JeremiahParadise Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Woot for distractions! I have just one section of advanced composition. Really hoping it keeps me distracted until my notifications come out. What about you? Anything exciting? Anything dreadful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riotbeard Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I am just teaching Cultural history of American Medicine, along with the much less pleasent tasks of trying to go abd and apply for grants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelyMK Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Last undergrad semester at UC Berkeley: 2nd semester of a year-long Honors thesis seminar "The Romance" - mostly 16th century stuff. I put off my pre-1800 requirement until now :/ bad choice "The Mind and Language" - with George Lakoff, who is kind of a big deal around here so I'm looking forward to it. Should be really intense but fun. I am NOT looking forward to writing this thesis...60 pages is more than I've ever attempted so far. If I'm going to be lurking around this forum until decisions come out, I would really appreciate it if someone told me to get the heck off the internet and start writing lol. Oh, and Riotbeard, I love Stephen Crane He's probably one of my favorite authors from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauche Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I am NOT looking forward to writing this thesis...60 pages is more than I've ever attempted so far. If I'm going to be lurking around this forum until decisions come out, I would really appreciate it if someone told me to get the heck off the internet and start writing lol. Get off the Internet and work on your thesis. It's not going to write itself. But I'm a hypocrite because I'm also working on an honors thesis. This comic pretty much sums up how I feel. Besides the required classes for the honors thesis, I'm also taking: 19th-Century British Novel Modern Contemporary English Poetry Milton Bible as Lit This semester is actually going to be very miserable because of the lack of American lit classes. It's my own fault for taking all the ones offered in my dept already. aGiRlCalLeDApPlE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontHate Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) I'm teaching the world to sing (and buying them all a coke) Edited January 23, 2013 by DontHate lisajay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riotbeard Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Keely: He is my favorite Poet by far. His poems are so brutal. Also, my advice on writing longer works is to think of it section by section. You are writing 6 10 page papers that feed into each other, not one 60 page idea (at least most likely). That has always helped me with writing longer stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
practical cat Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Besides the required classes for the honors thesis, I'm also taking:19th-Century British NovelModern Contemporary English PoetryMiltonBible as Lit This semester is actually going to be very miserable because of the lack of American lit classes. It's my own fault for taking all the ones offered in my dept already.I think that's the list in its entirety of the things that messed me up on the Lit GRE.This semester, I'm just taking a Joyce class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Espressos Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 "The Mind and Language" - with George Lakoff, who is kind of a big deal around here so I'm looking forward to it. Should be really intense but fun. Yeah, that should be an awesome class. I'm not so familiar with George Lakoff, but I read his former student Benjamin Bergen's new book Louder Than Words over the break, which was very much about language, meaning, and the mind. I think Lakoff wrote the introduction to the book, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontHate Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) I think that's the list in its entirety of the things that messed me up on the Lit GRE. This semester, I'm just taking a Joyce class. That list covers almost everything important in English lit. --- or should I say, the most widely studied and canonical things in English lit. Edited January 23, 2013 by DontHate Riotbeard, Phil Sparrow, TripWillis and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfat Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 This is by far the most ambitious semester I've ever undertaken, and I'm terrified. I'm teaching for the first time (2 courses), taking an upper-level theory course, and finishing my thesis (which I'm pretty behind on). And all with a baby that's under 6 months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datatape Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Two sections of introductory composition. I realized halfway through building my syllabi that I kept all of my outlines that I made for my classes last semester and can easily adapt them to fit what I'm doing this term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
practical cat Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 You, bfat, are amazing and I believe in you. Datatape, HHEoS and bfat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfat Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 You, bfat, are amazing and I believe in you. Aw shucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toasterazzi Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'm taking Lit. Theory, Postmodern American Lit., and a class on Arthurian Legend. I'm teaching the second freshman comp class at my university which focuses on research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelyMK Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah, that should be an awesome class. I'm not so familiar with George Lakoff, but I read his former student Benjamin Bergen's new book Louder Than Words over the break, which was very much about language, meaning, and the mind. I think Lakoff wrote the introduction to the book, actually. Yesss it's one of our texts. I'm about halfway through it and I love it. I think the whole embodied simulation hypothesis could be integral for my thesis - I'm really behind in writing, but I want to look at the causes and effects of various deictic dynamics in narrative...the cognitive processes that influence an author to choose second-person narration over first, let's say, or to narrate in the present tense rather than past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripWillis Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 That list covers almost everything important in English lit. --- or should I say, the most widely studied and canonical things in English lit. You recovered nicely. Two Espressos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Espressos Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Yesss it's one of our texts. I'm about halfway through it and I love it. I think the whole embodied simulation hypothesis could be integral for my thesis - I'm really behind in writing, but I want to look at the causes and effects of various deictic dynamics in narrative...the cognitive processes that influence an author to choose second-person narration over first, let's say, or to narrate in the present tense rather than past. I think the embodied simulation hypothesis is a really big deal, especially for people in the humanities, so it could be great for your thesis! Plus Louder Than Words is very recent, so it'll give your thesis a cutting-edge vibe. Good luck! Edited January 25, 2013 by Two Espressos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beet-nik Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Last undergrad semester and I'm taking: Black British Literature Law and Literature of U.S. Slavery and Resistance Critical Praxis Forum (based on Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed) French III (plus a Senior Seminar/Portfolio class, but that doesn't count for much...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OctaviaButlerfan Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I'm taking a graduate level section of Multicultural Women's Literature, and that is all.. I am a poor, humble, mostly unfunded M.A. student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strong Flat White Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Po-co and 50's Poetry. 2, just 2. After semester after semester of taking 3+ classes, I finally figured it out. 2, man, 2! I've also got kids (a 3 year old and a 9 month old) and 2 jobs and...fuggetaboutit. BUT...also tutoring undergrads in Masterpieces of American Lit, Women's Lit, and Writing and Rhetoric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchado Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I'm teaching two sections of freshman composition, taking Composition Theory and 18th Century British Lit, and finishing up my thesis. Once my thesis is handed in, I'll be a much happier camper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asleepawake Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Once my thesis is handed in, I'll be a much happier camper. SAME. We'll get this done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riotbeard Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I am turning my students into foucauldians day by day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontHate Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I am turning my students into foucauldians day by day. I hear the Mormons have a camp for that Riotbeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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