December 7, 2005
Blogging
Just to clarify for those not in class last time: you are invited — nay, encouraged — to blog until after I have posted your essay marks, because I won't be marking the blogs until the essays are finished. So those of you who are concerned that you did not blog as much as either of us would have liked during the term, here is your big chance.
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November 21, 2005
Bonus marks
Earn up to an extra 3% on your final grade by attending a performance of Waiting for Godot and writing a one-page review. Mere attendance and a cursory review gain 1%; a satisfactory review gains 2%; and a good review gains 3%. Please staple your programme to your review; it will be returned to you.
The play is running tonight, Tuesday, and Wednesday, at St. Malachy's. Curtain time is 8pm. $5 for students (bring your student ID).
The play will also run in Fredericton on Friday and Saturday at the Charlotte St. Arts Centre. Same time, same price.
(Student enrolled in more than one course may choose to which they would like the bonus applied).
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November 17, 2005
Class cancelled
today due to illness.
We will have today's presentation next week.
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October 31, 2005
Blogging questions about Manley
"Amatory," eh? So, is this stuff actually sexy?
Whom do you imagine is the presumed audience? Why?
What distinctions can we make between such fictions and fictional prose (the novel, the short story) as it has developed subsequently? In terms of generic conventions, language, subject matter, or anything else.
Manley, along with Behn and Eliza Haywood, was considered a member of the "triumvirate of wit." What do these writers have in common? How do they differ?
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October 15, 2005
How to email a professor
Just came across this and thought it worth passing on. Surprise and delight all your profs: How to email a professor. See also How to Read in College and How to skim. Something here even for you senior students, I daresay.
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October 6, 2005
To spur your blogging
Consider the ways in which Renaissance women used "the masters' tools." How do they compare with earlier women writers, in this regard?
Consider them in relation to whatever you may know about men writing in the period (Shakespeare, Marlowe, Sidney, Spenser, etc.). Those who have studied with Dr. Bell will have the advantage here.
Some of our writers wrote about religion, some about love, some about having a voice, or education: these all seem quite different themes and purposes. Any commonalities? in terms of rhetorical strategies? arguments?
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October 5, 2005
Web projects
The addresses of your web projects are starting to trickle in, and I am posting them in the sidebar, below the blogs. Some of these are still works in progress, so check back. Looking good, people! Anyone having difficulties, please let me know.
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Webpages; annotated bibliographies
Here are a few nicely done webpages from previous classes.
One or two of you are thinking of taking the option to prepare an annotated bibliography rather than a webpage, so I thought that I would post the following "how-to" links:
Annotated Bibliographies.
Annotated Bibliographies (PDF).
Annotated Bibliography Research Guide.
Creating Entries for an Annotated Bibliography (PDF).
How to Write an Annotated Bibliography.
MLA Annotated Bibliography (links).
What is an annotated bibliography?.
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September 26, 2005
Comment spam
Some of you are getting comment spam on your blogs. If someone sends you a weird URL, particularly if it is for a hotel, poker, and/or porn, delete at will. You are not being rude; they are. They try to disguise their comments as genuine with some sort of generic phrasing ("An excellent point!" "I like your blog," etc.) but it is fairly easy to see that they are just interested in a platform to peddle their goods. Blogger has usually been very good at keeping out the spam; I am sorry to see it creeping in.
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September 19, 2005
Updates
The schedule is now complete, with all the links. There have been a few changes (some texts dropped; others added), but nothing that should affect the presentations. Any problems, let me know.
Here is an extremely useful bibliography of women's texts, for anyone looking for paper topics, or just interested.
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September 17, 2005
Building a webpage
Here are some resources for building your webpage. Remember, you have several options:
1. Use an existing webpage.
2. Set up a new page on either the UNB server, where as a student you are entitled to space, or on a different server, either paid or free (if you have paid internet access from home you probably are entitled to space with your server).
3. Use the easy, but limited, webpage function of WebCT.
4. Hand me your material in html files so that I can upload it.
See Four-ways to set up your web-page (PDF file) for details (this is a handout for a previous version of this course and there are some changes. For instance, my email address. But the info. is basically the same).
Free web hosts:
Making a webpage on the UNB server
Geocities (displays ads)
Tripod (displays ads)
Webspawner (displays ads)
There are others; look around!
Design links:
Introductory Guide to HTML from the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)
Tucows HTML Tutorial
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September 11, 2005
Two thirds
of the class has now sent me their blog addresses. Check them all out, there on the right. Anyone need any help, leave a comment here, or email me. Or ask some the the excellent bloggers in the class.
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September 9, 2005
Help blogging
I am putting together a blog about blogging, called, originally enough, blogging, to help students who feel they want a little more to go on. Even experienced bloggers will find something of interest here, I hope. Let me know what you think, and if there is any sort of information lacking, that you would like, drop a line and I will see what I can scare up. Conversely, if you know of any useful resources, please pass them on.
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September 8, 2005
As promised,
an updated syllabus can now be downloaded, here or from the link on the left. It has the new Departmental grading scheme, my actual office hours, and one or two other corrections.
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Blogs
Great first class, everyone!
Course blog addresses are flowing in and I am posting them in the sidebar. If you have an address but haven't got it to me, send an email or leave a comment. If you are having difficulties, let me know.
(Mel, the address I wrote down is incorrect; could you send me your URL?)
Once you have set your blog up, you can change or customize until your eyes fall out. If you change the URL, though, please let me know.
A note on safety: several of you have created blogs using your real names. Fine, of course. But some take a more cautious approach to internetland. If you want more privacy, consider not using your full name. You might also decide not to make your blog as accessible (go to Settings, then Basic. To the question, " Add your Blog to our listings?" answer "no." This just means that your blog won't be listed here and there where stray readers can find it.) You might also decide not to publish feed from your site (a way for readers to get content from a variety of places without having to go the the sites.) Go to Settings, then Site Feed, then answer "no" to the first question. Also, you don't need to publish your email in your profile if you don't want to (access profile from dashboard), or specify your location. Myself, I have blogged under my own name from the beginning, and I frequently mention my location. But you be the judge of your own comfort level.
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