1. The Medieval and the Modern: Issues of Gender
Unit 4, Part III
Poems from the Masculine Perspective

2. For Today: Return Re-Write Projects, in-class assignments
Briefly discuss the necessity for using MLA format
Close-reading and discussion of poems:
“The Gift,” by Li-Young Lee
“The Rites of Manhood,” by Alden Nowlan
“Fire on the Hills,” by Robinson Jeffers
“Gentleman without Company,” by Pablo Neruda
“To Women, As Far as I’m Concerned,” by D.H. Lawrence

3. Coming Soon. . . Web Authoring Projects
Online revision of your 8-10 page papers
Grade based on:
Quality of the student’s revision
Overall creativity of design
Oral presentation of projects in class, March 11th and 13th
Julia Panko, the Transcriptions Studio RA, will be available to help you with your web authoring projects. Her drop-in hours for the winter quarter are:
Tuesday, 11:00-5:00
Wednesday, 9:30-12:00
Thursday, 2:00-5:00
Friday, 10:00-12:30

4. Additional Workshops at the Transcriptions Studio. . .
Dreamweaver Tutorial
Wednesday, February 27th, 10: :00
Blogging WordPress: The Basics
Friday, February 29th, 11: :00
Faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates are all welcome to these events.
Additional workshops will be added for the first two weeks of March, including more Dreamweaver tutorials and Blogging with Wordpress workshops (both on basic blogging and on how to customize your Wordpress blog).

5. Medieval Help Desk. . .

6. So Why Do We Need to Use MLA Format Anyway???

7. Reasons: Helps us to understand how research papers are created
Gives us guidelines within which to write
Standardization
Helps to make our writing clear and consistent
Helps us to become better writers
Helps us to recognize whether the texts we are read are reliable

8. Poems from the masculine perspective. . .
Some things to look for:
Rites of Passage
Stereotypes vs. Reality
Physical and emotional characteristics of what it means to be “masculine” and/or “feminine”
Imagery

9. “The Gift,” Li-Young Lee

10. “The Rites of Manhood,” Alden Nowlan

11. “Fire on the Hills,” Robinson Jeffers

12. “Gentleman Without Company,” Pablo Neruda

13. “To Women, As Far as I’m Concerned,” D. H. Lawrence

14. For Thursday:
Be sure to read Donna Haraway, “Manifesto for Cyborgs,” and Laura Miller, “Women and Children First,” both found in the same file as Haraway’s article on E-RES
Moodle assignment, extended due date: Thursday, February 28th
Begin web authoring projects
Post one of the following:
a few words or a title
an image
a link
a sound
or any other element of your choosing.
This assignment is to help you get familiar with the process of accessing your websites and with the Transcriptions Studio (SH2509) in general.