Current Events - The 2009 English Department Graduate Symposium
Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Please click on paper titles for abstracts.
Session A1: 10:00 – 11:00 A.M., 406 Neville
British and Canadian Fiction: Time and Narration in Two Novels
Justin Jacques
“The Relation of Time to Narration and Character Development in Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier”
Adra Raine
“Ford Madox Ford’s Impressionism: The Good Soldier as Total Fiction”
Adam Crowley
“Forever Being a Curious Presence: Analepsis and the Conclusion of Richardson’s Wacousta”
Session A2: 10:00 – 11:00 A.M., 402 Neville
Tracing Figures through Poetry
Clinton Spaulding
“Hart Crane’s Voyages II and Rimbaud’s The Drunken Boat: Two Poets/Poems Merging with the Sea”
Adam Swenson
“Guinevere in Tennyson and Morris: Reactions to the Birth of the Women’s Rights Movement”
Tony Brinkley
“‘Murmuring Sound’: Reimagining Eve in Wordsworthian Poetry”
Brunch: 11:00 – 11:40 A.M.
Session B1: 11:40 A.M. – 12:30 P.M., 406 Neville
Two Worlds on One Stage: Collaboration as a Means to Creating Civil Discourse and Fresh Ideas
William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. and Margo Lukens
“Two Worlds on One Stage: Collaboration as a Means to Creating Civil Discourse and Fresh Ideas”
Session B2: 11:40 A.M. – 12:30 P.M., 402 Neville
Explorations in Post Modern Literature
Danielle Laliberte
“A Sex of Her Own: The Search for a Sexual Identity in Corregidora”
Meghan Dowling
“Anti-Heroine and the Machine: The Perpetuation of the Family Legacy in Gayl Jones’ Corregidora”
Sarah Breems
“Reclamation: Responses to Technology in Gayl Jones’ Corregidora”
Session C1: 12:40 – 1:40 P.M., 406 Neville
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Hear Me: Poetics of Perception
Rebecca S. Griffin
“‘Energy’ and ‘Unrecognizability’: A Study of Lorine Niedecker’s Poetic Balance”
Alison Fraser
“Landscape and Memory: The Realist Poetics of Lyn Hejinian and Claudia Rankine”
Adra Raine
“The Page, the Stage, and the Digital Age: Reading/Listening to Poetry”
Session C2: 12:40 – 1:40 P.M., 402 Neville
Cultural Location and the Formation of Identity
Mark A. Tabone
“India All Day: The Imperial Imagination of Emily Dickinson”
Shaun Irland
“Because I’m a Citizen: Location and Identity in Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash”
Sarah Hill
“Working Titles: An Analysis of Humor, Stereotypes, and Modern Native Identity in Darrell Dennis’ Tales of an Urban Indian”
Session D1: 1:50 – 3:00 P.M., 406 Neville
To Conform or to Rebel: Where Fiction and Politics Collide
Scott Peterson
“Ring Leader: The Cultural Work of Lardner’s Sources and Imitators in Early Twentieth Century Mass Market Fiction”
Matthew Dunlap
“Something We Can All Agree On: Language as a Weapon to Conquer Consensus”
Michael Fournier
“Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll: Gateway to Protopunk Politics”
Session D2: 1:50 – 3:00 P.M., 402 Neville
Reimagining the Contemporary Composition Classroom: Pedagogies and Practices
Evan Snider
“(Re)considering Comics in First-Year Composition”
Amanda Hedrick
“‘I just wanted to talk to you about my grade’: Instilling Authority in Students through Collaborative Grading Practices”
Rachel Perry
“Delving Into the Complexities of ESL Learning and Writing: An Annotated Bibliography”
Carrie Scheel
“Promoting Revision in the College Composition Classroom”
Stucultymposium Schedule
Friday, May 1, 2009
402 Neville
6:00 – 7:15 P.M.
Readings by:
Danielle Laliberte
Amy Jirsa
Rachel Perry
7:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Readings by:
Michael T. Fournier
Shaun Irland
Clinton Spaulding, Megan London, Alison Fraser, and Adra Raine
The 2009 English Department Graduate Symposium Call for Proposals
Date of Symposium: May 1-2, 2009
Location: University of Maine, Orono
Sponsored by English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) and the University of Maine English Department
We seek the presentation of academic papers representing the scholarly interests of current and former members of the UMaine English department. Graduate students, faculty, and alumni are encouraged to submit proposals regarding course-generated papers or individual research projects. Group presentations may also be proposed as panel presentations/discussions.
Proposals are due Friday, March 20, 2009. Although you are not required to use the proposal form, please review the form to ensure that you provide the necessary information in your response. Include an abstract of no more than 250 words and provide a title for your presentation.
Electronic proposals may be e-mailed to mark.tabone@umit.maine.edu (Mark Tabone on First Class). Printed proposals can be submitted via Mark’s mailbox in the English Department Office, Neville 304.
The Symposium Committee will review proposals and will notify presenters of proposal acceptance and tentative conference schedule by early April. As indicated on the attached form, individual presenters may select a 10 or 20 minute time slot. Individual presenters will be organized into 3-4 member panels. Group presentations will be allotted 40 minutes unless otherwise noted. There will be time for questions after each panel.
For more information, contact one of the Symposium Committee Members:
Evan Snider
Mark Tabone
Adra Raine
Shaun Irland
The 2009 Graduate Stucultymposium Call for Creative Proposals
Date of Stucultymposium: May 1, 2009
Location: University of Maine, Orono
Sponsored by English Graduate Student Association (EGSA)
We seek the presentation of creative works, including fiction, poetry, and drama. Graduate students, faculty, and alumni are encouraged to submit proposals for fifteen minute timeslots.
Proposals are due Friday, April 3. Although you are not required to use the proposal form, please review the form to ensure that you provide the necessary information in your response. Please indicate the nature of your work (fiction, poetry, drama) and tell us something about your work.
Electronic proposals may be e-mailed to mark.tabone@umit.maine.edu (Mark Tabone on First Class). Printed proposals can be submitted via Mark’s mailbox in the English Department Office, Neville 304.
The Symposium Committee will review proposals and will notify presenters of proposal acceptance and tentative conference schedule by mid-April. There will be time for questions after all readers have presented their work.
For more information, contact one of the Symposium Committee Members:
Evan Snider
Mark Tabone
Adra Raine
Shaun Irland