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ENGL 2307

20 February 2014. ENGL 2307. Draft due today Keep revising UWC is filling up—make appointments in advance (at least two days, a week is best) Drafts returned on Tuesday No informal writing until after break—focus on the draft. Midterm Essay. Today’s office hours are cancelled

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ENGL 2307

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  1. 20 February 2014 ENGL 2307

  2. Draft due today • Keep revising • UWC is filling up—make appointments in advance (at least two days, a week is best) • Drafts returned on Tuesday • No informal writing until after break—focus on the draft Midterm Essay

  3. Today’s office hours are cancelled • Monday office hours are from 11:30-1 PM. • Meet with me for help with revision (or any other questions/concerns/comments) Office Hours

  4. Sybrina Archer presents Charles Dickens Biography

  5. David Gonzalez-Lebron presents Historical Context

  6. Published in 1866 in All the Year Round (A Dickens publication) • Once again, this is a Christmas story, but more than 10 years after the Gaskell story. • Railways took over in about 1845. • Signalman was the historical equivalent of an air traffic controller. • Highly stressful and highly dangerous position Other points

  7. Representative of industrialization • Very dangerous—responsible for many of the deadly accidents in workplaces • Blamed for many problems—including the introduction of hysteria in men Trains

  8. Haunter? • Haunted? • Haunting? • Laying of the ghost? “The Signal-Man”

  9. Who is this person? • Do we trust him? Narrator

  10. Pg. 93: “looked all about me, as if something were missing from it”; “many long and lonely hours” • Pg. 95: “safest of men…but for” • Pg. 97: “deception of his sense of sight” • Pg. 99: “I have never confused the spectre’s ring with the man’s” • Pg. 101: “In this effort, I succeeded far better…” Hysteria

  11. Multi-part • What does it mean? Laying of the Ghost

  12. Oliphant’s “The Open Door” • Do not be surprised if there is a quiz • No reflection due • There will be another observer. Tuesday

  13. What is a signal-man? • Who is the ghost? How do you know? • What happens to the signal-man? How do you know? • What does the narrator think is happening to the signal-man? How do you know? Cell Phone Quiz

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