Week 12, Day 1: Monday, 22 April 2019

Literary Theory

Things are not always as they appear!

 

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Oh no!  This may be the real way the Disney princesses ended up . . .

Snow White

The Little Mermaid

 

Belle

Cinderella

Jasmine

Pocohontas

The Princess & the Pea

Little Red Riding Hood

Rapunzel

Sleeping Beauty

Snow White

 

 

Today’s allusion:

the muses

Today’s quotes:

We don’t see things as they are.  We see things as WE are.     –Anaïs Nin

We are all mad here.  –Lewis Carroll

What’s past is prologue.  –Shakespeare (from The Tempest)

Words of the Day

refulgent

jetty

petard

brevity

hiatus

histrionics

rancor

debonair

Group Check-in:

1. Weekend?
   
2. bgiluiu

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS–
3.  safea sfea
4. e a

Homework:

1. 4vqrwqvw

2.  

   CELEBRATE SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY EARLY!  BAKE A B’DAY CAKE, CUPCAKES, OR JUST BRING SOME MERCUTIO M&M’S!!!  You choose!

     Look!  Even Conn baked a cake his senior year!

3. Lit. Theories Paper Planning Sheet:  Use the  following document to identify your book/folktale, literary theory, and any questions you have. For the pink slip on ideas/plan for Lit theory paper topic–click HERE.

4. LIT THEORY PAPER DUE __________

   PINK SUBMISSION SLIP IS DUE _____________

   For the pink slip on ideas/plan for Lit theory paper topic–click HERE.

   To print out a copy of the purple Lit. Theory packet, click HERE.  

   To print out a copy of the Lit. Theory paper packet, click HERE. 

   To read a sample paper, click HERE. 

   To read a sampling of the articles available for each of the theories (you can get the rest from Wally’s room in the bins), click on the theory: formalism, reader response, psychoanalytic criticism, feminist (gender) criticism, Marxism, deconstruction, new historicism.  

   To read the credentials of most of the authors of the Lit. Theory assigned articles, click HERE.  To use a template to modify to send an e-mail requesting credentials, click HERE.   

   BE SURE TO CHECK THE LIST OF RED REMINDERS!

   THEY ARE LISTED ON THE “LIT THEORY PAPER” TAB ON THIS WEBSITE.  Reading “Unlearning the Myths” in your Lit. Theory packet may be a helpful read.  If you need a copy of this article, click HERE.
   

   1. 1. ORDER TO TURN IN THE PAPER:

         • everything goes in folder

         • grading sheet with comment box filled out

         • the paper

         • works cited

         • source(s) from class used (photocopy pages used & highlight)

         • all other sources (highlight)

         • the folk/fairy tale (no need to highlight)

   1. • • LIT THEORY PAPER RED REMINDERS

        • (rev. 03.26.17):

          1.  NOTE ABOUT THE SOURCES WE PROVIDED: the Bressler, Appleman, and Dobie TITLED articles are from books on literary theory.  The TITLED articles by Smith and Murfin appear in the back of either Frankenstein by Mary Shelley or Hamlet by William Shakespeare.  Follow the format in the Survival Manual pp. WC 17-18 for “When you use only a titled chapter or titled article in a book or pamphlet.”

          Mary Shelley’s name and William Shakespeare’s name will appear on your works-cited page but NOT in any parenthetical references.  By the way, her name is spelled SHELLEY.

          2.  Stories in anthologies are in quotation marks.   ex. “Cinderella”    Stories that are published as books are italicized.   ex.  Cinderella

          3.  For a copy of how the paper should be organized, click HERE.

          4.  If you do the paper with a partner, turn in one copy of the paper, with both names listed in the heading.  For the pagination, type both last names with an “and” in between them.  Turn in one grading sheet, but make sure both of you have put your comments in the comment box.  The paper should be slipped into both folders.

          5.  Here’s how you write the following:  PhD or  master’s degree or MA.

          6.  Be consistent with capitalization.  Either use “Reader Response” or “reader response”  or as an adjective “reader-response theory.”  Pay attention to how your sources capitalize the theories.  Pick a style and be consistent.

          7.  ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING ON PAPER AND SOURCES (updated 03.26.2012)

          • the paper:   be sure to highlight–in THREE different colors– your 3 doc. checks– #1 from body section 1 (explaining the theory) #2 from section 2 (retelling story) and doc. check #3 from section 3 (analysis)
          • works cited:  be sure to highlight each doc. check.
          • source(s) from class used (OPTIONAL:  highlight any doc. checks and label #)
          • all other sources  (highlight any doc. checks and label #)
          • the folk/fairy tale  (no need to highlight)

          If the folk/fairy tales are not paginated, please do so in pencil on the pages OR use post-its.☺

          8.  Make sure you punctuate dialogue and any stage directions correctly.  Make sure you use the Survival Manual pages GRS 11-13 to help you do this.

          9.  Be sure you document the storyline frequently in the section where you are retelling the story.  Unless you have a direct quote, it is best to do it episodically.

          10.  Read the GRADING SHEET carefully,  so you don’t miss anything required.  Be sure to establish credibility–both for your narrator as well as the REAL sources you use.

          11.  E-mail or voice mail Wally (952 975-4303) if you have any questions.

          12. The paper must be turned in by 3:00 on the due date or it’s late (-10% per day late)!

          13.  Including THOUGHTS can be tricky. The thoughts are indicated in BLUE.

          Example writing the paper in 1st person:

          I walk into the classroom really excited about the hour I am about to spend with the students in Ms. Anderson’s Literary Theory 101 class.  I hope they will enjoy hearing about Thumbelina through feminist perspective and maybe will want to take my own online course as a result.

          I clear my throat and say, “Good morning, class.” I wonder if anyone is listening.  I yell, “Hello!  My name is Sara Madison.”  They are still talking!  Is there no discipline in the college classrooms today?  I’ll try again.  “Quiet!” I screamed. Finally, I get their attention.

          Example writing the paper in 3rd person:

          The professor thought, “I wonder if he is actually going to ask that question.”

          Then Professor Madison asked, “How many of you have read the story?”  She speculated that no one had.  Then she added, “Let me phrase it another way, then.” She wondered if the hour would ever end and whether teaching was really her calling after all.

          14. NOTE:  Be careful with tense!  Are you going to write the paper as the hour enfolds?  If so, you will be writing primarily in the present tense when it comes to the classroom events.  You can also choose to write the paper as if the event has already transpired; you would be reflecting back on how the events unfolded.  In that case, you would write primarily in the past tense.

          15.  Pay special attention to stories that are “compiled by” or “retold by” or “adapted by.”  They require special treatment for works cited and parenthetical documentation. See page WC 12 for how to do a translator, editor, compiler, or adapter.

          Click  HERE for the WC (Works Cited) section–pink (rev. 11.22.09)  Also, check out the section WITH EDITOR or TRANSLATOR or COMPILER   in the PDQ section of the Survival Manual.  Click HERE for the PDQ (Parenthetical Documentation and Quotes) section–green  (rev. 11.22.09)