Dr. Lisa Propst

 

Limited-Term Assistant Professor

Department of English

 

Office: Pafford 324

Phone: 678-839-4155

 

Office Hours: Mon. 12:00-1:00, Tues. 4:00-6:30,

Wed. 12:00-1:00, Thurs. 4:00-6:30, and by appointment

 

 

Fall 2009 Courses:

 

ENGL 1101 -- Composition I

ENGL 2110 -- World Literature

 

 

ENGL 1101 Resources:

 

Literary Terms

Annotating a Text

Essay Structure

Top 10 Conventions of Literary Analysis Essays

Background: Medea (powerpoint)

Questions to Consider as you Read Medea

Broad Questions to Consider as you Develop a Thesis Statement

Citations in MLA Format: A Short Set of Examples (powerpoint)

Checklist for Proofreading Your Essays

Abbreviations in Comments on Homework and Essays

Compare and Contrast Essays -- A Helpful Guide

Poets--helpful biographical information from the web:

    William Shakespeare

    Margaret Atwood

    Audre Lorde

    Pablo Neruda

    W. B. Yeats

Peer Editing Instructions (Essay 1)

Peer Editing Instructions (Essay 2)

Historical Context: Esme Lennox -- some research sources

 

 

ENGL 2110 Resources:

 

Group research assignment

Background: The Bible as Literature (powerpoint)

Background: The Epic of Gilgamesh (powerpoint)

Powerpoints from group presentations

MLA homework assignment: answers

Compare and Contrast Essays -- A Helpful Guide

"Scanning" poetry -- A Guide from University of Toronto

Peer editing instructions

Study Guide -- midterm

 

 

Student Support:

 

Writing Center Workshops

UWG Cares

Learning Support and Testing Department

 

 

Archives:

 

XIDS 2100 (Arts and Ideas--Race and Representation) (spring 2009)

XIDS 2100 (Arts and Ideas--Jewish American Literature and Culture) (fall 2008)

ENGL 2110 (World Literature)  (fall 2008)

ENGL 1102 (spring 2008)

ENGL 1101 (fall 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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