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Steam Ticket Release Party (Vol. 15) - Thursday, May 3, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Wimberly 340

The students of English 320 (Literary Journal Production/Publication) will host their Steam Ticket Release Party (Vol. 15), Thursday, May 3, 4-5 p.m., Wimberly 340. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be shared, music will be played, samplings from the journal will be revealed, copies will be available.

In making their final selections for Vol. 15, student-readers and editors evaluated over five hundred poems, stories, and pieces of artwork from authors and artists across the world—the final selections reflect a wide range of diverse content (from both local and distant contributors) the Steam Ticket staff is proud to release into the universe.

For more information: mcashion@uwlax.edu

 

"Enthymeme as Diagrammatic: A Confucian Reading of Aristotle's Rhetoric" - May 4th, 2:30-3:30, Wimberly 113

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

Dr. Haixia Lan, English Department faculty member, will conclude the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series with a presentation entitled "Enthymeme as Diagrammatic: A Confucian Reading of Aristotle's Rhetoric." Her talk will focus on Confucius' rhetorical thinking based on an interpretation of Aristotle's rhetoric-as-enthymematic. Dr. Lan will discuss three characteristics of this enthymematic or rhetorical thinking: empathetic, appropriate, and heuristic; in Greek epieikeia, kairos, and topoi; and in Chinese ren (仁), yi (義), and li (禮). She will address the idea that rhetorical activities are processes through which people use public forums to deliberate about matters that are of consequence to the community for the purpose of inventing probable knowledge, forming probable judgments, and making probable decisions. Dr. Lan proposes that understanding Confucius' rhetoric this way can shed light on both similarities and differences between the thinking behind the discursive practices—written and oral—we try to teach Chinese students and the discursive practices with which they are familiar. The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4th, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295.

 

Second of Two English 484 Literary Capstone Presentations - April 30, 2:15-4:15, Centennial 3212

The Literature Capstone Presentations will continue next Monday. 

The theme for the course is “Literary Vision in a ‘Post-Literary’ Age” and students’ papers will investigate the importance of the study of literature and culture from a number of different perspectives.  Students will address such works as  Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night,” Rossetti's "Goblin Market" and West’s ‘The Return of the Soldier,’” to name just a few.  

The presentations are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend!

The colloquium will take place in 3212 Centennial Hall from 2:15-4:15. Refreshments will be served.

April 30

• Rebecca Hafermann: “A ‘Goblin Market’ Place or So Much More? Reading Race and Empire in a Morality Tale”
   
• Dustin Rucinski: “A Psychological Perspective of Diving in Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night”
   
• Logan Shea: “Understanding Nick:  Ecocriticism and Psychoanalysis in Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Big Two-Hearted River’”
   
• Christian Sorensen: “Milton’s Masque: Publishing and the Pressures of Patronage”
   
• Emma Walesh:  “Tom Leonard and the Rejection of Classist Ideology”
   
• Kimberly Wegner: “Jenny’s Repression: A Psychoanalytic Look into Rebecca West’s ‘The Return of the Soldier’”

English Club Picnic - April 27th, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Myrick Park, Gun Club Shelter

Come join the English Club as we celebrate the end of the semester!!!

When: April 27^th

Where: Myrick Park, Gun Club Shelter

Time: 4:30pm-6:30pm

*50/50 raffle ($1  per ticket or 6 tickets for $5)

*multiple ongoing lawn games so feel free to come at any time

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

UW-L English Club 

"What is the Meaning of Place?" A College Writing I Symposium -- April 27, 10:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-3:00pm, 3102 Centennial Hall

On Friday, April 27th, 2012, the UW-L English Department Composition Committee will host the first annual UW-L College Writing I Symposium. 

UW-L students currently enrolled in our ENG 110 and 112 (College Writing I) courses will present original papers on a common theme: What is the meaning of "place"?  There will be multiple hour-long paper sessions that will begin at 10am, 11am, and 1pm.  Please come to the registration and welcome room in Centennial 3102, and join us for one, two, three, or all four sessions.  Please encourage your students to attend too, and, if you are teaching at any of these times, perhaps consider bringing your students.  Together, we will celebrate the work of our College Writing I students and engage in conversations about what it means to write about place.  

