Dr. Elizabeth Oakes
110C and 134 Cherry Hall
5-5783 and 5-5720
elizabeth.oakes@wku.edu
http://www.wku.edu/~elizabeth.oakes
Office hours--1:30-4:30 R and by appointment
Texts needed:
**Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape
of a Teacher's Life, Josey-Bass Publishers, 1998, ISBN--0-7879-1098-9
**Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing,
second edition, MLA Publishing, 1998/99, ISBN--0-87352-699-6
Ross Murfin and Supryia M. Ray, editors, The Bedford Glossary of Critical
and Literary Terms, Bedford Press, Boston and New York,
1998, ISBN-0-312-11560-1
**Later in the semester you will need to purchase a pack(s) of xeroxed material
at Staples.
Grading breakdown:
30%--Attendance and participation (includes any in-class writing, discussion,
workshops, faux oral exam)
10%--Oral and written report on The Courage to Teach
10%--oral report on literary periods
10%--Dickinson critical report
10%--Presentation of "conference paper"
20%--Paper
10%--final test
Please note that the last day to drop without a grade is August 30, and the last
day to drop with a W is October 18.
Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and/or
auxiliary aids or services) for this course must contact the Office for Student
Disability Services, Room 445, Potter Hall, phone: 745-5004.
Policies: As you can see, much of our work involves reports to the class, so
it is imperative that you do those on time. Only under extreme circumstances will
I allow you to present your material on another night or give you any kind of
credit.
For any work that is handed in to me, I subtract five points per day for each late
day, including weekends.
Class starts at 5:30, and I don't expect any kind of habitual tardiness.
At this stage I don't expect students to miss unless they have the proverbial
good excuse. It this becomes a problem, I will talk with you and possibly ask you
to withdraw from the class.
8/23
Introductions
8/30
Dr. Tom Hunley on the creative writing specialization
MA Requirements at WKU
Ph.D. career path
The Rank II/I portfolio
In-class writing
9/6
No Class
9/13
Dr. Jane Fife on the Rhetoric & Composition specialization
Questionnaires from faculty
Advice from former students
Workshop #1 on MLA Documentation--bring the MLA Style Manual
and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, second edition
9/20
Dr. Ronald Eckard on the TESL specialization
Before class read "Teaching Teachers" from Elaine Showalter's Teaching
Literature (handout). Choose one of the problems in the chapter,
and tell how you would handle/have handled it. Toss the class a question.
This is the chance for the beginning teachers to ask the more experienced
ones for their advice.
9/27
Dr. Katherine Green on the literature specialization
Workshop #2 on MLA format--bring the handbook
Introduction to ideas in The Courage to Teach
Preliminary Groups get-together
10/4
Form C Night
Bring a xerox of the classes you've taken (mandatory)
Decide by now which specialization you want to pursue (mandatory)
Bring a copy of the requirements for your specialization
10/11
Oral Exam grade sheet discussion
The autobiography of a publication
Reports on The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
Each group will have 15 minutes to summarize and discuss the ideas in
the assigned chapter.
Chapter I--Jeff Carr, Jill Satterfield
Chapter II--Christy Medlock, Christina Rhodes
Chapter III--Rachel Barrett, Heather Bridges, Terry Cawthorn
Chapter IV--Catherine Colvin, Crystal Fodrey, Alaina Green
Chapter V--David Guffy, Josh Henderson, Brad Hensley
Chapter VI--Leigh Johnson, Jeremy Logsdon, Lynn Marsh
Chapter VII--Sean McCray, Emily Schulten, Aubrey Videtto
At the conclusion of the reports, we will discuss the overall ideas.
DUE at class time--although the oral reports are by the group, each individual
should write a 3-page paper with 1/2 of the paper summarizing the chapter and
the second half discussing how the ideas in it relate to you personally.
10/18
Outline of British and American literature reports
Each group will have 10 minutes to sketch out dates, main authors, and
some characteristics. These should be both in a short form, so the class
can fill in the blanks, and also in a discussion form.
The assignments are on the form I'll give you, which you should bring
to class in order to take notes.
Group grades will be given both on the information and on the method
of presenting it to the class.
Asignments:
BRITISH LITERATURE
Old English and Middle English:
Jeff Carr, Rachel Barrett, and Catherine Colvin
Renaissance/Early Modern:
Christy Medlock, Heather Bridges, and Crystal Fodrey
The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century:
Christina Rhodes, Terry Cawthorn, and Alaina Green
Romanticism:
Jill Satterfield, David Guffy, and Lynn Marsh
Victorian:
Josh Henderson, Emily Schulten, and Jeremy Logsdon
Modernism:
Brad Hensley, Leigh Johnson, Sean McCray, and Aubrey Videtto
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Colonial:
Brad Hensley, Leigh Johnson, Sean McCray, and Aubrey Videtto
Revolutionary and Early National:
Josh Henderson, Emily Schulten, and Jeremy Logsdon
American Romanticism:
Jill Satterfield, David Guffy, and Lynn Marsh
Realism:
Christina Rhodes, Terry Cawthorn, and Alaina Green
Naturalism:
Christy Medlock, Heather Bridges, and Crystal Fodrey
Modernism:
Jeff Carr, Rachel Barrett, and Catherine Colvin
10/25
Dickinson Blitz--bring the packet from Staples
Workshop on #754, "My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun-"
11/1
Workshop on current critical theory
Have read the pages in The Bedford Glossary by now
Workshop on other Dickinson poems related to #754
Workshop on Dickinson poems on oral exam
11/8
Critical essay reports due on Dickinson
See handout for your assignment
11/15
Discussion--topics and questions on faux oral exam
Workshop on Shakespeare sonnets on exam
Abstract due of Dickinson paper, with copies for class
Workshop on Abstracts
11/22
Paper due
Present paper at "conference"
11/29
Faux Oral Exam
You'll be responsible for asking questions about:
contemporary critical theory
the periods your group was assigned
the terms
the Dickinson poems on the oral exam
the Shakespeare sonnets on the oral exam
You'll be responsible for answering questions on:
all facets of contemporary criticism from The Bedford readings
all the literary periods, both English and American
all literary terms on the list
the Dickinson poems and the Shakespeare sonnets on the oral exam sheet
12/6
MLA in-class open book exam
In-class non-open book exam on literary theory, literary periods, and terms
Final
If necessary, rewrite of Dickinson paper due with any documentation or mechanical
errors corrected due.
No grade will be given until these are corrected.