The Brit Lit Survey: Reform or Abolish? A Panel Discussion in Celebration of a Special Issue of Pedagogy: Teaching Medieval Literature Off the Grid

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture

Organizer Name

Gina Brandolino, Nathanial B. Smith

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Central Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Gina Brandolino, Nathanial B. Smith

Paper Title 1

A Defense of the Survey: Some Practical Considerations

Presenter 1 Name

Michael W. George

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Millikin Univ.

Paper Title 2

Development without Teleology: Reforming the Brit Lit Survey

Presenter 2 Name

Liza Blake

Presenter 2 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Paper Title 3

Strange Brew: British Literature and Canadian Tastes

Presenter 3 Name

David Watt

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Manitoba

Paper Title 4

Presenting British Literature: Survey or Oy Vey

Presenter 4 Name

Theodore L. Steinberg

Presenter 4 Affiliation

SUNY-Fredonia

Paper Title 5

What to Call the Brit Lit Survey, and Why It Matters

Presenter 5 Name

Matthieu Boyd

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.

Paper Title 6

The Early British Literature Survey and the Historically-Underrepresented Student: A Case Study

Presenter 6 Name

Audrey Becker

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Marygrove College

Paper Title 7

A Heartbreaking Insight of Staggering Import, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Oppose the Survey

Presenter 7 Name

Harold C. Zimmerman

Presenter 7 Affiliation

East Tennessee State Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2013 8:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 158