Faculty of Arts,
Chulalongkorn University
Reading Response 3 and Presentation
Guidelines
Reading
Response 3
The last reading response (2
pp.; MLA
format) is a way for you to present your examination of a literary
text on the syllabus this semester and to bring together skills in
reading, critical thinking, and writing that we have worked on these past
few months. You will be working with two or three other students in close
reading and thinking about your chosen text. See Suggested Response and
Presentation Topics below. Submit your reading response 3 in class on
Wednesday, November 23, 2016.
Suggested Response and
Presentation Topics
You and your group-mates are inspectors who have chosen to inspect one work
on the syllabus. In reading and discussing that work with your group, decide
which three or four aspects of it is worth "covering," that is, which
elements or features of the work especially characterize or define it? What
literary devices or techniques are prominent and yield revealing insights
upon close inspection? Each group member will explore one of those aspects
in detail.
Alternatively, you and your group members may be interested in a particular
technique or theme, in which case you will consider three or four works on
our syllabus that "cover" the technique or theme in fascinating ways. Each
member will focus on a different work and inspect that technique or theme in
the work. How, for example, is dialog used in An Inspector Calls,
"Everyday Use" and The Edible Woman? What does the distinctive
wordplay create in "First Day at School," The Edible Woman and
Shakespeare's Sonnet 138? What is the function of untruth in "Funeral
Blues," "In an Artist's Studio," Sonnet 138 and An Inspector Calls?
Share your discoveries with me and other groups in your final reading
response and presentation.
Below are titles on our syllabus.
- Stephen Crane, "A
Dark-Brown Dog" (1901; study
guide)
- Richard Connell, "The
Most Dangerous Game" (1924; study
guide)
- Shirley Jackson, "The
Lottery" (1948; study
guide)
- Alice Walker, "Everyday
Use" (1973; study
guide)
- J. B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls (1947; study guide)
- Roger McGough, "First
Day at School" (1976; study
guide)
- W. H. Auden, "Funeral
Blues" (1938; study
guide)
- Thomas Hardy, "The
Walk" ( 1912; study
guide)
- Edmund Waller, "Go,
Lovely Rose" (1645; study
guide)
- Dorothy Parker, "One
Perfect Rose" (1923; study
guide)
- Carol Ann Duffy, "Valentine" (1993; study
guide)
- Christina Rossetti, "In
an Artist's Studio" (1856)
- William Shakespeare, Sonnet
138 ("When my love swears that she is made of truth"; 1609; study guide)
- "The
Two Ravens" (study guide)
- Dudley Randall, "Ballad
of Birmingham" (1968; study
guide)
- W. B. Yeats, "The
Lake Isle of Innisfree" (1893; study
guide)
- Margaret Atwood, The Edible Woman (1969; study
guide)
Section 2
Final Presentation Consultation Schedule
At a time slot below, each panel sign up to discuss your plans for the final
presentation with me.
Inspectors Call: Covering Literature Panels
Panel 1: Covering "The Most Dangerous Game": Traps—Physical, Mental,
and Linguistic
9:30–9:50 a.m.
Presiding: Kukasina Kubaha
Speakers:
1. “Physical Traps,” Naphatsorn Na Nakhon
2. “Mental Traps,” Pimchanok Boonpok
3. “Linguistic Traps,” Prompiriya Promsangkaha
Respondent 1: Nuttida Aderektrakarn
Respondent 2: Pimpun Jundaeng
Respondent 3: Surakan Kittiperakorn
Panel 2: Covering "First Day at School"
9:50–10:10 a.m.
Presiding: Narawit Kongko
Speakers:
1. “Covering Stanza 1,” Patteera Pimsarn
2. “Covering Stanza 2,” Pattarapol Chanprasit
3. “Covering Stanza 3,” Panisara Mankongprapai
Respondent 1: Tam Sothonprapakon
Respondent 2: Pornpatch Thanaprasitikul
Respondent 3: Nattakarn Tantiwanichpun
Panel 3: Covering The Edible Woman
10:10–10:30 a.m.
Presiding: Panicha Akkaramongkolchai
Speakers:
1. “Title,” Ramita Pumekate
2. “Title,” Chanyanuch Panlainark
3. “Title,” Warunporn Tiyabhorn
4. “Title,” Pornpatch Thanaprasitikul
Respondent 1: Nopparuj Saadruks
Respondent 2: Nuttanun Puttanapun
Respondent 3: Panicha Akkaramongkolchai
Respondent 4: Naphatsorn Na Nakhon
Panel 4: Covering Female Characters in The Edible Woman
8:00–8:25 a.m.
