Undergraduate Conference on
English
Language
and
Literature
March 17-18, 2000
featured speaker
Robert
Creeley
University of
St. Francis
Robert Creeley
has deeply influenced contemporary American poetry. His first book, Le Fou appeared in 1952 and hardly a year has since passed without a new work. For Love, Pieces, Windows and Selected Poems are among his many collections. His work includes the novel The Island and a collection of stories, The Gold Diggers.
Internationally acclaimed as a poet, Creeley is the 1999 winner of the coveted Bollingen Prize in Poetry (Yale University Library), given to an American poet
The Undergraduate Conference
on English Language and Literature is funded by the University of St. Francis
Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of the
President.
University of St. Francis
Ninth Annual
English Language and
Literature Conference
March 17-18, 2000
Friday, March 17
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Registration Moser Performing Arts Center
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Sessions 1-2
Session 1
Room N218
Female Characters
Chair: Katie Holz, Knox College
Wulf and Eadwacer: A Love Triangle
Sarah Frigo, University of St. Francis
The Rape of the Lock and Societal Limitations on Women
Kerry I. Mindeman, Knox College
One and the Same: Hawthorne's Pearl
Session 2
Room N221
The High Middle Ages I
Chair: Eric Englert, University of St. Francis
The Chivalric Equilibrium: The Character of Gawain in Yvain
and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Kathryn L. Weber, Illinois Wesleyan University
Sir Gawain: An Arthurian Mr. Marvelous
Rebecca Aber, University of St. Francis
Criseyde by My Side
Kelly Churnovic, University of St. Francis
8 p.m.
A Poetry Reading with Commentary Robert Creeley
Auditorium
A reception and book signing follows in the Studio Theater
Saturday, March 18
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Registration Moser Performing Arts Center
Coffee Studio Theater
9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Plenary Address: Getting Started Robert Creeley
Auditorium
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Studio Theater
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sessions 3-6
Session 3
Room N219
Old English Literature
Chairs: Bryan Fonseca and Steve Seum, University of St. Francis
Between Two Worlds: Clashes of Culture and Indications of
Social Change in Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Glinda Harrison, Calumet College of St. Joseph
'The Dream of the Rood' as Religious Campaign
Melissa Boudreau, University of St. Francis
A Cross Cloaked in Gold
Patricia Devereux, Dominican University
A Reading of the Old English 'Wulf and Eadwacer'
Emily Herr, University of St. Francis
Session 4
Room N221
Chaucer I
Chairs: Amanda Horrigan and Jayce Primozic, University of St. Francis
Penitent and Preacher: The Old Man in Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale
JoAnn Hoover, Dominican University
Patriarchal 'pleye': The Questioning of Traditional Marital Roles
in the Canterbury Tales
Kelly Peipenbrink, Illinois Wesleyan University
Of Sondry Scoles: The Use of Parallel Texts in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Lynne Seago, Illinois Wesleyan University
The Character of Pandarus in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
Session 5
Room N225
Twentieth-Century American Literature
Chairs: Quin Adamowski and Stephen Dunne, Joliet Junior College
Miscommunication in Fitzgerald's 'Babylon Revisited': A Linguistic Analysis
Julia Downing, Eureka College
The Ending of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury
Tara Stock, Lewis University
Conversation and Language in Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums': A Linguistic Analysis
Joseph L. Chianakas, Eureka College
The Guilty and the Innocent: The Role of the Individual
in Miller's All My Sons and Death of a Salesman
Session 6
Room N218
Language, the Canon, and Diversity
Chair: Scott Segerstrom, Roanoke College
Queering the Canon
