Fall 2005
Volume 2, Issue 2


This issue of Literary Bytes features the selected work of students from Dr. Hogsette's Fall 2005 LITR 450 Fantasy Literature course.

Table of Contents for This Issue

 

Research Projects

Students could analyze any Fantasy text, film, or TV show in terms of the various Fantasy topics and issues discussed in class. Click the titles below to read these papers or to view the research website.

Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Katherine Dalton

Enter the Fantastic: Reader Response Criticism in Action
Kenneth Blaney

The Neverending Story Research Website
Rachel Aubrey


Illustration by Deborah Maze

"Middle Earth" by Roger Garland

Presentation Slide Shows

Students give a 10-15 minute oral presentations on any topic of interest related to Fantasy novels, stories, film, television shows, or graphic novels/comics. Click the titles below to view sample presentation slide shows.

Presentation on Yoshitaka Amano
Christopher Duffus

The Wizard's Bowl
Vincent Gulotta

J. R. R. Tolkien: Father of the Modern High Fantasy Genre
Sarie Bott

Short Response Papers

Twice in the semester, students submitted brief (300-650 words) response papers on the course readings. These papers were posted in a Blackboard discussion board, read by the students before class, and then discussed during the class meeting as a way to focus our analysis of the material. Click the titles below to read select response papers.

Response to Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
Rudy Hernandez

Response to Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
Rachel Aubrey

Response to Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter
Julani Benjamin

Race Relations in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Rings
Kenneth Blaney


"The Dark Tower Orthanc" by Alan Lee

 

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