Spring 1996
n an effort to further our avant garde approach to pedagogy (and to promote the ever-important pragmatism of working in several idioms), we decided to have our classes, broken into groups of three and four, design and implement their own HTML projects. These projects are based upon assigned class readings and represent general research into background information (biography, zeitgeist, etc.), class discussions, and explication. Each group will be critiqued solely by the other class members and, hopefully upon project completion, feel confident enough to continue solo projects beyond the boundries of this class. Some of the information between projects might be redundant; however, each group deserves a look, even if it occasionally repeats certain important details. We are stressing imagination and creativity in both writing and page design. Any comments from the Internet community in general will be welcomed and appreciated.
Gerald Lucas's Classes
- Valeri Borstelmann and Catherine Justice offer biographical information on Franz Kafka, an introduction to the absurd, and an explication of "A Hunger Artist."
- Aaron Bergacker briefly introduces Donne, Marvell, and Shakespeare in their respective poems "The Flea," "To His Coy Mistress," and "Sonnet 116."
- Diane Moustakis and Justin Perrino provide background information on Shakespeare in a prelude to The Winter's Tale.
- Christopher Biernacki and Kelly Inch offer another interpretation of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
- Poe and Hawthorne are briefly addressed on The Gothic Page by Bill Blitman, Dyan Coppola, Errol Cummings, and Michael Lazzaroni.
- Scott Arvonio, Kimberly Kilby, and Frances Ventura examine the southern writers Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, and William Faulkner on their Literary Murder Page.
- Josh Bradley, our one-man group, discusses Chekhov, Kundera, and Oates on his "Exploring the Mind" page.
- Najja Romain and Roderick Walker explore Hawthorne and Kafka on their page.
- Zarinah Aquil, Angie Farah, and Katie Rolfes ask what's love got to do with it?
Tara Starr Pyne's Classes
- Grace Pippin and Rose Reyes offer a comprehensive insight into the Elizabethan Period when William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale was first performed at the Globe Theater.
- Cortazar and Borges are the subjects of Chris Manley's and Sandra Thomas' Latin-American Literature Page.
- Jamie and Amy present a general overview of American Southern Literature, specifically Hurston and Walker. There's a neat picture of Twain here, too.
- Patrice Hibbert, Mitsie Kraack, and Steve Harlan offer a different perspective on the Southern Renaissance.
- The Elizabethan Age is the subject of Melissa Newcom's and Shirley Kidney's page.
- Julie McWhorter and Mary Meadows take another look at Poe and Hawthorne in The Gothic Page.
- There's no ostentation in Kamran Mir's spartan look at the absurd: The Absurd in Literature.
- Nathan Santiago and David Usher delve into the mysteries of Poe and his raven on their Gothicism Page.
Return to The Lucas/Pyne Freshmen Composition Page Last updated on 26 March 1996 by G. R. Lucas