Jentery Sayers | jentery@uw.edu | 20 posts
Instructor for English 242, "Modernism Now: Digital Platforms for Studying Fiction"
Ok, 242. Here’s the prompt for your final essay. First, let’s review the requirements from the beginning of the quarter: “By the end of the quarter, students will be expected to produce an academic essay that: Is web-based, Ten to fifteen pages in length, Includes at least two media (e.g., film, audio, images, and text), […]
May 24, 2010
Comments Off on The Abstract
Ah . . . the abstract: the oh so academic act of summarizing work that’s often still in progress. Your project’s not finished, you’re still not sure if everything coheres, and the thing’s so deep you wouldn’t dare reduce it to a single paragraph. I know this. I don’t particularly enjoy writing abstracts, either. But […]
May 9, 2010
This quarter, we’ve spent some time talking about three (broad) ways of approaching modernist lit: through questions of aesthetics, representation, and history. For this prompt, let’s try picking one of those lenses and reading&writing accordingly. In your own blog entry, please: First, identify your lens (aesthetics, representation, or history) and just write it at the […]
May 9, 2010
Comments Off on Non-Sequential
Hello, 242! At this point in the quarter (post-annotated bib and with research question in hand), how about drafting four paragraphs that should ideally become key parts of your final essay? In response to this prompt, please post your own blog entry, which should include four paragraphs that: Emerge from the research both you and […]
May 4, 2010
We’ve reached the second half of the quarter, and—at this point in the course—you’ve researched your keyword and its intersections with (literary) modernism. You’ve also written an . . . ahem . . . academic paragraph and articulated a research question. Now’s the time to start gathering some materials that should help you unpack that […]
April 29, 2010
Hope all’s well, 242. At this juncture in the course, you’ve written a number of blogs on lit-related things. You’ve also composed a keyword entry, as well as an academic paragraph. Now, before you start gathering materials (especially secondary sources) for your final paper, how about a research question? Indeed, for this entry, all you […]
April 26, 2010
Comments Off on Change Log #3
Hello, 242! In the class thus far, we’ve spent most of our time in Europe, especially the UK and Ireland. This week we go west, to the U.S., primarily Harlem. As we switch scenes, I’ll keep the prompt for this change log simple. Here goes: During the first few weeks of this course, we’ve highlighted […]
April 19, 2010
Comments Off on A Paragraph!
Hello, 242. You’ve responded to the keyword prompt. Now how about a paragraph? During our workshop last week (on Thursday, April 15th), I hinted at an exercise for writing a complex, persuasive paragraph, and I’d like you to give it a shot. First, please pick a source that—ideally—was something you included in your keyword blog. […]
May 24, 2010
Comments Off on Is It Over?