Presiding: Nuttanun Puttanapun
Speakers:
1. “Title,” Pimpun Jundaeng
2. “Title,” Tam Sothonprapakon
3. “Title,” Narawit Kongko
4. “Title,” Panicha Akkaramongkolchai
Respondent 1: Pimchanok Boonpok
Respondent 2: Kukasina Kubaha
Respondent 3: Panisara Mankongprapai
Respondent 4: Prompiriya Promsangkaha
Panel 5: Covering The Edible Woman: Finding Marian
8:30–8:55 a.m.
Presiding: Patteera Pimsarn
Speakers:
1. “Marian in Wonderland,” Nattakarn Tantiwanichpun
2. “Marian in Toronto,” Nuttida Aderektrakarn
3. “Marian in Food,” Nuttanun Puttanapun
Respondent 1: Pattarapol Chanprasit
Respondent 2: Narawit Kongko
Respondent 3: Chanyanuch Panlainark
Panel 6: (Un-)Covering Myths in The Edible Woman
9:00–9:25 a.m.
Presiding: Naphatsorn Na Nakhon
Speakers:
1. “Capitalistic Society and Its Implications on the Characters in The
Edible Woman: Is It a Myth?,” Surakan Kittiperakorn
2. “Deconstructing the Myth of Gender Identity in The Edible Woman,”
Kukasina Kubaha
3. “Exploring the Myth of Freedom of Action in The Edible Woman,”
Nopparuj Saadruks
Respondent 1: Warunporn Tiyabhorn
Respondent 2: Patteera Pimsarn
Respondent 3: Ramita Pumekate
Monday, November 7, 2016
1:00–1:10 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
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Thursday, April 8, 2016
11:50 a.m.–noon
12:00–12:10 p.m.
12:10–12:20 p.m.
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12:30–12:40 p.m.
12:40–12:50 p.m. Ramita, Warunporn, Pornpatch, Chanyanuch
12:50–1:00 p.m.
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Revision
Rewrite
to fix problems regarding the idea, support, prose, organization,
mechanics, and style to make your paper more effective. Some things
to keep in mind as you proofread and edit your work:
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Does my title show that I have a point to make?
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Is my point sound, clear, and interesting?
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Have I supported my point with compelling evidence?
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Is the organization of my paper logical and appropriate
to the points I am making?
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Is my language clear, consistent, and suited to the
subject matter?
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Do each of my paragraphs have a clear point and
coherence?
- Have I incorporated quotations smoothly into my own prose?
- Do I provide balanced discussions of the quotes I cite?
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Are my sentences varied, interesting, and effective?
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Do my verbs agree with their subjects? Pronouns with
their nouns?
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Is my paper free of spelling mistakes?
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Have I cited my sources properly?
Final Presentation
Presentation of your group's literary inspection is in week
16 of class: Monday, November 21 and Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Each
panel of three or four inspectors will have fifteen minutes to present
their close study of texts we have read in this course. This will be
followed by a ten-minute question and answer session. A moderator will be
presiding over the presentations and discussion session of each panel,
introducing the speakers, mediating the questions and responses, and
making sure things stay on schedule.
Practice reading your presentation aloud with visual aid if
you have any, and edit for speakability, clarity, and time.
Respondents give constructive comments on the panelists'
talk, indicating illuminating and effective points made, pointing out
problems to fix ex. content, logic, substantiation, organization,
clarification, delivery, and giving further commentary and opinions on the
issues being discussed. Respondents assigned to a panel are responsible
for giving feedback to any and all of the speakers on that panel but are
free to comment on papers of different panels as well.
You will be graded both for your performance in giving your talk and in
responding to your classmates' presentations, how you present your own
ideas and how you show that you know how to listen to, think about, and
discuss ideas that others propose.
A program of the final presentation schedule will be posted
on our detailed
schedule page once panel and response titles, speakers and
moderators are finalized. You are responsible for e-mailing me any
revisions to your presentation title by Friday, November 18, 2016.
Please inform me of any special equipment needs, otherwise
our in-class computer (which uses Microsoft Office 2007) and LCD projector
is provided.
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