F 4/10 Proposal for Research Paper Due; Web Workshop--meet in Library 18. Bring electronic

form of proposal to workshop.

S 4/11 One paragraph review of student web page due (email to class)

Before Class: There are no assigned readings for Friday, but there is a writing and web assignment. The writing assignment is the Proposal (see below), The web assignment is to look at other student web pages and get a sense of what you might like to learn how to do in class on Friday, please check out the link to "other student web pages" off of the main course page. What makes a page look great? What makes it easy to read? What can you do on a webpaper that you can't do in a regular paper for a class? (You may want to get started on the review of a student web page from an American Studies course, but you don't need to officially mail it to the class discussion page until Saturday. You might want to choose either a page you really like (to recommend it to others) or a page you hated (to show what not to do.) You may review a page from a student in an American Studies class at another institution or one from an American Studies class at Reed.

Your Proposal Due 4/10 Should Include:

1. The Primary Text you want to analyze
2. A Brief summary of Theoretical Approach you want to use and why you have chosen to use it. Are there any ramifications for style which you will need to keep in mind?
3. At least Three Annotated Resources on this Theory or on your Text: my suggestion for these sources would be to read at least one of each of the following:
   • a primary text by a prominent representative of that theory (either from the reader, a source below, or someone of your choosing
   • an introduction or overview to that subtheory (e.g. Moi or Morris)
   • one example of a reading of a work of literature using that approach analyzed very briefly

In-class Friday:

1. Johanna Colgrove will teach you how to transform your proposal into a web page
2. Your web page should include the following:
   • the contents of your original proposal
   • an image (so you know how to do this)
   • at least 3 hotlinks to useful pages (you should do a web search to find relevant topics, but you may want to check out the links on the course page and in the course museums. Also make sure you Search the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Criticism: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/

     Johanna will teach you how to search the web in case you do not already know how to do this. (Even if you have done this before you will learn some new tricks!)

   • A link back to the classpage.

3. when you are finished making the webpage, please email it to Laura AS AN ENCLOSURE (If you don't know how to do this, ask Johanna or Kim)

PLEASE NOTE READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK:

M 4/13 Text: Lucy Brewer, The Female Marine, PART 1 pp. 61-80

Article: D. Cohen, Introduction to The Female Marine, 1-46

W 4/15 Text: Lucy Brewer, The Female Marine, PARTS 2 & 3, pp. 81-131

Article: Judith Butler: "Performative Acts anmd Gender Constitution" (Reader)

OPTIONAL: Barbara Welter, "Cult of True Womanhood" (Folders on reserve)

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