Hours
The English Advising Office is open Monday and Wednesday for appointments from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Appointments
Please go to Canvas (under Account--> Settings--> MyPlan--> My Success Network--> Kathleen Lacey). The schedule tab will allow you to see what times are available for individual appointments. You can also search for Kathleen Lacey in the MyPLAN Directory. You are also welcome to call 402-472-3871 to schedule an appointment.
Walk-in Hours
No appointment necessaryWalk-in hours are Fridays from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm.
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Reminders
| November 27 (Wed.) | Student Holiday (UNL offices open) |
| November 28 – December 1 (Thu. - Sun.) | Thanksgiving Vacation (UNL offices closed) |
| December 1 (Sun.) | Last day to apply for undergraduate admissions for Spring 2020 |
Table of Contents
- English 364: 18th-Century British Literature Spring 2020
- UHON 201H: “A Lawyer for My Antonia” Spring 2020
- English 219: "Bad Girls of Film Noir" Spring 2020
- SUMMER 2020: Classic Horror Films during Pre-Session in English 439/839
- Laurus Call for Submissions
- Collision Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions
- Lincoln Public Schools Gifted Students Mentorship
- Join The Artifice Writing Group
Courses to Check Out
English 364: 18th-Century British Literature Spring 2020
Talk about a period with a bum rap! People sometimes say the 18th century was dull and boring. FAR FROM IT! It was witty, bawdy, mad for science, committed to social transformation and world-changing in its politics. It pretty much invented the modern world. This century produced three revolutions, each of which changed the world. We will look at the end of the old world and the birth of the new through the dynamic and interdisciplinary lens of literature, visual arts, music, and contemporary culture. During this period, literature and the arts "went public" as authors and artists appealed to a broad public audience, and the works that resulted were often wildly entertaining. Even if they were also serious - even revolutionary. You do NOT need to be an expert in history, literature, or anything else. We will think about the arts, the sciences, technology, and human behavior generally, trying to make sense of how things change, and why. Sampling these diverse materials will give us a taste of the culture that gave rise to what we think of as "the modern world."
The class will be mostly discussion based, with occasional quizzes, two working papers, a research portfolio on a subject of your choice, and a final exam.
The class will meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:30 - 11:20
For more info contact Professor Behrendt at sbehrendt1@unl.edu or at Andrews 319
UHON 201H: “A Lawyer for My Antonia” Spring 2020
Attention Honors Students, Honors is offering a 1-credit spring pop-up class called “A Lawyer for My Antonia” (UHON 201H, sec 951), which explores Willa Cather’s My Antonia using perspectives from legal studies, history, English, women’s and gender studies, digital humanities, and business.
The class meets 2 Tuesday afternoons and 2 Saturdays in the spring, including a day trip to Red Cloud. Full details are on the attached poster.
English 219: "Bad Girls of Film Noir" Spring 2020
In this class, we will focus on “bad girls” and female “heavies” in film noir films and related film genres, such as neo-noir. We celebrate women who manipulate, destroy, and kill in order to get what they want, in a society that soften denies women agency and control over their bodies. We will examine the gender politics of film noir, a film genre that deploys the evil woman as a defiant force who works against the grain of patriarchal gender roles, and view her as a transgressive and disruptive figure who upsets norms and defies gender: the bad woman who is so fun to watch. We will explore the rise of the “femme fatale” as an American anti-hero in American cinema.
Far from shrinking violets or mere objects of the male gaze, femmes fatales in film noir go well beyond the routine and limited choices offered to women in Hollywood. “Bad girls” of film noir are beautiful, brainy, challenging, outspoken and cunning. They hold audiences captive as much as they do their onscreen victims. We also study female spectatorship and analyze the popularity of female anti-heroines and onscreen femme fatales, such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and many other silver screen legends, as well as more contemporary “bad girls” and female “heavies.”
Films screened will include: Born to Kill, Crime of Passion, Mildred Pierce, Gilda, Leave Her to Heaven, Out of the Past, In This Our Life, The Great Lie, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Straitjacket, Mommie Dearest, Misery, Fatal Attraction, Jennifer’s Body, Bound, Gone Girl.
