ENGL 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Sylvia Plath, Confessional Poetry, Life Interest
28 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
● Life interest (usually put aside because of school)- establishing other interests sets apart
& establishes tribe
● Your occupation & where you can help it- how you want to change something about a
profession
○ Think beyond self and how you want to help profession
○ Include aspect of personal point of view
● Choose neighborhood to suit yourself
● Happiness or thriving
● Anti-intellectualism
○ Plan to continue to grow in life- teaching, research, DWB
First tribal essay
● Identify commonality- internal integrity
● connections/networking- external
● Specific examples, details
Be sure to include: clear thesis, paragraphs, how everything relates to original commonality
Second tribal essay
● Origin story of tribe
● Clear misconceptions/criticism- identify enemies
○ conflict= interest
● Contextualizing
● Devotion, emotion
Include: more details,
Third tribal essay
● Bookends of program- start and finish & how they relate
Include: concrete examples/traditions, mention obstacles/dark side of group (imperfection)
Fourth tribal essay
● Conflict within tribe
● Finding a new tribe/ leaving original
● Casual, understandable diction (conversation-like), storytelling (metaphors)
Include: what are the stakes of joining/leaving tribe
Fifth tribal essay
● Persona, funny
● Full portrait of people in tribe (mentor, rebel, enemy of tribe, etc)
● Non traditional
Include: current status/ carry story forward in principles
Lowell & Hardwick
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Document Summary
Life interest (usually put aside because of school)- establishing other interests sets apart. Your occupation & where you can help it- how you want to change something about a profession. Think beyond self and how you want to help profession. Plan to continue to grow in life- teaching, research, dwb. Be sure to include: clear thesis, paragraphs, how everything relates to original commonality. Bookends of program- start and finish & how they relate. Include: concrete examples/traditions, mention obstacles/dark side of group (imperfection) Include: what are the stakes of joining/leaving tribe. Full portrait of people in tribe (mentor, rebel, enemy of tribe, etc) Include: current status/ carry story forward in principles. Lowell- bipolar, large inheritance (old family), in literary intellectual world. Hardwick- outsider, not from nyc or wealth, not in polite world of middle class kentucky (holliday as emblem of decline- substance abuse destroying talent) Never able to fully remove association with vogue (was an editor there)
