At 12:58 AM Sun 02 Dec, updated Shameless Digressions [Entries: 128]
"Informal final blogging portfolio" -- "Stephens: Chapters 4 and 5 Stephens: Chapter 6 and 7..."
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At 6:00 PM Mon 26 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Not A Gentleman" -- "Welles, Citizen Kane EL237--Writing About Literature Remember the scene when Kane is being shaked down by Getty's for the governor's race. When Kane is telling Susan not to worry about this "gentleman". Getty's response is priceless: Gentleman? I don't know..."
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At 3:30 PM Sat 24 Nov, updated Shameless Digressions [Entries: 128]
"Stephens, 15 and 16" -- "“Former New York Times columnist Russell Baker says that was..."
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At 5:31 PM Mon 19 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Howl If You Hear Me" -- "Howl and Other Poems, Ginsberg EL237--Writing About Literature Poetry is meant to be heard... Exhibit A... Howl Howl and the other poems in the chapbook are in itself a resistence to the norm and the destruction of political correctness before..."
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At 4:00 PM Sun 18 Nov, updated Shameless Digressions [Entries: 128]
"Stephens, Chapter 12" -- ""Many editors of unstamped papers were crusaders first, journalists second...."
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At 4:04 AM Thu 15 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Spiegel is Mirror in German" -- "Huyssen, Of Mice And Mimesis: Reading Spiegelman With Adorno EL237--Writing About Literature Of course, there has to be a philosopher that we can follow when we analyze literature. In Maus, the Theodor Adorno method of mimesis could be seen as..."
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At 12:10 AM Tue 13 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"A Touch of the Metaphorical Past" -- "Staub, The Shoah Goes On and On: Rememberance and Representation in Art Spiegelman's Maus EL 237--Writing about Literature How do we see metaphors played out in a story will make or break it. Staub notices that an oral tradition in..."
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At 7:13 PM Mon 12 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"As Dead as Disco" -- "Goodbye to All That, Wasserman EL237--Writing About Literature The health of a society is always best measured by how it treats its weakest and most vulnerable citizens. If that is the case, then the society of journalism is one step..."
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At 6:34 PM Wed 07 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"What's Real, What's Not, What's Hate, What's Love" -- "Maus II, Spiegelman EL237--Writing About Literature There is a paradox that Dr. Jerz had pointed out to me in my last blog. A black hitchiker is being discrimated by Vladek, who was discrimated by the Nazis. Hate seems to be..."
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At 7:07 PM Sun 04 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Soften The Blow" -- "Maus, Spiegelman EL237--Writing About Literature In this confusing world of literature, we try to decipher when and how an author get his/her point across. In Maus, I see how personification to make certain races of people into a certain animal...."
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At 12:23 PM Sat 03 Nov, updated Shameless Digressions [Entries: 128]
"Stephens, Chapters 10 and 11" -- "The author wrote about how Samuel Pecke was jailed for..."
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At 4:27 PM Thu 01 Nov, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Prelude To A Graphic Novel" -- "Spiegelman, Maus EL 237--Writing About Literature I don't know what to think about reading Maus. I'll tell you that it will be the first time that I will read a graphic novel in a classroom setting and that's for sure...."
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At 10:51 PM Wed 31 Oct, Gina updated Gina [Entries: 139]
"Make Criminals Accept Responsibilty" -- "When I began sending out resumes, I was determined to stay as far away from Philadelphia as possible. I wanted to stay in the Pittsburgh/Greensburg area. I loved Philadelphia but living in Greensburg for four opened my eyes to many..."
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At 5:38 PM Wed 31 Oct, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Clash of the Cultures" -- "Ciolkowski, Navigating The Wide Sargasso Sea: Colonial History, English Fiction, And British EmpireEL237--Writing About Literature We could pretty much make the assumption that Jamaica has been a one of the world's melting pots of culture. In this article, Laura Ciolkowski,..."
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At 11:24 PM Mon 29 Oct, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Don't Believe The Hype" -- "Mardorossian, Double (De)Colonization and the Feminist Criticism of Wide Sargasso Sea EL237--Writing About Literature Jen had mentioned that the only reason why we see Antonette/Bertha a certain way because of the fact that every one else create this persona of..."
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At 8:20 PM Mon 29 Oct, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"There Goes The Phallus" -- "Kendrick, Edward Rochester And the Margins of Masculinity in Jane Eyre And Wide Sargasso Sea EL237--Writing About Literature Kendrick had made a point when he stated that Rochester in a way isn't exactly the "mature man" as he claim to..."
