English Comps Symposium – Saturday, May 8, 2010
12:45 p.m. WELCOME
1:00–2:00 Session I
A. Laird 206 – [Early English literature]
- Marjorie Harrington, “Languages, Translation and Truth in Piers Plowman”
- Chris Burke, “Shakespeare’s Wise Fools”
- Amanda Zoch, “’With Mirth in Funeral’: Comitragedy in Shakespeare’s Plays”
B. Laird 211 – [Later Literature]
- Jessie Krzeminski, “Challenging the Concept of Happily Ever After: Austen”
- Julia Gold, “Reading The Portrait of a Lady through Emerson’s ‘Self-Reliance’”
- Clare Jones, “’This Precarious City’: Urban Landscape in Poetry of Joy Harjo “
C. Laird 212 – [Visual, project comps]
- Jared Evans, “P. Rose” (Graphic Novel)
- Davey Bendiksen, “Envisioning the America of Carl Sandburg in Photographs”
- Ben Mirin, “Northern Irish Identity in Literature and Photography”
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-3:15 Session II
A. Laird 206 – [Creative writing]
- Charlotte Muzzi, “Poems from the North and West”
- Maya Iginla, “Mercedes Bends” (novel)
- Matt Reindel, “The True History of Drew Chugsmith of the Midwest” (novel)
B. Laird 211 – [Contemporary literature]
- Sasha Korobova, “Institutions in the Home: Violence in the Plays of Fornes”
- Alex Gibson, “Owning Up to the Past: Toni Morrison & Gloria Naylor”
- Arika Garg, “Representation and Resistance in Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth”
C. Laird 212 – [Performance]
- Susan Chambers, “There go the loves that wither” (play)
- Katy Bratko, “Transgressive Love in Literature and Film”
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 Session III
A. Laird 211 – Colloquium Comps Group
- Allison Herbst, Emily Howell, Heather McPherson, Wes Moore, Annie Rees, Stephanie Strother, Hannah Willard
B. Laird 212 – [Creative fiction]
- Janelle Washington, Untitled (novel)
- Chelsea Ronsse, “You Get What You Pay For” (novel)
- Roma Patel, “Three Accidental Stories”
4:30-5:30 RECEPTION