect of your development as a writer in this course.

If you wish to  revise one of essays 1-3 you may do so; I will grade the new version and will replace the earlier grade with a new one.  You must meet with me to discuss doing this and get my approval — and you should think carefully about whether or not this will be the best use of your time and energy for this course.  (For example, since Essay #1 counts for a smaller percentage of your final grade than Essay #4, it might make more sense to put that energy into making Essay #4 as strong as you possibly can.)

***I will have your portfolios ready to return to you on Thursday, Dec. 20th, and you can come by my office to pick yours up between 9 and noon.  If you’d like me to mail your portfolio to you over the break, make sure you include your home address in the portfolio.***

]]> http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/further-details-for-the-end-of-the-semester-or-the-deal-with-the-portfolio/feed/ 0 Review http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/review/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/review/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:32:03 +0000 banana http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/review/ I know the new essay isn’t due until Friday, but I’m starting it now and having some problems. I think calling it a review is making me hesitate a little bit. I don’t know what it really means to write a review. My idea is fine, but does the language have to be different? I don’t know. Also, are we supposed to be talking more about the author in these reviews, or more about the text, and do either of these things require research? Are the other stories enough? I don’t know, I feeling a little lost.

]]> http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/06/review/feed/ 1 various end-of-the-semester details http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/04/various-end-of-the-semester-details/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/04/various-end-of-the-semester-details/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:17:51 +0000 dr http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/04/various-end-of-the-semester-details/ First off, another “thank you” to all of today’s presenters — particularly for their patience with the various (ahem) logistical difficulties.   I’ve been promised that the laptop and the lunches will arrive before 11 without fail 0n Thursday, so we’ll see.

One other lesson: bring your PowerPoint presentation on a flash drive so that you’re ready to go when it’s your turn.

To give us all a bit more of a breather between these presentations and the draft of essay #4, I’ll postpone that deadline until Friday evening at 8:00.  This is a writing group deadline again, so I’ve listed the writing groups below.  As before, copy me on your draft.

Conferences with me and/or Bennett are not required for this essay; you’ll be getting primary feedback from your writing group.  Bennett and I are happy to meet with you by appointment, and you can email either of us to arrange that for some time next week.

Your final portfolios are due by 5:00 PM on Friday, Dec. 15 to my mailbox in the English department office in Crookshank.  I’ll post a checklist for what that should include here this coming Thursday.

 Essay #4 Writing Groups (based loosely on choice of text)
Hannah, Ben, Marcia

Jenny Lin, Bre, Winnie

Meela, Bryan, Tobie

Dan, Jenn, Jenny Spitzer

Cindy & Jessica

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]]> http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/12/02/pd-4/feed/ 5 PD4 http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/pd4/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/pd4/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:48:32 +0000 Daniel http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/pd4/ I’m curious what everyone ended up picking as the topic for their review.  I’m going to write about “The Bloody Chamber” since it seemed like one of the more substantiative pieces, and I also thought it would be interesting to compare it with “Bluebeard.”  It seemed hard to write the pre-Draft for this because there is less of an argument in a review – so much of what I’ll eventually say will come from a closer analysis of the tale and of “Bluebeard” than I’ve done yet.

]]> http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/pd4/feed/ 5 presentations http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/presentations/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/presentations/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:35:05 +0000 dr http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/presentations/ Tuesday, Dec. 4

  1. Tobie
  2. Meela
  3. Cindy
  4. Bryan
  5. Jenny S.
  6. Ben
  7. Hannah

Thursday, Dec. 6

  1. Jessica
  2. Dan
  3. Winnie
  4. Jenn
  5. Jenny L.
  6. Bre
  7. Marcia
    ]]>     http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/29/presentations/feed/ 0     Snow Child http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/28/snow-child/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/28/snow-child/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:40:36 +0000 Papillon http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/28/snow-child/ So we didn’t talk about all the stories in class on Tuesday, but I found that “The Snow Child” was so strange. At first you think that he wants a daughter, but in reality he is only seeking someone to whom he would be attracted physically. Therefore, the ending was very strange, since it seemed that the girl was  a daughter figure. There seemed to be some sort of Oedipal connection and necrophiliac connection to the “snow child”. I just thought it was interesting and bizarre.

    ]]>     http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/28/snow-child/feed/ 2     class tomorrow, writing groups, and essay #4 http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/26/class-tomorrow-writing-groups-and-essay-4/ http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/26/class-tomorrow-writing-groups-and-essay-4/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:39:50 +0000 dr http://projects.pomona.edu/fairytales2007/2007/11/26/class-tomorrow-writing-groups-and-essay-4/ Welcome back, everyone!

    In class tomorrow, we’ll discuss the stories in The Bloody Chamber, so be sure to have read all of them.  In addition, you should have a revised draft of your essay ready to exchange with your writing group by 5:00 tomorrow.  I’ve posted the writing groups below and on the blog: exchange drafts electronically, cc’ing me on the email, and include a cover letter to your group.  Writing groups should meet some time this week to discuss the drafts.  To help with this — and also because some of you have had to meet with Bennett early this week rather than last — I’ll postpone the deadline for the essay #3 revision until 8:00 PM Sunday.

    I’ll have the two “model” reviews that we’ll discuss on Thursday to distribute in class tomorrow.  As you’re reading them, think in particular about the kinds of research Wallace and Marcus had to do to mount their arguments.  The proposal for your fourth essay (a review of one of Carter’s stories) will be due by 5:00 on Thursday (rather than in class tomorrow); in it, be sure to talk about what kinds of information you’ll need to make the argument you want about the story you’ve chosen.  We can also talk about these kinds of questions in our discussion tomorrow.

    Next week — as I announced some time ago — we’ll meet for double sessions, from 11:00 to 1:00.  (I’ll have lunch delivered.)  Each of you will give a formal, 15-minute presentation based on your third essay.  We’ll assign days tomorrow in class, and I’ll also talk a bit about conventions and structure then.

    Let me know if you have any questions!

    Cheers,
    Dara

    Esssay #3 Writing Groups
    Winnie, Ben, Jenn

    Tobie, Marcia, Jessica

    Cindy, Jenny S., Bre

    Jenny L., Bryan

    Meela, Hannah, Dan

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