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Working TOC for Shared Anthology for MALS 70000 (Oversharing and Inventing the Self)

  Possible Titles Possible Subtitles Private Selves, Public Worlds Shared Selves, Private Selves Persona Self Selfhood from the Inside Out   An Anthology on Selves Invented and Revealed An Anthology on Self Invention and Revelation An Anthology on Self Expression … Continue reading

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Groups and Menu Topics for Our Online Anthology

You can download a PDF of the material on this page here: Abstracts for Anthology Day pdf Narrative and Identity Jennifer MacDonald Through reading about and viewing other people’s travels in literature and movies as well as sharing our own … Continue reading

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For Tuesday’s Class: Anthology Workshop

ANTHOLOGY WORKSHOP: May 5th We will meet in Room 6496. Before class:  You will send a draft of your abstract (250 words or less) of your paper by May 3rd [5 PM] to me at: jasontougaw@gmail.com You will include your email … Continue reading

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Annotated Bibliography Guidelines

Once you have completed your proposal and received feedback from me, the next phase of your research projects will be to compile an annotated bibliography–a list of sources you plan to cite, with a short explanation of what roles they’ll … Continue reading

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The Blazing World

There was a wonderful review of Bruce Jenner’s Special With Diane Sawyer On ABC’s 20/20 Sets New Bar For Reporting On Transgender Issues on Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/25/bruce-jenner-diane-sawyer-media_n_7141434.html There was one emphasis on things Sawyer did and did not do. … Continue reading

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Siri Hudsvedt Brickman/Burden, Maskings & Sincerity

Harriet as Hustvedt’s Alter Ego  I agree with Berni that “I hear in each of the character’s writings, Hustvedt’s voice talking to me.” While reading The Blazing World, it also occurred to me that Harriet might be Hustvedt’s mask or alter … Continue reading

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Hustvedt’s Burden

Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin is a novel that contains a novel and, while not as obvious as Atwood’s approach, Siri Hustvedt’s The Blazing World felt like a similar experience by containing a character inside a character. That is to … Continue reading

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Discussion questions, and a little simulation…

Of course this week spoke to me as a neuro person—but also as a human with a constant internal dialogue (as well as the imagined voice of my Yorkie, Madison, who sounds like Bea Arthur—please tell me I’m not the … Continue reading

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Redefining Mental Illness – The Voices in My Head

It was refreshing to read that this form of illness diagnoses and treatment is being redefined, as it should be. Dosing patients with pills, making them lethargic and more vulnerable has for far too long been against human rights. Hearing … Continue reading

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Controversial Medical/Mental Health

What I enjoy most about this weeks reading is how controversial hearing voices and mental disorder diagnosis is in society. In many instances of mental disorders, there is no, or very little, tangible or recognizable symptoms. The illness is thought … Continue reading

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