My course on Eudora Welty will count toward the English major or minor, and it will also count toward the Women’s & Gender Studies minor or new major. Non-majors are welcome; as an upper-level English course, English 350 assumes students have some experience studying literature and writing papers on it, and that they aren’t afraid of reading fiction that is texturally and thematically rich. For an introduction to Welty, see my next post.
During the final days before the semester starts, I’ll be in Welty’s hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, studying letters she wrote that are now in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities has awarded a grant to me and Rachel Reinke, a senior English major who’s double-minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies and in African American Studies. Rachel will be reporting some of our findings to the English 350 class this semester.
I’ll be checking email while I’m away, so feel free to send me any questions you have about the course.
Fall 2011
I am not exactly a prolific blogger, but I thought I should at least announce what I’m teaching and working on this semester.
I’m teaching English 207 (American Lit Survey) and English 512, Southern Literature, both of which I am enjoying. I am finishing a book manuscript on Eudora Welty’s gardening letters, which should be published sometime next year by University Press of Mississippi.
In Spring 2012 I’ll be teaching 207 again as well as an undergraduate class on Southern Literature (English 341).