Tag: The Academy

52 Results

| January 11, 2010

the absent presence

Brian Croxall wrote a paper for a session at the recent Modern Language Association Convention, but couldn’t be...

| November 11, 2009

unreasonable expectations

This post by a student who’s frustrated by professorial use and misuse of PowerPoint got slashdotted and as a...

| October 31, 2009

a set of complicated jigs

A tradition, however firmly rooted, if it is never watered, though it dies hard, yet in the end it dies. And today a...

| October 16, 2009

minding the myth-kitty

In response to my recent post on the decline and fall of myth, I got a fascinating email from Matt Sterenberg, a...

| October 14, 2009

the recovery of mythology

Consider this my initial deposit on a topic I hope to return to. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the...

| October 13, 2009

about close reading

I don’t think this post by Alex Reid is on the right track: Close reading, if you don’t know, comes out the...

| October 5, 2009

Odysseus, Why?

My English 215 students are beginning serious work on their first essays now. Most of them will write on the Iliad or...

| August 26, 2009

job hunting

Name of applicant: Tolstoy, Leo (interviewed in England) We recommend something sensible from Marks & Spencer and a...

| August 24, 2009

mediators

Erin O’Connor, from a post that I’ve been thinking about for the past six months or so: English teachers...