Web Project Transcriptions Hours

Extended hours for Robin in the Transcriptions Studio the week of December 4 are as follows:

M 1.30-5.30
T 3-6
W 10-3

Friday I will be in the studio from 1.30-6; Robin will not be there but you are free to come and use the computers as necessary.

To allow for last-minute technical troubleshooting, the web project due date has been extended to Monday, December 11, at NOON.  Robin will be available for last-minute technical help on Monday, December 11, from 10am-NOON.  To “hand in” your project, please email me the url by the deadline.

Extra Office Hours for Paper I

I encourage you to meet with me to discuss your papers or to email me with any questions you might have.  I will be holding office hours in the Transcriptions Studio Monday 23 and Wednesday 25 from 1.30-3pm. 

As your writing progresses, if you would like to email me your introduction or your thesis statement and a brief outline of your paper, I am happy to look at them quickly and give you any suggestions or feedback.  I cannot open Word Perfect attachments. 

Please be advised that I am leaving town for a conference on Wednesday immediately following class and will be back on Sunday.  I’ll have limited access to email during this time, but will read my email on Sunday and respond to any last-minute questions you might have.  But if you need substantial help with your paper, please be in touch with me before Wednesday.

 Good luck!  I look forward to reading your papers.

Paper I Topics

Download paper topics.

Paper I Topics Write a 3-4 page analytical essay based on one of the following topics.  The topics are only guidelines and suggestions to prompt your thinking; you should use close reading and literary analysis to develop the prompt into a coherent critical argument.   

In your essays, pay close attention to the language and imagery of the texts (focus on how things are said, not what is said).  If you are writing on Frankenstein, I suggest that you focus your discussion on two or three pivotal moments in the text. Due in class on Monday, October 30.  3-4 pages (double-spaced, 12 point font, no Courier, 1 inch margins, include works cited)  

1.  Choose one of the poems from Songs of Innocence and Experience in the Blake Archive.  How does the poem’s form—both its formal elements and the form in which it is presented—contribute to its meaning?  Be sure to give some attention to the physical presentation of the poem. 2.  Frankenstein explores the idea of artistic creation.  How does the novel present the process of creation?  What is the relationship between dreams and creating?  What are some of the positive aspects of creation?  What are some of its negative or dangerous aspects? 

3.  Frankenstein is narrated through three primary voices: Walton, Frankenstein, and the creature.  Yet women figure prominently in the story.  Discuss the role of one or more of these women in the novel.  How do their stories comment upon the major themes of the novel?   4.  If you wish to write on a topic of your own choosing, you must meet with me to discuss it.  I must approve your topic in writing by Monday, October 23.