Location: File folder of past department event flyers, ECS 108.Object: Flyer for the SAGE Colloquium, Fall 2010.Observations: 1) For the past 20+ years, the final event in our department's Fall Colloquium series offers the stage to our M.A. students for a panel session organized by SAGE. 2) SAGE -- the short-hand name for our graduate … Continue reading Found Object: SAGE Colloquium, Fall 2010 and Fall 2020
Cover for The Political Fiction of Ward Just (2020) by Dave Smit, Professor Emeritus Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. As COVID-19 continues, we continue to direct substantial energies towards teaching fall courses and to supporting others during the pandemic. Nonetheless, … Continue reading October 2020 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Caitlin Hymans (MA '21) We all know the tale of the evil queen or wicked stepmother displacing a heroine’s true or deceased mother, which leads the heroine to challenge the surrogate mother-figure. This tension has always been present in fairy tales, yet scholars have only begun investigating the implications of these relationships, which appear frequently … Continue reading Grad Student Spotlight: Caitlin Hymans
Interested in learning about our M.A. program? Join us on Thursday, November 12, 5:00-6:00pm CST, for our inaugural online preview event: Visit http://tinyurl.com/kstategradpreview to complete your free registration. Hope you can join us! — Anne Longmuir, Director of Graduate Studies, and Karin Westman, Department Head
Many critics believe that the intellectual pursuits of William Faulkner and Ralph Waldo Emerson remain distinct. Emerson optimistically embraces the present, while the past imprisons many of Faulkner’s characters and even Faulkner himself. Quentin Compson, a profoundly troubled young man in the Sound and the Fury, relives his past until it kills him. But in wanders Lena … Continue reading Grad Student Spotlight: Monica Kopenhaver
Cover for the special issue of The Chaucer Review (vol. 55, no. 4, 2020) co-edited by Wendy Matlock. Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. As COVID-19 continues, we continue to direct significant energies towards teaching fall courses and to supporting others … Continue reading September 2020 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Monica Kopenhaver (MA '21) and Amy Levin Plattner (MA '21) with Biscuit COVID-19 has brought many changes to our everyday lives this year, including a new accessory. In support of K-State's new policy regarding face coverings and the City of Manhattan's mask requirement, here are some faculty and graduate students of the Kansas State English … Continue reading Mask Up!
The #keatscore mood board that Hannah Rollison (MA '22) created for ENGL 801 "Introduction to Graduate Studies" This fall semester, our M.A. students in ENGL 801 "Introduction to Graduate Studies" are reading and discussing John Keats's ode "To Autumn" as they enhance their skills at close reading. Also this fall semester, during COVID-19, we are … Continue reading #keatscore Mood Boards
Screenshot from Han Yu's “Response to ‘Make COVID-19 Visuals Gross’” for the Medical Humanities Blog (28 May 2020). Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. The issue for September typically showcases a substantial amount of research, scholarship, and creative activity that our faculty … Continue reading Summer 2020 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Location: File cabinet with Grad Program files, storage room, ECS Building.Object: File folder titled "Graduate Newsletter."Observations: It appears that, for a period of 10 years, the Graduate Program in English produced a Graduate Alumni Newsletter. Location: File cabinet with Grad Program files, storage room, ECS Building.Object: File folder titled "Graduate Newsletter."Observations: 1) The first issue … Continue reading Found Object: Graduate Newsletter
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