Dr. Brian Fitch gets published
December, 2007
Dr. Brian Fitch has two poems in the current issue of Ars Interpres. Other poets in this issue include Czeslaw Milosz, Les Murray, John Kinsella, and others.
Dr. Fitch’s poems are posted at: http://www.arsint.com/no_4_5.html.
Fantasy fiction into film conference
November 17, 2007, University of Minnesota
Dr. Jean-Marie Dauplaise and Dr. Jonna Gjevre, both Associate Professors of English, gave presentations at the University of Minnesota on Saturday, November 17th, 2007. The presentation was about Fantasy Fiction into Film: Diana Wynne Jones and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Hayao Miyazaki and Peter Jackson captured the imagination of international audiences with their adaptations of Howl’s Moving Castle and Lord of the Rings, respectively. At first glance, Miyazaki’s anime adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’ classic British novel appears to boldly reinvent its source while Jackson’s approach to Tolkien seems burdened by preoccupations with fidelity. However, a closer look at Jackson’s and Miyazaki’s treatment of world-building, violent conflict, and gender roles, both in relation to their fantasy sources and to these artists’ signature conventions as filmmakers, reveals a more complicated story. This paper will explore gender, violence, and the realms of fantasy in Lord of the Rings and Howl’s Moving Castle, showing the degree to which Miyazaki’s Moving Castle and Jackson’s Rings both extend the filmmakers’ established conventions, while also transforming the visionary work of J.R.R. Tolkien and Diana Wynne Jones.
Dr. Jean-Marie Dauplaise is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Stout; she teaches courses in Fiction into Film, American Cinema and writing courses for art and design majors. She holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in art history, English literature and film studies from Emory University’s The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. With Dr. Jonna Gjevre, she co-directs a film series held each spring in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
Dr. Jonna Gjevre is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where she teaches courses in Advanced Rhetoric, Modern British Literature, and Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Dr. Kathryn Mapes presents paper
October 19, 2007
Dr. Kathryn Mapes, English and philosophy, attended the International Romanticism Conference held on Oct. 19 in Towson, Md. She presented a paper titled: "Recollective Reverie in Byron’s Intimate Correspondence with Augusta: The Alpine Journal, ‘Epistle to Augusta’ and ‘Don Juan.’"
Dr. Andrea Muldoon gets published
October 18, 2007
Dr. Muldoon got an article accepted for publication in Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy. The title of Dr. Muldoon’s piece is: "Terms of Engagement: A Snapshot of Scholarly Exchange in Rhetoric and Composition’s Professional Journals."
Dr. Andrea Muldoon is Assistant Professor of English and Co-Director of the writing center at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Dr. Matt Livesey represents UW-Stout
October 18, 2007
Dr. Livesey represented Stout at the International Conference on Open and Distance Education in Toluca, Mexico in early October. He also gave a presentation at the annual conference of the Council for Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication in Greenville, NC last week.
The presentation was entitled "Controlled Language in Technical Communication Curricula," and was part of a panel on language awareness organized by Bruce Maylath.
Dr. Matt Livesey is Assistant Professor and Director of the Technical Communications Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
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