English 302

Narrative Forms

Group Report Schedule, Fall, 2000

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: October 2nd.

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

Erika Reinthaler ereint1@umbc.edu

Toby Green tgreen2@gl.umbc.edu

Group #2: October 9th.

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

Roslyn Honsberger roshons@aol.com

Kim Corbel RKC2@erols.com

Lindsey Borys Linds75380@aol.com

Group #3: October 23rd.

Focus: The social and political circumstances of America in the 1880s which are reflected in "A White Heron."

Debbie Wischmann DPSYCH2B@aol.com

Jill Dauber jdaube1@umbc.edu

Laura Espinosa chamonks@att.net

Group #4: October 30.

Focus: Ford's transformation of Johnson's short story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" into a comment on the coming of civilization to the western frontier.

Andreia Neto aneto1@gl.umbc.edu

Tabby Earley tarasunflo@aol.com

Kathleen Morlan kathiecm@aol.com

Group #5: November 13th.

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

Jennifer Phillips all_smiles99@hotmail.com

Ramal Jenkins LangPL@hotmail.com

Katie Collins cinderellakt@juno.com

Group #6: November 27th.

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

Amy Trickey quango13@aol.com

Shannon Watts swatts2@umbc.edu

Casey Miller cmille1@gl.umbc.edu