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At 9:32 PM Sun 21 Oct, updated Shameless Digressions [Entries: 128]
"Stephens, Chapters 8 and 9" -- "“Whether the subject is love, birth, weather or crime, journalists’..."
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At 6:41 PM Sun 21 Oct, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"No Distinction Between Black And White" -- "Wide Sargasso Sea, Rhys Writing About Literature-- EL 237   One thing that I have noticed about this particular story in relation to Jane Eyre is that there is a schism between two groups of people that sets the tone..."
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At 10:12 PM Wed 17 Oct, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Wish This Was Better: First Portfolio For El 237" -- "I know that this particular semester started off with a very rocky start but I thought that I have learned a lot in this class: Depth and Coverage Give us this day, Our Daily Mask The Sick Genius Of Hamlet..."
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At 10:52 AM Thu 11 Oct, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"To Forgive and Forget" -- "Jane Eyre, Bronte EL237-- Writing About Literature It's chapter 21, Jane goes back to Gateshead to the people who has treated her wrong throughout her childhood and she tries to make amends. This forces the reader to feel even more..."
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At 10:09 PM Mon 08 Oct, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Must Keep In Good Health" -- "Bronte, Jane Eyre Writing About Literature--EL 237 When I the assigned section of this story there was one exchange that I found ineresting in Chapter 4 between Jane Eyre and Mr. Brocklehurst: "Do you know where the wicked go after..."
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At 10:38 PM Sat 06 Oct, updated Shameless Digressions [Entries: 128]
"Stephens: Chapter 6 and 7" -- "“News was worked into verse for one reason: to make..."
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At 3:04 PM Sun 30 Sep, updated Shameless Digressions [Entries: 128]
"Stephens: Chapters 4 and 5" -- "“Among the many factors that might explain the palpable difference..."
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At 5:55 AM Mon 24 Sep, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
""Give Us This Day, Our Daily Mask"" -- "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Stoppard EL237--Writing About Literature   Never...Never in my academic career have I read a play that took three acts to reason why our dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are merely pawn in Hamlet's game. The are..."
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At 12:19 AM Thu 20 Sep, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"The Keys to the Gate" -- "Writing about Literature, Roberts EL237: Writing about Literature I know that we have read two chapters in this book however something in Chapter 5 had struck me when I read it. There has to be a dilemma in a story..."
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At 3:38 PM Sun 16 Sep, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"The Sick Genius Known As Hamlet" -- "EL237-Writing About Literature Hamlet, Shakespeare   I've been on hiatus since early August and I know it sounds funny but I'm ready for the blogging again. Now back to the subject. Since I'm reading Hamlet in my Shakespeare class in..."
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At 12:32 AM Fri 10 Aug, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"The Devil is Laughing and Drinking Lemonade" -- "Just Another Thought Blog Listings..."
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At 11:13 PM Sun 29 Jul, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Read Horrifying" -- "Leisure Reading Blog Listings..."
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At 11:16 AM Fri 27 Jul, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Will Paradise Be Lost On Film?" -- "Just Another Thought Blog Listings..."
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At 12:02 AM Wed 25 Jul, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"The Mania Called Graduate School" -- "Just Another Thought Blog Listings..."
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At 7:07 PM Sun 06 May, Chera updated CheraPupi [Entries: 119]
"Blog Portfolio 3-Cover Entry" -- "Portfolio 3 -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) For those of you who aren't familiar with a blogging portfolio, I have compiled the following list of entries that I thought were important to my blogging development. They date from..."
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At 6:43 PM Sun 06 May, Chera updated CheraPupi [Entries: 119]
"Barf?" -- "Wit -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study)..."
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At 7:07 PM Sat 05 May, updated LorinSchumacher [Entries: 210]
"Final Blogging Portfolio - EL 312" -- "Portfolio III -- Jerz EL312 (Literary Criticism) Coverage "Semilogy and Rhetoric" Miko's "Tempest" "Reader, Text, and Ambiguous Referentiality in 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" Chapter 7 Introduction "Culture" "Bodily Harm: Keats's Figures in the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'" "'But One Expects..."
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At 4:39 PM Sat 05 May, updated LorinSchumacher [Entries: 210]
"Final Blogging Portfolio - EL 150" -- "Portfolio 3 -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) Coverage King Lear Acts 1-2 King Lear Acts 3-5 "Shakespeare and the End of Feudalism" "Shakespeare's King Lear" Ender's Game, Ch 1-6 Ender's Game, Finish Wit Depth "Shakespeare and the End..."
