In-class Presentations, British Literature II
Below are a number of possible topics (along with possible dates) for our brief reports. You may well not know a thing about the topic you choose; that is the point: to find out about a subject and present it in an entertaining and intelligent manner to the rest of us. We will generate some other topics in class, which may be substituted for, or added to, those below. You may also come up with your own idea. If you have a particular interest that you would like to pursue and share, please do so! The important thing--whatever you do--is that your presentation be creative and thoughtful.
8/31 Who is William Blake? John
9/5 What was the French Revolution? Alexandra
9/7-9/10 Who is William Wordsworth?
What is poetry?
9/12-9/17 Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
What is Gothic?
9/19 Jane Austen, Austenite Rachel
Isn't it ironic?
10/1 What is an epiphany? Francesca
10/8 Who is Percy Bysshe Shelley?
10/10 Who is John Keats? Wenny
10/12 What is the Victorian period?
Who is Emily Bronte? Jamie
10/31-11/2 Who is Alfred Tennyson?
What is a poet laureate? Chris
What shall we say about the Lady of Shalott? Sasha
11/5 Who is Robert Browning?
11/9 Who is Christina Rossetti? Sarah
What is a fallen woman?
What is the Pre-Raphaelites brotherhood? Lilly
11/12-11/21 Who is Thomas Hardy? Roshni
11/26 What happened in WWI? Nicholas
Who are Owen & Sassoon? Erin
11/30 What is Modernism? Eliana
What is Modernist poetry? Jen G.
T.S. Eliot & antisemitism Jen B.
Timeline
Presentations guidelines
Presentations should be at least ten minutes, but don't be longer than
you need to be.
Presentations are graded pass/fail, until final
grading when a few outstanding presentations will contribute to an
improved final grade.