The class with meet every Wednesday from 1:30 - 4:40pm and is taught by Gwendolyn Foster
SUMMER 2020: Classic Horror Films during Pre-Session in English 439/839
This class covers the horror film between 1930 to 1970, a period in cinema history that saw worldwide change in the film medium, and an unprecedented growth in the horror film, as well as experimentation within the film medium itself.
See twenty classic horror films in just three weeks.
Films screened include the original versions of FRANKENSTEIN, DRACULA, THE WOLFMAN, THE MUMMY, SON OF DRACULA, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE UNDYING MONSTER, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, THE DEVIL COMMANDS, HOUSE OF WAX, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, HORROR OF DRACULA, HALLOWEEN, CARRIE and many more.
Class meets Monday - Friday 9:30AM – 12:20PM during Pre-Session from May 18 – June 5, 2020 in RVB 123; the small Ross Theater. Requirements: daily attendance, screenings, discussion, readings, three five page papers.
Department of English Announcements and Events
No Name Reading
The reading series is presented in collaboration with Indigo Bridge Books, a local bookstore Indigo Bridge representing a community that reaches past the divisions of race & ethnicities, socioeconomic class, political opinions, religious beliefs, national borders, languages, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a parent, age, ability, physical appearance, education, activist, immigration, or victim status.
Additional Public Info Here
- December 6, 6:30 - 8:00pm; Indigo Bridge Books, 701 P Street, Suite 102, Lincoln.
University Announcements and Events
UCARE Application Info Session
UCARE application info sessions introduce students to the UCARE program and provide guidance on finding a project, approaching a prospective mentor, and writing a strong application proposal. Join us to learn how you can receive $2,400 in funding in Summer 2020 or Academic Year 2020-21.
Register Here
Additional Public Info Here
- December 2, 12:15 - 1:15pm; Heritage Room, Nebraska Union
Internships, Jobs, and Professional Development
Laurus Call for Submissions
Laurus encourages undergraduate students to submit their visual art, fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction for our Spring 2020 issue now through Wednesday, January 18, 2020. To submit your work, go to laurusmagazine.submittable.com, and follow the submission guidelines. You must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to have your work included in Laurus.
Collision Literary Magazine Seeking Submissions
Poetry Editor of Collision Literary Magazine at the University of Pittsburgh. Collision is currently open for submissions of undergraduate fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art, and we welcome your students to submit! We're also looking for submissions for our fall zine, Border Crossing, which will feature fiction, nonfiction, poetry and black-and-white visual art revolving around international and intercultural experiences. By submitting to either the annual magazine or the themed zine, students will be considered for our writing contests, wherein they could win monetary prizes.
Submissions for the annual magazine close Friday, Feb. 21, but we read on a rolling basis. Zine submissions close Friday, Oct. 25. You can find more information about the magazine and our submission guidelines at https://www.collision.pitt.edu. If you have any questions, please contact collision.pitt@gmail.com.
Lincoln Public Schools Gifted Students Mentorship
Lincoln Public Schools is seeking Juniors, Seniors, or Graduates to mentor students up to one hour per day in the following areas:
- English and Language Arts
- Mathematics
- World Languages
- History/ Social Studies
- Visual Arts
The mentorship pays $18.91 per hour for working with the students, as well as mileage reimbursement for travel between schools for those assigned at multiple LPS locations.
The mentorship provides a wealth of experiences to discuss in interviews for those considering the job market after graduation.
The following requirements need to be met in order to be considered for the program:
- Overall GPA of 3.0 or above
- 15 college course hours in the subject to be mentored
- A minimum of 3.5 GPA in these courses
For those interested in applying, the application can be found here.
Join The Artifice Writing Group
The Artifice is an online magazine that covers a wide spectrum of art forms, including Film, Anime, Comics, Literature, Games, and Arts. It is collaboratively built and maintained by the writers. The platform has an established audience of millions. See here
Instead of recycling the same entertainment news stories or publishing commonplace editorials, The Artifice focus on unique topics that are intellectually stimulating and meaningful.
We are currently expanding and we would like to provide an opportunity for your students, staff, and faculty to join our team of writers.
Our writers range from undergraduates to emeritus professors.
If you are interested in joining the team, see here.
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