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At 9:41 AM Sat 05 May, updated LorinSchumacher [Entries: 210]
"Hiding Behind W;t" -- "Wit -- Jerz: EL150 (Intro to Literary Study) Student 2: I think he's hiding. I think he's really confused, I don't know, maybe he's scared, so he hides behind all this complicated stuff, hides behind this wit. This student, although..."
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At 8:23 AM Sat 05 May, Gina updated Gina [Entries: 139]
"B.P. Three" -- "Overall, I think that Literary Criticism took me some time to understand. I think that the concepts and theories were difficult to comprehend. As the course is near completion, I do feel like I actually understand every theory that we..."
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At 2:14 AM Sat 05 May, updated LorinSchumacher [Entries: 210]
"A Star With Your Name On It" -- "(Just a little warning, this entry is incredibly long, so if you are short on time, just read the first two paragraphs and then the last one. That makes my point without giving you all the personal details about myself..."
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At 7:41 PM Thu 03 May, Denamarie updated Denamarie Ercolani [Entries: 68]
"Thanks Jay." -- "I just want to thank Jay for his input on my paper. I looked over his and was unable to find anything wrong with it...."
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At 12:01 AM Thu 03 May, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Term Paper Draft" -- "Term Paper, Hinton Literary Criticism--EL312..."
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At 10:31 PM Wed 02 May, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"Hazard, Yet Forward" -- "Cover Entry, Hinton Literary Criticism--EL312..."
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At 10:19 PM Wed 02 May, updated Kelo The Great [Entries: 157]
"The Wrap Up: Kelo The Great's Final Blogging Portfolio for EL312" -- "Portfolio, Hinton Literary Criticism--EL312..."
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At 9:24 PM Tue 01 May, Denamarie updated Denamarie Ercolani [Entries: 68]
"Reflections on Term Projects" -- "I am only going to tak about a few presentations. Sorry if you weren't one of them, I hope you are not offended. This is just very time consuming...."
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At 4:13 PM Tue 01 May, Denamarie updated Denamarie Ercolani [Entries: 68]
"A Little 411 On My Term Paper" -- "Here is just a little bit of what I am doing for this wonderful 15-20 page paper. ENJOY and feel free to leave some comments : )..."
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At 3:48 PM Tue 01 May, Denamarie updated Denamarie Ercolani [Entries: 68]
"Blog Carnival - Education and Criticism" -- ""
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At 9:26 AM Tue 01 May, Denamarie updated Denamarie Ercolani [Entries: 68]
"Blogging Portfolio III" -- "This blog portfolio is short and sweet. This does not show the full extent of my literary growth throughout this class but it does show how I have turned out. Each week I think I have progressed from a sophomore..."
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At 5:30 PM Mon 30 Apr, updated LorinSchumacher [Entries: 210]
"Lit Crit's Usefulness in Pedagogy" -- "We've spent the semester in literary criticism discussing the usefulness of each critical lens we've studied. Dr. Jerz always made sure to keep us focused on what was most important in our class discussions by repeatedly asking "Why don't you..."
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At 2:04 AM Sat 28 Apr, updated Sometimes in September [Entries: 100]
"" -- "There is nothing better for my 100th entry on this blog than to post a picture just for you, Dr. Jerz. No matter how rough things get, you'll always know that Mario agrees with you...."
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At 4:20 PM Thu 26 Apr, updated Sometimes in September [Entries: 100]
"Literature, History, Politics" -- "Literature, History, Politics Catherine Belsey…I think I picked the wrong essay. Belsey identifies in her essay “Literature, History, Politics” that “to bring these three terms together explicitly is still to scandalize the institution of literary criticism, because it is to propose a relationship b"
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At 3:12 PM Thu 26 Apr, Gina updated Gina [Entries: 139]
"Apostrophe" -- "Garson, 'Bodily Harm" Keats's Figures in the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn''' -- Jerz EL312 (Literary Criticism) "Apostrophe is an address to the absent as if present, the inanimate as if animate; a rhetorical question is one which no answer..."
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At 2:58 PM Thu 26 Apr, Gina updated Gina [Entries: 139]
"Hidden Clues" -- "Garson, 'Bodily Harm" Keats's Figures in the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn''' -- Jerz EL312 (Literary Criticism) "Apostrophe is an address to the absent as if present, the inanimate as if animate; a rhetorical question is one which no answer..."
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