John Cunningham, Kalamazoo College
Empathy and Inspiration: A Study of Memory, Imagination
and Morality in Fiction
David Kornhaber, Harvard University
Lakoff's Moral Politics and the Metaphors of Urban Conservatives
Elizabeth Jordan, Bradley University
Chinese Poetry: Lyric and Misty
Melissa Wagner, Joliet Junior College
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon Moes /President's rooms
1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Sessions 7-11
Session 7
Room N221
The High Middle Ages II
Chair: Joshua Ruland, University of St. Francis
Hunt and Trap: Imagery of the Chase in Marie de France's Lais
Valerie Schiller, Dominican University
The Century of Our Discontent: The Society of the Fourteenth Century in
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Troilus and Criseyde, and Piers the Plowman
Betty Joy, Calumet College of St. Joseph
Plague, Poverty, and Peasants in Piers the Ploughman
Rebecca Sailor, University of St. Francis
Session 8
Room N219
Shakespeare's Women
Chair: Erica Lucik, University of St. Francis
Drowning in Guilt: An Examination of Ophelia's Madness
Kirstin Pesola, Loyola Marymount University
Gertrude and Ophelia: Hostages of Hormones
Rita Puishes, College of DuPage
Adriana: The Oppressed Feminist in Comedy of Errors
Ann M. Pleiss, Mount Mercy College
Session 9
Room N218
Modern British Literature
Chairs: Sarah Rudenga and Amy Graeser, Trinity Christian College
Tess and Her Men
Linda Atkinson, Joliet Junior College
Narrative Threads and Techniques in the Stories of Virginia Woolf
Kristy Medema, Trinity Christian College
Hughes' Birthday Letters as Caricature of Life Studies and Ariel
Session 10
Room N225
Contemporary American Literature
Chair: Suzanne Eastman, Chicago State University
A Proximity of Words: Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher
Christine Pacyk, Illinois Wesleyan University
The 'Truth' in War: Lying in the War Stories of Tim O'Brien and Ernest Hemingway
Martha Katherine Shamblin, University of St. Francis
The Characters of Ted Lavender and Curt Lemon in O'Brien's The Things They Carried
Tonnie Haas, Mount Mercy College
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Coffee Studio Theater
3:30 p.m. -5:30 p,m.
Sessions 11-13
Session 11
Room N221
Chaucer II
Chairs: Jean Carlson and Brooke Becker, University of St. Francis
Chaucer's Constructive Ecclesiastical Criticism
Kyle Painter, Illinois Wesleyan University
Rhetoric and Dialectic: The Pursuit of the Classical Ideal
in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Rae Marie Marotta, Illinois Wesleyan University
Chaucer's Intent in the Ending of Troilus and Criseyde
Nicole Arendell, University of St. Francis
Chaucer's Criseyde
Shannon McCarthy, University of St. Francis
Session 12
Room N219
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century
English Literature
Chair: Claudia Hawrylewicz and Stephenie Wetherbe, University of St. Francis
'Touch'd With Anger, So Distemper'd . . .': How Mix the Humors of Prospero
Jason Powell, Knox College
Session 14
Room N218
Women Writers
Chairs: Gail Chinderle and Mattie Marvin, University of St. Francis
Appropriateness of the Female Voice in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko
Melissa Adams, Knox College
An Analysis of the Inner Speech in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
Janet Olsen, Trinity Christian College
Toni Morrison's Vision of the Goddess
Emily J. Kline, Elmhurst College
The Resurgence of Celtic Myths in Popular Literature as Shown by Susan Cooper
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Reception Studio Theater
Philosophical Fools: A Comparative Analysis of the
Thematic Function of Falstaff, Shylock, and the Gravedigger
Van Carl Williams, Eureka College
Does Knowledge Lead to Hell?: Examining Marlowe's Faustus
Martin Smith, Knox College
Human Identity in Paradise Lost
Session 13
Room N225
Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Chairs: Matt Pavesich and Daniel Cunningham, University of St. Francis
Samuel Clemens: Antidisestablishment or Antichrist?
