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Undergraduate Oral Presentation Topics and Schedule |
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ENGL 501 – Fall 2009 |
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Dr. Brownson |
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| Week 1 | August 25 | |
| August 27 | ||
| Week 2 | September 1 | Kayla, Rhythm; Hadassah, Meter |
| September 3 | ||
| Week 3 | September 8 | Bianca – Ballad, lyric, elegy |
| September 10 | James – Sonnets | |
| Week 4 | September 15 | Porsche – Tone, including verbal irony |
| September 17 | Nicholas – Etymology, connotation, denotation | |
| Week 5 | September 22 | Sarah – Figures – personification, paradox, oxymoron |
| September 24 | Chad – Figures – apostrophe, metonymy, synecdoche | |
| Week 6 | September 29 | Madison – Alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia |
| October 1 | EXPLICATION DUE | |
| Week 7 | October 6 | Terrence – Imagery |
| October 8 | Nick – Form – open, closed, blank verse, free verse, stanzas | |
| Week 8 | October 13 | Caleb – Symbols |
| October 15 | MIDTERM EXAM | |
| Week 9 | October 20 | FALL BREAK – NO CLASS |
| October 21 | Bianca – New Criticism | |
| Week 10 | October 27 | Hadassah – Freudian Psychoanalytical Critical Theory |
| October 29 | James – Archetypal Criticism Porsche - Myth Criticism |
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| Week 11 | November 3 | Proposal for Critical Essay Due |
| November 5 | Nicholas – Reader Oriented Critical Theory Sarah – Narratology |
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| Week 12 | November 10 | Chad – Feminist Critical Theory |
| November 12 | Madison – Gender Criticism | |
| Week 13 | November 17 | Terrence – Race Theory |
| November 19 | Kayla – Marxist Critical Theory | |
| Week 14 | November 24 | Nick – New Historicist Critical Theory |
| November 26 | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY – NO CLASS | |
| Week 15 | December 1 | Caleb – Postcolonial Critical Theory |
| December 3 | CRITICAL ESSAY DUE | |
| December 8 | Study Day | |
| Final Exam | Saturday December 12 |
11:30AM -2:00 PM |