In order to save some paper I decided to post my reader reviews on the blog.
Kassey George e- Revise and Resubmit
The purpose of this essay was well conveyed. You explained your thoughts about Rowson and then you gave direct quotes in order to prove your argument. One of your strongest points that caught my attention is when you made the bold statement “One of the main reasons that Rowson started writing her novels and opened her boarding school is that she felt that young ladies were not being taught all the things young men being taught.” Though I overall enjoyed this piece I felt that at certain places you were uncertain if you should be making that statement, that showed through your word choice but can easily be fixed and make your paper that much stronger.
The points for revision are small: change of word choice, punctuation, formatting. All those changes can be made easily and help strengthen your voice.
Alle Colen - Revise and Resubmit
Your rough draft certainly contains a good start however it needs more. The thesis does not present itself clearly. You need to make the idea of your paper more clear. Do you want to discuss why Rowson felt the necessity of teaching history, or why it was so important for her to educate women, or both? I would also like to see not only why Rowson felt the importance of educating women but how others in her era felt about it as well. And where Rowson’s ideas originated, and what her goals for her students contained. Your idea’s stand strong I just want to see more support and clarification.
Chelsey Cantin - Revise and Resubmit
Your paper is going in the proper direction, addressing all of the characters in Reuben and Rachel that display reflections of the education of conduct; however, you don't fully develop what their practices are in your discussion. A lot of good quotations from both the novel and critics are included but I was confused about what conduct you were specifically talking about, or in other words what Rowson thought was the most important idea to have understood by readers. Using her boarding school background, you show why Rowson thought conduct was greatly important, but I wanted to know what she suggests in order for young women to achieve success. Maybe delving deeper into some of the quotations will help you get the answers you are looking for. Great paper so far but slight revisions will make it stronger.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Reuben and Rachel Family Tree
Here's the family tree that Stephanie and I worked hard on:
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Family Tree Coming Soon
Since it has been a while now that we have all finished Reuben and Rachel; Or Tales of Old Times, Aimee and I have been working on a family tree of sorts. The characters in the novel all intertwine as families and we thought that it would be an interesting addition to the blog and project. Give us a few days to finish it, since we are also working on our papers, but it's going to be great. Bye for now.
Sorry and more
Hello there ! I know this blog has been slightly neglected by me, but there have been circumstances out of my control that have not allowed me to post as I would like. I am going post my proposal now that things have calmed down and I can do a proper job.
Stephanie Sabbath
Research Project Proposal
Reuben and Rachel: Rowson’s way of educating young American Women
Susanna Rowson’s novel Reuben and Rachel; Or Tales of Old Times, she uses history to legitimize her fictional novel. She approaches this fictional novel by creating a fictitious history to teach the young women of America, which happened to be her target audience. Rowson, as a writer and teacher, always felt that women were being taught less than men at the time of her writing this, which is why she not only wrote this novel but opened her own female boarding school. Since Rowson is not a commonly read author today, it is interesting to analyze her novels and see how they added fuel to her interest in women’s education. This novel should not only be read by literature students that hope to learn about the start of America as a country and about women in our country, but it could even be suggested to be read by students majoring in history and education. In addition to being assigned Charlotte, Rowson’s other women centered novel, Reuben and Rachel; Or Tales of Old Times should be included in the required reading.
Rowson had great intentions when she wrote this novel. As students and scholars of literature, research can be performed by looking into an array of background in subjects like: history, education in the 18th century, women’s education in the 18th century, Rowson’s idea about educating women, Rowson’s ideas about her novel, etc. to find out what her goals were for young women. Through different articles and documentation printed in scholarly databases and in Marion Rust’s Prodigal Daughters, readers and myself will discover the true meaning of Rowson’s Reuben and Rachel; Or Tales of Old Times. The text in her novel demonstrates how strongly Susanna Rowson felt about not only educating women in subjects such as math, science, history; but also in wanting to teach them proper conduct and behavior. This is exactly what she does throughout her novel.
This book is not just about history, and it is not just a novel to entertain women. This novel is Rowson’s way of teaching the women about their conduct and behavior with a twist of history added to it. It uses historical characters, mainly women, who through the different experiences and problems they go through Rowson displays the correct behavior for American young women. This is extremely important for us, as students in American Novel, to understand since, not only is it an early American novel, but it teaches young women about the republic and the behavior that was expected of them. In order to understand this, it needs to be inspected and that is exactly what my paper will do.
Stephanie Sabbath
Research Project Proposal
Reuben and Rachel: Rowson’s way of educating young American Women
Susanna Rowson’s novel Reuben and Rachel; Or Tales of Old Times, she uses history to legitimize her fictional novel. She approaches this fictional novel by creating a fictitious history to teach the young women of America, which happened to be her target audience. Rowson, as a writer and teacher, always felt that women were being taught less than men at the time of her writing this, which is why she not only wrote this novel but opened her own female boarding school. Since Rowson is not a commonly read author today, it is interesting to analyze her novels and see how they added fuel to her interest in women’s education. This novel should not only be read by literature students that hope to learn about the start of America as a country and about women in our country, but it could even be suggested to be read by students majoring in history and education. In addition to being assigned Charlotte, Rowson’s other women centered novel, Reuben and Rachel; Or Tales of Old Times should be included in the required reading.
Rowson had great intentions when she wrote this novel. As students and scholars of literature, research can be performed by looking into an array of background in subjects like: history, education in the 18th century, women’s education in the 18th century, Rowson’s idea about educating women, Rowson’s ideas about her novel, etc. to find out what her goals were for young women. Through different articles and documentation printed in scholarly databases and in Marion Rust’s Prodigal Daughters, readers and myself will discover the true meaning of Rowson’s Reuben and Rachel; Or Tales of Old Times. The text in her novel demonstrates how strongly Susanna Rowson felt about not only educating women in subjects such as math, science, history; but also in wanting to teach them proper conduct and behavior. This is exactly what she does throughout her novel.
This book is not just about history, and it is not just a novel to entertain women. This novel is Rowson’s way of teaching the women about their conduct and behavior with a twist of history added to it. It uses historical characters, mainly women, who through the different experiences and problems they go through Rowson displays the correct behavior for American young women. This is extremely important for us, as students in American Novel, to understand since, not only is it an early American novel, but it teaches young women about the republic and the behavior that was expected of them. In order to understand this, it needs to be inspected and that is exactly what my paper will do.
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