"Why the Humanities?" a free lecture by Frederick Luis Aldama -- April 26, 5:00 Reception, 5:30 Lecture, 122 Wimberly

 

"Why the Humanities?" a free lecture by Frederick Luis Aldama

Thursday, April 26, 2012
122 Carl Wimberly Hall
5pm reception; 5:30pm lecture

Frederick Luis Aldama is the Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English and Director of the Latino Studies Program and Latino & Latin American Studies Space for Enrichment and Research at the Ohio State University.

Professor Aldama is editor of five collections of essays and author of seven books, including Postethnic Narrative Criticism, Brown on Brown, Dancing With Ghosts: A Critical Biography of Arturo Islas, Why the Humanities Matter: A Common Sense Approach, Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez and A User's Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction. He has published numerous articles, co-edits the series "Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture" (U Texas Press), and sits on the board for the Americas book series (Texas Tech University Press).

Download Chapter 7 of Aldama's Why the Humanities Matter

Download Chapter 13 of Aldama's Why the Humanities Matter

First of Two English 484 Literary Capstone Presentations - April 23, 2:15-4:15, Centennial 3212

The Literature Capstone Presentations will begin next Monday. 

The theme for the course is “Literary Vision in a ‘Post-Literary’ Age” and students’ papers will investigate the importance of the study of literature and culture from a number of different perspectives.  Students will address such diverse texts as Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River,” the poetry of Tom Leonard,  Milton’s Comus,  the musical Rent, Camus’ The Stranger, the film The Dark Knight, and Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, to name just a few.  

The presentations are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Both colloquia, on Monday 4/23 and Monday 4/30, will take place in 3212 Centennial Hall from 2:15-4:15. Refreshments will be served.

April 23

·         Allison Benish: “Inside the Ten Gallon Plastic Pickle-Tub: Relationships in Jonathan Larson’s Rent”

·         Bethany Boersma: “A Tale of Two Ideologies: Class and Love in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities”

·         Kelsey Burkett: “Identifying Psychological Crisis Through Structure and Repetition in T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’”

·         Erik Hanson: “Bats on the Brain: The Audience, Batman, and the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s  The Dark Knight”

·         Jill Harden: “The Colonial Consequence: Examining Albert Camus’ The Stranger”

·         Spencer Hoostal: “Why Read?  Chad Harbach’s Defense of the ‘New Sincerity’”

·         Anne Plunkett: “Gender and Homosocial Bonding in Jeeves and Wooster”

 

“Perfect example of a country queen”: Gay American English in the American South -- April 20, 2:30-3:30, Wimberly 113

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series. 

Dr. Stephen L. Mann, English Department faculty member, will continue the English Department's 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series with a presentation entitled "'Perfect example of a country queen': Gay American English in the American South." Dr. Mann's presentation will focus on the relationship between "sounding gay" and "sounding southern." Findings suggest that listeners who perceive a gay male speaker to be southern may find it more difficult to correctly identify his sexual orientation. However, this difficulty does not lead to a complete incompatibility between sounding southern and sounding gay, a statement which Dr. Mann will support and explain by focusing on two gay male speakers, both consistently perceived as southern, but only one consistently identified as gay. The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20^th, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295. 

 

English Department Members in the new CLS Newsletter!

Clink on the image to read the first issue of Capstone, the new College of Liberal Studies Newsletter. It includes interviews with English Department members Dr. Virginia Crank, Dr. Kimberly DeFazio, and Dr. Rob Wilkie on their recent research and publications, as well as a story about Dr. Natalie Eschenbaum's "study abroad" week in London with her English Literature class.

UW-L English Club Spring Book Club--March 27th, 5:30-7:00, Cartwright 263

UW-L English Club Presents: SPRING BOOK CLUB!

Where: Cartwright Room 263

When: March 27th, from 5:30-7:00

What: We will be discussing three spring-themed poems: “Lines Written in Early Spring” by WilliamWordsworth, “Farewell Frost or Welcome Spring” by Robert Herrick and “In Just” by E.E.Cummings.

Why: Come celebrate the warmth and pleasure of spring with us!

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!!

