Presentations

I was not surprised that Heather's topic is formed around feminism. I found it interesting the different approaches Amy H and Heather were taking on discussing feminism. I found Amy's apporach of "the old way" to the acceptance of "the new way" very intriguing.

Janel's presentation seemed well thought out and put together. The topic is something that also sounds very interesting as well as fun to research.

I was not surprised at all in Kristi's choice in using Dorian Gray as one of her main works. The topic chosen for the paper will work so well using Dorian Gray as a text. The influences of individuals by others that go against the social norms and in turn cause them to do "bad" things.

Michael seems like he's taking on quite a huge load. It will be a task to keep the paper within the requirements. By comparing Gothic and Dark Romanticism he I believe the idea is to show how specific texts would be different if they were written in different generas.

Caitlin's presentation I got a little lost on. I know she intends to use Fuller's American Literature and Dasiy miller. I believe she is going to come up with a connection between Local color, realism and regionalism to show the contrast between american and british writing.

Sarah is going to use Zola's experimental novel to show how gothic texts such as Edgar Huntly and Dorian Gray show realist and naturalist themes.

Dep is doing a civil war paper, pre/during/post, to show how writers of the time were influenced by specific writers.