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EDNOTE: IF YOU TEACH "LOLITA," PLEASE FILL OUT AND RETURN THIS SHORT SURVEY.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Galya Diment" <galya@u.washington.edu>
To: "Don Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
Cc: "Zoran Kuzmanovich" <zokuzmanovich@davidson.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: "Membership Survey: MLA Approaches to Teaching Lolita" (fwd)
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 17:09:20 -0800
> From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@cox.net>
> Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: "Membership Survey: MLA Approaches to Teaching Lolita"
>
>
> EDNOTE. Zoran Kuzmanovich, Editor of NABOKOV STUDIES, and Galya Diment,
> Co-editor of NABOKV-L are planning a volume, commissioned by the MLA, to
be
> called APPROACHES TO TEACHING LOLITA, one of the most widely taught
novels
> in colleges and universities in America and Europe. As a part of this
> project the editors are gathering information about what prospective
users
> of the volume would find most desirable.
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Please respond by 15 January 2004. Send e-mail responses, using
> corresponding question numbers, to <zokuzmanovich@davidson.edu> or mail
> completed forms, using as many additional sheets as needed, to Zoran
> Kuzmanovich, Department of English, Davidson College, 209 Ridge Road, Box
> 6977, Davidson, NC 28035-6977.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ------
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ------
>
> APPROACHES TO TEACHING "LOLITA"
> Edited by Zoran Kuzmanovich and Galya Diment
>
>
> Name ________________________________ Department
> _________________________
> School ___________________________ Phone ______________ Email
> __________________
>
> Address
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
>
>
> We welcome submission (in hard copy or electronic form) of supplementary
> teaching materials (syllabi, handouts, assignments, examinations,
> bibliographies, etc.). We will acknowledge all respondents in the
published
> volume.
>
>
> 1. Why do you teach Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2. Please describe the course(s) in which you teach Lolita. Indicate
> lower- or upper-level, major or nonmajor, required or elective, department
> or program, class size and format (lecture, discussion).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 3. How much time do you devote to the text (number of class sessions,
> length of time in days or weeks)?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 4. Do you teach works by other authors--or other works by Nabokov--in
> relation to Lolita? If you do, please identify them and explain the
> connections.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 5. Which edition of Lolita do you use and why?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 6. What secondary works--theoretical, critical, reference,
background--do
> you assign to your students? How do you integrate them with your teaching
> of the text?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 7. What scholarly works would you recommend to the beginning teacher of
> Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 8. What assignments (e.g., paper, online, oral presentations) do you
> require of students reading Lolita? Which have you found especially
> successful?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 9. What audio-visual or electronic resources have you found particularly
> useful in teaching Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 10. What aspects of the text do your students find most engaging about
> Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 11. What aspects do they find most troublesome? What strategies have
you
> devised to help students deal with these difficulties?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 12. What are the most important aspects of Lolita that you would like
> students to grasp?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 13. Do you think a particular critical approach to teaching Lolita works
> better than others you may have tried? If you do, describe it briefly and
> explain how you apply it in the classroom. How do you maximize the
benefits
> and avoid the pitfalls of a single approach?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 14. What specific concerns do you wish to see addressed in a volume on
> teaching Lolita? What still needs to be done?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> If you would be interested in contributing an essay for the proposed
> volume, please submit a proposal/ abstract outlining your topic or
approach
> and indicating its pedagogical relevance to students and teachers.
Please
> include a current curriculum vita. Thank you.
>
EDNOTE: IF YOU TEACH "LOLITA," PLEASE FILL OUT AND RETURN THIS SHORT SURVEY.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Galya Diment" <galya@u.washington.edu>
To: "Don Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
Cc: "Zoran Kuzmanovich" <zokuzmanovich@davidson.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: "Membership Survey: MLA Approaches to Teaching Lolita" (fwd)
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 17:09:20 -0800
> From: D. Barton Johnson <chtodel@cox.net>
> Reply-To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Subject: "Membership Survey: MLA Approaches to Teaching Lolita"
>
>
> EDNOTE. Zoran Kuzmanovich, Editor of NABOKOV STUDIES, and Galya Diment,
> Co-editor of NABOKV-L are planning a volume, commissioned by the MLA, to
be
> called APPROACHES TO TEACHING LOLITA, one of the most widely taught
novels
> in colleges and universities in America and Europe. As a part of this
> project the editors are gathering information about what prospective
users
> of the volume would find most desirable.
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Please respond by 15 January 2004. Send e-mail responses, using
> corresponding question numbers, to <zokuzmanovich@davidson.edu> or mail
> completed forms, using as many additional sheets as needed, to Zoran
> Kuzmanovich, Department of English, Davidson College, 209 Ridge Road, Box
> 6977, Davidson, NC 28035-6977.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> ------
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> ------
>
> APPROACHES TO TEACHING "LOLITA"
> Edited by Zoran Kuzmanovich and Galya Diment
>
>
> Name ________________________________ Department
> _________________________
> School ___________________________ Phone ______________ Email
> __________________
>
> Address
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
>
>
> We welcome submission (in hard copy or electronic form) of supplementary
> teaching materials (syllabi, handouts, assignments, examinations,
> bibliographies, etc.). We will acknowledge all respondents in the
published
> volume.
>
>
> 1. Why do you teach Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2. Please describe the course(s) in which you teach Lolita. Indicate
> lower- or upper-level, major or nonmajor, required or elective, department
> or program, class size and format (lecture, discussion).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 3. How much time do you devote to the text (number of class sessions,
> length of time in days or weeks)?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 4. Do you teach works by other authors--or other works by Nabokov--in
> relation to Lolita? If you do, please identify them and explain the
> connections.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 5. Which edition of Lolita do you use and why?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 6. What secondary works--theoretical, critical, reference,
background--do
> you assign to your students? How do you integrate them with your teaching
> of the text?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 7. What scholarly works would you recommend to the beginning teacher of
> Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 8. What assignments (e.g., paper, online, oral presentations) do you
> require of students reading Lolita? Which have you found especially
> successful?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 9. What audio-visual or electronic resources have you found particularly
> useful in teaching Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 10. What aspects of the text do your students find most engaging about
> Lolita?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 11. What aspects do they find most troublesome? What strategies have
you
> devised to help students deal with these difficulties?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 12. What are the most important aspects of Lolita that you would like
> students to grasp?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 13. Do you think a particular critical approach to teaching Lolita works
> better than others you may have tried? If you do, describe it briefly and
> explain how you apply it in the classroom. How do you maximize the
benefits
> and avoid the pitfalls of a single approach?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 14. What specific concerns do you wish to see addressed in a volume on
> teaching Lolita? What still needs to be done?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> If you would be interested in contributing an essay for the proposed
> volume, please submit a proposal/ abstract outlining your topic or
approach
> and indicating its pedagogical relevance to students and teachers.
Please
> include a current curriculum vita. Thank you.
>