tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post4766919742925535804..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: John Milton, Neil LaBute, and the Question of SinCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-74764291241289091652009-10-23T05:15:49.373-04:002009-10-23T05:15:49.373-04:00I love the idea of a Morrison course, and your pla...I love the idea of a Morrison course, and your plan to juxtapose Milton and LaBute is inspired (although I still haven't quite forgiven LaBute for the 2006 remake of The Wicker Man). I wish there had been such willingness to question convention and transgress boundaries when I was doing English in undergrad.Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-30627678919667643212009-10-21T06:11:52.272-04:002009-10-21T06:11:52.272-04:00Eileen, you certainly practice your preaching. Tha...Eileen, you certainly practice your preaching. That course's syllabus reveals so much labor in its careful construction AND so much care for your students. I love how you articulate why the course matters, why the students matter -- and how you have given its participants every tool to thrive. Please keep us updated on how this goes.<br /><br />I have foundit is MUCH easier to bring cross-temporal endeavor to an undergraduate program than a graduate, esp. a PhD program. We are having the toughest time reformulating our doctoral comprehensive exam because the early folks want to insist on two fields (one major, one minor; each separated significantly in time); the 19th C British and contemporary American scholars (of whom there ar many more than med/early mod) are mostly against this scheme because it dilutes competence in their own field. As if coverage could ever be a workable model ...Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-51400600908431628852009-10-21T01:46:30.419-04:002009-10-21T01:46:30.419-04:00Eileen--
I commend you for your incredible effort...Eileen--<br /><br />I commend you for your incredible efforts toward reshaping undergraduate education and the ways by which "major authors" are taught. As a final-year undergrad, I've had plenty of time to think about pedagogy styles and what methods of teaching are efficient, enjoyable, stimulating, and let one learn the most; it seems like your courses fulfill all of these. As much as I enjoyed my own Milton class, I wish that I could have taken your incredible Milton/LaBute course! I'm planning on going into undergraduate education myself, and I often think about the ways to make premodern texts "relevant" to students, or how to avoid the "medieval shock." And capping off your medieval sexuality course with Eugenides--wow! This is very inspiring. I hope your students like these classes!Lee Huttnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699954530481437480noreply@blogger.com