This site supplements your materials from Canvas, and adds depth to the course research and writing. Always use Canvas Assignments to submit your graded work, and to send me messages or ask questions.

Welcome to your Modern Drama course for Spring 2020. To access details on Assignments, Policies, and the weekly Course Schedule, please click on the links to your left in the menu.

This course offers a critical […]

This site contains a variety of resources to support our writing in class, and to help you develop your writing process.

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By Macy Pope, Class of 2022
One of the biggest events of the year hosted by the Marymount University graduate Humanities Department is the Bisson Humanities lecture.  The hallmark event brings all different t […]

Take your proposal for the Proposal/Annotated Bibliography assignment due this past week and convert it into a conference proposal. This shouldn’t take you longer than 30 minutes, but post it to your blog with a […]

Katherine Murray in her article in PopMatters (posted on Canvas) argues that, “Gadsby’s position, which she explains eloquently in the special, is that, as long as we avoid telling the parts of our stories that […]

As you listen to Tig Notaro’s comedy set “Hello. I have Cancer.” Consider the following questions.

1.) What makes this comedy set qualify as “memoir”? Which category of Smith and Watson’s memoir approaches do […]

Pair up and read a classmate’s blog with the questions below in mind. Then TALK them through your feedback on the questions below (feel free to take notes as you read their blog).

Finally, offer feedback in the […]

Spend about 500 words considering these questions, and submit a crafted response to these questions with your final project.

-Which of the 3 approaches to the final project did you take and why? What did you […]

Dr. Howe developed this handy google doc list of tips and portfolio samples:

For your October 1st posting, choose any prompt from Smith and Watson’s Appendix B. If possible, choose an approach that asks you to apply yourself as a life writer–make a comic page of your own life; analyze […]

Below are some ideas for your two blog postings next Tuesday–one on internships & one on theory and memoir.

Take the PPT slide from this week labeled “questions to consider” from Smith and Watson, and consider […]

Taking one of the authors we have read so far, ponder how they construct a sense of authorial “self” relative to an intended audience, using specific rhetorical strategies and metaphors of spirituality or […]

Choose one of the two following approaches, or compare/contrast these two life writing sample in another way that offers an analysis in terms of style, audience, or content. Aim for around 250-500 words in your MU […]

Consider either of the approaches below to your blog post on “Revelations of Divine Love,” or use your readings from Smith and Watson to help frame your discussion. Due Tuesday, 9/10 (can also post on […]

Welcome to the course site for EN 321: Modern Drama for Fall 2019. Your weekly course schedule, detailed assignment information, and resource links are posted here. Submit assignments for grading on your Canvas […]