Dennis Peters, Calumet College of St. Joseph
A Dim Life for Dimmesdale
Samantha Norman, Joliet Junior College
For Who Brings Forth Evil in His Heart: A Study of Hawthorne's Roger Prynne
Gigi M. Journigan, Joliet Junior College
Lost and Found: Internal Conflict in Hawthorne's Reverend Dimmesdale
Jodi Smith, Joliet Junior College
Restaurants
Al's Steak House - 1990 W. Jefferson St. (corner of Jefferson and Hammes); 815 725-2388
Aurelio's Pizza - 1630 Essington Road; 815 729-2220
Bakers Square - 2211 W. Jefferson St.; 815 729-1513
David's Pasta - 2006 W. Jefferson St. (Marycrest Shopping Center);
815 744-5253
Earl's Cafe - 1987 W. Jefferson St.; 815 729-1971
Mia Figlia - 158 N. Chicago St. (downtown Joliet); 815 722-6400
Secrets Ribs & More - 2222 W. Jefferson St.; 815 744-3745
Hotel Accommodations
(Each of the following affords easy access to the University of St. Francis)
Comfort Inn - 135 S. Larkin Ave.; 815 744-1770
Take I-80 to Larkin Avenue north (exit 130B); hotel is on left past second stoplight.
Rates: $55 (single or double room) (AAA rates available). Mention USF ELL Conference at time of reservation. Hotel has indoor pool, hot tub and complimentary continental breakfast. Call for reservations before March 1.
Holiday Inn - 411 S. Larkin Ave.; 815 729-2000 or 800 465-4329
Take I-80 to Larkin Avenue north (exit 130B); turn left at first stoplight.
Rates: $52 (single or double
room). Mention USF ELL Conference at time of reservation. Hotel offers
fitness center and complimentary breakfast. Call for reservations before
March 1.
Shuttle Service
Shuttle service will be provided from the above hotels to the University at St. Francis at the following approximate times:
Friday, March 17 4:45 p.m., leave hotels
10 p.m., return
Saturday, March 18 7:45 a.m., leave hotels
6:30 p.m.., return
Directions
The University of St. Francis is located 45 minutes from Chicago. It is easily reached via I-55 (Stevenson Expressway), I-80 or I-355 (North-South Tollway)
The conference will be in the college's main building, Tower Hall. Parking is located directly north of the building.
From O'Hare Airport - Take I-90 east to I-294 south to I-55 south. Exit Weber Road. Turn left (south) onto Weber Road. Take Weber Road to Plainfield Road. Turn left (east) onto Plainfield Road. Take Plainfield Road to Wilcox Street. Turn right (south) onto Wilcox Street. Continue on Wilcox Street one block to the University of St. Francis.
From Midway Airport - Take Cicero Avenue
north to I-55 south. Exit Weber Road. Turn left (south) onto Weber Road.
Take Weber Road to Plainfield Road. Turn left (east) onto Plainfield Road.
Take Plainfield Road to Wilcox Street. Turn right (south) onto Wilcox Street.
Continue on Wilcox Street one block to the University of St. Francis.
Limousine Services
Plainfield Limousine - 815 436-1713 - O'Hare or Midway to Joliet; $55 first person, $5 each additional person; $57 for return (5 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.).
Cox Livery Inc. - 815 741-0583 - O'Hare or Midway to Joliet; $48 first person, $5 each additional person (additional fee before 5 a.m. and after 10 p.m.). Call at least three days in advance. Ask for University of St. Francis discount.
VIP Limousine - 815 744-8084 - O'Hare or Midway to Joliet: $50 for
first one to two persons; $5 each additional person. Call one week in advance.
Registration Form
Conferees are encouraged to preregister for the USF ELL Conference by completing the form below and mailing it with registration and luncheon fees to the University of St. Francis. You must preregister by March 10 to attend the ELL Luncheon. (The USF cafeteria will be open for those conferees not attending the conference luncheon.) Conferees may also register the day the conference begins.
Name
Address
Academic Affiliation
Registration fee: $10 per person
Luncheon: $12 per person; preregistration only.
Please select one of the following:
Rock Cornish Game Hen
Baked Swordfish
Vegetable Strudel
Total enclosed
Make checks payable to the USF ELL Conference.
Mail to
Dr. Marcia Smith Marzec, ELL Conference
University of St. Francis, 500 Wilcox St.,
Joliet, IL 60435