English 302

Narrative Forms

Group Report Schedule, Fall, 1999

Each group report should serve as an introduction to your texts. That is you should offer the class some background information, duscuss what you see as the narrative and thematic center of the texts, and then focus briefly on the assigned topic (which is related to the class discussions the week of the report).

You may divide the work in any way you think best, but it is important that you work together to clarify your ideas and decide on what material to present to the class. If you have any questions about preparing your report please stop by my office or e-mail me to discuss your problem.

Scroll down the list to find your group.

Group Report #1: September 20th.

Focus: The thematic and narrative significance of the setting in "Winter Dreams" or in "Shiloh."

BHATT, PRAPTI pbhatt1@umbc.edu

FRIESS, JAY I. jfries1@umbc.edu

Group #2: September 27th.

Focus: the ways in which the narrator serves to color and shape the audiences understanding of the events and the characters "Araby" or "Bartleby."

LEE, KARAN Y. klee8@umbc.edu

SULLIVAN, SUZANNE P. sarnet2@umbc.edu

Group #3: October 4th.

Focus: The social and political circumstances of America in the 1950s which are reflected in "Nineteen Fifty-five."

GILDE, CAROLYN C. cgilde1@umbc.edu

MARSHALL, TARA A.tmarsh2@umbc.edu

MATTHEWS, MEGHAN M. mmatth1@umbc.edu

Group #4: October 18th.

Focus: Ford's transformation of Johnson's story into a comment on the coming of civilization to the western frontier.

HEIRMAN, SARAH E. sheirm1@umbc.edu

ROBBINS, LARA L. violetbloom@hotmail.com

Group #5: October 25th.

Focus: The allegorical/symbolic significance of "My Kinsman Major Molineux" or "The Man in the Black Suit."

CSEPLO, VALERIE A. vcsepl1@umbc.edu

MERGENOV, KATHERINE M.kjtm@erols.com

PANSINI, JOY M. jpansi1@umbc.edu

Group #6: November 1st.

Focus: Rescue fantasies: the thematic significance of the similarities and differences between Wade Whitehouse (Affliction) and John McClane (Die Hard).

SAUNDERS, CHAD A. csaund1@umbc.edu

SWANN, KIM M.wswann1@home.com

Group #7: November 16th.

Focus: Francis Ford Coppola's use of Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Comment on the war in Vietnam in Apocalypse Now.

220-15-2049 DORNEY, JULIA A. jdorne1@umbc.edu

216-88-4868 TAYLOR, RYAN M. [To be announced]

Group #8: November 29th.

Focus: The ways in which Smooth talk changes the meanings of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" as words are transformed into visual images, especially in the character of Arnold Friend.

FRY, GARY R. gfry1@umbc.edu

MOLTER, MATTHEW J. mmolte1@umbc.edu

PACE, JENNIFER E. jpace1@umbc.edu