"Conceiving and Consuming Fictions in Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'" -- March 23, 2:30-3:30, Wimberly 113

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

As part of the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series, Dr. Ryan Friesen, English Department, will present "Conceiving and Consuming Fictions in Washington Irvings 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'." From the beginning of the "Legend," Irving stresses the control that the women of the Hollow exercise over the creation of tales and the naming of place and circumstance. This "lap of land" is deceptively inviting, and the "brook that glides through it" may murmur one to repose, but it is a region the fertility of which is belied by the "angry echoes" of a violent history. In one reading of the "Legend," a sincere but inept schoolmaster sees his romantic overtures trampled by his vain beloved's preference for a crass, brutish thug. However, this is not the parable that Irving composed, nor the battle of principles that he staged. The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23rd, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295.

 

Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

Dear Department of English,

The Aesthetica Creative Writing prize offers existing and aspiring writers the chance to showcase their work to a wider, international audience. We’re really keen to see more student writers from Wisconsin involved in the competition and are looking for work across a wide range of themes, styles and subjects. Please find more information below, and for up-to-the-minute updates, join us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aestheticamag. 

Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition is now open for entries! The competition celebrates and champions creative writing, nurturing talent and bringing work to international attention. Aesthetica is inviting all writers and poets to submit to the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012. There are two categories for entry, Poetry and Short Fiction, and a selection of fantastic prizes including: 

£500 prize money – Poetry winner
£500 prize money – Short Fiction winner
Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual, read in over 20 countries worldwide
Complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
A selection of books from our competition partners

For more information and to enter please visit: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm 
Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted. 
Entry is £10 and allows for the entry of two works into any one category. 
Deadline: 31 August 2012 

Helena Culliney
Marketing
Aesthetica Magazine
www.aestheticamagazine.com

"Six Key Terms in the Transition from High School to College Writing" - February 10, 2:30-3:30, 113 Wimberly Hall

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

Dr. Virginia Crank, English Department faculty member, will continue the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series with a presentation entitled "Six Key Terms in the Transition from High School to College Writing." The presentation will discuss key concepts that Dr. Crank has identified from the large body of research on writing in high school and college English classes. Understanding and discussing these concepts with new college students can help those who teach freshmen (particularly in writing-intensive courses) build on the skills and concepts their students bring with them to UWL. The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, February 10th, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295.

 

 

Red Cedar Call for Submissions

Red Cedar, University of Wisconsin - Barron County's annual journal of the arts and literature, is now accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and other creative writing for our Spring, 2012, edition.

Submissions of creative writing are welcome from anyone. Please share with students, colleagues, and writers:  We are now accepting submissions by email to redcedar@uwc.edu. Send up to five poems, or 1-3 prose pieces of up to 1500 words each.  Mixed submissions of both poetry and prose are also acceptable.   

Please include all contact information, including a postal address, and a very brief bio note. Red Cedar will continue to accept submissions by email until Mon., Feb. 27, 2012.  (For priority consideration, please submit early!)

Thanks,Red Cedar 2012 Editorial Staff

Red Cedar - Sustainable Literature Program 
Joel Friederich, Advisor / Program Director
Univ. of Wisconsin - Barron County
1800 College Drive
Rice Lake WI 54868
redcedar@uwc.edu / joel.friederich@uwc.edu 
715-234-8176 / FAX: 715-234-1975

"Journalism of the 19th Century: A Survey of Major Novelists and Poets" - December 9, 2:30-3:30, Wimberly 113

A Presentation of the English Department's William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.

Dr. Thomas Pribek, English Department faculty member, will continue the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series with a presentation entitled "Journalism of the 19^th Century: A Survey of Major Novelists and Poets." Some form of journalism was the original--even continuous--work of nearly every popular American writer, from Benjamin Franklin all the way to the 1930s, when the "new media" of the day contributed to creating the image we have (and teach) today of the journalist as fact-based, objective, even impersonal. The presentation will talk about how a narrative-based reporting was typically part of any prose writer's career, and often poets too: journalism was part of the literary mainstream, not a separate genre or rival point of view. The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, December 9^th, in 113 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact english@uwlax.edu or call 785-8295. For more information, visit http://rhetor.blogs.com/english.